Opening KolenkitKas #Rhapsody in West

Opening KolenkitKas #Rhapsody in West

June 20, the opening of the KolenkitKas in the courtyard garden of Rhapsody in West was celebrated with music and snacks. Residents from the Kolenkit neighborhood celebrated this party together with the residents of the newly completed residential complex. The...
King visits Rhapsody

King visits Rhapsody

Wednesday 11th, King Willem-Alexander and mayor van Aartsen (The Hague) payed a surprise visit to the building site of Rhapsody in West. Roel Schoenmakers, Captain of artists collective Cascoland, showed the honoured vistors around in the surrounding Kolenkit...
Builders Day Rhapsody in West

Builders Day Rhapsody in West

On so called ‘Builders Day (June 2) SSB/deNijs opened the Rhapsody building site in Amsterdam West for public. Architect Bart Mispelblom Beyer presented the design process and collaboration with neighborhood residents, followed by a site visit. Local residents treated...
top down and bottum up

top down and bottum up

Urban development today: top down and bottom up It has long been thought that large-scale urban developments could only be realized if the plans were devised by expert architects and investors / developers and then thrown down, as it were, towards users. This top down...