Placemaking Week

Sign-up links for all off-sites will be sent by email to conference registrants only in late September. Advanced registration required. Capacity: 40 (FULL).

In this interactive session, attendees will learn about the Amsterdam Noord neighborhood, and work with local stakeholders to analyze the area's challenges and opportunities.

Amsterdam Noord is changing rapidly. Today it is one of the most desirable areas on the river IJ waterfront, and in the next 20 year, it is expected to accommodate a very large part of Amsterdam's growth. However, Noord is also home to some of the poorest areas in the entire Netherlands. In the Hamerstraat, these two worlds come together. How can placemaking be used to integrated and work toward an "undivided city" here, instead of creating a segregated "gold coast"?