STRATEGY STRATEGYFOR FOR DENSIFYING DENSIFYING
Figure 4.4 - 4.6| Figures showing the new densification models; Illustrated by authors
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Current situation
Interventions
Final situation
With the urban area of Leiden-The Hague-Rotterdam-Dordrecht, South Holland is part of the Randstad. The Randstad is a multinucleated urban concentration in the west of the Netherlands, a metropolitan area where various agglomerations with their own city centers have grown or grow together. Major expansions have taken place around the major cities of the Netherlands and also in South Holland. Residential areas and industrial areas have gradually grown around the cities. In recent years, more and more people want to live in the city because of the opportunities that are offered there. However the increasing pressure on the cities ensures that living in the cities is not affordable for everyone.
With the high demand for housing and the inevitable transition to a circular economy, we see an opportunity to change the current situation. With implementing the circulabs in existing transforming landscapes we try to balance the migration flow within the region of South-Holland. Circulabs are plug-in developments to the existing urban structure. By using and redeveloping transitional landscapes, the circulabs relieve the pressure on the big cities in South-Holland. We provide better connections between existing and new developments, creating agglomeration power.
Functional connections such as infrastructure, but also cultural connections and connections in knowledge. These connections create a synergy between the cities on multiple scales. We offer the benefits of the inner city through better connections between the cities and new well-balanced developments. More social interaction, good education and job opportunities and the rich range of cultural facilities are offered in the circulabs. In doing so, we ignore the disadvantages of the compact city as less open space, too much crowds, more congestion and pollution and most important less quality of the living environment.
