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Modelstad Haven-Stad: Exploring Amsterdam's Urban Development and Future City Planning

This permanent multimedia installation invites visitors to engage with spatial questions for Amsterdam's dynamic Haven-Stad expansion.

Modelstad Haven-Stad in Amsterdam is a permanent, evolving multimedia installation showcasing the city's largest urban expansion, Haven-Stad. Visitors can explore how vital elements like housing, work, mobility, and sustainability intersect in this significant development area. The exhibition acts as a dynamic urban laboratory, inviting engagement with spatial challenges and potential scenarios for the city's future.

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Exhibition summary

Modelstad Haven-Stad is a multimedia installation and permanent model showcasing the future of Amsterdam, focusing on the Haven-Stad development area. It explores how living, working, mobility, sustainability, and climate adaptation intersect in this significant urban expansion project, inviting visitors to engage with spatial questions and experiment with potential scenarios for the city of tomorrow.

Curatorial context

Modelstad Haven-Stad presents a vision for the future of Amsterdam through a permanent, evolving multimedia installation and model, focusing on the development of Haven-Stad, the city's largest inner-city expansion. This exhibition acts as a workshop, inviting visitors to explore and shape the city of tomorrow by examining how crucial urban elements like housing, work, mobility, sustainability, and climate adaptation converge in this vast new area. The core of the exhibition is a large-scale model, supported by six detailed sub-area models (scale 1:1000), that visualize the spatial challenges and opportunities within Haven-Stad, which is planned to accommodate 40,000 to 70,000 homes. It delves into complex issues such as combining high-density living and working with water management and energy, integrating industrial heritage, and developing new public transport hubs, all while addressing climate adaptation. The installation is designed as a living urban laboratory and a platform for dialogue, evolving over the coming years with new insights and plans. It encourages active participation from architects, policymakers, residents, and interested citizens to co-create the future urban environment. Through its 'Myquette' component, it explores how user knowledge can inform the design process, while 'Transitionscape Haven-Stad' aims to enhance dialogue between designers, clients, and politicians for more informed decision-making. Modelstad Haven-Stad is more than a display; it is a dynamic workspace where urban imagination meets reality, fostering a collective contemplation of Amsterdam's future.

Admission and ticket notes

Online tickets are available for Modelstad Haven-Stad. Ticket prices for 2025 are €5.00 for adults, €2.50 for students, and free for children aged 0-18, Stadspashouders Groene stip, and visitors with a companion. Entry is also free with the I Amsterdam City Card. Visitors are directed to an online portal for ticket purchases. The exhibition is described as permanent starting from November 4, 2023, with opening hours from Tuesday to Sunday, 13:00-17:00.

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Venue
Amsterdam Centre for Architecture (ARCAM)
Current status
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Exhibition schedule
Nov 4, 2023 – Dec 31, 2028
Artist line / attribution
The exhibition was developed in collaboration with Gemeente Amsterdam, Amsterdam750, Amsterdam Time Machine, Universiteit van Amsterdam, 3D Amsterdam, Port of Amsterdam, Damen Shiprepair, HES international, CTP, Fiction Factory, Ruigoord, ETA, HYCC, Academie van Bouwkunst Amsterdam, TU Delft, Universiteit Utrecht, One Architecture, Droogburo, FABRICations, and the Hogeschool van Amsterdam. The model design was by Studio Transue, with digital environments and video by Shosho, and videos by Tess Videoproductions.
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