Sluishuis

The Sluishuis (Dutch for 'sluice house') is an apartment building in IJburg, a neighbourhood on artificial islands in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

The building, which opened on 13 July 2022,[1] was designed by Bjarke Ingels Group, an architecture firm based in Copenhagen and New York City, in collaboration with Rotterdam-based Barcode Architects [nl].

The Sluishuis is a sustainable building, with solar panels installed on the roof providing the energy for the lighting and heating, ventilation, and air conditioning in the complex.

In early 2016,[2] the City of Amsterdam held a competition for an "image-defining" building on the Haringbuisdijk, at the entrance to Steigereiland, opposite the houses of Dutch architect Marlies Rohmer [nl].

The structural engineer, the Brussels-based construction group BESIX, decided to build two "backbones" in the form of concrete walls nearly 0.5 metres (1 ft 8 in) thick, from which the apartment units were suspended.

The courtyard of the Sluishuis has a publicly accessible jetty where boats can moor. [ 5 ]