Over the past few years, a team (kwartiermakers John Leerdam, Peggy Brandon and David Brandwagt) has set to work investigating what the museum should entail, organizing meetings, and engaging in communities. Their findings are described in the guidelines for the building, collection, and societal contribution. These documents formed the plan (Vertel het hele verhaal) for the establishment and construction of a National Slavery Museum.
The of the National Slavery Museum design competition is commissioned by the Municipality of Amsterdam (gemeente Amsterdam). Led by lyongo architecture, Team Our Voices brings together an interdisciplinary consortium of partners: West 8, MYAA, Rijnboutt, Rose Mary Allen, Stephanie van Heijningen, and Dionne Abdoelhafiezkhan.
About the competition
The brief calls for an integrated design for a 9,000 m² museum building and 25,000 m² public park on a waterfront site at Kop van Java-eiland in Amsterdam’s former docklands. The museum is due to open in 2030. Only ten teams have been selected from a large field of national and international submissions to proceed to the next phase of the competition. We are grateful to be among the teams invited to continue reflecting on and contributing to a project of such societal significance.
Next up
The jury has selected ten design teams for the next phase of the international architecture competition for the National Slavery Museum. All teams consist of an architect, a landscape architect, and experts, and were chosen by the jury from a large number
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