Prix de Rome, Zaanstad; fragment

    TO DEVELOP IN A QUICKENED WAY THE LATENT PRESENT CONCEPT OF ZAANSTAD AS A (WATER)RECREATION CITY THE FOLLOWING IS NEEDED:

      - A PRECISE WAY OF DEALING WITH THE ZAANSE SCHANS (PRIVATIZE YES OR NO, MOVEMENT OF THE ST. MICHAELCOLLEGE)

      - FORMULATE IN ONE SWAY ALL INDUSTRY A TERMINAL DESTINATION:

      • MOVEMENT TO INDUSTRY SITE (CENTRAL PURIFYING PLANTS)
      • REANIMATION (OF THE OLD, EMPTY FACTORIES THAT ARE OFTEN CHARACTERIZED AS BEAUTIFUL)
      • DEMOLITION (OF THE OLD FACTORIES)
      • ADAPTED DESIGN OF THE FACTORIES STILL IN USE
      • PERHAPS A 'ZAANSE HONOUR SCHANS' (FOR EXAMPLE AS A MINIATURE IN THE CENTRE)

      - BREAK OPEN, VISUALLY, THE ZAAN RIVERSIDE

      - STIMULATION OF TOURISM TO THE CENTRE(S)

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