For years, since the bankruptcy of the Nederlandse Scheepsbouw en Droogdok Maatschappij (NDSM, the Dutch Shipbuilding and Dry dock Company) in 1984, the NDSM Shipyard in the Northern part of Amsterdam stood abandoned. With the exception of the occasional flea market or show by the experimental theatre group Dogtroep, not much was happening on the [&hellip… →
NDSM Shipyard
Heesterveld
In 2009, the building complex Heesterveld, located in Amsterdam-Zuidoost, was the last bit left of the original Bijlmer. The characteristic architecture of Jan van Gool was still in its original condition, but Heesterveld was suffering from unemployment, crime, drug dealing in the basement, and neglected porches and outside spaces. Housing corporation Ymere wanted to demolish [&hellip… →
Art City NDSM
In 2007, Kunststad arose inside the large shipbuilding hall of the NDSM Shipyard. Kunststad (Art City) is a city designed and built by the citizens themselves, with 80 studios and business premises, 12 large theatre workshops, and an indoor skate park. To get as much creative freedom and diversity as possible, it was decided to [&hellip… →
Lectures
Eva is often asked to give lectures and tours about and of the NDSM Shipyard. The transformation of the NDSM Shipyard from derelict industrial site to cultural hotspot has attracted a lot of attention, both at home and abroad. Scientists, developers and culture experts have called it one of the most unique projects in the [&hellip… →
Guild of Industrial Buildings along the river IJ
The Gilde van Werkgebouwen aan het IJ (the Guild of Industrial Buildings along the river IJ) was founded in 1993 in reaction to the project Manhattan aan het IJ: the large-scale redevelopment of the banks of the IJ by the city of Amsterdam and a consortium of property developers and banks (now the Zuidas). The [&hellip… →
Studio Beta
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The City as a Shell
“De Stad als Casco” (The City as a Shell) is a city development model based on a bottom-up approach (casco is a shell, a basic structure of a building or body of a ship). Goal is to create a lively city within this casco, in which people take up responsibility for their own environment thus [&hellip… →