On the site of a former hospital in Amsterdam, hidden behind monumental buildings, lies an expansive courtyard space on top of a car park.
![LANDLAB Andreas blue garden](/sites/default/files/styles/page_letterbox/public/2017-12/LANDLAB%20Andreas%20blue%20garden.jpg?h=e8a07349&itok=MnmlfRrF)
Location:
Amsterdam NL
Client:
Proper-Stok
Category:
Roof Gardens
Theme:
landscape design
Team:
Geurst & Schulze architecten
Size:
< 1ha
Year:
2005 - 2011
Type:
realised
On the site of a former hospital in Amsterdam, hidden behind monumental buildings, lies an expansive courtyard space on top of a car park. Here LANDLAB designs a leafy retreat in the form of eight communal gardens. Whilst there is a coherence between the base components; the hedges, trees and forms, each garden has its own character, ranging from ornamental gardens in various different colour schemes to simple, calm, undulating lawns. Surrounding the gardens are homes, a hotel and a children’s day care centre; a wide variety of people comes to enjoy, stroll or play here.
![LANDLAB andreas buildings by](/sites/default/files/styles/page/public/2017-12/LANDLAB%20andreas%20buildings%20by.jpg?itok=pavKK298)
![LANDLAB Andreashof yellow garden.](/sites/default/files/styles/page/public/2017-12/LANDLAB%20Andreashof%20yellow%20garden.jpg?itok=cLmYL8WO)
![LANDLAB Andreashof maintenance_photo by Jeroen Bosch](/sites/default/files/styles/page/public/2018-01/LANDLAB%20Andreashof%20maintenance_photo%20by%20Jeroen%20Bosch.jpg?itok=vaTILbei)
![LANDLAB Andreashof_photo by Jeroen Bosch](/sites/default/files/styles/page/public/2018-01/LANDLAB%20Andreashof_photo%20by%20Jeroen%20Bosch.jpg?itok=Qc6v0kBX)
![LANDLAB Andreashof fences to garden](/sites/default/files/styles/page/public/2017-12/LANDLAB%20Andreashof%20fences%20to%20garden.jpg.jpg?itok=yf6_GBm-)
![LANDLAB Andreashof planting design.jpg](/sites/default/files/styles/page/public/2017-12/LANDLAB%20Andreashof%20planting%20design.jpg?itok=vqK5IAMW)