Repurposed School Buildings in Amsterdam with Construction Years and Current Functions

All repurposed school buildings within the districts of Amsterdam are listed, including their year of construction and current function. This inventory was created using address guides from the city archives spanning from 1905 to 1995. The dataset is provided by the Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations under a public domain license.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in building repurposing based on construction year and current function mentioned in the description
• Map the spatial distribution of former school buildings based on the district-level geography
• Study urban development and land-use change over a 90-year period based on the historical address guides used

Strengths

• Data covers a specific, well-defined geography: all districts of Amsterdam.
• Construction years and current functions are provided for each building, offering two key data points.
• Source methodology is specified, using historical address guides from 1905-1995.

Limitations

• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties

Collection Method

Investigated using address guides of the city archives from 1905-1995.

Time Range

Construction years unspecified; source guides cover 1905-1995.

Geography

Districts of Amsterdam, Netherlands.