Subjective Atlas of Amsterdam

Who is Amsterdam, really? This Subjective Atlas of Amsterdam presents the Dutch capital as experienced by the residents themselves. Many who call Amsterdam home—especially those most often pushed to the margins—translate their experiences into maps, drawings, photos, and graphics. You’ll see streets you’ve not yet walked down, far beyond the historical centre, through the eyes of people you may not have met, but who could be your neighbours.

These pages illustrate unsung neighbourhoods, subjective mundanities, vital criticism, and declarations of love, creating a nuanced collection that captures something difficult to quantify or make tangible: how cultures shape a city.

Initiated by the Architecture Centre of Amsterdam (Arcam), this book, and the plural realities within it, reflect on how to make the city a better place, for everyone.

Editor-in-Chief Annelys de Vet (Subjective Editions) Research, Development, and Editing Anne Vera Veen (Arcam), Wouter Stroet Introductions Najah Aouaki, Indira van ’t Klooster, Anne Vera Veen, Annelys de Vet Contributors Deniz Aktaş, David Albilal, Lama Aloul, Qusai Alsaify, Saja Amro, Najah Aouaki, Maarten van Asbeck, Roumaisae Azoufri, Bador, Julina Bezold, Zjef van Bezouw, Ravi Blits, Eva Bollen, Isa van Bossé, Sam Broekman, Eeke Brussee, Nell Bucher, Anastasia Campbell, Piotr Chmielewski, Rasha Dakkak, Joséphine Dupuy d’Angeac, Moussa Dembele, Rosemarie van Dijk, Maria Dijkgraaf, Tatyana Dmitrieva, Robbie Doorman, Janfrans van der Eerden, Eid, Idris Elhassan, Farah Fayyad, Maxime Garcia Diaz, Layla Gijsen, Eric Groot Kormelink, Natascha Hagenbeek, Hamo, Ayman Hassan, Hayat, Nickisch Holger, Lucas Huikeshoven, Toon Jansen, Vincent van der Kaap, Chris Keulemans, Indira van ’t Klooster, Kees de Klein, Sadali Koralege, Siwar Kraitem, Adinda van Kranendonk, Darko Lagunas, Tara Lane, Tina Lenz, Sytse de Maat, Mahmoud, Matilda Médard, Yannesh Meijman, Stefan Meyer, Ott Metusala, Mohamed, Lou de Monchy, Geert Mol, Mathilde muPe, Nasra, Naira Nigrelli, Geke Oosterhof, Wouter Pocornie, Liesbeth van der Pol, Paandyar Pourseyf, Mars Remijn, Laura van Roemburg, Alexandra Rouppe van der Voort, Sarah Saleh, Sami, Nadia Sbai, Sieto van der Scheer, Rob Schröder, Hans Smit, Shadi Srewel, Gijs Stork, Robin Stark, Marco Stroet, Wouter Stroet, Peik Suyling, Jara van Teeffelen, Teferi, Roman Tkachenko, Anna Torres, Finn van Tol, Bence Török, Hans de Tweede, Elke, Yuri Veerman, Anne Vera Veen, Lisa Veenstra, vreer verkerke, Samira Vogel, Dewi Vrenegoor, Rufus de Vries, Raffaela Wang, Mateo Vega, Hannah Veldhoen, Annelys de Vet, Minhong Yu, Iriée Zamblé, Victor van Zanten, Juha van ’t Zelfde, Hans de Zwart and Bijlmer Believers 3.0 (Bijlm3r), Failed Architecture, Hotel Mokum, Verdedig Noord, We Sell Reality Graphic Design Wouter Stroet, Annelys de Vet Workshop Coordinators Robbie Doorman (Radio Voorwaarts), Elke Uitentuis (We Sell Reality), Dewi Vrenegoor (IHLIA), Julina Vanille Bezold, Anna Garcia Gomez, Saja Amro (Sandberg Instituut), Juha van ’t Zelfde (Verdedig Noord), Wouter Pocornie (Team Zuidoost), Adinda van Kranendonk (Startblok Elzenhagen) Production and Editorial Assistance Finn van Tol, Emilie Tesh, Eeke Brussee (Arcam), Natalia Lopez Lopez, Omar Kashmiry (Subjective Editions) Communication Femke Gerritsma (Arcam) Translation NL–EN Larae Malooly Proofreading Harriet Foyster Typeface Proza by Jasper de Waard Cover Image Ravi Blits