The development of Block 11 (Gnome Parking garage), a garage with 413 parking spaces, is part of the expansion of the city centre of Almere-Buiten. Features of this plan are a lot of green and a clear urban structure. At the architectural level many experiments with innovative materialisation and new constructions have been made, also in Block 11. The special facade of the garage contains natural elements, like integrated plant containers with specific plants based on the orientation of the facade. By using a thermoforming technique which is also used in the automotive industry, the perforated facade panels show characteristic images of the province of Flevoland like birds, windmills, garden gnomes and bird houses. The perforation of the sheeting supplies natural ventilation in the parking garage and creates an open atmosphere, especially at night.
Copijn garden and landscape architects takes care of the plants on the facade. On each facade there are specific plants based on the orientation of the facade.
