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If everything goes smoothly, the City Council will officially approve the zoning plan for the new Ravel residential district in the summer of 2021. We have held talks on several occasions with businesses, employees and residents nearby in order to take their ideas on board as much as possible.
‘A decade ago, Zuidas was not quite ready for Valley. Now, it is.’ These are the words of Boudewijn Ruitenburg, Chief Operating Officer at EDGE, the developer behind the project that will be completed in late summer 2021.
The relocation of Goed Genoeg sports park, with AFC as its main tenant, is almost complete. There is just one more pitch to be relocated. The old clubhouse also needs to be demolished. Work on that started on 20 January 2021. It's a bitter-sweet moment.
Last summer saw the three core sections of Valley reach their highest point. The next milestone involves building a steel frame in the shape of a doughnut. In it, there will ultimately be a huge skybar.
The two new AFC football pitches have now been completed. Project supervisor Mascha de Haan: ‘This means that they can now officially be used. It’s actually already happened, unofficially.’
Valley is gradually taking shape – the unique design is increasingly making its mark on the horizon. The Valley Amsterdam construction consortium recently published a video focusing on the building worker.
Zuidas will soon have a new residential neighbourhood: Ravel. Construction is set to start at the end of 2022, but there have been years of preparation leading up to that. As project manager, Monique Soe-Agnie has been very closely involved.
Starting in 2022, a new green, car-free neighbourhood called Ravel will be created in Zuidas, providing 1,350 homes. Most of these will be relatively large, and in the social rental or mid-range rental sectors. They will be located in a park-like setting, with plenty of space for play and recreation.
At the Goed Genoeg sports park, home of AFC, contractor Sallandse United is busy working on the completion of two new football pitches. Sports Division Manager Arjan Emaus: ‘There’s a lot happening around us while we’re working – the football has to continue.’
The builders working on the Valley project are currently working on both the shell of the building and on the interior. ‘Under the current circumstances, it’s pretty remarkable that our team of 150 is still working as normal’, says site manager Ruud van der Thiel.
“It’s an extremely complicated puzzle. We’ve been working on it for the past twenty years.” Designer Joost de Wit and urban planner Martijn de Wit are talking about the refurbishment of the ‘Goed Genoeg’ sports complex which is the home of AFC.
The ‘Goed Genoeg’ sports park, the home of AFC, is to get new pitches and a new clubhouse. AFC chairman, Ad Westerhof, is happy that work has started because the preparation process was long and caused much debate.