A retrospective: a pictorial account of the ToekomstTiendaagse

Many of the guided tours started at the Zuidas-Zuidasdok Information Centre in the WTC. They included information about living in Zuidas, its architecture, and the future tunnel, which will guide the A10 Zuid below Zuidas’ very heart.

In the new Ravel residential district, you were able to cast your eye from a great height on the car-free neighbourhood in which 1,350 homes will be created. At the same time, street artists unleashed their creativity on a hoarding along Maurice Ravellaan, the new street designed to open up this residential district.

Elsewhere, at the De Nieuwe Meer junction, guided tours of a totally different order were being given. You went on safari in army trucks, visiting the work sites of the TriAX building consortium (Besix, Dura Vermeer, Heijmans). The widening of the A10 Zuid at the Schinkelbrug – which will see the addition of two extra lanes in both directions – is already well underway. This trip passed alongside some immense machinery and constructions for the extra bridges that are to be built here.

At Amsterdam Zuid station you really hit the jackpot. On 14 June, you were able to witness live how we used enormous cranes to hoist a new roof for one of the train platforms into its final position.

For the true aficionados, there was a presentation entitled ‘Lef en Liefde bij stadsontwikkeling’ (‘love and boldness in urban development’). Our designers and urban planners talked with passion about their vision for the development of Zuidas.

Finally, there was an unforgettable concert in Gustav Mahlerplein. Renowned musicians performed pieces by female composers who have been or are being given a street name in Zuidas. It was an intimate occasion that brought the future almost within touching distance.

Obviously, we hope to still be around in 750 years’ time… But you don’t have to wait that long. Visit our Information Centre today, join one of the guided tours or take one of our walking tours.