Almere 100: Integrated Urban Design for Almere, Netherlands
Project information
submitted by
Professur Informatik in der Architektur und Urbanistik
Co-Authors
[01] Ana Montes, Daniel Gomez, Lelissa Erkissa, Nourhan Said
[02] Andres Gonzalez, Camila Hernandez, Catalina Rodriguez
[03] Carlos Catalano, Jan Exner, Tarek Ahmed
[04] Serra Can, Dzhuliana Dib, Ivana Grigorovska, Kemal Tezcan
[05] Eda Ünal, Ipek Toraman, Mohammadebrahim Tajik, Siva Mahmood
Mentors
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Reinhard König, Dr. Martin Bielik, Dr. Sven Schneider, M.Sc. Egor Gaydukov, M.Sc. Egor Gavrilov
Faculty:
Architecture and Urbanism
Degree programme:
Integrated Urban Development and Design (Master of Science (M.Sc.))
Type of project presentation
Exhibition
Semester
Sommersemester2025
- Belvederer Allee 1a - Kubus
(Ground Floor) - Belvederer Allee 1a - Kubus
(Ground Floor)
Available during summaery opening hours
Project description
In 2025, Almere celebrates its 50th anniversary. Born from transforming water into land, Almere is a testament to Dutch ingenuity and experimental urban thinking. Unlike historic cities that evolved organically over centuries, Almere was deliberately planned – a blank canvas for modernist ideals of functional zoning, automobile infrastructure, and rational order.
As we contemplate Almere at 100, we face mounting threats that demand response: How might a city designed for the 20th century confront the converging challenges of the 21st and 22nd centuries?
The urban paradigms that shaped Almere’s birth – abundant resources, car-centric mobility, single-function zoning – are not merely outdated but increasingly dangerous as contemporary realities of resource constraints, social inequality, and ecological breakdown intensify.
This studio challenged students to reimagine Almere’s city center in 2075 by confronting these drivers of change. They developed urban narratives enhanced by computational tools that transformed threats into opportunities, exploring how this experimental city might not just survive but thrive through its next evolution.
Complementing the studio visions of Almere in 2075, the exhibition features an interactive installation that allows visitors to generate potential future challenges onto images of the city and explore student-developed solutions in real time.