Expanding the Capacity of Design

Exploring how innovation and sustainability is implemented into Amsterdam's urban fabric


map tour of the netherlands

Amsterdam, Rotterdam, and Almere

Below is a map tour of some of my favorite captures in the Netherlands! Follow along on the map to see what I discovered

Canals of Amsterdam with Floating Houses

Amber & I at Kinderdijk Windmills!

Amsterdam Centraal Station

Near Anne Frank's Home!

Group Pic at Rijksmuseum

Rijksmuseum Interior

Quartz Residence

Vondelpark

De Ceuvel

de Ceuvel Bottom-up Community Development

Cafe Front of de Ceuvel

Bar Bistro Bureau

Flowers at Noordmarkt

Royal Palace Amsterdam

Van Gogh's Sunflowers 🌻

Van Gogh Museum Atrium

Bike Tour of Amsterdam

Train Station at Centraal

Brioche.

Brioche. Interiors

Mermaid Fountain

Repetitions of the Same Blocks

Paon Bali

Paon Bali's 2 Chefs

Cancer Center Shipping Container Project

Public Staircase Access

New Construction in Zuidas Zuid District

Space&Matter Office

Class Day Trip to Almere

The Wave

Children Playing in Oosterwold

Oosterwold - Petting a Donkey!

Last full day! Sunset in Blauwbrug

House of Bols

Underground Bike Parking at Centraal

Bike Parking by Station Zuid

Wozoco

Me and Peeg

Boston is that you? JK it's Rotterdam

Rotterdam Boat Tour

Cube Houses

Group Pic at Markthal

Windmills at Kinderdijk

Greenery

Hotel Jakarta

Hotel Jakarta Lobby

Silodam

Houthaven

Corporate HQ for Tommy Hilfiger

Valley B.V. Complex

Sunset atop Valley Complex

Eon & Me at Markthal

Delicious Bone Marrow at De Juwelier

Xtracold Amsterdam Icebar

Ru Pare Community Center

Ru Pare Interior

Beautiful Window and Glass Tiles Facade

Spread at Kilimanjaro Restaurant

Choose your Spirit Animal (napkin holder)

De Pijp Neighborhood with Lush Fronts

Hoijicha Latte!

Arcam

Rotterdam Centraal Station

Me outside of Rotterdam Centraal

On the Boat Tour in Rotterdam

The Whale

Pythonbrug

Shipping Containers

Water Ferry (Public Transportation!)

Borneo & Sporenburg Neighborhood

NEMO Museum

Lunch at the roof of the NEMO Museum

The Bowl

Stroopwaffle Latte at Loetje

Development in Houthavens West

Interior of Silodam

Stunning Port View

Staircase of Stedelijk Museum

Corporate Offices

IKEA Office Fun

Nieuwmarkt Area

nhow Amsterdam RAI Hotel

Harry Styles Concert

Tomato Soup!

Apple Store

Unique material use!

Origami in Glass!

Yummy!

The Breakfast Club cafe

Crystal Houses - Hermes

National Maritime Museum Amsterdam

Houthaven Waterfront

Interesting Structural Element & Flood Prevention Method!

Peak of Silodam

Children Playing at a Grassy Waterfront Field

Schoonschip

web map: biophilia & green roofs

Below is the first map I made for my independent research project, Dichotomy of Biophilic Design in the Built Environment & Strategic Greening of Amsterdam.

Biophilia & Green Roofs

Expanding the Capacity of Design

May & June 2023

Qian Long

Architecture & Experiential Design at USC