Hyde Park – Sunny Area in ...Amsterdam

Hyde Park is the new city district within a capital city appeals just a stone’s throw away from Amsterdam. Hyde Park will become a popular residential area in the Amsterdam region, due to its central location and MVRDV’s vision introducing high quality housing and commercial facilities. This will create an important urban development for the area of Beukenhorst-West, located between the train station and centre of Hoofddorp which has remained until recently, a desolate office park with vacant spaces.

By creating high-quality buildings with sound-proof indoor gardens, a sunny and new green city district is achieved. A key feature of MVRDV’s vision for Hyde Park is the ‘cuts’ in the buildings which result in maximum sunlight and park views for residents. Diversity is further achieved by dividing building blocks into various ‘Hoofddorp houses’. The masterplan contributes to upgrading Hoofddorp into a future-proof and vibrant city where work, living and recreation coexist.

The development of Hyde Park compacts the centre and prevents the development of expansion districts, which means Haarlemmermeer can remain green. It is a polder, consisting of land reclaimed from water, and the name Haarlemmermeer means Haarlem’s Lake, still referring to the body of water from which the region was reclaimed in the 19th century. A polder is a low-lying tract of land enclosed by dikes that form an artificial hydrological entity, meaning it has no connection with outside water other than through manually operated devices. 

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