SUBJECTIVE MAP

Mercatorplein is located in Amsterdam West and is one of the large local gathering public spaces in the neighbourhood. A project initiated by Urbanberry Design made awareness of the neighbourhood from history and present of urban development as well as upgrading the space temporarily together with the local school and children.
Together, 44 hand-drawn subjective maps were collected showing the route from home to school. Each child chose an iconic object from the map to make a stencil for spray painting. A few years ago there was a large Mercator map in the ground tile at this location. For the workshop we made a 10 metre wide map of the neighbourhood with the local people.


Site : Amsterdam
Programme : Workshop
Type : Initiative Project 2018
Collaborator : Groeten van Marc, WeMakeThe.City, Akros, De Visserschool