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● projectActive · local · 2008
Schoonschip Amsterdam - new sanitation in a self-managed floating neighbourhood
Floating neighbourhood of 46 homes on 30 platforms (over 100 residents) on the Johan van Hasselt canal in Amsterdam-Noord (Buiksloterham), developed without a developer by a citizens' collective.
illustrative atlas image · Tamhasip Khan / PexelsS(Schoonschip (colectivo de residentes / Vereniging + Stichting Pioneer Vessel)W(Waternet (gestor del ciclo del agua de Amsterdam)MDMarjan de BlokTSThomas Sykora
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01 The context
In water and sanitation it applies new sanitation: separation of grey and black water, with a pilot together with Waternet to process blackwater in a floating digester that converts it into energy and to recover phosphate. The plant was built but Waternet has not yet put it into operation for legal reasons. The community self-organizes through a homeowners' association and the Pioneer Vessel foundation.
02 How it works
method · Community self-managed urban development (without a developer)method · New sanitation / source separation of greywater and blackwatermethod · Nutrient (phosphate) and energy recovery from blackwatertool · Phosphate recovery systemtool · Floating blackwater digester (Waternet pilot)tool · Separate greywater and blackwater network
03 What it stands on
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The evidence 2 ›
EvidenceZo speelden de bewoners zonder ontwikkelaar woonwijk Schoonschip Amsterdam klaarGebiedsontwikkeling.nu (TU Delft) · 2020
EvidenceNieuwe Sanitatie (New Sanitation) - Waternet AmsterdamWaternet · 2023