SCHOONSCHIP, Amsterdam edit
Prince Harry, European lawmakers and a long list of other dignitaries, urban planners, entrepreneurs and citizens have come to Schoonschip in recent years, curious to see the real-life manifestation of a once sci-fi idea. On visitor’s tours, De Blok has showcased Schoonschip’s patchwork of environmentally-focused social projects: lush floating gardens, tended by the residents and beloved by the water birds; a community center featuring floating architecture diagrams; and a nearby on-land vegetable patch bursting with kale in the winter and zucchini and tomatoes in the summer. But the homes’ industrial-chic design and their immediate proximity to the city, De Blok says, is usually what surprises visitors most
Created by Floris Boogaard on 26-12-2021