2008 | The harbor of Amsterdam was located on the eastern side of the city. Since the seventies of the last century its now located on the western side of the town. This eastern side of the city with its old docks has transformed the last fifteen years into beautiful new neighborhoods with cultural facilities, hotels and shopping centers: a magnificent extension of the city. Initiated and designed by the Physical Planning Department of the city of Amsterdam (PPD) which could mend with this enormous project its reputation after the failure of the original design of the Bijlmermeer (Amsterdam SouthEast).

Theo Baart photographed several times on this location. The first time was for the architectural magazine Bouw in the late 1980’s. It was then a wasteland. Later around 1992 Baart was asked together with some colleagues to photograph this part of town. His contribution to this collective enterprise was to to photograph what was left of the economic activities in the area. This project was never finished or published.

In 2008 he photographed the new neighborhoods for the publication of Forum Amsterdam by Ton Schaap. Ton Schaap is urban designer and was part of the design team responsible for this part of town.