Amsterdam Living Lab

Netherlands

In a district located in the Southeast of Amsterdam a new district will emerge called the Bajeskwartier. What used to be a prison site will become a new sustainable neighborhood aiming to become the healthiest neighborhood in Amsterdam.

But healthy cities need healthy communities. The question remains, how is a sense of belonging, collective ownership, and an identity created without knowing what citizens will reside there in the future.

The upcoming months our Urban Living Lab team in Amsterdam are there to ask questions, unravel, toss and turn, create and reconcile all findings.

Challenge

How can we design without having a certain target group in mind and what we can already plan in the neighbourhood-to-be. This is the main task for our students to solve? To come up with ideas for the neighbourhood that can ensure a healthy community in the future. What we can propose and design that will ensure that the sense of belonging and engagement is created and nourished in Bajeskwartier.

Facilitators

Sharona Ceha

Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences

Robbert Bovee
Faezeh Mohammadi

Pakhuis de Zwijger

Students

Floortje Vermeer
Geertje Van Der Klei
Lilla Somosfalvi
Frederik Serroen
Qendresa Rexhepi
Martino Punzi
Mara Neldner
Gianfranca Mastroianni
Lilia Martinez
Diana Dobrin
Fiamma Shihari Costa
Dehiwalage
Clara Capuzzo
Ilaria Biondi