IJburg

IJburg

province	North Holland
local community	Amsterdam
Area  - land  - water	2.38  km 2 1.89 km 2 0.49 km 2
Residents	22,195 (Jan. 1, 2017)
Important traffic route
prefix	020
Postcodes	1019, 1086-1087
Location of the IJburg neighborhood in Amsterdam

IJburg
Waters	IJmeer
Geographical location	52 ° 21 ′  N , 5 ° 0 ′  E Coordinates: 52 ° 21 ′  N , 5 ° 0 ′  E
City map of IJburg

IJburg is a newly created district in the east of Amsterdam as part of the VINEX program . IJburg consists of the washed up artificial islands Steigereiland, Haveneiland and Rieteilanden in the southwestern IJmeer . The planning for phase 1, which has meanwhile been largely completed, envisaged 18,000 apartments for 45,000 residents, including infrastructure such as schools, libraries, sports facilities, a beach (in the northeast of Haveneiland) and shops.

In 2017 IJburg had almost 25,000 inhabitants. Further islands with apartments for 20,000 inhabitants have been or are being washed up in the northeast: Centrumeiland and Strandeiland (1.5 km²), as well as a pure nature reserve Buiteneiland. They can be built on from 2020 or 2022.

Nearby (in the south) is the largest nature and city park in Amsterdam, the Diemerpark .

history

The first plans for a new part of the city were made in 1965 by the Van den Broek en Bakema architecture firm. In a 1997 referendum, 60% voted against the IJburg plan, but the necessary quorum was not achieved. At the end of 1999, the construction of the first island began. The architect Koen Olthuis was commissioned to plan the residential buildings.

Connection

The district is connected by the Amsterdam tram through line 26. This line goes to Amsterdam Central Station , the other terminal is on the island of Haveneiland and is to be continued to Strandeiland.

Line 66 of GVB and line 359 of Connexxion also run on IJburg .

IJburg is connected to the mainland to the west and east by bridges. For pedestrians and cyclists there is also a route to the southwest via Diemerpark and the sweeping Nescio Bridge over the Amsterdam-Rhine Canal .

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  Tram on the Enneüs-Heerma Bridge , designed by Nicholas Grimshaw

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  Nescio Bridge

Picture gallery

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  Aerial photo of the IJburg from the east, 2004.

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  Cubic houses with canal on Haveneiland, 2013.

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  IJburg, Rieteilanden, 2013.

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  Beach at Diemerpark with a view of IJburg

Movie

• At home in the world. Netherlands - The floating houses of IJburg. (OT: Pays-Bas, les maisons flottantes d'Ijburg. ) Documentary, France, 2015, 25:47 min., Script and direction: David Perrier, moderation: Philippe Simay, production: arte France, Cinétévé, series: In der World at home (OT: Habiter le monde ), first broadcast: October 18, 2016 on arte, synopsis by ARD .

Web links

Commons : IJburg  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Hallo IJburg website (Dutch)
• Architecture tours in IJburg by architour

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2017 Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek , accessed on April 26, 2018 (Dutch)
2. ↑ Expansion of the Strand- and Buiteneiland. De Persgroep, accessed May 19, 2019 (Dutch).