site analysis > land use SUMMARY The sites of Schoonschip and De Ceuvel carry the burden of their history of industrial activities in the 20th century, which are mainly reflected in its heavily polluted soils, water soils, poor water surface quality and other related problems such as incidental asbestos. The sites on which the Cleantech Playground will be situated are located in the Buiksloterham area in North Amsterdam. The water depth at the Schoonschip site ranges from 4 to 4,6 meters. The Schoonschip site is a water parcel. It comprises an area of ca. 8,500 m2 and is located on the Johan van Hasseltkanaal-West, parallel to the bank, which is parallel to the Veldbiesstraat. The De Ceuvel site is a land parcel. It comprises an area of ca. 4,470 m2 and is located east of the Schoonschip site, at the beginning of the Korte Papaverweg. It is subdivided into three parts: 1. A canal edge part (ca. 3080 m). 2. An eastern part (ca. 900 m2). 3. A western part (ca. 490 m2). The sites are in close proximity to each other and are surrounded by open space and only few buildings. They are separated from each other by water and can be reached over land (distance ca. 450 m). This will be improved in the future, since the zoning plan of the area has plans for building a bridge over the Buiksloterkanaal which would reduce the distance to ca. 80 m. HISTORICAL LAND USE The Buiksloterham area has a history of being a landfill for sludge in the 19th century, and an industrial harbor area in the 20th century that is now leaving vacant and abandoned plots waiting for new developments. The Johan van Hasseltkanaal in which the Schoonschip site is situated was dug in 1908 with the goal to disburden the water traffic of the IJ at the level of the Central Station (Projectbureau Noordwaarts, 2012a). However, it was never completed. The De Ceuvel site was formerly used to repair ships for inland waterways. The buildings of the site were mostly demolished in 2002 (Projectbureau Noordwaarts, 2011). CURRENT LAND USE The Schoonschip site has no current land use or function. De Ceuvel site is an abandoned site with some leſtovers of its former use: a number of foundations, pavements and concrete docks are on the site. FUTURE LAND USE In the last years, the municipality has set ambitious goals for Buiksloterham in their program ‘Noordwaarts’ transforming the industrial area in the coming years into a sustainable area where people can both work and live (Projectbureau Noordwaarts, 2009a). , which was the goal of 102 / 146 Pagina 101
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