almere 2030
image courtesy MVRDV architects

dutch new town almere plans to grow with 60,000 houses, 100,000 work places
and related facilities. consequentially almere will become the fifth largest city of
the netherlands in an effort to relief and to offer new qualities to the urbanised west
of the netherlands. MVRDV was commissioned to collaborate with the city to design
a concept structure vision to accommodate this growth. the growth will take place
in four main areas: almere ijland, a new island off the coast in the ij-lake, almere pampus,
a neighbourhood focused on the lake and open to experimental housing, almere centre,
an extended city centre surrounding the central lake, and oosterwold, an area devoted
to more rural and organic urbanism. together the proposals form the new framework to
accompany the growth of the city until 2030.  the design of ijland has been a collaboration
with adriaan geuze of west8 and william mcdonough of mcdonough and partners.


almere 2030
image courtesy MVRDV architects


almere 2030
image courtesy MVRDV architects


almere 2030
image courtesy MVRDV architects