IABR 2009, Open City: Designing Coexistence - Vrijstaat Amsterdam
27-09-2009 - 08.11.2009
For the International Architecture Biennial of Rotterdam 2009, the city of Amsterdam organized Vrijstaat Amsterdam; an exhibition on the future of urban planning in Amsterdam. The central question was how urban planning and architecture can help to guarantee and optimize the civil liberties of the 19th century free-state of Amsterdam. ZUS designed a Vrijstraat for the Nieuwe Diep area: a ‘small scale megastructure’ which connects neighborhoods, people,
plants and animals. The structure consists of two parts: the Spinoza
promenade and the Rue Descartes. These
two public streets both facilitate living and working but have totally
different characters: the first will be organic and green, the second
angular and urban. Together they form a circuit that runs through very
different areas – the Indische Buurt, the Science Park, Diemen, IJburg
and Zeeburgereiland. This circuit will tear down barriers, will
guarantee public space and connect current and future attractions.
Name: Vrijstaat Amsterdam