NDSM wharf
2007-05-01 | Rating: 8 out of 10
The NDSM warf is really an everything-in-one type of place. It is a former shipyard located on the northern banks of the IJ and houses a skate park, cafe, galleries and a theater.
The "center for underground culture" has been founded by a group of artists, theater people, architects and skaters in the late 90's. Since then the habitants have finished several projects:
The NDSM tenants are working on a number of projects on the site, some of which are complete:- Dazzleville: painted temporary workshops covering some 900 sq. meters iin the outdoor area.
- East Wing: theater studios and performance areas to the east of the NDSM hall covering 2,250 sq. meters.
- Art City: more than 7,000 sq. meters of stacked workshops and free lots in the NDSM hall.
- Section 4: a youth area covering more than 4,000 sq. meters with a skate park, a boulder/cave, music studios, multi-functional project spaces and a hip-hop school.
- The Noordstrook: 6,000 sq. meters of artists’ studios, artists’ homes, cafés and restaurants and experimental programming and exhibition areas.
- De Houten Kop pavilion: a café and performance area made from recycled materials and straw.
- Slipways X and Y: 2,500 sq. meters of traditional studios and an underground canteen for those working at the wharf.
- Renewable energy: a heat pump, a windmill attached to a crane, prayer and gas station "God and Gas" for spirituality and mobility (the gas station pumps vegetable oil) and mobile gardens and a mobile library.