Amsterdam nightclub scheme becomes flashpoint in Dutch city planning rows | Netherlands
AMsterdam was once famous for its alternative nightlife, but now a planned new multi -storey building, which will host a hut, café and apartments, has become a glare point in the war between protecting the heritage buildings and protecting heritage buildings.
Europe’s most in the last urban planning struggle intensively populated Countries are afraid that Amsterdam’s planned “Night Culture Institute” (INC) neighbors will shake their foundations.
Last week, the state council, the highest administrative court of the Netherlands, gave permission to plan for the project despite the concerns of residents of residents about the loss of sunlight, increasing bicycle traffic and potential damage to historical buildings.
Inc, a non -profitable initiative, announced Last October, architect David Mulder Van Der Vegt said that “all kinds of people will be the underground world that will meet”. The city gave it a 50,000 € subsidy and Mayor Touria Meliani said that the city would be an experimental antidote for a “monocultural olmuş growing in the nightlife.
However, as the Netherlands aimed at, it reflects the tensions that are common in urban planning. Build almost a million houses When they decided to build more layers in cities until 2030, the plans were far from being welcomed.
Walher Schoonenberg, historian and secretary of Amsterdam City Center (VVAB) Architecture, said that the project, which foresees the construction of deep cellar construction, may threaten structural integrity. 10 Dutch house Face -to -face already.
“Very little is known about the status of foundations, and every time it starts, it turns out that they are in bad state,” he said. “One RisksBut the state council put them aside. “
However, others believe that comprehensive Dutch planning procedures slow down vital development. Madeline Buijs, Chairman of Colliers, a Real Estate Recommendation Company, said, “Such legal cases take years,” he said. “And of course this means delays for the new housing.”
Economists say such delays have a financial cost. Matthijs Korevaar of Erasmus University Rotterdam said that when developers had to take into account on time for appeal, it has become a “development tax .. “Dutch cities are well planned and a long and careful procedure to build some of it,” he said. “It is always political to trade from the benefits of the insiders to foreigners.”
Historical housing was not always preserved, he said: Halg Half Moon Alley ği, where Halvemaanteg or the new nightlife center would be built, would be transformed into a channel in the 17th century if he did not prevent the city at the expense of the city.
As the populations expand, urban inhabitants may have to accept longer cities where views and sunlight are not protected, according to Cees-Jan Pen urban development Eindhoven Fonts at the University of Applied Sciences. “Everyone wants to solve the housing crisis – not just in front of their doors,” he said. “But we need to build a little higher, a few extra layers. And it is more sustainable to build in existing cities.”
The Inc spokesman, which will be opened in 2028, said the risks should be minimum. “The construction method for Bodrum has been successfully used in other projects in the historical center of Amsterdam in recent years,” he said. “External experts confirmed that potential risks can be well managed by the proposed construction method in a second sight.”
