My stay in Amsterdam has brought to my attention a nice amount of very innovating sustainable projects that are setting a new inspiring standard to the industry. One in particular is pretty interesting:
DE CEUVEL: From a polluted brownfield to a clean-tech playground.
De Ceuvel is a planned workplace for creative and social enterprises. The land was secured for a 10-year lease from the Municipality of Amsterdam after a group of initiators won a tender to turn the site into a regenerative urban oasis.
The former industrial plot has been turned into the most unique and sustainable urban developments in Europe. The site, which has been heavily polluted, will feature imaginatively retrofitted houseboats placed around a winding bamboo walkway and surrounded by an undulating landscape of soil-cleaning plants. Each of the upgraded boats will house offices, ateliers, or workshops for creative and social enterprises. The plan also includes a public restaurant, Ceuvel Café, and a bed & breakfast.
Some of the partners involved in the project are:
- Space and Matter: the architecture firm that designed the urban plan and architecture for the project
- Metabolic: the action agency for societal transformation that designed the technical and environmental system for the de Ceuvel site called the Cleantech Playground.
DE CEUVEL: From a polluted brownfield to a clean-tech playground.
De Ceuvel is a planned workplace for creative and social enterprises. The land was secured for a 10-year lease from the Municipality of Amsterdam after a group of initiators won a tender to turn the site into a regenerative urban oasis.
The former industrial plot has been turned into the most unique and sustainable urban developments in Europe. The site, which has been heavily polluted, will feature imaginatively retrofitted houseboats placed around a winding bamboo walkway and surrounded by an undulating landscape of soil-cleaning plants. Each of the upgraded boats will house offices, ateliers, or workshops for creative and social enterprises. The plan also includes a public restaurant, Ceuvel Café, and a bed & breakfast.
Some of the partners involved in the project are:
- Space and Matter: the architecture firm that designed the urban plan and architecture for the project
- Metabolic: the action agency for societal transformation that designed the technical and environmental system for the de Ceuvel site called the Cleantech Playground.