• Architects: diederendirrix
• Location: Eindhoven, The Netherlands
• Architects: diederendirrix
• Project Team: Bert Dirrix, Timo Keulen, Remco Mulder, Tom Kuipers, Quyen Dang, Iwan Westerveen.
• Interior Architecs: Bert Dirrix, Timo Keulen, Remco Mulder, tribe productions bv
• Advisors: Adviesbureau Tielemans, Bouw constructies bv, advies- en ingenieursbureau dhv bv, Jansen Raadgevend Ingenieurs Bureau
• Contractor: Bam Utiliteitsbouw bv
• Photographs: Arthur Bagen

From the architect. Dynamo 2005 . Cultural
The cultural youth centre Dynamo is a social service organization which provides practical assistance to young people in matters of schooling, housing, financial help and employment. It also keeps loitering youngsters off the streets by offering sports facilities, a fitness room and a pop concert hall for 550 visitors. To keep the youngsters in touch with street life the building has an open entrance zone and a large window that connects the inside with the outside.

In the daytime the window reflects the Catharina Church which lies opposite; in the evening it showcases the activities taking place within. Inside there is a plaza with a vast space above, around which all functions are grouped. Publically accessible areas are found on every floor so there is activity throughout the building. The various shades of red used in the atrium form a warm contrast to the brown skin of the building. The facade has a roughness befitting a youth centre and consists of panels of pigmented concrete that carry the marks of the wooden castings.

Cultivated Roughness
The cultural youth centre Dynamo makes up the north-western corner of Smalle Haven, the area for which Jo Coenen & Co has designed the master plan. It is a no nonsense accommodation for Eindhoven’s youth, replacing a basic building where the organization was housed in the past. Dynamo is a social service organization that provides practical assistance to young people in matters of schooling, housing, income and work.

Dynamo also keeps loitering youngsters off the street by providing sports facilities, a fitness room and a pop music auditorium with a capacity of 550 visitors. To keep the youngsters off the street but not isolated from it, the building has an open entrance zone and a large window that connect the inside with the outside. In the daytime, the window’s glass pane reflects the Catharina Church across the street, while at night it displays the activities that are going on inside.