X tructuring eindhoven

Multi-modal, permeable Eindhoven Where mobility is more than just destinations, but an experience in itself.

X

The Ne

t Eindhoven

We recognize an X figure in Eindhoven; composed of a hard and soft arm; existing within a radio concentric structure.

The hard arm is composed of a canal

The soft arm is composed of the Dommel river

COMPONENTS OF THE X

The NeXt Eindhoven

In the east, the RIVER Dommel is the exception within a canal system.

It is also connected to a dense network of forest patches The CANAL is hinged between an intensive river network in the north and a disperse one in the south.

The canals historically have connected cities

REGIONAL RELEVANCE

The NeXt Eindhoven

In parts the RIVER narrows and enters the city through a series of tunnels under the railway.

In parts it ‘disappears’.

Along its length it is more than a line, it gathers a series of landscapes

READING OF THE X: THE SOFT

The NeXt Eindhoven

The west of the CANAL arm is being actively used for industrial transportation of goods.

The east arm is being underutilised ads the industries do not actively use the canal, but reside there due to land value.

It crosses destinations from the regional to the local scale e.g. airport to housing.

There are also privatised recreational activities

READING OF THE X: THE HARD

The NeXt Eindhoven

We propose to create a new mobility system that is hinged on a continuous canal This new canal establishes: A requalified mobility infrastructure New urban ecologies through water management systems Structured local, urban and regional destinations

INTRODUCING A NEW CANAL

The NeXt Eindhoven

Water transportation, through water taxi’s, will run parallel to bike, e-bikes and pedestrians. Buses will be networked to the x.

Pedestrian Watercraft Bike Bus Car

running parallel to all mobility lines Reliable alternative means of transport Upgraded through Domel river’s recreational axis.

Compliments the existing bus network.

Downgraded highways at strategic point: portals that ‘welcome’ visitors to the city.

Portals to the city

STRATEGY: MOBILITY

The NeXt Eindhoven

Changed bus route Bus route Bicycle new Bicycle existing

Neighbourhoods are trapped by infrastructure.

STRATEGY: DESTINATIONS & ACCESSIBILITY

The NeXt Eindhoven

Neighbourhoods are trapped by infrastructure.

Existing destinations along the X will be enhanced and complimented with new programme.

STRATEGY: DESTINATIONS & ACCESSIBILITY

The NeXt Eindhoven

Neighbourhoods are trapped by infrastructure.

Existing destinations along the X will be enhanced and complimented with new programme.

Arms will connect trapped neighbourhoods to these destinations along the “X”

STRATEGY: DESTINATIONS & ACCESSIBILITY

The NeXt Eindhoven

We separate stormwater from the CSO sewer Stormwater is collected and encouraged slow down by means of using micro topography configurations.

Collection is local to ensure water quality is maintained.

This has a positive effect on the quality of the water entering the Dommel.

STRATEGY: WATER MANAGEMENT

The NeXt Eindhoven

We decided to look at the areas that would provide maximise impact on the city A city where the car is a guest and mobility is more than just destinations; it’s an experience in itself.

Transitioning between scales in a beneficial way prioritising the human experience.

DESIGN PROPOSAL

The NeXt Eindhoven

East-west Intervention: The X Central Park Addresses the presence of the stadium, railway and parkway Re -qualifies and adds value to the urban environment Deals from regional to local scale

Existing Isolation and infrastructure

DESIGN PROPOSAL: INTERVENTIONS

The NeXt Eindhoven

Wrapped spatial structure

STRATEGIC

Movement flow

Flooding pattern (Retention ponds)

The X Central Park is a new destination in the city and place for inhabitants with which to identify It provides added value to underutilised land and over scaled infrasctructure It mediates existing scale challenges.

It initiates and celebrates sustainable water management network that can applied elsewhere in future

DESIGN PROPOSAL: INTERVENTIONS

The NeXt Eindhoven

STRATEGIC

North- south Intervention: X Creative Park Enhances the value of the Dommel river in the city while adds quality to the urban environment Reveals the river as an urban figure structuring a mixed cultural axis

DESIGN PROPOSAL: INTERVENTIONS

The NeXt Eindhoven

STRATEGIC

North- south Intervention: X Creative Park Cultural facilities are complement the existing program A Creative park is proposed along the railway, facing neighborhoods and TUe

DESIGN PROPOSAL: INTERVENTIONS

The NeXt Eindhoven

STRATEGIC

X

The Ne

t Eindhoven