Garden Cities and Amsterdam Nieuw West
Amanda Grochowich Shan Liu Lukas Holy August 2012 LARC 582D
Presentation Order Site Introduction Garden Cities Functional City and Modernist Urban Planning Green Fingers Site Exploration Aldo Van Eyck and Spaces for Play Urban Renewal Curiosities
Tuinsteden Geuzenveld -Slotermeer
City Region Amsterdam
City Region Amsterdam
Garden City Movement
Ebenezer Howard
The Industrial Revolution
Working Class Housing London, 1872
Garden Cities of To-Morrow 1902 Conventional City Expansion
Garden City Expansion
Garden City Schematic Layout
Garden City Schematic Layout
Plan Zuid 1915
Perimeter Blocks
Functionalist City 1920’s
Cornelious Van Esteren and the CIAM
General Expansion Plan 1935
Green/Recreation Large Scale Industrial Special Purposes Urban Housing
The Functionalist City
Amsterdam Nieuw West in de regio
Green Fingers Plan
1935 General Expansion Plan
1985 Plan
2040 Plan
New west 2010-2020
New west 2020-2030
New west 2030
Sloterpark
Green Space Plan
Sloterplas
Green Space Plan
Sloterplas
East
West
Green Finger
Amsterdamse Bos
Nieuw West - Garden Suburbs
Geuzenveld – Slotermeer
Bos en Lommer
Osdorp Slotervaart
Amsterdam Nieuw West
Tunistad Geuzenveld/ Slotermeer
Geuzenveld – Slotermeer
0 100
500 200
N 0 100
500 200
1000m
1000m
Plan vs. Reality
1935 General Expansion Plan
2012 Satellite Image
Sculptural Planning
Rigid Order
Land Use Plan
Sloterplas
High Density Urban / Mixed Use Neighbourhood Hub / Urban Cen City Street Garden City Suburban Park Housing Wild Living Allotments Villa, Estates Business / Reservation Care and Education
Site Sections
1 2
1 - Burgemeester Rendorpstraat
Road Network Freeway Main Network Support Network
Sloterplas
2 - Burgemeester Fockstraat
Cycling Routes Main Route Secondary Route
Sloterplas
Green Space Edge
Sloterplas
Elevation
– 5,55 m
•
– 4,80 m
• – 1,30 m – 5,70 m
• •
+ 0,70 m
•
– 2,45 m
• – 2,00 m
– 6,20 m
•
•
– 2,20 m
•
Sloterplas- Recreation
Swimming at Sloterplas circa 1960
Sailing Sloterplas circa 2000
Site Sections
4
3
3 - Burgemeester van Tienhovengracht
4 - Lodewijk Van Deysselstraat
Playgrounds by Aldo van Eyck
Playgrounds by Aldo van Eyck
Curve it like Cruyff
Cruyff Court
Johan Cruyff
Housing
Housing situation 60% 40%
Income Housing
20% 0 Low
Middle
Family structure
High
Housing stock
1953
1956
Towards ParkCity 2015 Gemeente Amsterdam
Bureau Parkstad
Richting ParkStad 2015
Housing Distribution Changes in Housing
41.000 (76%)
2000
2015
29.000 (45%)
Social Housing
5.000 (9%)
10.000 (45%)
Expensive Apartments
8.000 (15%)
54.000
26.000 (40%)
Homes for Sale
65.000
Achieving Neighbourhood Diversity Urban Mixed
Green Capital
80% Parking garage
Paid parking on the street
Green and play areas
70% on site parking
Parking areas, plazas and playgrounds
Urban Landbased
Low and medium rise buildings
Low rise and detached duplexes
70% On site parking
Green areas are areas for play
Interest Maps, by Erick Fisher Geotagged Photos and Tweets
Red dots belong to tourists and blue dots belong to locals
The sunday market grounds are popular with the locals
Iconic architecture is popular with tourists
Points of Interest Locals
Tourists
Plein 40 - 45 Market
Wozoco Housing Development by MVRDV