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Amsterdam | the West

Snapshots of the last day in Amsterdam shows the area around the St. Lucas Andreas Hospital in the West of the city. Here, locked in-between the highway and the railway, hospitals are mixed with high-rise, construction sites with transportation networks. Territorial transformation, for the trendy and sporty, is at hand.

Amsterdam | the IJ

After living and working in Amsterdam from 2001 to 2006, MovingCities has returned occasionally back to the city during the past years. In 2008 we interviewed professor Moshe Zwarts on the plans to build a city under the city, in 2009 to scan the destruction of the PostCS-building and to visit the notorious Bijlmermeer-area. This time around we look at the development of the IJ riverbank, the MuziekGebouw ...

Helsinki >> Amsterdam

On Monday February 15, MovingCities was in Helsinki in the morning and Amsterdam in the evening. Driving on Finnish roads, flying over Europe and landing on a balcony in Amsterdam's Western districts. Some snapshots of a European day of traveling.

Amsterdam snapshots | part III

A visit to the destruction of the PostCS-building and to the notorious Bijlmermeer-area, a seventies high-density housing development in the South-East of Amsterdam, was the apotheosis of MovingCities' recent Amsterdam trip. A couple of snapshots and related Rem Koolhaas stories.

Amsterdam snapshots | part II

The Westerdokseiland is one of Amsterdam's most recent high-density housing developments. Located in close proximity to Amsterdam Central Station, the project comprises a series of perimeter blocks based on a development plan by Meyer & Van Schooten Architecten. On Friday April 10, MovingCities visited the project.

Amsterdam snapshots | part I

On Thursday April 9 MovingCities arrived for a short stay in Amsterdam. The first day mainly consisted of crisscrossing the city center, avoiding the rain, tourists and creative commercialization of the inner city.

Beijing > Amsterdam

Leaving China for Europe and changing Beijing for a couple of European capitals during the coming weeks. movingcities will take it calm and easy for a while, occasionally posting some urban snapshots and impressions. First trip, Beijing to Amsterdam, from cruising the ringroads to cruising the canals.

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