SUBURBS

16 June 2009

I have been spending the past week in the suburbs of Amsterdam, the government here over the past 10 years has been making land from what once was water. As a result a blank canvas has been created where young Dutch architects have been able to experiment with many types of housing. I have been asking myself what is the future of these places, some of the distances that the suburbs are from the cities that they are supposed to supply with housing are simply too far away, even with the efficient Dutch train system. I look forward to visiting these places again in the future to see what in fact is the result in 20-30 years time. Will they become the future ghettos of europe?

WILL MEEKER