If
you
a e
ot
eady
to
get
you
ha ds
di ty
i
the
soil
o
spe d
time
i
atu e,
the
movi g
to
this
tow
i
the
Nethe la ds
will
ot
be
possible
fo
you.
I
the
cou t y
whe e
u ba
pla i g
is
co side ed
almost
“too
pe fect,”
the e
is
a
ew
tow
Ooste wo ld
built
e ti ely
o
eclaimed
la d.He e,
atu e
a d
livi g,
wo ki g
a d
leisu e
a e
combi ed
i
a
low
de sity
as
a
bala ce
act
agai st
the
mo e
u ba
west
of
the
city.
Ooste wo ld
is
a
4,300
hecta e
u ba
expe ime t
located
east
of
Amste dam,
i
the
subu ba
city
of
Alme e.
Fi st
visualised
about
a
decade
ago
by
a
local
etwo k,
it
was
established
by
local
gove me t
a d
Ooste wold
pla e s
as
a
way
to
challe ge
the
igidity
of
Dutch
city
pla i g,
givi g
people
mo e
f eedom,
a d
espo sibility,
ove
the
u ba
desig
p ocess.
50%
of
the
site
he e
is
desig ated
fo
u ba
fa mi g,
a d
this
emphasis
o
food
p oductio
is
expected
to
imp ove
the
tow ‘s
sustai able
p ofile
a d
mai tai
the
ag icultu al
cha acte
of
the
a ea.
Te ms
a d
co ditio s
applied
While
the
tow
allows
a
i dividual
to
build
the
house
of
thei
d eams,
the e
a e
ce tai
te ms
a d
co ditio s
applied.
O e
ca
develop
a
plot
but
also
has
to
ealise
all
ecessa y
compo e ts
such
as
a
piece
of
the
oad,
e e gy,
sa itatio ,
ubbish
collectio ,
public
g ee
a d
u ba
fa mi g.
This
ca
be
do e
as
a
i dividual
o
sha ed
with
a
collective.
To
mai tai
the
u al
cha acte
the
ove all
p og ammi g
is
kept
at
18%
co st uctio ,
8%
oads,
13
%
public
g ee ,
2%
wate
a d
59%
u ba
ag icultu e.This
leaves
space
fo
golf
cou se
villages,
pla tatio s,
auta kic
villas,
villages
of
collective
g oups
etc.
MVRDV
developed
the
st ategy
as
pa t
of
the
Alme e
2030
St uctu e
Visio
i
which
the
city
is
g owi g
with
100,000
i habita ts
a d
60,000
wo kplaces“This
ule
–
if
you
wa t
to
live
i
Ooste wold,
you
have
to
p oduce
food
o
at
least
50%
of
you
p ope ty
–
is
ve y
u ique
thi ki g
i
the
wo ld,
a d
makes
it
also
a
outsta di g
a ea
i
ma y
ways,”
said
Ja
Eelco
Ja sma,
a
esea che
at
Wage i ge
U ive sity
&
Resea ch,
who
has
studied
Alme e
fo
yea s
a d
i spi ed
the
city
to
i clude
u ba
ag icultu e
i
the
pla i g
of
Ooste wold
to
The
Gua dia
i
2024.Fo
those
who
do ‘t
have
the
skills
to
fa m
thei
ow
la d,
hi i g
a
local
“city
fa me ”
th ough
a
platfo m
built
specifically
to
match
la dow e s
with
g owe s
is
a
optio .The
eve tual
goal
is
to
p ovide
10%
of
Alme e’s
food,
which
ma y
see
as
ambitious
but
hopefully
doable
i
time.