THE BIJLMERMEER ESTATE,
SEEN FROM THE KLEIBURG
BLOCK, LOOKING ACROSS THE
TENNIS COURTS TO THE
KRUITBERG AND KIKKENSTEINBLOCKS. CUTTING THROUGH
THE ESTATE IS A RAISED
METRO LINE, BUILT IN THE
1970S TO CONNECT IT WITH
CENTRAL AMSTERDAMArchitecture Icon
BLOCK PARTY
Amsterdam’s brutalist Bijlmermeer district celebrates
its 50th anniversary with a new-found creative identity
PHOTOGRAPHY: GILLEAM TRAPENBERG WRITER: ELLEN HIMELFARB