January - September 2025
Team: Carolien Schippers, Negar Sanaan Bensi, Christopher Clarkson
Since the establishment of the Schengen Area in 1995, border regions in Europe have changed dramatically. What was once a restrictive and highly controlled space, laying at the margin of the countries, has been made open and the centre of EU’s future image. As a consequence of the new permeability of the border, new ‘border passages’ have emerged which facilitate a reimagination of material, socio-economic, and ecological flows.
This project investigates the spatial consequences of these flows at three emergent border passages along the Dutch-German border: Eemshaven, Coevorden, and Venlo. A series of mappings, walking seminars, and round table discussions with local stakeholders, academic experts, and municipal bodies will bring together a rich diversity of information and data regarding each border passage. These diverse bodies of knowledge will be used to create an atlas which presents a series of mappings that reflect the logistical, social, ecological and legislative opportunities and conflicts at each border passage. With this Atlas, a comparative analysis will inform a national agenda concerning the Dutch-German border, and serve as a critical point for the creation of strategic design visions in the follow-up phase.
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