Model City Haven-Stad: Exploring Amsterdam's Future Urban Development and Architectural Vision
Witness a comprehensive multimedia exhibition on sustainable city planning and design challenges in Amsterdam.
The Model City Haven-Stad exhibition at Arcam delves into the ambitious urban expansion project in Amsterdam, highlighting its immense scale and intricate details. Visitors can explore various design concepts through an engaging multimedia scale model, illustrating how the city plans for living, working, and environmental challenges. This display encourages public participation, inviting insights on connectivity, industrial heritage, and future transportation within the evolving urban landscape.
About Model City Haven-Stad at Amsterdam Centre for Architecture (ARCAM) in Amsterdam
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Exhibition summary
Model City Haven-Stad is a multimedia scale model exhibition at Arcam, detailing the largest urban expansion project in the Netherlands, located between Sloterdijk, Westerpark, and the Cornelis Douwesterrein. This display showcases the future of city planning, addressing challenges such as living, working, water management, mobility, and energy neutrality in a dense urban environment. Visitors can explore various design concepts and contribute their ideas on potential scenarios.
Curatorial context
The Model City Haven-Stad exhibition at Arcam introduces visitors to the grand vision and intricate details of Haven-Stad, the Netherlands' most significant urban expansion since IJburg. This ambitious project aims to create 40,000 to 70,000 residences in an area encompassing Sloterdijk, Westerpark, and the northern Cornelis Douwesterrein and Noorder IJ-plas. The exhibition utilizes a brand-new, modular, and inclusive design, featuring a multimedia installation that narrates the spatial story and showcases the myriad challenges involved.
This display acts as a model for numerous spatial challenges, combining living, working, water, mobility, climate adaptation, sustainability, and energy neutrality. Visitors will encounter a large-scale model (1:3000) of the area, alongside six sub-areas highlighted in an adjacent research station with 1:1000 scale models focusing on specific locations like Hemknoop, Zaanstraat Emplacement, and Docks in Noord. The exhibition not only informs about current spatial developments but also encourages public participation, inviting visitors to contribute thoughts on unresolved challenges such as bridge landings, connectivity with existing neighborhoods, industrial heritage, and future public transportation hubs, drawing inspiration from student visions and entrepreneurial ideas.
Admission and ticket notes
Admission to the Model City Haven-Stad exhibition costs €5.00 for adults and €2.50 for students, with free entry for visitors aged 0-18 and accompanying persons of visitors with disabilities. Entrance is also free with an I Amsterdam City Card. Tickets can be purchased online or at Arcam, which is open Tuesday through Sunday from 1 PM to 5 PM.
Model City Haven-Stad key exhibition facts
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Venue
Amsterdam Centre for Architecture (ARCAM)
Current status
Permanent collection
Exhibition schedule
Permanent display (no announced closing date)
Artist line / attribution
The exhibition's digital layers and introduction video were designed by Shosho, while the large-scale and area-specific models were crafted by Studio Transue. Video content was produced by Tess Videoproductions.
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