INVITATION TALKSHOW OOSTENBURG # 7: DE HALLEN 1: IN CONVERSATION WITH ARCHITECT ANDRE VAN STIGT.   

🗓 Thursday evening 24 april 2025
🕗 20.00-21.30 hrs
📍 Buurtkamer Over de Brug, Isaac Titsinghkade 123, 1018 LL Amsterdam
🎟 Free Entrance

Thursday evening 24 April 2025, 20.00-21.30 hrs, Buurtkamer Over de Brug, Isaac Titsinghkade 123, 1018 LL Amsterdam. Free entrance.  

In a series of conversations with special guests, we will take a closer look at the different ways of reusing monumental factory halls. Now that the Werkspoorhal is temporarily out of order, we are turning our gaze to other successful examples of cultural and social reuse of monumental heritage.  

In the first episode of this new series, we talk to architect André van Stigt. The redesign (and exploitation) of the iconic tram depot de Hallen in Amsterdam-West has become an exemplary project for the way in which you can successfully restore and manage monumental halls. Other major projects of van Stigt are the Gashouder on the Westergas (the former Westergasfabriek site) and the Koepel in Haarlem (the former Koepelprison).   

During this evening we will talk to André van Stigt about his projects, about the difficulties that he had to overcome and especially about the role of citizens’ initiatives. So was the Koepelprison in Haarlem put up for sale by the National Real Estate Agency for the highest bidder, which suggested that a social redevelopment was lost. But there was resistance from the citizens and a foundation was set up that wanted to ‘give back’ the Koepel to the city. In the end, the building became a wonderful mix of education, business and culture.  

For more information: Eddy Appels programmering@overdebrug-oostenburg.nl, or tel. 0622075428 

Foto: Tram remise de Hallen