{"id":100579,"date":"2026-06-05T09:52:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T09:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/100579\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T09:52:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T09:52:08","slug":"uk-architects-longlisted-for-amsterdams-national-slavery-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/100579\/","title":{"rendered":"UK architects longlisted for Amsterdam\u2019s National Slavery Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The list includes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amsterdam.nl\/competition-national-slaverymuseum\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">teams featuring UK-based architects<\/a> Andrew Groarke of Carmody Groarke, David Kohn of David Kohn Architects, Jayden Ali of JA Projects and Ali Mangera of Mangera Yvars Architects.<\/p>\n<p>The competition seeks proposals for a new 9,000m\u00b2 museum and 25,000m\u00b2 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\u2019s former docklands.<\/p>\n<p>The \u20ac50 million project, supported by the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, aims to create a \u2018meaningful place for reflection, education and connection\u2019 that \u2018does justice to our shared past and offers prospects for future generations.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Amsterdam was a major centre of Dutch slavery and the global trade in enslaved people from the late 16th to the late 19th century.<\/p>\n<p>The museum aims to be a \u2018dignified and meaningful\u2019 building that \u2018conveys the full story of the Dutch history of slavery in different ways\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Proposals should include an exhibition area, reception, research spaces, administrative offices, storage and logistical facilities, as well as a\u00a0 park providing space for \u2018reflection \u2026 relaxation and conversation\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Each of the 10 second-round participants will receive \u20ac12,000., while teams selected for the third round will each receive a \u20ac50,000 honorarium.<\/p>\n<p>The longlist<\/p>\n<p>Team Blues\u00a0Before\u00a0Sunrise<br \/>Andrew\u00a0Groarke, Fiona\u00a0Kydd, Steve Rodney\u00a0McQueen, Guillaume Schmidt, Karin\u00a0Amatmoekrim, Barend Koolhaas<br \/>\nTeam BMGHK<br \/>David Kohn, Johanna Gibbons, Germane Barnes, Rosemarijn Hoefte, Ibrahim Mahama<br \/>\nTeam Collective Refraction<br \/>Inez Tan, Aura Luz Melis, Afaina de Jong, Stephanie Archangel, Mae-ling Lokko<br \/>\nTeam Home<br \/>Kunl\u00e9\u00a0Adeyemi, Walter Hood, Stephen Small, Janice Deul, Julie Cook<br \/>\nTeam Inheritance\/Erfenis<br \/>Mariam Issoufou, Justine\u00a0Miething, Tigran Kostyantyn, Zahra\u2019a Nasralla, Fatima Adam, Neo\u00a0Maditla<br \/>\nTeam JA Projects<br \/>Jayden Ali, Bas Smets, Timoteus Anggawan Kusno, Mpho Matsipa-Okoye, Yanique\u00a0Hurrie<br \/>\nTeam\u00a0Loango\u00a0Voices<br \/>Tania\u00a0Concko,\u00a0Tilman Latz, Iris Dupper, Fran\u00e7oise\u00a0N\u2019Th\u00e9p\u00e9,\u00a0Tinde van\u00a0Andle,\u00a0Raoul de Jong<br \/>\nTeam MASS\u00a0SeARCH<br \/>Christian\u00a0Benimana, Sierra Bainbridge, Kathrin Hanf, Arjan Braaksma, Alan Ricks<br \/>\nTeam NEW\u00a0SOUTH<br \/>Meriem Chabani, Soline Portmann, Gloria Wekker, Yassine Ben Abdallah<br \/>\nTeam Our Voices<br \/>Lyongo\u00a0Juliana, Adriaan Geuze, Ali Mangera, Frederik Vermeesch, Rose Mary Allen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The list includes teams featuring UK-based architects Andrew Groarke of Carmody Groarke, David Kohn of David Kohn Architects,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":100580,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[101],"tags":[199,51626,51627,51628,6237,200,11348],"class_list":["post-100579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-amsterdam","tag-amsterdam","tag-carmody-groarke","tag-david-kohn-architects","tag-ja-projects","tag-museum","tag-netherlands","tag-slavery"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@dk\/116696891113491902","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100579","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100579"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100579\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/100580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}