Group B: Gateway Sloterdijk 2050

Situated at the core of a multi-layered urban area with a typical industrial and business zone character, Amsterdam Sloterdijk station is located at the intersection of four different districts: Sloterdijk I (north-east, facing the harbour), Bos and Lommer (south-east, towards the city centre), Slotermeer (south-west, also known as the Nieuwe West area) and Sloterdijk II (north-west or Westpoort). It is also placed at the heart of the Brettenpark (or Brettenzone), the area that runs horizontally from the Westerpark to Spaarnwoude. The Brettenzone was already included by master planner Cornelis van Eesteren in his General Expansion Plan of 1934, as a functional green division between a residential area (Western Garden Cities) and industry (the Westelijk Havengebied). For the Structure Vision Amsterdam 2040, the Brettenzone is referred to as an ‘east-west gradient’ between culture and nature. The station building is located next to the motorway and in an area where the municipality wants to realize more housing, hotels and public facilities. Sloterdijk centrum is also part of the City of Amsterdam’s new vision for a port city, published in 2017. Does the building have to be converted into something else? Due to its interesting multifaced urban character and as a major mobility hub in the fast-growing global metropolis of Amsterdam, the (re) development of the Sloterdijk area is a major opportunity to support the City of Amsterdam’s major policy objectives on tourism, housing supply and future mobility, while creating a vibrant and dense urban place. […]