The $1.8 Billion Plan for Amsterdam

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Remember having a coffee in Houdthaven and being like “oh would love to live here let’s have a look” and there being literally nothing below 1.2 mil 😢

5:34 MEME, Eiland

What a pity that there are not more cafes and shops, big developement projects always fail because they seperate living, leisure and working, instead of packing them close together

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So I just looked up what up for sale in this neighbourhood. Cheapest you can find is €369000 for a 39m² appartment. Most of them are between 500k and 1million. If you want to live on meme island, there's 1 appartment you can still bid on, but it's currently on €925k.

I've lived all over Amsterdam: NIeuwmarkt (the oldest part of town), Amsterdam Noord (post-war high-rise similar to what you see when he mentions de Bijlmer), Oud West (trendy neighborhood from around the turn of the century), Zeeburg (worker's neighborhood also from the turn of the century), Ijburg (man-made island from the turn of the millennium) and Zeeburgereiland (a neighborhood "completed" in 2018). I can say that Amsterdam has learned from its mistakes and mastered the art of building exceptionally great livable neighborhoods (Ijburg and Zeeburgereiland are perfect examples, ask anyone who's actually lived around here). They continue, however, to struggle with 1. making them beautiful (although they have some very nice buildings and moments), 2. connecting them efficiently to the rest of the city, and 3., of course, making them affordable for people to invest into (buy a house and form/become part of a community). This is an awesome video.

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I mean, even the Bijlmermeer (a supposed dystopic housing development) looks 100 times better than any social housing project I’ve seen built in that decade

I walked through this neighborhood last year and was so impressed by it! so beautiful and calm, this is truly one of the best modern urban planning and architecture projects I have seen so far

What if we kissed in the Meme Island 😳👉🏻👈🏻

It looks amazing. Though I doubt that this is affordable by any means. Even ignoring the canals, hiding most of the car traffic and parking spaces undergrounds has to be expensive.

Hoog is definitely sponsored by Amsterdam.

Great video, as usual - I loved the part about how the Bijlmermeer not only provides homes, but also information on how to not build massive housing projects. Cheers!!

You didn't mention public transport, which there is practically none in this area (1 bus stop), passing through the houthavens everyday I can tell you this is the worst area in Amsterdam for traffic, maybe in the future it will improve but at the moment I don't see any plans being made

The principle of a container with strong constraints but with room to play and be creative and unique within those constraints applies to so much in life. From good architecture and neighbourhoods to raising children to employee job satisfaction. It is what we naturally feel joyous about. A balance of certainty, familiarity and safety but also freedom and change.