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In conversation<\/h5>\n

\u2018We want to create buildings that are not function-specific\u2019<\/b><\/span><\/h1>\n

It’s January. Tealights flicker on the office table. It’s foggy outside, but on a clear day, you’d be able to see the A’DAM Tower, IJDock and the cranes of Pontsteiger from this very location. At the table:\u00a0Claus Oussore<\/a>n\u00a0and\u00a0Tom Frantzen<\/a>, the men behind Lemniskade Projects.<\/p>\n

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\u2018Better to build for 20 special people than 40 ordinary ones\u2026\u2019<\/span><\/h3>\n

\u2018We founded a company together in the middle of the crisis. There was no money, we had no buyers. We thought: it’s better to build a building for 20 special people than 40 ordinary ones… We are going to develop something that draws the market towards it\u2019, Tom says. The company, Lemniskade, was founded for the development of\u00a0Patch22<\/a>, a wooden residential building on the Johan van Hasseltkanaal in Amsterdam Noord. Architect Tom Frantzen sought out building manager Claus Oussoren to join the Buiksloterham Sustainability Tender in 2009.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u2018More importantly: 75\u00a0people have an amazing living experience here!\u2019<\/h3>\n

They won the tender, and, a few years later, the tallest wooden residential building in the Netherlands proudly stands in Amsterdam-North: lofts with flexible floorplans, energy neutral, layout and finish of the resident’s choice. \u2018It was a success.\u2019\u00a0Patch22 was nominated for the Zuiderkerkprijs 2016<\/a>,won the\u00a0Green Good Design Award<\/a> 2017, the\u00a0World Architecture News Residential Award 2016<\/a>\u00a0, the Dutch sustainable building Award 2018<\/a> and last but certainly not least, the Golden Pyramid 2018<\/a>, the Dutch state prize for being the most inspiring client in the building industry. \u2018But, more importantly: 75\u00a0people have an amazing living experience here. In an apartment or house that they can fully adjust and finish according to their own wishes,\u2019 Tom says. By the end of 2019 Lemniskade will have completed her second project with the same philosophy:\u00a0Top-Up<\/a>.
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\u2018We don’t build a company, we build our buildings\u2019<\/span><\/h3>\n

Tom and Claus know each other from projects they worked on in the past. \u2018We are complementary\u2019, Claus says. \u2018The image is Tom’s responsibility, and the process is mine. An ideal team.\u2019 What sets them apart from the real estate developer is their love for \u2018the craft\u2019, the creation of a beautiful project: \u2018We don’t build a company, we build our buildings.\u2019 The focus of Lemniskade Projects is on metropolitan areas with complex factors.<\/p>\n

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\u2018There is always the option to change\u2019<\/span><\/h3>\n

\u2018Our buildings are circular. We prefer building with wood, because this material stores CO2<\/sub>. Other materials should be reusable. The structure: designed for disassembly\u2019, Tom says. \u2018In our vision of sustainability, flexibility or better, adaptability is the priority: a building should be able to transform over time: from a residence to an office, for instance, and to a hotel and back to a residence… In order to allow for this, all our projects have a floor height of 3,5 meters at the least. Residents can create their own floorplan layout based on their dreams, the decide what is important to them.\u2019<\/p>\n

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\u2018Technology should be comprehensible and controllable\u2019 <\/span><\/h3>\n

Claus: \u2018In the Netherlands, the focus of sustainability is often on the installations. We have a different view on the matter: while buildings can be used for hundreds of years, installations are often replaced after 15 years. Our installations, based on renewable energy, are comprehensible and can be operated by the residents themselves. Technology should not be a burden. The space should be freely adaptable for the initial residents, but also for the following residents…\u2019<\/p>\n

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If you decide to start a project with us, you\u2019ll end it with us<\/h3>\n

Tom and Claus work with a close-knit team and are loyal to their construction partners. If you buy a residence from Lemniskade, you can be sure of one thing: Tom and Claus stay involved, from the planning phase until long after the building is completed: \u2018If you decide to start a project with us, you\u2019ll end it with us, too.\u2019<\/p>\n

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Read more about\u00a0Tom\u00a0and\u00a0Claus<\/p>\n

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Lemniskade Projecten BV<\/h4>\n

Johan van Hasseltkade 280
\n1032 LP Amsterdam
\n020 309 0350<\/p>\n

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