24th of October, tour Aardinghal and NDSM wharf

We met Bas Janssen of Red Concepts in front of the Aardinghal. He told us the history of the wharf which has been built after the war. The structure of the hall is a monument (the biggest at the wharf) and can't be changed. Over the building there is probably going to be built a huge "u" structure with offices for creative industry companies. Inside nothing can be changed, they will only restore it.
They are still looking for a purpose for the inside of the Aardinghal.
Their question is for us to design a programme (function, possible parties, etc) and an actual form for this (places, image, volumes, etc) and present this in an appealing way.
Some facts: 6500m2, 110 m length, 55m width and 22m high.
He made a nice comparison; the programme/design should be like the ships that were built there and became the temporary inhabitants of the hall, they also, like the project, disappeared again after a while.
So it has to be temporary, has to be open for the public, cultural minded and being connected to the atmosphere ( which is an international spot for media and creative industry) of the rest of the wharf.
After that we had a fast look around the NDSM wharf with Adri Doorneveld of Stadsdeel Amsterdam Noord.