Fishing for Bikes: Architecture Solutions for Homelessness, Managed Parking, and Street Culture in Amsterdam

Most bicycles in Amsterdam fall into canals because of crazy wind and the drunken and homeless abreacting, indicating an unideal street perception owing to chaotic bicycle parking and the homeless wandering and sleeping rough. The dense urban texture of Amsterdam leads the project to proceed from in-between spaces interspersed through the city, like narrow lanes, road junctions and spaces between roads and building facades. With residents encouraged to co-create the city, these unnoticed spaces are embedded in different functional scenarios.

Supervisor: Mingze Chen, Yizhuo Zhang

Design Team: Wanqi Zhou, Jiayu Tao, Xinting Ye, Kangshu Wen

Award: 2023 Architecture Master Prize | Honorable Mention in Public Landscape | Link