project09:Problems/Opportunities

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A Different Kind of User

They come unnoticed. They leave unnoticed. You can only see the mark they leave behind. The graffiti artist. The NDSM has become a space for subdued expression. The start of the artist community in itself started as a form of expression, a space for the unappreciated, but has become a community of introverts and closed doors. The graffiti artists and the skate-park users are the surviving entities from a bye-gone era. They form an open community, open to change.
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The Skate-park at NDSM is the one space that attracts users in the age group of 15-25 years. Though the NDSM attracts this user group to its various festivals and other activities, the skate-park is the one activity that attracts youth groups on a daily basis, and in hundreds over the weekends. However, talks about demolition of the existing skate-park inside the Kunstad could effectively put an end to the influx of youth into the site. An appropriate intervention could be an outdoor skate-park, in one of the various empty spaces in the NDSM wharf. The skate-park could also extend as a dynamic landscape for various other purposes, and attract a variety of new uses and users to the site.

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Save the Skatepark!

This is also a perfect opportunity for the commercial establishments to come together and add their share of vibrancy to the site. MTV and Redbull have always covered adventure sports either through their television or via advertising campaigns of such sponsored events. Such commercial establishments would invest in the venture, giving them rights to manage the space, for sports or other events, as well as production of television shows about art, culture and sports. The existing sponsors and media partners could also choose to invest in the new skate-park and BMX track. A climbing wall could be incorporated for young users and other climbing enthusiasts.

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Photo Credits: skateparkamsterdam.com


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