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Where do the materials come from to build IJburg?

IJbuild by Pilot Publishing During a research visit to IJburg in 2006 we made a short film on the construction sites. Whilst documenting the work in progress, builders we met told us that the stone slabs they were laying had come from China. This sparked off an interest in the origin of the many and varied materials used to build IJburg and we had a sense that this reclaimed piece of land in the Netherlands was highly dependent on the rest of the world for its material resources. We will investigate this by gathering the extensive list of building materials that have been used on site, trace their natural origins and compile a unique map of the world that illustrates the environments they have come from and the journeys they have taken to reach IJburg. What impact does building a place in this way have on the environment, habitats and ecosystems? We came back in October 2008 to investigate IJburg and made a film which will be on the internet soon.

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