Amsterdam’s East­ern Har­bour Dis­trict con­sists of a num­ber of arti­fi­cial penin­su­las con­struct­ed around 1900. When the once-flour­ish­ing port lost its func­tion, the deci­sion was made to turn the dis­trict into a promi­nent res­i­den­tial area. The trans­for­ma­tion of the dock­lands, which began in the 1990s, is now com­plete. Diverse urban plans were devised for the var­i­ous sec­tions of the dis­trict, mak­ing the East­ern Har­bor Dis­trict a true sam­pling of the Dutch hous­ing con­struc­tion of recent decades.

Just around the cor­ner lies Funen­park, anoth­er trans­for­ma­tion project. This inno­v­a­tive urban devel­op­ment con­cept com­bines liv­ing and work­ing in high city-cen­tre den­si­ty with suf­fi­cient green space. A large res­i­den­tial block acts as noise bar­ri­er for the train line, which runs next to Funen­park. Behind this noise shield, small­er res­i­den­tial blocks stand in a car-free, pub­lic green area.