In the latter half of the 17th century, the Diaconie Weeshuis, an orphanage managed by a protestant church, proudly overlooked the Amstel river. It was located on former ‘Vlooienburg’, an island constructed in the Amstel for urban expansion around 1600. The orphanag was constructed in 1656, and stood for 230 years before it got replaced by a new building in Neogothic style in 1888. In the 1980s the entire neighbourhood was demolished to make space for the new Amsterdam city hall and opera (nick named ‘stopera’).
The model is based on historical maps (https://rb.gy/hs9i4x), drawings (https://cutt.ly/Li4ZzaS) and late 19th century photography (https://rb.gy/cmticv).
Modeller: Mikko Kriek
Made by the 4D Research Lab within the Diaspora & Identity project at the University of Amsterdam (https://bit.ly/2ZD9u9t).
It is part of a larger model of the former Vlooienburg neighbourhood, on display in the Jewish Historical Museum in Amsterdam for the duration of the Waterlooplein exhibition (https://bit.ly/3eMlonL).
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