architectura:

Dutch practice O+A have just completed a temporary conversion of the NDSM shipyard into a shipping container city in northern Amsterdam of The Netherlands. The complex will host the 20th anniversary of the over het IJ festival, an event which runs from July 5th through the 15th is dedicated to young and experienced theatre-makers whom are challenged to use the grounds to generate site-specific theatrical performances. Expressed as a 3-dimensional checkerboard pattern, the landscape of stacked units form a context of stepped stages with diverse spatial typologies for personal interpretation.