Waterfront visions / visies : transformaties in Amsterdam-Noord : transformations in North Amsterdam /

Waterfront visions / visies : transformaties in Amsterdam-Noord : transformations in North Amsterdam /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:Rotterdam : NAi Uitgevers, c2009.
Description:127 p. : ill., some col. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Subject:
Waterfronts -- Netherlands -- Amsterdam.
Architecture -- Netherlands -- Amsterdam -- 21st century -- Designs and plans.
Architecture -- Competitons -- Netherlands -- 21st century.
Architecture.
Architecture -- Competitions.
Waterfronts.
Netherlands.
Netherlands -- Amsterdam.
Architectural drawings.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7988755
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Varying Form of Title:Waterfront visions : transformations in North Amsterdam
Waterfront visies : transformaties in Amsterdam-Noord
Waterfront visies
Other authors / contributors:Werf, Huib Haye van der.
ISBN:9789056627300
9056627309
Notes:"This book presents the winning ideas of the special competition Open Fort 400." -- Preface, p. 7.
"Inspired by Fort Amsterdam built 400 years ago by Henry Hudson on the later island of Manhattan, the entrants in the NAi-Ymere contest Open Fort 400 explore new possibilities for architecture to contribute to the cultural and economic development of the North Amsterdam waterfront." -- Back cover.
Includes bibliographical references.
Summary:In 2009 the biennial NAi-Ymere contest took the Henry Hudson Year as its theme. Four hundred years ago, in the name of the Dutch East India Company, the English explorer set foot on the island of Manhattan. He built the military post of Fort Amsterdam that ultimately grew into a global centre of great cultural diversity. Can a new building on the post-industrial northern bank of the Amsterdam IJ have the same catalyzing effect as Fort Amsterdam had in its time? To answer this question the entrants in the Open Fort 400 contest envisioned their dreams of a design that would contribute significantly to the cultural and economic development of the North Amsterdam waterfront. Waterfront Visions presents in great detail the plans of the five contest nominees, an explanation of the context, and essays by Kate Orff and Merijn Oudenampsen. Exhibition: Zuiderkerk, Amsterdam 19/12 2009- 27/2 2010.

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