In order to guarantee and create a healthy future for heritage,
Stadsherstel believes it is essential to work hard towards transferring
knowledge to and increase participation of young people. Under the wings
of Urban Heritage Inc. the youth design lab Hacking Heritage will take
place from March 28th until April 1st. Fifty students and young
professionals of different ages and from diverse backgrounds will give
their vision in teams on the redevelopment of three large, vacant
buildings in Amsterdam. During the five-day design lab - co-organized by
project bureau Creative Urbans - the participants, aged 16 to 26, will
face the basic principles of reuse and management of monuments in an
intense and short period of time, giving them the necessary tools to
tackle those two important Stadsherstel principles.
On March 31st a jury will choose one winning vision per building. The
winning teams will present their design during the public open day of
Urban Heritage Inc. on Friday April 1st. On that occasion a public
winner will also be chosen among all the visions.
With Urban Heritage Inc. Stadsherstel opens up to different
generations of heritage caretakers, so that the debate on global
questions concerning public-private partnerships and the preservation of
urban heritage may continue in the future.