How can we design structures for the water, for its users and inhabitants? What do the banks of the city look like when we look at Amsterdam through amphibious glasses? Living underwater is not our primary focus, but rather the consideration of water when focusing on land and what could be a healthier exchange. We challenge the conventional division of these realms.
We learn a lot throughout this process. On this blog you can read about our recent findings.
You may already be familiar with the 3 different states of water: solid (ice), liquid (water), and gas (water vapour or steam). This behaviour, following the logics of chemistry, allows us to understand and predict the relationship between water, temperature and pressure.
But what if you step away…
Here in Amsterdam, on the quay of the Oosterdok at Mediamatic, the connection with the world comes to us. Non-human life connects this location here to faraway places. The world comes to Amsterdam: mussels from the Gulf of Mexico, Australian tube worms, migrating barnacles, American lobsters and…
