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Strijp-S (Dutch pronunciation:[ˈstrɛipˈɛs]) is a neighborhood and former industrial park in theEindhoven district ofStrijp. The area belonged to electronics companyPhilips. Since 2000, creative companies and housing have been established in the former industrial buildings.Eindhoven Strijp-S railway station serves the district.
The name Strijp-S comes from the naming pattern that Philips used in its industrial parks. Strijp-S was the first park, and Strijp-T and Strijp-R followed.[1]
In 1916Anton Philips built the first factory in Strijp-S a glass factory forincandescent light bulbs. ThePhilips Natuurkundig Laboratorium was opened in 1914. Strijp-S was where first radios, then televisions were produced, as well as many other devices. The credoVan zand tot klant ("from sand to customer") stood behind the idea that Philips controlled every phase of production from research to storage, from glass blowing to cardboard factory: everything on one enormous piece of land.
In the 1990s Philips gradually left Eindhoven and in 2000 the first discussions took place about the repurposing of Strijp-S. In 2002 the land was sold for €140 million toPark Strijp Beheer B.V., a public private partnership between the city of Eindhoven and VolkerWessels. Philips was able to lease some of the buildings back temporarily until its full withdrawal in 2006, although there are still two small Philips departments present in the buildings SFH en SEY.
With the departure of Philips the plans was implemented to make the area a broad destination for the creative sector, including technology and design, under the English headlineOld Buildings, New Ideas. The old factory buildings would be perfect for studios. In 2016 the creative school St. Lucas opened at Strijp-S.[2]
In 2012 Strijp-S got its first permanent residents, when the SAS-3 project was completed (new construction). A year later the repurposed industrial SAN en SBP buildings were ready for residential use. Lofts replaced former television factories. The buildings were renamedGERARD andANTON, in honor of two prominenta members of the Philips family. Many other residential complexes are planned such asSpace-S and Blok 61, 63 and 59.[3] A year later the industrial buildings SAN and SBP were also ready for residential use.[4][5]
The profile of the residents skews very young, with 78.2% of the residents are between 20 and 34 versus 24.6% in Eindhoven as a whole.[6]
The Dillen family (of formerPhilips CEO Cor Dillen) lived in the Blazerstraat[7]
In the Veemgebouw in 2015 thefood hallVershal Het Veemopened.
At Strijp-S you can visitMU Hybrid Art House (Torenallee 40-06). MU is all about art in the broadest sense of the word. Together with mainly young makers and a broad, international audience, MU defines the liminal space between ‘what art is and what art can be’.
Furthermore, theDe Ontdekfabriek is located at Strijp-S: a children's science discovery space.
Strijp-S is a major event space, in the halls of the Klokgebouw building, but also larger events on the Ketelhuisplein plaza. For example, dance festival Flying Dutch in 2015 attracted 25,000 visitors.[8]Dutch Design Week takes place each October. Every third Sunday of the month Strijp-S hosts the FeelGood Markt market.
Strijp-S is a magnet forurban sports. Skateboarding,BMX andbouldering as well as bootcamp classes.
Strijp-S is a place for experimentation withLED lighting, which keeps the historic connection with Philips' past.[9] Somelight art includes the projectFakkel by Har Hollands. In the underground passage to NatLab artistDaan Roosegaarde installed his projectCrystal.
Strijp-S is a regular location for the light festivalGLOW.[10][11]
