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17-25 October 2026

Achterhuis

a place to hide for Edward Snowden

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This project is now archived and was part of DDW20

This project is part of
Privacy in the Age of the New Intimacy
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model 1:100
model 1:100
This project is a spatial manifesto to address the importance of ‘transparency’ and ‘privacy’ by designing a place to stay for Edward Snowden in the heart of a liberal democracy. It is a public building, which contains a hidden and safe place for the whistleblower.
Spatial Encryption; a labyrinthine configuration of private, public and public spaces has been created in which the interaction between disappearing and appearing is spatially organized.
conceptual cross-section
conceptual cross-section
Location canal belt Amsterdam
Location canal belt Amsterdam
Interface canals
Interface canals
Protocol: design method/ mass-void study
Protocol: design method/ mass-void study

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Dutch Design Foundation
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