The Green Mile on our doorstep

As an architectural studio we are of course highly concerned with the environmental impact and footprint of our designs. To reduce our own footprint as an office and to develop a greater understanding of how we can make our architectural and urban designs more sustainable and circular, a group of UNStudio employees took the initiative to form our very own Green Team. One of their first projects happens to be right on the doorstep of our Amsterdam office: the Stadhouderskade.

The Stadhouderskade has the unfortunate reputation of being one of the busiest and most polluted streets in Amsterdam, and even in the Netherlands. In an effort to change this, the Green Team has come up with the ambition to transform this main artery into ‘The Green Mile’.

The goal of the Green Mile is to reduce air pollution, noise and C02-emissions, and to create a greener, healthier public realm along the Stadhouderskade. Over the coming months we will invite different stakeholders who also use the street: the local community, residents of de Pijp and other businesses, to participate in the making of an urban plan that encourages a more sustainable approach to mobility and logistics on this busy stretch of road.

Arnhem Central: "A Celebration of Travel"

What happens with a building once it is completed and our work is done? How do users experience our designs on a daily basis? As it is one of the milestone projects in our portfolio, we were eager to find out what daily life looks like at Arnhem Central Station. For its 10th anniversary last year, we made a short documentary about the life of this station masterplan so far: "A Celebration of Travel".  Click here to watch it.