© Arne Hansen, Nils Nolting
Architect: CITYFÖRSTER – architecture + urbanism
Location: Almere, The Netherlands
Client: At Kasbergen, Alet Breugom
Project Team: Arne Hansen, Nils Nolting
Text: Arne Hansen, Nils Nolting
Photographs: Arne Hansen, Nils Nolting
© Allard van der Hoek
Architects: LEVS Architecten
Location: Almere, The Netherlands
Client: Syntrus Achmea Vastgoed
Project Year: 2009
Photographs: Allard van der Hoek
© Courtesy of Benthem Crouwel Architekten
Architects: Benthem Crouwel Architekten
Location: Almere, The Netherlands
Project Area: 65 sqm
Project Year: 1984
Photographs: Courtesy of Benthem Crouwel Architekten
© John Lewis Marshall
Architects: CC-Studio, Studio TX and Rob Veening
Location: Almere, the Netherlands
Project Area: 190 sqm
Photographs: John Lewis Marshall
With the city of Almere’s growth expected to require thousands of new residences, work places and related facilities, MVRDV was commissioned to collaborate with the city to design a concept structure vision to accommodate such drastic expansion. MVRDV’s Vision 2030 will create a framework to satisfy the growth for about 20 years. ”The structure vision for Almere is more than an urban master plan…” said Adri Duivesteijn, city councilor of Almere, “…it describes how the city can develop in economic, cultural and social terms. The expansion is not a quantitative effort. Even though the number of 60,000 new homes is impressive, the main objective is the addition of new qualities. Almere wants to serve the demand of the Randstad and at the same time needs the chance to develop into an ecologic, social and economically sustainable city”.
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