What should be made of the extraordinary oppurtunity to create a new district within Amsterdam?

The Marine Etablissement: New Terrain for Central Amsterdam presents the studio of the ninth Yale Edward P. Bass Distinguished Visiting Architecture Fellowship taught by Isaäc Kalisvaart, CEO of MAB Development, with Alexander Garvin, Kevin D. Gray, and Andrei Harwell of the Yale faculty. The studio proposed designs for the Marine Etablissement, Amsterdam’s historic closed military installation for over 350 years, which is currently undergoing a plan to open for varied and public uses. The projects show numerous approaches with housing, schools, universities, tech centers, and infrastructural links to the city’s core.

The book includes an interview with Isaac Kalisvaart; an introduction to the studio by Alexander Garvin; an essay on the economic feasibility of the design proposals by Kevin D. Gray; an essay on the nature of collaboration between desigeners and developers by Erik Go and Hans-Hugo Smit, of MAB Development; and an overview of the latest developments now occuring on the expansive site by Liesbeth Jansen, project director of Marineterrein Amsterdam, and Maarten Pedroli of Linkeroever. 

What should be made of the extraordinary oppurtunity to create a new district within Amsterdam?

The Marine Etablissement: New Terrain for Central Amsterdam presents the studio of the ninth Yale Edward P. Bass Distinguished Visiting Architecture Fellowship taught by Isaäc Kalisvaart, CEO of MAB Development, with Alexander Garvin, Kevin D. Gray, and Andrei Harwell of the Yale faculty. The studio proposed designs for the Marine Etablissement, Amsterdam’s historic closed military installation for over 350 years, which is currently undergoing a plan to open for varied and public uses. The projects show numerous approaches with housing, schools, universities, tech centers, and infrastructural links to the city’s core.

The book includes an interview with Isaac Kalisvaart; an introduction to the studio by Alexander Garvin; an essay on the economic feasibility of the design proposals by Kevin D. Gray; an essay on the nature of collaboration between desigeners and developers by Erik Go and Hans-Hugo Smit, of MAB Development; and an overview of the latest developments now occuring on the expansive site by Liesbeth Jansen, project director of Marineterrein Amsterdam, and Maarten Pedroli of Linkeroever.