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Long Live Arts conference 2015 workshop 21-5-2015 Health Care property and Cultural Breeding Grounds in Amsterdam Hetti Willemse, Publicarea, Weesperstraat 102, 1018 DN Amsterdam, hettiwillemse @ publicarea.nl Jaap Choufour, gemeente Amsterdam, j.schoufour @ amsterdam.nl Copyrright: gemeente Amsterdam en Publicarea

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Long Live Arts conference 2015workshop 21-5-2015 

Health Care property and Cultural Breeding Grounds in Amsterdam

Hetti Willemse, Publicarea, Weesperstraat 102, 1018 DN Amsterdam, [email protected] Choufour, gemeente Amsterdam, [email protected]

Copyrright: gemeente Amsterdam en Publicarea

Workshop overview1.Introduction Bureau Broedplaatsen Amsterdam en 

Publicarea2. Introduction elderly health care in Amsterdam and the 

Netherlands3. Aim of cooperation between Bureau Broedplaatsen 

Amsterdam and Publicarea4. QuickScan transformation health care property and  

possibilities cultural breeding grounds in Amsterdam/identification pilots

5. Questions and state of affairs in other cities/ countries

Jaap Schoufour (1961)Executive of Bureau BroedplaatsenMunicipality of Amsterdam

The creative city of Amsterdam- high concentration of arts and culture - diverse population- tolerant, connected to the world, excellent education system- dynamics: influx and retreat- drawback of popularity: rising prices for space- danger: accessibility of the city under pressure: exclusion of new space-seekers- new space-seekers: young, promising artists 

Aim of breeding grounds policy- Offering new, affordable spaces to artists- In particular young, talented artist looking for new spaces - At least 10.000 m2 per year of new breeding grounds, including studios- In combination with other policies: improving neighborhoods, creative industries, 

health care, sustainability

Bureau Broedplaatsen- Knowledge of and experience in real estate, construction, cultural governance- Network: world of real estate, corporations, municipality, artists, developers- Process management of transformation of real estate- Bank guarantees and financial support

Introduction Hetti Willemse

• Human Geographer• Policy and leading positions in the broad area of health care 

• Author, columnist• Former member of the city council of Amsterdam

• Executive of Publicarea

A “picture” of the care for the elderly in the Netherlands. Trends and policy

• The new elderly/ the old elderly/ ‘the’ elderly person does not exist• Separation of living – health care 

• People longer at home in own house and neighborhood • Decline of amount of space in nursing and retirement homes  •  Transformation of health care regulation: decentralisation to 

municipalities • Transformation of health care funding

Some statistics

* 2.800.000 Dutch people are 65 or older * 700.000 are 80 or older (in Amsterdam inhabitants older than 75 years old will grow from 40.000 to 62.000 in 2030)

* 129.000 Dutch people live in nursing and retirement homes* There are approximately 2000 (large and small) nursing and 

retirement homes * About 350 homes will disappear because of changes in 

accessibility and finance/funding

Impression of nursing homes

• Reputation problem: ‘nobody wants’ + ignoring the problems

• (Health) care is not a preference, it is a need; • Living in nursing home: a ‘parallel universe’• Vision of care corporations one-dimensional and 

internally focused and tested • Little connection between nursing homes – neighborhood: narrow 

interpretation of the concept of neighborhood • Missing of a ‘vision’ on how care organizations can contribute to physical 

and mental well-being, the elderly, self-value, who you were and are3 main problems for those seeking care1. Loneliness, being bored 2. Unability to go outside/exercise3. Good food

The idea: connecting the transformation of elderly care and the cultural breeding grounds policy

Why?• Spaces will become vacant/available in retirement 

and nursing homes•  Solves the three problem areas (loneliness, no 

exercise, food)•  Join the talent/ artisan expertise of youth and 

elderly

RESULT:Combine cultural breeding grounds 

with health care property(analogous to the high vacancy rates of offices).

HOW?Examining the public support through a QuickScan amongst 

elderly organisations in Amsterdam and amongst 

municipal artists’ commissions focusing on combining living and 

working space

From QuickScan 1: feasibility

Substantive analysis of 60 current breeding grounds in Amsterdam regarding possible connections to elderly (care/nursing homes)

Studios, workshops, artists in residence (e.g., Transartists, a non-profit organisation specializing in this area), exhibition space, sauna, concert hall,

children’s theater, restaurant, kitchen and food, braai and barbecue, ICT creative starters, movies, dance, hobby areas, photography and darkroom,

printing/screen-print, recording studio, fashion and master’s degree in tailoring, hair-dressing school, gardens, furniture makers

From QuickScan 2:

No mobility and lack of studio space (for ‘young’ artists)and 

lack of living and working space for elderly people in need of care

From Quickscan 3:

Three substantive aspects to take up: 

1. Artists live and work (studios) in relation to a (for them) fitting reciprocation with the eldery residents

2. Old trades and other forms of industry and knowledge exchange with residents

3. Offering older artists fitting alternative living and working/studio space

Follow-up of the QuickScan

- Creating 2 pilots within the 5 health care organizations in Amsterdam 

- Establishing cooperation agreements

Example of pilot in nursing home in Slotervaart, Westelijke tuinsteden 

Amsterdam

- Studios-Housing and working space for elderly artists requiring care

-  Garden- use of the other general areas

Questions?What is the state of affairs in other cities and 

countries?

-Jaap Schoufour: [email protected]

- Hetti Willemse: [email protected]