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.
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.
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.
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.
Bert de Muynck | movingcities interviewed professor Moshe Zwarts, from Zwarts & Jansma, on the plans his office developed for a city under Amsterdam.
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