Amsterdamnoord

De Ceuvel is a former shipyard in the docks of Buiksloterham Amsterdam. Because of the economic crisis, the polluted and abandoned shipyard was not remediated or further developed, but the City of Amsterdam and Noordwaarts made the area available for ten years for the most innovative plan.  The winning plan, 'Zuiverend Park De Ceuvel' by DELVA, Space&Matter and Studio Valkenier, proposed an organically growing incubator. Abandoned houseboats that have been restored and reused as temporary accommodation for innovative businesses are central to the design. Around them lies an ingenious green park that purifies the soil and prepares it for future redevelopment. Caption The pollution in the soil and water will not be solved in a... More