The list includes teams featuring UK-based architects Andrew Groarke of Carmody Groarke, David Kohn of David Kohn Architects, Jayden Ali of JA Projects and Ali Mangera of Mangera Yvars Architects.
The competition seeks proposals for a new 9,000m² museum and 25,000m² park focusing on the history of Dutch slavery. The winning concept will be constructed on a waterfront site at Kop van Java-eiland within Amsterdam’s former docklands.
The €50 million project, supported by the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, aims to create a ‘meaningful place for reflection, education and connection’ that ‘does justice to our shared past and offers prospects for future generations.’
Amsterdam was a major centre of Dutch slavery and the global trade in enslaved people from the late 16th to the late 19th century.
The museum aims to be a ‘dignified and meaningful’ building that ‘conveys the full story of the Dutch history of slavery in different ways’.
Proposals should include an exhibition area, reception, research spaces, administrative offices, storage and logistical facilities, as well as a park providing space for ‘reflection … relaxation and conversation’.
Judges will include the chief government architect Francesco Veenstra; John Leerdam, former member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands; Noraly Beyer, Dutch former news presenter; Jennifer Tosch, founder of Black Heritage Tours in Amsterdam; and Winy Maas, founding partner of MVRDV.
Each of the 10 second-round participants will receive €12,000., while teams selected for the third round will each receive a €50,000 honorarium.
The longlist
Team Blues Before Sunrise
Andrew Groarke, Fiona Kydd, Steve Rodney McQueen, Guillaume Schmidt, Karin Amatmoekrim, Barend Koolhaas
Team BMGHK
David Kohn, Johanna Gibbons, Germane Barnes, Rosemarijn Hoefte, Ibrahim Mahama
Team Collective Refraction
Inez Tan, Aura Luz Melis, Afaina de Jong, Stephanie Archangel, Mae-ling Lokko
Team Home
Kunlé Adeyemi, Walter Hood, Stephen Small, Janice Deul, Julie Cook
Team Inheritance/Erfenis
Mariam Issoufou, Justine Miething, Tigran Kostyantyn, Zahra’a Nasralla, Fatima Adam, Neo Maditla
Team JA Projects
Jayden Ali, Bas Smets, Timoteus Anggawan Kusno, Mpho Matsipa-Okoye, Yanique Hurrie
Team Loango Voices
Tania Concko, Tilman Latz, Iris Dupper, Françoise N’Thépé, Tinde van Andle, Raoul de Jong
Team MASS SeARCH
Christian Benimana, Sierra Bainbridge, Kathrin Hanf, Arjan Braaksma, Alan Ricks
Team NEW SOUTH
Meriem Chabani, Soline Portmann, Gloria Wekker, Yassine Ben Abdallah
Team Our Voices
Lyongo Juliana, Adriaan Geuze, Ali Mangera, Frederik Vermeesch, Rose Mary Allen