Stephan Sliepenbeek - Master of Urbanism - The Inclusive City

Stephan Sliepenbeek The inclusive City A transformation strategy to create a vibrant living and production cluster in the metropolitan region of Amsterdam Nieuwe Vaart 3 Amsterdam 0628802774 sliepenbeek@buroruimte.nl www.buroruimte.nl https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephan-sliepenbeek-57b3704 Owner: Buro Ruimte, Urban designer : Municipality of Amsterdam department Urban planning and Sustainabilty

Amsterdam Academy of Architecture Graduation Projects 2015-2016

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Stephan Sliepenbeek The inclusive City A transformation strategy to create a vibrant living and production cluster in the metropolitan region of Amsterdam The metropolitan region of Amsterdam is a resilient organism. It has always reacted to trends and movements within the social, political and spatial domain. Now and in the future, the region will be able to find answers to new developments. But not without the help of visions that give direction to trends that will shape the city’s future. One of the main qualities is the diversity of dynamics and interdependence of different systems. A guarantee of this diversity and cross-fertilization is under pressure.

With the advent of the industrial revolution, production began moving outside the city. This was caused by the inconvenience of noise and odour and scale enlagement of production.

During the Modernist period, with its segregation of functions , this made the mixture between producing and living even more difficult in the same environment. Add to that the enormous proliferation of rules of the past 20 years and you can conclude that producing has become virtually impossible in urban (residential) environments. The corresponding daily dynamics were largely replaced by retail, hospitality, social services and partly by functions related to leisure activities.

However, in recent years we have seen a change, which was partly caused by the financial crisis. Due to the rise of the Internet, the new economic reality in which we can not count on big growth figures, scarcity and rising prices of raw materials, retail is disappearing from the streets.

Neighbourhoods are becoming even more mono-functional. The corresponding dynamics, safety and socio-binding factors disappear.

Another phenomenon is the high vacancy rate of office buildings. As a result of previous overproduction, the new way of working and the changing of services, many office buildings are vacant. Looking towards the future, these buildings will no longer be used in the traditional way.

The geographic positioning is often concentrated around regional public transport hubs, the programme is mono-functional and the spacial quality of the area is poor.

In response to globalisation and the associated products that lack identity and are purely focused on maximising profit, people are looking for alternatives. Local products are gaining popularity. At the same time, a revaluation of the arts and crafts is taking place.

Connecting these developments offers the opportunity to create a ‘Manufacturing Axis’ along the ‘A10 West’ ring road in Amsterdam. This thesis proposes a transformation strategy for the area south of Lelylaan. This transformation will revitalise the area, connect it to the existing city and result into a new vibrant cluster where living and working are combined and (big) infrastructure becomes a quality for the city instead of a burden. This project will contribute to the future vitality and diversity of the metropilitan region of Amsterdam.

Graduation date 01-02-2016

Commission members Eric Frijters (mentor) Jeroen Geurst Maurits de Hoog

Additional members for the examination Pieter Jannink Kirsten van den Berg

Stephan Sliepenbeek

Concept building block

Gate building

Public square Bow street max. building height. 25 m

Opening in facade

Patio Square at the street

Deck with public garden Patio Inner street Public square

Inner sqaure Gate building

Bow street max. building height. 25 m Street max. building height. 20 m Deck with public square Gate building

Opening in facade

WERKEN WERKEN

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GSI

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OSR

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Minimum Maximum Possible ratios building block

WONEN

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New

with existing building

with big infrastructure

OSR OSR

Functions and density building block

Model building blocks scale 1:200

Building block, new, with existing buildings and with big infrastructure

Urbanism Ring Noord

NDSM

Globalisation

Haven

Alkmaar

Science Park

Hilversum

Erasmus park

Sloterdijk

Housing occupancy

Start Up campus

Overhoeks

Population growth

City centre Vondelpark

Circular economy

Utrecht

Rembrandt park

Westerpark

Utrecht

South Axes/ RAI Share economy

AMC

Arena

Sloterpark

Housing stock Haarlem Nieuwe meer Manufacturing industry

Haarlem

Housing occupancy

Amsterdamse Bos

Manufacturing industry

Schiphol

2013 2025 2040

Schiphol

Harbour

Continuing the city

Hierarchy streetplan

Big east /west radial street

Den Haag

South Axis

Introducing grid

East / west radial streets

Small east west adial streets and north / south loop streets

Culture and recreation parc at both sides of the “Schinkel”

North / south loop streets

“Completing the grid” streets

Streets completing the grid

Streets inside building block

Stephan Sliepenbeek

Building block will be devided in plots with measurements of 40 X 40 meters with intersection streets of 15 meters

3 unbuild spaces inside building block 1 square at section inner streets 1 square at the edge of the building block

Rules: Intersection of the building block

Rules: Open space building block

15 meter zone built 10 meter zone unbuilt

Roads

Birds eye view towards Amsterdam Canal belt

Build versus open space

Buildings

Rules: Building heights outer shell building block

- building height maximum 15 meters - maximum with of building 40 meters - outer walls 20 % minimum - difference in alignmet allowed - roofs have a function or are green

built unbuilt

Rules: Zoning outer shell building block

- building height variates between 20 and 30 meters due hierarchy streets - maximum with of building 40 meters

Rules: Buildings inside building blocks

Water structure

Green and squares

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Existing situation

Master plan

Phase 1

Phase 2

Phase 3

Phase 4

Stephan Sliepenbeek

Big radial street

Inside building block

Inside building block

Amsterdam Academy of Architecture Architect, Master of Science Urbanist, Master of Science Landscape Architect, Master of Science

With the inclusion of the course in Urbanism in 1957 and Landscape Architecture in 1972, the Academy is the only architecture school in the Netherlands to bring together the three spatial design disciplines under one roof.

Some 350 guest tutors are involved in teaching every year. Each of them is a practising designer or a specific expert in his or her particular subject. The three heads of department also have design practices of their own in addition to their work for the Academy. This structure yields an enormous dynamism and energy and ensures that the courses remain closely linked to the current state of the discipline.

The courses consist of projects, exercises and lectures. First-year and second-year students also engage in morphological studies. Students work on their own or in small groups. The design

projects form the backbone of the syllabus.

On the basis of a specific design assignment, students develop knowledge, insight and skills.

The exercises are focused on training in those skills that are essential for recognising and solving design problems, such as analytical techniques, knowledge of the repertoire, the use of materials, text analysis, and writing. Many of the exercises are linked to the design projects.

The morphological studies concentrate on the making of spatial objects, with the emphasis on creative process and implementation. Students experiment with materials and media forms and gain experience in converting an idea into a creation.

During the periods between the terms there are workshops, study trips in the Netherlands and abroad, and other activities. This is also the preferred moment for international exchange projects. The Academy regularly invites foreign students for the workshops and recruits wellknown designers from the Netherlands and further afield as tutors.

Graduates from the Academy of Architecture are entitled to the following titles: Architect, Master of Science; Urbanist, Master of Science and Landscape Architect, Master of Science.

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Architects, urbanists and landscape architects learn the profession at the Amsterdam Academy of Architecture through an intensive combination of work and study. They work in small, partly interdisciplinary groups and are supervised by a select group of practising fellow professionals.

There is a wide range of options within the programme so that students can put together their own trajectory and specialisation.