Strandeiland is still under construction, but on the east side of the island, in the Muiden neighborhood, the Tagorepark is already a reality. Eight different sports facilities on 8,000 m², with at its center a pumptrack you won't find anywhere else in the Netherlands this big. Cast in concrete, 2,500 m², certified and suitable for bikes, scooters and rollerblades. Five years old or fifty: it doesn't matter.
The park came about through the Beach Island Participation Team, which determined the details of the park together with the residents. That is not rhetoric: the choices for which sports and functions were given a place were really made with the people who live here. This is reflected in the mix. Not only urban sports, but also school gardens and urban agriculture, next to each other, on the same site. A sports park and a place where children learn how vegetables grow.
At the center of the park is The Basket, a repurposed building that serves as a meeting place. Locker rooms, a bar with kitchen, and a space that works as a classroom or meeting room. Not a temporary shack, but a full-fledged place to gather before or after sports. The name is somewhat literal, but the function is clear: this is the heart of the park.
Cast in concrete, 2,500 m², certified and suitable for bikes, scooters and rollerblades. Five years old or fifty: it doesn't matter.
The park bears the label temporary, as Beach Island will continue to be built over the next few years. But you don't notice that temporary nature in its execution. Concrete, certified installations, a real building: this is not an interim solution. It is simply a sports park, built for the neighborhood that already lives here. Via bouw.live, by the way, progress can be followed daily via a live webcam, for those who want to see how the island around it continues to grow. Beach Island does not yet have years to look back on, but with the Tagorepark, the Muiden neighborhood already has something to count on.