A polluted and unusable land becomes the site for a garden-like creative community, where ready-to-be-disposed-of houseboats have become sustainable ateliers.
De Ceuvel, Amsterdam – View
De Ceuvel, Amsterdam – Panorama
De Ceuvel, Amsterdam – Birdseye View
De Ceuvel, Amsterdam – Panorama
De Ceuvel, Amsterdam – View
De Ceuvel, Amsterdam – View
The architects at Space&matter retrofitted 15 second-hand houseboats into sustainable ateliers. These houseboats, which would have otherwise ended up in a junkyard, where upgraded to the highest possible level of eco-efficiency with a very limited budget.
Before that, the polluted land the houseboats lie upon was cleaned-up and filled with several plant species.
Here ‘s the story – From Uncube Magazine:
De Ceuvel‚ a beached boat community in Amsterdam‚ is sailing through red tape and conventions to become a successful city attraction that marks the way towards people-centric planning
In 2012‚ the City of Amsterdam offered a challenging call for development proposals for a 4‚470 m2 piece of waterfront land. The plot was offered for free‚ but with a series of caveats: it was only available for ten years and had to be a clear site at the end of that time‚ it could not include housing‚ it must attract the endlessly desirable “creative” crowd‚ and its polluted soil needed to be cleaned. This meant the winning pitch had to be innovative on environmental‚ economical, and construction fronts simultaneously.
De Ceuvel, Amsterdam – Path
De Ceuvel, Amsterdam – Unit (complete)
De Ceuvel, Amsterdam – illustrated Plan
De Ceuvel, Amsterdam – Site
De Ceuvel, Amsterdam – Site (before)
De Ceuvel, Amsterdam – Development 1
De Ceuvel, Amsterdam – Development 2
De Ceuvel, Amsterdam – Development 3
De Ceuvel, Amsterdam – Development 4
Photography by © MARTIJN VAN WIJK
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