Als erfahrene Architektin und Stadtentwicklerin bin ich auf der Suche nach neuen beruflichen Herausforderungen – in angestellter oder freiberuflicher Tätigkeit. Nach mehr als 4 Jahren internationaler Architektenlaufbahn habe ich mich mit einem Aufbaustudium an der Architectural Association London auf den Bereich der Stadtentwicklung spezialisiert. Bei der Entwicklung urbaner Projekte in den letzten 1,5 Jahre spielte Datenvisualisierung und deren graphische Aufbereitung eine genauso wesentliche Rolle wie das konzeptionelle Erforschen urbaner Prozesse und das Herleiten von Lösungsansätzen für nachhaltige Stadtentwicklung. Meine Arbeit beinhaltete die Zusammenarbeit mit Repräsentanten der Städte bei der Konzepterstellung sowie die Analyse und Auswahl von Beteiligungs- und Kooperationsformen. Im Sommer dieses Jahres kooperierte ich an einem 3-monatigen Projekt für die Stadt Hamburg, welches sich mit der städtischen Entwicklung des Hamburger Osten befasste. Neben der allgemeinen Potenzialanalyse, in welcher wichtige stadträumliche und sozio-ökonomische Kennzeichen des Gebietes definiert wurden, beinhaltete unsere Arbeit die Herausarbeitung von möglichen Handlungsfeldern. Die Ergebnisse, welche in der Landespressekonferenz im August 2014 vom Ersten Bürgermeister Olaf Scholz veröffentlicht wurden, fließen ebenfalls in das neue Leitbild der Stadt Hamburg ein. Ende 2013 finalisierte ich mein 4-monatiges urbanen Forschungsprojekt „Creating Innovative Production Environments“. Die Studie untersuchte die räumlichen Veränderungen innovativer Industriestrukturen in den Niederlanden. Ökonomische und räumliche Clusteranalyse erforschte hierbei die Entwicklung innovativer Clusterformationen. Diese Arbeit wurde in einem Expertentreffen vor verschiedenen Akteuren aus Wissensnetzwerken und Repräsentanten der Städte und Länder vorgestellt und in Form einer Publikation verabschiedet.
Bereits während meines Aufbaustudiums an der Architectural Association London konzentrierte ich mich gezielt auf die politischen, ökonomischen und sozialen Veränderungen der heutigen „Knowledge Society“, wobei die urbane Raumanalyse sowie die ständigen Wandlungen von architektonischen Gebäudetypen grundlegend eine Rolle spielen. Unter dem Thema „Integration von Industrie in den städtischen Alltag“ entwickelte ich einen typologischen Ansatz zur nachhaltigen Gebietsentwicklung des Londoner Lower Lea Valley. Das daraus erarbeitete Diagramm der „Knowledge Neighbourhood“ vertiefte ich in meiner Masterthesis. Am Beispiel innovativer Clusterentwicklung in Cambridge, Uk untersuchte ich die „Reorganisation des urbanen Raumes unter Einbeziehung veränderter Mobiltätsstrukturen“. Meine architektonische Berufserfahrung, sei es im baupolitischen oder kostenrelevanten Bereich, sehe ich als hilfreiches Hintergrundswissen in dem komplexen Aufgabenfeld der Stadtentwicklung. Wärend 4 Jahren in renommierten Architektenbüros in London, Dubai sowie in der Schweiz umfassten meine Projekte Arbeiten vom Entwurf bis zur Ausführungsplanung. Ich habe exzellente technische Fähigkeiten mit vertieften Kenntnissen in Datenvisualisierungsprogrammen und verschiedenen CAD- und Design-Programmen. Meine Stärken liegen in der detaillierten Analyse und Konzeptentwicklung sowie der pünktlichen Lieferung von Projekten. Ich arbeite gut im Team oder auch eigenständig, wobei meine positive Einstellung und aufgeschlossene Persönlichkeit sich in der guten Zusammenarbeit mit Klienten sowie Kollegen widerspiegelt. Ich würde mich freuen, unsere Erfahrungen und Vorstellungen in einem persönlichen Gespräch auszutauschen und zu vertiefen.
Mit freundlichen Grüßen
Anke Wetzel Hamburg 01.10.2014
Anke Wetzel Dipl. Ing Architekt MArch Urban design www.ankewetzel.com Burchardstrasse 16 20095 Hamburg Deutschland 0049 162 69 59 752 wetzel_anke@yahoo.de
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Projektleiter Publikation Forschungsprojekt innovativer Industriecluster ››Creating Innovative Production Environments‹‹
MArch Thesis Housing&Urbanism Exploring the Knowledge Neighbourhood towards a new Nodality for Cambridge
Workshop FEB 12 ››Winterschool Making Zuidas‹‹ Amsterdam, NL Study Project in term 2
Workshop JUL 12 ››Innovative Regions and Creative Cities‹‹ Tainan, Taiwan
Vereniging Deltametropool Rotterdam, NL AUG –SEP 12 Projektassistenz Factsheet NOV 12 Transport Oriented Development in NL ››Leidens Bio-tech cluster needs its Hinterland‹‹ Industriekultur Delft und Leiden, NL Publikation SprintStad #5 SEP 12 ››Science Park or Science City‹‹
Graduation Architectural Assosiation London, UK FEB 13
seit MAR 2013
Stiftung Haus Schminke Löbau, D MAR – JUL 13 Projektassistenz ‘TOPOMOMO’ Freiberufler Bauten der Moderne (EFRE)
Vereniging Deltametropool Rotterdam, NL JUL – DEZ 13
Cityförster Rotterdam,NL JAN – FEB14 Projektleiter Regionalstudie für Metropolregion Dagestan, Russia
Projektleiter Pressemappe Stadtstudie Hamburger Osten ››Stromaufwärts an Elbe und Bille – Architektur und Stadtplanungsaufgaben Wohnen und urbane Produktion im Hamburger Osten‹‹
Spengler&Wiescholek Hamburg, D APR – OKT 14
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Designarchitekt Machbarkeitstudien für Hotel/Wohn/Geschätsbauten unter anderem auf the Palm, Dubai und the World, Dubai
PRC Architects Ltd. Dubai, UAE JUN 08 – JUL 09
PRC Architects Ltd. London, UK OKT 07 – JUN 08 Diplom HTW Dresden,D AUG 07
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Sonnemann Toon Architects London, UK JUN 06 – FEB 07 Junior Architekt Ausführungsplanung für Gesundheitsbauten S.H. Architects London, UK APR 06 – JUN 06 Praktikant CHLOÉ Stores worldwide Konzeptzeichnungen
Diplom Thesis Architektur Kaoshiung Theater Komplex
Architekt Machbarkeitstudien für Öffentliche Bauten und Wohnprojekte, sowie Arealentwicklung
Projektarchitekt Konzept- und Ausführungsplanung für Altersheime und Öffentliche Bauten, Gestalterische Leitung sowie Wettbewerbsbetreuung
Loosli and Partner Architekten Bern, CH AUG 09 – AUG 11
Towards Industrial Urbanity London Lower Lea Valley
Matriculation Architectural Assosiation London, UK SEP 11
Lebenslauf
Stadtstudie Hamburg
Wohnen und urbane Produktion in Hamburg-Ost Auftraggeber: Stadt Hamburg Team: Spengler & Wiescholek Architekten und Planer, Urban Catalyst, WES Landschaftsarchitekten, Moka-studio Bearbeitungszeitraum: April - August 2014 Aufgabenfeld: Urban Konzepterstellung, Datenvisualisierung, Erarbeitung architektonischer Lösungsvorschläge Link: www.hamburg.de/stromaufwaerts
Der Hamburger Osten umfasst ein Gebiet von rund 164.000 Menschen. Charakterisiert von weiten Grünzügen und attraktiven Wasserläufen für ausgezeichnete Wohnlagen beherbergt es ebenso das größte Industriegebebiet Hamburgs sowie andere wichtige Produktionsstätten. Trotz guter Anbindung an Hamburgs Hauptmagistralen und öffentlichen Nahverkehr weisen die einzelnen Stadteile des Ostens verschiedene sozial-ökonomische und räumliche Schwachstellen auf. Unter der Thematik „Nachverdichten ohne zu Verdrängen in der wachsenden Stadt“ wurden erste stadträumliche Problemstellungen erarbeitet. Monofunktionalität und vernachlässigte Nachbarschaftstrukturen galten oft als Hauptproblematik des Gebietes. Auf Basis der erstellten Potenzialanalyse wurden 3 Kernziele und 6 Handlungsfelder herausgearbeitet (siehe Diagram oben rechts). Die Analyse beinhaltet hierbei eine Zusammenfassung bestehender Projekte sowie Datenvisualisierung von Themen wie Erreichbarkeit, Dichte, Services, Funktionsmix und Entwicklungspotenzial. Gegliedert in 11 Fokusräume wurden für jeden einzelnen Raum erste Potenzialflächen sowie Handlungsansätze aufgezeigt. Die spezifischen Kernbotschaften und benannten Themenfelder spiegeln sich hierbei in den 6 übergeordneten Handlungsfeldern wider und erstellen zusammen eine neue Vision für den Hamburger Osten, welche ebenfalls in das neue Leitbild Hamburgs einfließt. Diese Arbeit ist als ein Auftakt für weiter Untersuchungen und Diskusionen zu sehen, wobei zukünftige Stadtgespräche und die Zusammenarbeit mit den aktiven Bündnissen zur Weiterentwicklung im Vordergrund stehen.
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Fokusraum Hammerbrook »Der Raum für Stadtpioniere« Die City-Süd ist bisher eine monofunktionale Bürostadt direkt am Rande der Innenstadt. Positive Veränderungen stehen jedoch bevor: Die einseitige Prägung als Arbeitsort wird verändert und rund 2.000 neue Wohnungen für Stadtpioniere entstehen zwischen Münzviertel und Mittelkanal. Die Großmarkthalle wird für ein neues Musicaltheater und einen Stadtmarkt geöffnet. Der Brückenschlag zur HafenCity mit dem Oberhafenquartier ist langfristig vorgesehen und wird die weitere kreativwirtschaftliche Entwicklung Hammerbrooks voranbringen. Bereits heute sind erste Kerne der Kreativwirtschaft vorhanden. Diese Impulse gilt es zu nutzen und Hammerbrooks stille Wasserpotenziale sowie die Freiflächen in den Zwischenräumen zu entwickeln.
Infrastruktur konzentrieren Hammerbrook ergänzt seine vorhandenen Mittagslandschaften“, z.B. am Nagelsweg, durch soziale und kulturelle Infrastruktur sowie Einzelhandel und kann stabile Kerne bilden. Kanäle entdecken Neue Wegeverbindungen orientieren sich entlang der inneren Wasserkanäle und bieten bis zum Hochwasserbassin bisher verschlossene Zugänge zum Wasser.
Nischen aktivieren Die untergenutzten Flächen, Wasserkanäle sowie Nischenräume Hammerbrooks können zur Entwicklung eines hoch attraktiven und zentral gelegenen Stadtquartiers genutzt werden – so wie es vor dem Krieg gewesen und heute kaum mehr in Erinnerung ist. Die Hausboote im Mittelkanal und im Hochwasserbassin bieten neue ohnqualitäten mitten in der Stadt.
Publication Broschure Deltametropool Association
»Creating Innovative Production Environments«
A spatial design-testing strategy for Delft and Leiden Author: Anke Wetzel Cooperation: Deltametropool Association Partners: University Utrecht, Municipality Delft&Leiden, Province South-Holland Time period: July - Dec 2013 Link: www.deltametropool.nl/nl/production_environments
The province of South Holland has the potential to form the regional economic motor for the Netherlands, but experiences limitations in the growth of innovative economical sectors (Weerbare Regio, 2010). The area is a dispersed field of knowledge and production clusters, which does not allow for the integrated, synergetic environments needed to compete in global markets. To overcome the weaknesses of the current market, and to understand the value potential of certain sectors, new approaches are needed to strengthen the area and speculate about the formation of new clusters and innovative corridors. Seen as the first phase of the research project, we propose a spatial design-testing strategy as a method to elaborate existing Dutch cluster conditions and transformation possibilities. Based on the study ‘Weerbare Regio’ we visualised selected economic sectors and their development over 15 years to identify the ones with most potential. Using Delft and Leiden as a case study, a specific company type of fast growing entrepreneurs, so called ‘Gazelles’, are chosen to show promising cluster location in form of a ‘heat map’. These selected clusters where analyzed in terms of their spatial settings, company characteristics and crossoveractivities which gave first insight in spatial requirements and cluster qualities. International comparison hereby forms a tool to understand global trends and typological shifts of working areas, as well as providing enlightening examples. Finally, we discuss first outcomes, limitations of the research method and steps for the following phase of the research.
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Publication - SprintStad #5 Deltametropool Association
UPDATE N º5 — 10|2012
METROPOLITAAN BEREIKBAARHEID PROGRAMMA
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Datavisualisation, Paul ChorusTasks: (Province Noord-Holland) graphical Joost display Schrijnen (Province Zuid-Holland) Jan Duffhues (Movares / UvA) Thomas Straatemeier (Goudappel Coff.) Time period: Aug 2012 Tjitske van Link: Erp (APPM) Joost de Waal (NS travellers) www.deltametropool.nl/nl/update_sprintstad5 Bart van der Heijden (DRO / MRA) Miran Wiersema (APPM) Jaap Modder (GO Spoor) Deltametropolis Association
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In collaboration with the province of NoordHolland, a network of over 60 nodes and their respective corridors is being examined for opportunities of future development.
accessibility and existing densities. The second part ‘Possibilities’ analyses ambitions, plans and obstacles surrounding each node. And part three ‘Opportunities’ explores future possibilities for the network. On the 6th of Daily work taking place September, the results of the first phase were presented, in Amsterdam, a RESEARCH team of TOD DELTAMETROPOLIS ASSOCIATIONto TOD STUDIO: experts. The presentation of phase two takes Paul Gerretsen (Agent, Deltametropolis Association) Merten Nefs (Project leader,and SprintCity) place in November the final presentation Miriam Ram (Project leader, research Noord-Holland) is scheduled for January Mariana Faver Linhares (Designer2013. / Researcher)
Visit and interview in the Zaanstad municipality
‘Making better use of station areas in isNORTH a project comprised of PRINCIPALSNoord-Holland’ IN THE PROVINCE OF HOLLAND: three parts: Current, Possibilities and OpporTjeerd Talsma (Executive councillor, responsible for spatial planning) Daphne Rigtertunities. (Project leader, TOD) ‘Current‘ assesses the qualities of Shirin Jaffri (Project leader, Taskforce Space optimisation) the current situation and includes land use, Paul Chorus (Advisor, TOD) Bart Witteman (Urban planner)
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Singapore Biopolis
Leiden Bio Science Park
»SCIENCE PARK OR SCIENCE CITY?« Knowledge and innovation are regarded as the main catalyst of contemporary economies, where only continuous innovation can guarantee competitive advantage in the global economy. Science parks play a key role in this - they are the cluster formations combining universities, R&D facilities, industries and other entities related to skills and technologies. This article discusses the urban planning challenges of science parks, by means of comparing Leiden Bio Science Park and Cambridge’s Hi-tech cluster to the inspirational case of Biopolis in Singapore. A new science park model: connectivity and multiscalarity Today’s knowledge exchange is based on the fast flow of information between multiple actors. From the former isolated science parks, the tendency has moved towards a more integrated and linked model, which relies more on face-to-face interaction and proximity. A dense network of institutions in the surrounding area provides shared facilities and meeting places at the ground levels of the complex. Recreational water and green areas also increase spatial quality to the standards of the ‘creative class’. These upgraded campuses and science parks can globally be regarded as science cities. International links between science cities are essential (air and fast rail connections). Local and regional public transportation is necessary to integrate the whole knowledge cluster in the region (network value). Leiden and Cambridge Investments in biotechnology have increased the demand for high-skilled scientists and engineers, as well as for science park facilities. The Bio Science Park in Leiden (Randstad Holland) now faces the challenge of either intensification or extension. Compared to the Cambridge science park, Leiden is wellconnected by public transport and contains a good mix of entities on the campus. The monofunctional buildings do not generate street life
however. Both developments are characterised by poor walkability and isolated buildings with no relation to the street, which are lined with parking spaces. Green spaces and water are merely used as buffers, strengthening the island-like formations, rather than providing a connecting recreational space. Singapore In Asia, many examples of huge innovation clusters, multiple science parks integrated with universities and industries are forming dense top-down science cities. The North-One project in Singapore has adopted an interesting approach to sustainable planning and creating mid and long term value generation. Key public and private research institutes have been mixed with housing, cultural and sport facilities and green areas, providing a rich civic environment where one can live, work and research. An important part of the North One cluster is the biomedical R&D hub Biopolis: a vibrant cluster of mixed use buildings close to a metro station, which offers several services at the ground level and underground parking facilities. This gives rise to a dense complex, with vivid streetlife and meeting places. What can Leiden learn from Singapore? The proximity to the train station and the city centre makes Leiden’s Bio Science Park a great location for high quality housing. Mixing those functions may provide financing for urban redevelopment, where redundant spaces can be transformed to create a lively urban landscape with shared amenities and meeting places at the ground level. To compete with global knowledge clusters, the linkages between different universities and specialised industries need to be strengthened. The existing mobility system in the Netherlands may provide a backbone for such a regional innovation network, integrating strong specialised economic sectors.
Publication - SprintStad #5 Deltametropool Association Author: Anke Wetzel Cooperation: Deltametropool Association Release: October 2012 Link: www.deltametropool.nl/nl/update_sprintstad5
During summer 2012 architect Anke Wetzel investigated in different models of innovation clusters, in relation to their connectivity and spatial TOD qualities: Leiden Bio Science Park, Cambridge Hi-Tech cluster and Biopolis Singapore. In 2013 she will present her Master Thesis on this topic at the Architectural Association in London.
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Publication Factsheet Deltametropool Association Release: September 2012 Link: www.issuu.com/anke.wetzel/docs/ fact_sheet_cargo_site?e=0
»Leidens Bio-Tech Cluster needs its Hinterland«
Leiden’s Bio Science Park, university, research facilities and academic hospital form a cluster, located near the train station and at a short distance from the historic centre. It has the ambition to become an important biotechnology cluster. In the surrounding region lies a potentially fruitful hinterland of related industries and specialised services. The core, hinterland and living environments are already well connected through the public transport and road systems. In practice, however, the clustering effect of local companies and knowledge institutes is not yet used to its full potential. Employment figures in related economic sectors are near the national average. This suggests that possible research spin-offs are not taking place in the region at a larger scale. The growth in health care also follows the national trend. Education is relatively strong, but has decreased over the last decade. The pharmaceutical industry is clearly present in the region, whereas medical instruments and production of rubber, plastics and food are below average. Instead of adding new institutes and industries to urban agglomerations, the global tendency is to optimise the existing patchwork of strong, specialised and diverse sectors to boost regional economic growth. With their strong focus on specialisation and upgrading the local industries and workforce, universities play a key role in the cross-over of knowledge and investments. Such a stabilising feedback cycle, based on knowledge and regional specialised production and services, is known as an ‘innovation ecology’. Leiden also has much to gain in its hinterland: As an innovative, specialised region it will be more competitive and better able to accomodate research spin-offs and investments in technology, whilst simultaneously integrating and optimising the use of the available workforce, entrepreneurs and infrastructure.
Stadtstudie London – Lower Lea Valley
Tech-Knowledge Neighbourhood: Towards Industrial Urbanity
Architectural Association, Term 2 Project Time period: Jul - Sep 2012 Link: issuu.com/anke.wetzel/docs/ book_techknowledge_neighbourhood_aa?e=0
Our projective vision of the city is not about encouraging an ever growing centre, whereby the division between centre and periphery is apparent. By recognizing the characteristics of the broader site, we find more possibilities of integrating the city centre and the periphery. The Lower Lea Valley (LLV) is located at the intersection of financial centres, specialized services, and innovation and production markets, which contributes to the synthesis between knowledge and the market for which the products are produced. At the same time, we imagine the engagement between the industries and their neighbourhood to constitute the next generation industrial environment, or a “Tech-Knowledge Neighbourhood”. The neighbourhood would support an innovative industrial sector at a local scale and be part of a high-tech exchange at a regional one. Based on a multiple stakeholders’ strategy, this development should facilitate low risk investments and can be implemented through a phased process. While the LLV is a peripheral area of London, it contains conditions which can perform as key drivers of the envisioned “Tech-knowledge Neighbourhood”. Our design approach utilizes the hidden potentials of these diverse characteristics of the area. On the example of 2 testing areas: Sugar House Lane and Prologis site we will demonstrate 2 redevelopment strategies. With a close relationship between the production and science-based industries, the area would also integrate living and working facilities to promote a collective engagement into the private sector. In fact, the workspace environment will support “the interaction among strangers” and by highlighting the heterogeneous character of the region, propose a strong set of differentiated urban areas that could establish its integrated role within the urban metropolis.
SUGAR HOUSE LANE ››The Open Block‹‹
PROLOGIS SITE ››From Sheds To Industrial Urbanity‹‹
The Open Block Concept “let the morphology reveal itself.” To produce a dynamic urban area for our “Tech-knowledge Neighbourhood”, our research leads to a typological reasoning exploration into the concept of the “open block” developed by Christian de Portzamparc. We were able to generate very precise outcomes by employing a method rather than a master plan to address the site of Sugar House Lane (SHL) in a multi-scalar way.
“The opening of the block has two characteristics. One volumetric (light and flows, space between buildings, courtyards, voids, and street), the other, aesthetic (opening to diversity, the future, unknown architectures).” Christian de Portzamparc
The “open block” is a set of independent entities that nevertheless can coexist together, expressing their differences. It performs as an assemblage, that is, the whole is intended to be greater than the sum of its parts.
The Open Block on SHL site When we superimpose the first diagram over the SHL site, “questions of judgment (why the type should change?) and power (how it should change?) need to be tackled simultaneously”. Does the street matter? How do we create hierarchy or orientation? Is it just a matter of spreading individual buildings or should we think about the pockets that may cluster them? How do we define the space in-between them? The existing conditions, the aforementioned drivers of the design approach are the key parameters which will allow us to progressively modify the initial diagram within the application of the Open Block type on SHL.
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Differentiated patterns of movement : Movement along the main backbone (3), Movement through the inner courtyards of the open blocks (4), Sequence of well defined pockets (5).
Differentiated morphologies: NorthSouth Strategy (6), East-West Strategy (7), Loop Strategy (8) .
â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thinking through type allows the architect to reach the essence of the element in question, rather than using it as model to be copied.â&#x20AC;&#x153; Chris Lee
left: final proposition of SHL-showing differentiation of the area up: Open Block - Study of multiple options of floor plates and types
From Sheds to Industrial Urbanity The industrial shed is a legacy of land use planning. The primary objective of this architecture was merely to facilitate access, and to contain the technological function within a neutral envelope. As a result, the sheds are present wherever the land use plan has allocated industrial area. Mono-functional industrial parks both in the LLV and in other peripheral areas have shown us that divorcing the architecture from the interior functions leads to an inefficient use of land and to an exterior environment which is not conducive to creating the complexity required of urbanity. In short, the industrial shed has zero urban ambition. To rethink the Prologis site as a next generation industrial neighbourhood, the shed needs to be discarded as the dominant type. There are three strategies to facilitate the transformation of the area utilizing the industrial shed. 1. Reshuffling the Interior 2. Transforming the Type 3. Exploring the Deep Plan
Reshuffling the Interior on Prologis site The grid is a tool to explore issues of balance, continuity, hierarchy and differentiation through the site. It is more than a network of roads, it works as a tool that supports the rationality as well as the diversity required of industrial urbanity. As a result, different patterns of movement can occur both within and across the grid. Prologis site - differentiation of the patterns of movement - the distinction between parallel roads must be characterized by their dimensions, the materiality and the existing characteristics of the site, such as the river, the basin and the vegetation.
Reshuffling the Interior: To keep the project costs low while accommodating the fluid transition to an upgraded industrial development, retaining a few of the key existing sheds can act as placeholders for future development within the area. However, rearticulating the interior is necessary to upgrade the shed from its previous position in the fabric as mere envelope, to a structure which fulfils both a social and collaborative role within the area.
Transforming the Type: The second approach is a typological shift in the industrial shed. This allows us to develop new buildings which are conducive to delivering the characteristics of an urbanized area, while retaining the original dimensionality of the shed.
Exploring the Deep Plan: The final approach is a strategy which uses a megaform logic, that is, to design new buildings which have the characteristics of very large sheds. The buildings can contain a great number of diverse functions which enable the formation of new business ecologies. Also, by creating an environment where all of the enterprises are linked, the building can begin to have characteristics similar to a university, in the way that the interior becomes a form of privileged space. These approaches to the treatment of the industrial shed, especially the typologically shift, have become the impetus for the transformation of the area.
ROOF + LIGHT
STRUCTURE + SPATIALITY
â&#x20AC;&#x153;Transit calls for an architecture more dense, integrated and urban than our current planning models require. And the pedestrian wants an architecture oriented to the sidewalk, that creates continuity along with diversity, and that has human scale and detail.â&#x20AC;? Peter Calthorpe
ENVELOPE + FRONTALITY
GROUND FLOOR + ACCESS
Reshuffling the Interior Two parallel lines can have different roles. While higher value functions are linked to densification and urban life and correspond to one street, production facilities and their associated system, such as the movement of large trucks, are located in the adjacent street.
Outcome Through a redefinition of the existing potentials within the LLV, that is, the water system, connectivity, and the presence of industrial enterprises of both creativity and production, our strategy uses a typological approach to differentiation as the defining quality of the urban quarters. This triggers the process of transformation from the peripheral, industrial environment to the next-generation industrial community, by developing the complexity required for urban life and our Tech-Knowledge Neighborhood. Each area begins to function as a district with its own character. As a whole, the area promotes innovation, rapid turnovers of product cycles, large scale exhibitions, research clusters, and knowledge components. In addition, housing facilities and a civic landscape surrounding the water aid with the seamless integration of the development into the surrounding communities. Finally, all of these elements contribute to the formation of a renewed productive city where experimentation is the fundamental driver. This approach leads to the conception of industrial urbanity within the Lower Lea Valley. The Lower Lea Valley is merely a testing ground for the strategies presented in this book. Our ambition is to further develop our research and apply these principles to other peripheral areas around the globe. The redefinition of the city through an industry-led initiative is crucial in providing stable, economic growth to counterpose the instability of the financial services sector in an ever globalizing economy.
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