Amsterdam, a rapidly expanding city, is confronted with a pressing housing shortage, further compounded by the challenges posed by climate change. This necessitates the task of formulating a sustainable urban future to accommodate the growing number of residents. The most prominent manifestation of this challenge is observed in the Haven-StadContinue Reading
The Amsterdam Time Machine doesn’t only focus on the past, but also wants to contribute to the future design of the city: “Understanding the past to shape the future”. Keeping this motto in mind, we have started a pilot project in Amsterdam Southeast (Zuidoost). Based on historical data, we wantContinue Reading
Together with the Jewish Museum, the Amsterdam Time Machine has taken the initiative to connect datasets from various archives and collections about Jewish Amsterdam. Along with Menno den Engelse of Islands of Meaning, we started with two streets: the Jodenbreestraat and the Nieuwe Amstelstraat. The Jewish Museum has figured outContinue Reading
Water and its management are topical issues for Amsterdam, and have always been in the past. Over the centuries, a complex system of locks and dikes has been developed to manage the water levels in the city. The functioning and importance of the Amsterdam water system, especially at a timeContinue Reading
The project ‘Integration and Social Mobility: The Descendants of Early Modern Immigrants in Amsterdam, 1660-1811’ addresses one of the major questions in Dutch migration history: what happened to the descendants of the hundreds of thousands of immigrants who migrated to the Dutch Republic in the early modern period? Today, nearlyContinue Reading
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