On December 30th, 2024, Frederiksplein 52 was squatted. Since then, people have been living here and a social centre has been established. We envision a place for people to come together, learn from each other and create together. We are very open for initiatives and ideas, so please feel free to come by!
It will be a space to organize in an autonomous and social way instead of a profit driven one. Spaces like this have become increasingly scarce in Amsterdam, even though they are desperately needed right now.
Once this monumental building still had a social and cultural function, in the 1990s as a ROC school and then as IDFA headquarters, but since then it has been vacant. There are plans to transition the offices into apartments. And while residential spaces are desperately needed, it remains the question whether the apartments will be affordable.
Big cooperations and the state profit from the housing crisis, by letting more and more space fall into the hands of big business, while rents rise and many people have no choice but to leave the city. The city is driven by profit and commerce; alternative spaces are being pushed out of the city. People that are not in the position to pay, are excluded from most of the public sphere within the center.
We want to oppose the commercialization of space and necessities of life! With this squat we want to show that resistance through autonomous action can be an answer. The city belongs to all of us and we should be able to shape it according to our desires.
Huis Vrederiks
Frederiksplein 52
Amsterdam, Netherlands
https://radar.squat.net/nl/amsterdam/begane-grond
Some squats in the Netherlands: https://radar.squat.net/en/groups/country/NL/squated/squat
Groups (social center, collective, squat) in the Netherlands: https://radar.squat.net/en/groups/country/NL
Events in the Netherlands: https://radar.squat.net/en/events/country/NL
