The café is located in the heart of De Ceuvel and is the main public attraction. Originally intended as the canteen of the creative hub, it has grown into one of the city’s leading hospitality venues and is internationally known as a source of inspiration for sustainable hospitality.
The building was designed by architect Wouter Valkenier. The café itself was founded by Toon Maassen and Esmee Jiskoot. In 2020, it was taken over by Gideon Loerakker, René de Boer, Huib Koel, and Esther Weller. The café works closely with the association and is responsible for much of the external communication, cultural programming, and public-facing activities.
Association De Ceuvel
Management
De Ceuvel has been managed since its founding by Marcel van Wees of Urban Interior Design, whose boat on the square also serves as the community workshop. Marcel plans maintenance and ensures everything runs as it should.
Purifying Park
The Purifying Park was designed by DELVA Landscape Architects. It is now managed by landscape architect Anke Wijnja of Bureau Fonkel and a group of volunteers.
delva.la
bureaufonkel.nl
Board
De Ceuvel holds a general assembly four times per year. A volunteer board is elected annually from its members and meets every two weeks.
Current board (since May 2022)
Chair: Johannes van den Akker
Treasurer: Gideon Loerakker
Secretary: Suzan Doodeman
Previous boards
Founding (2013): Sascha Glasl, Marjolein Smeele, Jeroen Apers
June 2014 – April 2015: Sascha Glasl, Jeroen Apers, Berith Danse
April 2015 – April 2016: Remco Moen Marcar, Cynthia Mooij, Jeroen Apers, Toon Maassen, Daan Dijkstra
April 2016 – January 2019: Chandar van der Zande, Esmee Jiskoot, Jos de Krieger
January 2019 – January 2021: Tycho Hellinga, Jeroen Pieterse, Sarah Milo
Annual Reports
We publish an annual report every year. You can download them below in PDF format:
Café de Ceuvel
The café is located in the heart of De Ceuvel and is the main public attraction. Originally intended as the canteen of the creative hub, it has grown into one of the city’s leading hospitality venues and is internationally known as a source of inspiration for sustainable hospitality.
The building was designed by architect Wouter Valkenier. The café itself was founded by Toon Maassen and Esmee Jiskoot. In 2020, it was taken over by Gideon Loerakker, René de Boer, Huib Koel, and Esther Weller. The café works closely with the association and is responsible for much of the external communication, cultural programming, and public-facing activities.
Association De Ceuvel
Management
De Ceuvel has been managed since its founding by Marcel van Wees of Urban Interior Design, whose boat on the square also serves as the community workshop. Marcel plans maintenance and ensures everything runs as it should.
Purifying Park
The Purifying Park was designed by DELVA Landscape Architects. It is now managed by landscape architect Anke Wijnja of Bureau Fonkel and a group of volunteers.
delva.la
bureaufonkel.nl
Board
De Ceuvel holds a general assembly four times per year. A volunteer board is elected annually from its members and meets every two weeks.
Current board (since May 2022)
Chair: Johannes van den Akker
Treasurer: Gideon Loerakker
Secretary: Suzan Doodeman
Previous boards
Founding (2013): Sascha Glasl, Marjolein Smeele, Jeroen Apers
June 2014 – April 2015: Sascha Glasl, Jeroen Apers, Berith Danse
April 2015 – April 2016: Remco Moen Marcar, Cynthia Mooij, Jeroen Apers, Toon Maassen, Daan Dijkstra
April 2016 – January 2019: Chandar van der Zande, Esmee Jiskoot, Jos de Krieger
January 2019 – January 2021: Tycho Hellinga, Jeroen Pieterse, Sarah Milo
Annual Reports
We publish an annual report every year. You can download them below in PDF format:
De Ceuvel consists of several components that together fulfill multiple functions
The Creative Hub – 14 houseboats on land are rented out as CAWA studios. One of these 14 houseboats, the Workship, is also used as a multifunctional studio and develops its own cultural program.
Metabolic – One houseboat on land was designed and developed by Metabolic, the circular consultancy company that played a major role in the sustainability plan of the entire Ceuvel.
Asile Flottant – The hotel Asile Flottant consists of one houseboat on land (the reception, also available for meetings) and 6 floating historic ships on the water that have been converted into unique hotel rooms.
Café de Ceuvel – The hospitality venue Café de Ceuvel.
The Creative Hub
Image credit: DELVA Landscape Architecture
The Creative Hub De Ceuvel was made possible with a subsidy from the City of Amsterdam’s Bureau Broedplaatsen and a loan from Triodos Bank. This funding was used to construct the basic structures, the deck, and the infrastructure.
The 14 CAWA studios are rented out to approximately 60 tenants. Many of these users have largely completed their own spaces. They mostly work as freelancers in the creative or sustainability sectors. These include architects, filmmakers, designers, and musicians, as well as green and sustainable foundations and companies. Small-scale public activities take place in the studio & workship boat Workship.
workship.nu
deceuvel.nl/theboats
amsterdam.nl/broedplaatsen
Metabolic and Metabolic Lab
Metabolic was involved as a sustainability partner during the founding of De Ceuvel. They built a large part of the sustainability solutions together with the community.
With funding from the DOEN Foundation, the Metabolic Lab was built as an experimental showcase and office space for Metabolic. The company has since grown into an international consultancy with offices in multiple countries. Its headquarters are now located near De Ceuvel, but Metabolic remains actively involved on site, conducting research and showcasing its sustainability solutions. The Metabolic Lab is now used by the De Ceuvel community for lectures, documentary screenings, and meetings, and is also available for external rentals.
metabolic.nl
metaboliclab.nl
Asile Flottant and the Crossboat
The Crossboat was designed and built by Space&Matter and Woodies At Berlin. Space&Matter is the architecture studio that was one of the initiators of De Ceuvel and now works on projects such as Schoonschip and the urban plan for Amsterdam North. Woodies At Berlin converts ships into houseboats in their shipyard at NDSM, and nearly all boats at De Ceuvel have been there. Woodies is also the initiator and owner of Asile Flottant, De Ceuvel’s floating hotel. The six historic ships behind the gate of Asile contain unique hotel rooms inside.
spaceandmatter.nl
woodiesatberlin.nl
asileflottant.com
Café de Ceuvel
The café is located in the heart of De Ceuvel and is the main public attraction. Originally intended as the canteen of the creative hub, it has grown into one of the city’s leading hospitality venues and is internationally known as a source of inspiration for sustainable hospitality.
The building was designed by architect Wouter Valkenier. The café itself was founded by Toon Maassen and Esmee Jiskoot. In 2020, it was taken over by Gideon Loerakker, René de Boer, Huib Koel, and Esther Weller. The café works closely with the association and is responsible for much of the external communication, cultural programming, and public-facing activities.
Association De Ceuvel
Management
De Ceuvel has been managed since its founding by Marcel van Wees of Urban Interior Design, whose boat on the square also serves as the community workshop. Marcel plans maintenance and ensures everything runs as it should.
Purifying Park
The Purifying Park was designed by DELVA Landscape Architects. It is now managed by landscape architect Anke Wijnja of Bureau Fonkel and a group of volunteers.
delva.la
bureaufonkel.nl
Board
De Ceuvel holds a general assembly four times per year. A volunteer board is elected annually from its members and meets every two weeks.
Current board (since May 2022)
Chair: Johannes van den Akker
Treasurer: Gideon Loerakker
Secretary: Suzan Doodeman
Previous boards
Founding (2013): Sascha Glasl, Marjolein Smeele, Jeroen Apers
June 2014 – April 2015: Sascha Glasl, Jeroen Apers, Berith Danse
April 2015 – April 2016: Remco Moen Marcar, Cynthia Mooij, Jeroen Apers, Toon Maassen, Daan Dijkstra
April 2016 – January 2019: Chandar van der Zande, Esmee Jiskoot, Jos de Krieger
January 2019 – January 2021: Tycho Hellinga, Jeroen Pieterse, Sarah Milo
Annual Reports
We publish an annual report every year. You can download them below in PDF format:
Café de Ceuvel
The café is located in the heart of De Ceuvel and is the main public attraction. Originally intended as the canteen of the creative hub, it has grown into one of the city’s leading hospitality venues and is internationally known as a source of inspiration for sustainable hospitality.
The building was designed by architect Wouter Valkenier. The café itself was founded by Toon Maassen and Esmee Jiskoot. In 2020, it was taken over by Gideon Loerakker, René de Boer, Huib Koel, and Esther Weller. The café works closely with the association and is responsible for much of the external communication, cultural programming, and public-facing activities.
Association De Ceuvel
Management
De Ceuvel has been managed since its founding by Marcel van Wees of Urban Interior Design, whose boat on the square also serves as the community workshop. Marcel plans maintenance and ensures everything runs as it should.
Purifying Park
The Purifying Park was designed by DELVA Landscape Architects. It is now managed by landscape architect Anke Wijnja of Bureau Fonkel and a group of volunteers.
delva.la
bureaufonkel.nl
Board
De Ceuvel holds a general assembly four times per year. A volunteer board is elected annually from its members and meets every two weeks.
Current board (since May 2022)
Chair: Johannes van den Akker
Treasurer: Gideon Loerakker
Secretary: Suzan Doodeman
Previous boards
Founding (2013): Sascha Glasl, Marjolein Smeele, Jeroen Apers
June 2014 – April 2015: Sascha Glasl, Jeroen Apers, Berith Danse
April 2015 – April 2016: Remco Moen Marcar, Cynthia Mooij, Jeroen Apers, Toon Maassen, Daan Dijkstra
April 2016 – January 2019: Chandar van der Zande, Esmee Jiskoot, Jos de Krieger
January 2019 – January 2021: Tycho Hellinga, Jeroen Pieterse, Sarah Milo
Annual Reports
We publish an annual report every year. You can download them below in PDF format:
De Ceuvel consists of several components that together fulfill multiple functions
The Creative Hub – 14 houseboats on land are rented out as CAWA studios. One of these 14 houseboats, the Workship, is also used as a multifunctional studio and develops its own cultural program.
Metabolic – One houseboat on land was designed and developed by Metabolic, the circular consultancy company that played a major role in the sustainability plan of the entire Ceuvel.
Asile Flottant – The hotel Asile Flottant consists of one houseboat on land (the reception, also available for meetings) and 6 floating historic ships on the water that have been converted into unique hotel rooms.
Café de Ceuvel – The hospitality venue Café de Ceuvel.
The Creative Hub
Image credit: DELVA Landscape Architecture
The Creative Hub De Ceuvel was made possible with a subsidy from the City of Amsterdam’s Bureau Broedplaatsen and a loan from Triodos Bank. This funding was used to construct the basic structures, the deck, and the infrastructure.
The 14 CAWA studios are rented out to approximately 60 tenants. Many of these users have largely completed their own spaces. They mostly work as freelancers in the creative or sustainability sectors. These include architects, filmmakers, designers, and musicians, as well as green and sustainable foundations and companies. Small-scale public activities take place in the studio & workship boat Workship.
workship.nu
deceuvel.nl/theboats
amsterdam.nl/broedplaatsen
Metabolic and Metabolic Lab
Metabolic was involved as a sustainability partner during the founding of De Ceuvel. They built a large part of the sustainability solutions together with the community.
With funding from the DOEN Foundation, the Metabolic Lab was built as an experimental showcase and office space for Metabolic. The company has since grown into an international consultancy with offices in multiple countries. Its headquarters are now located near De Ceuvel, but Metabolic remains actively involved on site, conducting research and showcasing its sustainability solutions. The Metabolic Lab is now used by the De Ceuvel community for lectures, documentary screenings, and meetings, and is also available for external rentals.
metabolic.nl
metaboliclab.nl
Asile Flottant and the Crossboat
The Crossboat was designed and built by Space&Matter and Woodies At Berlin. Space&Matter is the architecture studio that was one of the initiators of De Ceuvel and now works on projects such as Schoonschip and the urban plan for Amsterdam North. Woodies At Berlin converts ships into houseboats in their shipyard at NDSM, and nearly all boats at De Ceuvel have been there. Woodies is also the initiator and owner of Asile Flottant, De Ceuvel’s floating hotel. The six historic ships behind the gate of Asile contain unique hotel rooms inside.
spaceandmatter.nl
woodiesatberlin.nl
asileflottant.com
Café de Ceuvel
The café is located in the heart of De Ceuvel and is the main public attraction. Originally intended as the canteen of the creative hub, it has grown into one of the city’s leading hospitality venues and is internationally known as a source of inspiration for sustainable hospitality.
The building was designed by architect Wouter Valkenier. The café itself was founded by Toon Maassen and Esmee Jiskoot. In 2020, it was taken over by Gideon Loerakker, René de Boer, Huib Koel, and Esther Weller. The café works closely with the association and is responsible for much of the external communication, cultural programming, and public-facing activities.
Association De Ceuvel
Management
De Ceuvel has been managed since its founding by Marcel van Wees of Urban Interior Design, whose boat on the square also serves as the community workshop. Marcel plans maintenance and ensures everything runs as it should.
Purifying Park
The Purifying Park was designed by DELVA Landscape Architects. It is now managed by landscape architect Anke Wijnja of Bureau Fonkel and a group of volunteers.
delva.la
bureaufonkel.nl
Board
De Ceuvel holds a general assembly four times per year. A volunteer board is elected annually from its members and meets every two weeks.
Current board (since May 2022)
Chair: Johannes van den Akker
Treasurer: Gideon Loerakker
Secretary: Suzan Doodeman
Previous boards
Founding (2013): Sascha Glasl, Marjolein Smeele, Jeroen Apers
June 2014 – April 2015: Sascha Glasl, Jeroen Apers, Berith Danse
April 2015 – April 2016: Remco Moen Marcar, Cynthia Mooij, Jeroen Apers, Toon Maassen, Daan Dijkstra
April 2016 – January 2019: Chandar van der Zande, Esmee Jiskoot, Jos de Krieger
January 2019 – January 2021: Tycho Hellinga, Jeroen Pieterse, Sarah Milo
Annual Reports
We publish an annual report every year. You can download them below in PDF format: