The Post–Stressed Field transforms a 20 250 m² plot in Sloterdijk, Amsterdam into 40 500 m² of offices, auditorium, nightclub and sports venues under a 250 m-long “peel” canopy. Twin S460 CHS steel space-frames on a 5×5 m grid span 50–100 m without internal columns; service runs tuck inside its 2.5 m depth. The shell sits on a piled raft of 600 bored piles tied by a 600 mm concrete slab, resisting uplift and settlement. Parametric refinement of 200 mm × 8 mm tubes cuts embodied carbon by ~22 % and earns an AA energy rating for primary energy use.
At its core, the design lifts the ground into an inhabitable landscape: oblique slopes guide ascent and descent, while strategically placed “sky-holes” flood the interior with daylight. Productive zones (offices, labs, conference) and hedonistic realms (nightclub, sports, slides) merge within one seamless field, where floating gardens and communal orchards blur work, play and nature. A modular, demountable node system embeds circularity into every connection, allowing effortless reconfiguration, extension and reuse over time.
