I amsterdam - South Bank of the IJ

The Central Station itself is to become a multimodal ‘travellers’ island’ for up to 300,000 travellers a day to an urban design by Benthem Crouwel Architects that includes a new, glass-roofed bus station.

The Oosterdokseiland (Eastern Dock Island, or ODE) is being redeveloped with an urban programme that includes about 225,000 square metres of functionally mixed space, for example a purpose-built Chinatown, a music conservatory, a central public library, hotels, shops and much more. Continuing this ‘pearl necklace’ eastward, the Music Centre and Bimhuis complex is nearing completion next to the wave-like Passenger Terminal Amsterdam where ocean liners dock. A waterside strip of new construction, including high-quality offices and refurbished warehouses, connects to the former dockland peninsulas that now primarily serve a residential function.