Metropolitan Virus: A strategic planning framework to improve the resilience of the Metropolitan Region Amsterdam in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic

Metropolitan regions are the most urbanized and globalized areas as the concentration of population and economy in the world, which makes them exposed to various global emergency risks like pandemics. And the COVID-19 outbroke from Wuhan (China) at the end of 2019, offered an up-to-date perspective as an opportunity to investigate and improve...

Detox Life Sharing Community: A green connector

In the future, with the development of AI, robotics and medical technology, people have higher life expectancy and focus more on mental/spiritual experience. Amstel, as a developing Amsterdam sub-center, is expected to become an (P)Leisure area by 2100. However, not every future residents can live a happy life. With virtual technology addiction,...

City Recovery Garden: Integrate Urban Farm into the AMC Amsterdam

With the medical services becoming decentralized and even remoted via tele-therapy,the traditional exclusive AMC with such a massive building needs a new<br/>position and identity. This proposal aims to turn the AMC into a city recovery garden that promote the culture of health by integrating urban farming and promoting new identity of health...