The Marine Etablissement

The studio proposed designs for the Marine Etablissement, Amsterdam'shistoric closed military installation for over 350 years, which is currentlyundergoing a plan to open for varied and public uses.The projects show numerous approaches with housing, schools, universities,tech centers, and infrastructural links to the city's core.The book includes an interview with Isaäc Kalisvaart and an introduction byAlexander Garvin, an essay on broad economic environment and financialfeasibility of the design proposals by Kevin D. Gray; Erik Go, head ofStudio MAB, and Hans-Hugo Smit, Senior Market Analyst at MAB onthe nature of collaboration between designers and developers; and LiesbethJansen, project director of Marineterrein Amsterdam and Maarten Pedroli ofLinkeroeve on the latest developments now occurring there.