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REM ISLAND
Amsterdam, Netherlands
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re-use of a former broadcasting station.

image: Arne Bolt | CC-BY-SA_black.png some rights reserved
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Category:
meeting place
Phase:
in use
Design:
Concrete Architecten
Updated:
3 December 2019
introduction

The REM-island is a former Radio and TV broadcast station that was dismantled in 2004. Since 2011, it is renovated and towed to the harbor of Amsterdam where it is placed back on stilts. Today, it hosts a restaurant and offices.

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materials and building techniques

The structure was towed by boat to its current location. Built as one of the first structures on sea of type, prototyping for later oil rigs, it can be seen as an important piece of heritage for marine engineering.

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image gallery
REM island dismantled

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REM Island at dusk

image: Derk Jansen | CC-BY-ND_black.png some rights reserved
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Houthaven Development

image: Amsterdam Municipality | © all rights reserved
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technical drawings
REM Island construction drawing

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