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FACTSHEET Nº 5 — 12 | 2014
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UPCOMING CULTURAL CLUSTERS SHAPE OUR CITIES! Rotterdam-Noord
FACTSHEET Nº 5 — 12 | 2014
Van Nelle Ontwerpfabriek
Binnenrotte Schouwburgplein
Witte de Withstraat
Museumpark
Kop van Zuid Deliplein Maassilo
RDM Campus
Number of cultural clusters A look at the map reveals: Rotterdam features very few established cultural interaction environments. If upcoming cases are included, we discover a much broader range of sites activated by cultural use. This FactSheet discusses the potential of upcoming clusters for the application of interaction environments in the planning practice. It takes an in-depth look at the established cluster Schouwburgplein (SBP) and the upcoming cluster Rotterdam-Noord (RDN).
CULTURAL INTERACTION ENVIRONMENTS IN ROTTERDAM established cultural clusters
upcoming cultural clusters
“A cultural cluster has at least three cultural institutions within a walking distance of not more than five minutes from each other, and draws at least 500.000 visitors per year”. Cultural facilities in these kinds of areas are: museums, theatres, music venues, discussion centres and libraries. de Hoog 2013: 47
Are “clusters […] which have not (yet) reached the 500.000 visitors per 5 minute walking distance definition, but are of big influence on the city” . Vereniging Deltametropool 2011: 16