E18 Portrait - Cultural Archipelago

Amersfoort-Stadhuisplein (NL) - Winner

Cultural Archipelago

Associates: Maria Vittoria Tesei (IT) – architect urbanist, Flavio Martella (IT) – architect

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"Our project defines re-sourcing as reusing existing buildings, heritage and latent landscapes. It re-sources from social dynamics by creating a cultural archipelago connecting institutions, citizens, and emerging actors; from nature through soil regeneration and biodiversity; from material cycles via adaptive reuse. It is regenerative as it creates ecological, urban and social value through time."