MAKING THE IN-BETWEEN

QR / TOOLBOX → ARCHIVE

MOST VISITORS ARRIVE HERE BY SCANNING A QR CODE FROM A PHYSICAL TOOLBOX CIRCULATED IN BINCKHORST. THE TOOLBOX CONTAINS MATERIAL FRAGMENTS AND INSTRUCTIONS - AND RAISES QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS TO DEMOLITION WASTE DURING URBAN TRANSITION. THIS ARCHIVE FOLLOWS THOSE QUESTIONS INTO MATERIAL FLOWS, SITE HISTORIES, INSTITUTIONAL RULES, AND PHYSICAL EVIDENCE.

§ 000 / THE OBJECTS

FIELD WORK · SEVEN CONCRETE PIECES

22.05.2026 / BINCK CITY PARK

§ 000A / FIELD REPORT - CAST OBJECTS, BINCKHORST 2026

SEVEN CONCRETE PIECES.
CAST AROUND MESH AND FRAGMENTS OF DEMOLITION DEBRIS.

Seven concrete pieces. Each one cast around mesh and fragments of demolition debris collected from sites around Binck City Park, Binckhorst. The concrete cracked during casting - not by design, but because the material refused to stay buried. What was buried became visible.

These objects are the in-between: neither old Binckhorst nor new Binckhorst.The transition made physical.

FIELD WORK

§ 000B / STATUS BEFORE AND AFTER CASTING

FIELD-VERIFIED · IN-BETWEEN PHASE

BEFORE CASTING

AFTER CASTING

CLASSIFIED AS CONSTRUCTION WASTEEMBEDDED AND PRESERVED IN CONCRETE
SCHEDULED FOR ROAD AGGREGATE OR LANDFILLGIVEN A FORM IT WAS NEVER MEANT TO HAVE
NO DOCUMENTATIONDOCUMENTED HERE
INVISIBLE IN THE TRANSITIONPLACED BACK IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD IT CAME FROM
ZERO MATERIAL VALUE (OFFICIAL)CARRIER OF SITE MEMORY (ACTUAL)

§ 000C / WHERE DID THIS BRICK COME FROM?

SANKEY · SOURCE → MATERIAL → FATE · HOVER OR CLICK A FLOW

PLATE / 000C

ONE FRAGMENT, TWO FATES.

RIBBON THICKNESS = PROPORTION OF MATERIAL BY WEIGHT.YELLOW = FATE OF THESE SEVEN PIECES.Most material from this site went to road aggregate. Seven pieces did not.

HOVER A RIBBON

Hover any ribbon to read source, material, share, and fate. Click to pin.

§ 000D / EVIDENCE - MAKING PROCESS

PHOTOGRAPHIC LOG · CAST 001-004

CAST-001

UPLOAD FROM DEVICE

[ PHOTO ]

CAST-001EVIDENCE / 000C

CAST-002

UPLOAD FROM DEVICE

[ PHOTO ]

CAST-002EVIDENCE / 000C

CAST-003

UPLOAD FROM DEVICE

[ PHOTO ]

CAST-003EVIDENCE / 000C

CAST-004

UPLOAD FROM DEVICE

[ PHOTO ]

CAST-004EVIDENCE / 000C

§ 000E / SEE ALSO - § 005 HIDDEN RULES

THE FRAGMENTS INSIDE THESE PIECES WERE CLASSIFIED ASWASTETHE MOMENT A DEMOLITION PERMIT WAS FILED. THE PROCEDURE ALLOWS FOUR WEEKS - A SLOOPMELDING. IN THAT WINDOW, MATERIAL IS PROCESSED, SORTED, AND DISPATCHED. NO INDIVIDUAL FRAGMENT IS TRACKED. NO ORIGIN IS RECORDED.

THE CONCRETE HERE IS THE ONLY RECORD THESEFRAGMENTSEXISTED.

[ → FOLLOW THE MATERIAL / § 001 MATERIAL FLOWS]

[ → THE SITE THESE CAME FROM / § 002 BINCK CITY PARK]

§ 001 / MATERIAL FLOWS

MATERIAL AFTERLIFE · VERIFIED CASES + NATIONAL CONTEXT

88% RECYCLED - MOST DOWNCYCLED.

In the Netherlands, ≈88% of demolished building material is officially recycled - but most is downgraded into road aggregate, losing 80-90% of its embodied value. Only ≈13% of new construction material here comes from secondary sources. Circularity claims in Binckhorst need to be read against this national context.

§ 005B / WHERE DOES THE WASTE GO?

SANKEY · SOURCE → MATERIAL → FATE · HOVER OR CLICK A FLOW

PLATE / 005B

Where do Buildings go?

Ribbon thickness = share of total demolition mass. Roughly 88% of what comes out of Binckhorst is recycled on paper - but two-thirds of the entire stream is downcycled into road aggregate. Genuine on-site reuse is the thinnest band on the diagram.

HOVER A RIBBON

Move your cursor over any coloured ribbon to read its source, material, share of total flow, and final destination. Click to pin a flow.

ROAD AGGREGATE

EXPORTED

ON-SITE REUSE

LANDFILL · HAZARD

THE YELLOW RIBBON IS THE THINNEST ON THE DIAGRAM. IT REPRESENTS GENUINE ON-SITE REUSE - MATERIAL THAT STAYS IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD IT CAME FROM. FIVE PERCENT. THE SEVEN OBJECTS IN § 000 TOOK THIS ROUTE. NOT BECAUSE THE SYSTEM ALLOWED IT.BECAUSE THE SYSTEM WAS BYPASSED.

§ 001B / WHERE DID THE BINCK CITY PARK SITE GO?

SANKEY · SOURCE → MATERIAL → FATE · HOVER OR CLICK A FLOW

PLATE / 001B

ONE SITE, FOUR FATES.

RIBBON THICKNESS = ESTIMATED PROPORTION BY WEIGHT.YELLOW = FATE OF THE SEVEN IN-BETWEEN PIECES.DATA: ESTIMATED FROM NATIONAL AVERAGES - BINCKHORST SITE-SPECIFIC DATA NOT PUBLICLY DISCLOSED.

HOVER A RIBBON

Hover any ribbon to read source, material, and fate. Click to pin.

[ → THE SITE THESE MATERIALS CAME FROM / § 002 BINCK CITY PARK]

§ 002 / BINCK CITY PARK - CASE FILE

MAIN CASE STUDY · ONE SITE, READ CLOSELY

CALANDSTRAAT · 2020-2024

§ 002 / SITE HEADER

CASE FILE METADATA

FILEBCP-2024-001
SITEBINCK CITY PARK
LOCATIONCALANDSTRAAT / BINCKHORSTLAAN, BINCKHORST, DEN HAAG
COORDINATES52.0652° N, 4.3301° E
STATUSCOMPLETED RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT
CONSTRUCTION PERIOD2020-2024
PREVIOUS USEINDUSTRIAL GROUND, SURFACE PARKING, INFORMAL REPAIR WORKSHOPS
DEVELOPER[NOT PUBLICLY DISCLOSED - SEE PLANNING REGISTER]
FLOORS10-18 (VARYING TOWER HEIGHTS)
UNITSAPPROX. 600 RESIDENTIAL UNITS
SOCIAL HOUSING %NOT CONFIRMED IN PUBLIC DOCUMENTS
ROOFTOP GARDENPRESENT - ACCESS RESTRICTED

§ 002A / OFFICIAL NARRATIVE vs. ARCHIVE FINDING

OFFICIAL CLAIM

WHAT THE ARCHIVE FOUND

"A mixed-use development for all residents of Binckhorst"Rooftop garden access restricted to premium-tier units - not disclosed in public planning documents
"Sustainable construction referencing neighbourhood identity"No documentation of material reuse from previous site - all debris classified as waste
"Brick facade connects to Binckhorst industrial heritage"Brick is aesthetic reference only - origin of facade brick not publicly disclosed - no material continuity with previous site
"Public ground floor activation and street-level community"Ground floor perimeter defended by 9+ pre-cast concrete bollards - informal gathering discouraged by design
"Part of the municipality's vision for an inclusive Binckhorst"Lower-income residents housed in lower floors - premium residents access exclusive amenities including rooftop
"Green space integrated into the development"Green space exists - but is locked behind tenure classification - not accessible to all residents

§ 002B / FACADE MATERIAL REGISTER

BINCK CITY PARK · FIELD-VERIFIED

MATERIALBRICK
TYPEHANDVORM-STYLE PRESSED BRICK
COLORDARK BROWN-RED
BOND PATTERNFLEMISH BOND (ALTERNATING HEADERS AND STRETCHERS)
SURFACE FINISHTEXTURED, HAND-PRESSED APPEARANCE
ORIGINNOT PUBLICLY DISCLOSED
MATERIAL FROM PREVIOUS SITE REUSEDNONE DOCUMENTED
FRAGMENTS FROM THIS SITE COLLECTEDYES - CAST INTO 7 OBJECTS, DOCUMENTED IN § 000
BOLLARDSPRE-CAST CONCRETE - SMOOTH FINISH - UNIFORM SIZING - PLACED AT ALL VEHICULAR ENTRY POINTS AND ALONG PAVEMENT PERIMETER

§ 002C / VISUAL EVIDENCE

FIELD PHOTOGRAPHS · UPLOAD FROM DEVICE

FACADE-001

UPLOAD FROM DEVICE

[ PHOTO ]

FIELD PHOTOGRAPH - FACADE DETAIL, CALANDSTRAAT§ 002C

FACADE-002

UPLOAD FROM DEVICE

[ PHOTO ]

OFFICIAL RENDER - SOURCE: DEVELOPER MARKETING MATERIAL§ 002C

GROUND-001

UPLOAD FROM DEVICE

[ PHOTO ]

FIELD PHOTOGRAPH - GROUND LEVEL, PAVEMENT PERIMETER§ 002C

BOLLARD-001

UPLOAD FROM DEVICE

[ PHOTO ]

FIELD PHOTOGRAPH - CONCRETE BOLLARDS, NORTH ENTRANCE§ 002C

ROOFTOP-001

UPLOAD FROM DEVICE

[ PHOTO ]

FIELD PHOTOGRAPH - ROOFTOP GARDEN, VISIBLE FROM STREET§ 002C

FRAGMENT-001

UPLOAD FROM DEVICE

[ PHOTO ]

FIELD PHOTOGRAPH - DEMOLITION FRAGMENT, COLLECTED ON SITE§ 002C

HIDDEN RULE - IDENTIFIED ON THIS SITE

ROOFTOP GARDEN ACCESS - BINCK CITY PARK

THE ROOFTOP GARDEN IS INTEGRATED INTO THE BUILDING BUT IS NOT ACCESSIBLE TO ALL RESIDENTS. ACCESS IS DETERMINED BY UNIT TIER - A CLASSIFICATION NOT LISTED IN PLANNING DOCUMENTS, NOT MARKED BY SIGNAGE, AND NOT DISCLOSED IN PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS. THE GARDEN EXISTS. THE RULE THAT LOCKS IT DOES NOT OFFICIALLY EXIST.

CLASSIFIED HERE AS: HIDDEN RULE 08.

[ → SEE ALL HIDDEN RULES / § 005]

[ → OTHER TRANSITIONAL SITES / § 003 SITE INDEX]

[ → THE RULES THAT GOVERN THIS SITE / § 005 HIDDEN RULES]

§ 003 / SITE INDEX - SEVEN TRANSITIONAL SITES

07 DOCUMENTED CASES

[ → FOR THE MAIN CASE STUDY SEE § 002 / BINCK CITY PARK]

SITE 01DEMOLISHED → THIN PARK

VESTAWEG / PROEFPARK

Post-war social housing along Binckhorstlaan/Vestaweg, cleared for the Rotterdamsebaan corridor. Plots empty ≈9 years before Proefpark opened. Material destination: not publicly documented; likely road aggregate.

VESTAWEG / PROEFPARK · TIMELINE

2015 · CLEARED

9 YEARS — VACANT — NO USE — NO RECORD

2024 · REPLACED · THIN LINEAR PARK

NINE YEARS OF VACANCY. THE LAND WAS CLEARED IN 2015. NOTHING WAS BUILT. NOTHING WAS DOCUMENTED. THE SITE WAS HELD - BY WHOM AND FOR WHAT PURPOSE IS NOT PUBLICLY DISCLOSED. IN 2024 IT BECAME A PARK. THE PARK IS 4 METRES WIDE.

VOLUME: UNKNOWNDESTINATION: NOT DOCUMENTED

SITE 02DISMANTLED + REUSED

SDU PRINTING WORKS / DE BINCK

Former SDU printing complex, Binckhorstlaan. · YEAR: 2018→

Office converted to 'De Binck' (73 apartments) reusing the reinforced concrete slab - genuine retention. The ≈11,000 m² printing hall was dismantled and moved to Barneveld for a circular concrete facility. Workers and printing history absent from the new narrative.

THE PRINTING HALL - THE LARGEST SINGLE INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE ON THE SITE - WAS DISMANTLED DURING CONVERSION. IT WAS NOT PRESERVED. IT WAS NOT REUSED ON SITE. IT WAS EXPORTED. DESTINATION: NOT PUBLICLY DOCUMENTED. THE DE BINCK APARTMENTS NOW OCCUPY THE SHELL. THE INDUSTRIAL CORE THAT DEFINED THE BUILDING LEFT THE NEIGHBOURHOOD WITHOUT A RECORD.

VOLUME: UNKNOWNDESTINATION: NOT DOCUMENTED

SITE 03DEMOLISHED FOR TUNNEL

KPN BUILDING & AUTO-PALACE STRIP

KPN building, Binckhorstlaan, demolished 2015. · YEAR: FEB→JUL 2015

KPN telecom office (Binckhorstlaan 180-188), Auto-Palace (no.320), kiosks and a petrol station - among the first cleared for the Rotterdamsebaan / Victory Boogie Woogie tunnel (≈1,860 m, two ≈10 m bored tubes). Per-building destinations not publicly documented.

VOLUME: UNKNOWNDESTINATION: NOT DOCUMENTED

SITE 04RETAINED / HISTORY THINNED

CABALLEROFABRIEK

SITE-004

UPLOAD FROM DEVICE

[ PHOTO ]

SITE-004SITE 04

Former tobacco factory, bought by the municipality and reopened as a creative & innovation hub to catalyse Binckhorst redevelopment. Labour history - including women and migrant workers - largely absent from the current identity.

VOLUME: UNKNOWNDESTINATION: NOT DOCUMENTED

SITE 05PRIVATE PARKING MONOPOLY

BINCK CITY PARK

Housing on former industrial land. No residential parking permits - residents pay up to ≈€400/mo to a Q-Park garage under a contract between developer VORM and Q-Park. A ≈€155/mo proposal is conditional on city-wide paid parking. Reports: broken security, theft, 24-hour CCTV deletion.

VOLUME: UNKNOWNDESTINATION: NOT DOCUMENTED

SITE 06UNDER PRESSURE

GARAGE CLUSTER / MERCURIUSKWARTIER

SITE-006

UPLOAD FROM DEVICE

[ PHOTO ]

SITE-006SITE 06

Cluster of small repair workshops, garages and service businesses. Several already relocated or closed under housing-development pressure. Not classified as heritage - their loss is administratively invisible.

VOLUME: UNKNOWNDESTINATION: NOT DOCUMENTED

SITE 07TEMPORARY PARK / PERFORMED GREENING

PROEFPARK STRIP

Proefpark, opened 2024, on former Vestaweg housing demolition site. · YEAR: OPENED ≈2024

Thin linear park on the former Vestaweg demolition footprint. Officially a green success; in practice mostly empty, windswept, very narrow. Performs erasure: makes the land look used while residents wait for redevelopment.

VOLUME: UNKNOWNDESTINATION: NOT DOCUMENTED

[ → NEXT: SEE ALL SITES ON THE MAP / § 004 TRACE MAP]

§ 005 / HIDDEN RULES - INSTRUMENTS OF ERASURE

08 INSTRUMENTS

HIDDEN RULES ARE NOT ILLEGAL. THEY ARE NOT SECRET. THEY ARE PROCEDURAL, FINANCIAL, AND SPATIAL MECHANISMS THAT OPERATE WITHIN OFFICIAL FRAMEWORKS - BUT WHOSE EFFECTS ARE INVISIBLE TO THE PEOPLE THEY AFFECT. EACH RULE BELOW HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED THROUGH SITE OBSERVATION, DOCUMENT RESEARCH, AND INTERVIEWS CONDUCTED IN BINCKHORST BETWEEN JANUARY AND MAY 2026.

RULE ID	RULE NAME	WHO IT PROTECTS	WHO IT ERASES
RULE 01	FLEXIBLE ZONING - OMGEVINGSPLAN BINCKHORST	Developers, investors, owners with capacity to initiate plans under the 'global destination' zoning model	Existing tenants, small businesses, workshops, residents without legal or financial capacity to respond to flexible procedures
RULE 02	FOUR-WEEK DEMOLITION NOTICE - SLOOPMELDING	Building owners, developers, construction timelines - allows demolition to proceed quickly within Bouwbesluit / Omgevingswet	Residents, neighbours, material - if no objection is filed within 4 weeks, demolition proceeds; no fragment is tracked
THIS RULE IS EMBEDDED IN THE OBJECTS IN § 000. THE MOMENT A SLOOPMELDING IS FILED, MATERIAL ON SITE IS RECLASSIFIED AS WASTE. FROM THAT POINT, IT HAS FOUR WEEKS BEFORE PROCESSING BEGINS. NO FRAGMENT IS TRACKED. NO ORIGIN IS RECORDED. THE SEVEN IN-BETWEEN PIECES WERE COLLECTED INSIDE THIS WINDOW. [ → SEE THE OBJECTS / § 000 THE OBJECTS]
RULE 03	MINIMUM EVIDENCE - PRIVATE CCTV / 24H DELETION	Private operators choosing the legal minimum retention - business choice not legal requirement	Residents documenting theft, harassment, parking exploitation - their evidence is erased every 24 hours
RULE 04	PRIVATE PARKING MONOPOLY - Q-PARK & VORM	Developer VORM, operator Q-Park, municipality - pricing loop set without binding municipal involvement	Binck City Park residents - paying up to ≈€400/mo with no permits and no cheaper alternative permitted
RULE 05	PARTICIPATION WITHOUT BINDING POWER	Developers - consultation is required, but acting on feedback is not	Residents - input is procedural, not decisive; participation creates the appearance of consent
RULE 06	VACANT LAND - NO LEGAL OBLIGATION TO OPEN	Landowners and the municipality - cleared plots may remain fenced indefinitely	Neighbourhoods - plots like Vestaweg sit empty for ≈9 years; access is granted only under political pressure, not legal right
RULE 07	RESPONSIBILITY LOOP - NO SINGLE ACCOUNTABLE ACTOR	Each actor in the loop - Municipality → H2S → Q-Park → VORM → Municipality - each defers, none holds full accountability	Residents seeking redress - no single body answers; complaints circulate indefinitely without resolution
RULE 08	ROOFTOP ACCESS RESTRICTION - BINCK CITY PARK	Premium residential unit owners - upper-floor tenure holders	Lower-tier residents - social housing occupants - all non-premium tenants

§ 005B / HOW A HIDDEN RULE WORKS

STEP 1 / OFFICIAL PLANNING DOCUMENT PUBLISHED

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STEP 2 / PROCEDURE OPENS - FORMALLY ACCESSIBLE TO ALL

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STEP 3 / TIMELINE IS SHORT / LANGUAGE IS TECHNICAL / INFORMATION IS FRAGMENTED

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STEP 4 / OBJECTION WINDOW CLOSES BEFORE MOST RESIDENTS KNOW IT OPENED

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STEP 5 / ONLY WELL-RESOURCED ACTORS RESPONDED IN TIME

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STEP 6 / DECISION IS MADE - APPEARS PROCEDURALLY CORRECT

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STEP 7 / EFFECT IS FELT BY THOSE WHO NEVER KNEW THE PROCEDURE EXISTED

[ → NEXT: THE HISTORY THAT PRODUCED THESE RULES / § 006 HISTORY]

§ 006 / HISTORY - HOW BINCKHORST WAS MADE AND UNMADE

§ 006A / BINCKHORST TIMELINE - 1313 TO 2026

1313

KASTEEL DE BINCKHORST, FIRST DOCUMENTED

1907

ANNEXED BY DEN HAAG, DESIGNATED INDUSTRIAL

DECISION POINT

1920s

FACTORIES, CANALS, WAREHOUSES BUILT

1970s

DEINDUSTRIALISATION, FACTORIES CLOSE

1990s

VACANCY, INFORMAL OCCUPATION BEGINS

2000s

MUNICIPALITY DECLARES DEVELOPMENT ZONE

2010

CREATIVE INDUSTRIES MARKETED AS IDENTITY

2015

FIRST MAJOR DEMOLITIONS BEGIN

DECISION POINT

2020

BINCK CITY PARK CONSTRUCTION STARTS

DECISION POINT

2024

BINCK CITY PARK COMPLETED

2026

THIS ARCHIVE PUBLISHED

DECISION POINT

KASTEEL DE BINCKHORST

KASTEEL DE BINCKHORST - FIRST DOCUMENTED 1313. FEUDAL OUTPOST ON THE EDGE OF CONTESTED POLITICAL TERRITORY. DESTROYED AND REBUILT MULTIPLE TIMES DURING WARS AND UPRISINGS. FOR CENTURIES THE ONLY PERMANENT STRUCTURE IN A LANDSCAPE OF FARMS AND WATERWAYS. STILL STANDING. SURROUNDED NOW BY RESIDENTIAL TOWERS AND CONSTRUCTION SITES. THE OLDEST THING IN BINCKHORST HAS NO PROTECTED STATUS IN THE CURRENT DEVELOPMENT PLAN.

§ 006B / OPENING STATEMENT

THIS LAND DOES NOT FORGET. THE PLAN DOES.

Binckhorst is being rewritten in renderings. Towers replace warehouses. Glass replaces brick. Promotional axonometrics replace the factories, the garages, the squats, the ad-hoc economies that held this district together for a century.

This site refuses the render. It catalogues what was demolished, what stays empty, where the rubble travelled, and which rules made erasure legal. It is unfinished on purpose.

UNFINISHED

§ 006C / 1907 - ANNEXATION

THE MUNICIPALITY ANNEXED BINCKHORST IN 1907 AND DESIGNATED IT FOR HEAVY INDUSTRY - DELIBERATELY PLACING THE NOISE, POLLUTION, AND LABOUR AWAY FROM THE CITY CENTRE. THIS WAS NOT A NATURAL TRANSITION. IT WAS A DECISION MADE BY SPECIFIC ACTORS WITH SPECIFIC INTERESTS.

§ 006D / 1970s - DEINDUSTRIALISATION

FACTORIES CLOSED. OWNERS LEFT. THE MUNICIPALITY HELD THE LAND. FOR YEARS IT CALLED THIS VACANCY 'POTENTIAL' - WHILE DOING NOTHING TO DOCUMENT WHAT HAD EXISTED THERE.

§ 006E / 1990s-2010s - CREATIVE OCCUPATION

WHEN RENTS COLLAPSED AND OVERSIGHT WITHDREW, ARTISTS, SMALL WORKSHOPS, AND INFORMAL ECONOMIES MOVED IN. THE MUNICIPALITY LATER USED THEIR PRESENCE TO MARKET BINCKHORST AS A CREATIVE DISTRICT - THEN REZONED IT FOR MIDDLE-TO-HIGH INCOME RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT.

§ 006F / METHOD - NON-NEUTRAL

PERSONAL POSITION

This archive was assembled by a student of Interior Architecture(INSIDE programme, KABK, The Hague) who grew up in a Soviet-era post-war housing block in Latvia - the same typology as the Vestaweg flatsdemolished here for the Rotterdamsebaan.

That shared typology is why this archive is not neutral. It treats Binckhorst's demolition not as abstract planning policy, but as a repetition of a life already known.

[ → NEXT: METHODOLOGY AND RESIDUE / § 007 RESIDUE]

§ 007 / RESIDUE - LEDGER, VACANCY, AND METHOD

§ 007A / VACANCY - ARCHIVED

VACANCY WAS AN EARLY RESEARCH THREAD. IT HAS BEEN ABSORBED INTO THE BROADER ARGUMENT. IT IS PRESERVED HERE AS A METHODOLOGICAL TRACE.

ID	SITE	DURATION / STATUS	OWNER / ACTOR	NOTE	FILE
V-01	VESTAWEG / PROEFPARK FOOTPRINT	≈9 YRS (2015→2024)	MUNICIPALITY	CLEARED → THIN PARK	OPEN FILE →
V-02	KPN BUILDING SITE / BINCKHORSTLAAN 180-188	DEMOLISHED 2015 → TUNNEL	INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT	REPLACED BY TUNNEL	OPEN FILE →
V-03	AUTO-PALACE STRIP / BINCKHORSTLAAN 320	DEMOLISHED 2015 → TUNNEL	NOT DISCLOSED	REPLACED BY TUNNEL	OPEN FILE →
V-04	MERCURIUSKWARTIER GARAGE PLOTS	ONGOING ATTRITION	NOT DISCLOSED	BUSINESSES LEAVING UNDER PRESSURE	OPEN FILE →
V-05	SDU PRINTING HALL FOOTPRINT	DISMANTLED & EXPORTED → BARNEVELD	FORMER STATE PRINTER	≈11,000 m² HALL GONE	OPEN FILE →

§ 007B / METHOD - HOW THIS ARCHIVE WAS MADE

FIELD

ENTRY

PERIODJanuary 2026 - May 2026
LOCATIONBinckhorst, Den Haag, Netherlands
INSTITUTIONKABK - Royal Academy of Art, Den Haag
METHODSSite observation, walking, photography, document research, interviews, material collection, concrete casting
SOURCESPublic planning documents, municipality archive, national demolition statistics (Metabolic, CLO, Allesovercirculairslopen), field research
LIMITATIONSBinckhorst site-specific demolition data not publicly disclosed. Developer information for several sites could not be confirmed. Some interview subjects requested anonymity.
POSITIONThis archive is not neutral. It was made by someone who spent four months in Binckhorst and believes that what is being erased here matters.

THE TRANSITION IS NOT FINISHED.
NEITHER IS THIS ARCHIVE.

[ → RETURN TO THE OBJECTS / § 000 THE OBJECTS]

SEVEN CONCRETE PIECES.CAST AROUND MESH AND FRAGMENTS OF DEMOLITION DEBRIS.

ONE FRAGMENT, TWO FATES.

Where do Buildings go?

ONE SITE, FOUR FATES.

ROOFTOP GARDEN ACCESS - BINCK CITY PARK

VESTAWEG / PROEFPARK

SDU PRINTING WORKS / DE BINCK

KPN BUILDING & AUTO-PALACE STRIP

CABALLEROFABRIEK

BINCK CITY PARK

GARAGE CLUSTER / MERCURIUSKWARTIER

PROEFPARK STRIP

THIS LAND DOES NOT FORGET. THE PLAN DOES.

THE TRANSITION IS NOT FINISHED.NEITHER IS THIS ARCHIVE.

SEVEN CONCRETE PIECES.
CAST AROUND MESH AND FRAGMENTS OF DEMOLITION DEBRIS.

THE TRANSITION IS NOT FINISHED.
NEITHER IS THIS ARCHIVE.