Clad in "protective" wooden shingles, Amsterdam’s Emma Architecten’s Pavilion Puur sits in the footprint of barracks from the turn of the last century. Over a century ago, the Netherlands Ministry of War built a series of batteries and flooded zones around the country’s capital city, a kind of final fortification before reaching the urban hub. Now, as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the remaining ...

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A Former Barracks Becomes A Vibrant Social Hub