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De Ceuvel is one of the most sustainable and unique urban developments in Europe. De Ceuvel is an award-winning, sustainable, planned workplace for creative and social enterprises on a former shipyard on the Johan van Hasselt kanaal off the river IJ in Amsterdam North. In 2012, the land was secured for a ten-year lease from the Municipality of Amsterdam after a group of architects won a tender to turn the site into a regenerative urban oasis. The former industrial plot is home to a thriving community of entrepreneurs and artists, where all involved have lent a hand to build Amsterdam’s first circular office park. The plot hosts creative workspaces, a cultural venue, a sustainable café, spaces to rent, and a floating bed & breakfast. On the former shipyard, they have realized one of the most unique urban experiments in Europe. Old houseboats have been located on heavily polluted soil, workspaces have been fitted with clean technologies, and everything has been connected by a winding jetty. Around the houseboats, phyto-remediating plants work to clean the soil. De Ceuvel is not only a “forbidden garden” which will leave behind cleaner soil but also a playground for sustainable technologies. Through experimentation, the community is as energy self-sufficient as possible and processes its own waste in new, innovative ways.