Hembrug Peninsula – Revitalising Heritage: The transformation of a military industrial site into the art, craft and design centre of Amsterdam and the Zaan region

The project site is called Hembrug and is located in between Zaandam and Amsterdam. Hembrug used to be a military production site that functioned as the logistic heart of the Stelling van Amsterdam (Dutch defence strategy) since 1895, but lost its original function in 2003 when the Eurometaal factory stopped the ammunition production. Since then...