Rotterdam Groot IJsselmonde (NL

PROJECT SCALE — L/S – urban + architecture / architecture + context LOCATION — Rotterdam, Groot IJsselmonde POPULATION — 650,000 inhab. STRATEGIC SITE — 125 ha PROJECT SITE — 6.7 ha SITE PROPOSED BY — Municipality of Rotterdam OWNER OF THE SITE — Public and private ownership POST-COMPETITION PHASE — Design (or research-by-design) assignment on implementation on the project site (or a site with similar characteristics) commissioned by the municipality of Rotterdam and/or private partners

Europan Nederland —

1. WHAT ARE THE GOALS OF THE SITE MUTATION?

Groot IJsselmonde in the south of Rotterdam is an archetype of a post-war neighbourhood built in the early 1960s. It is green, watery, spacious and easily accessible by car and public transport. The

central area is typical in its paradoxical combination of low vitality, rather outdated communal services, and the presence of a wellconnected but currently underused public transport hub. The project site is next to, and could become part of the central area and consists of a large open green space and a couple of small-scale building blocks. The challenge is to develop a spatial strategy implementing a new mix of functions on site to revitalize the local economy, while rethinking the role of a suburban landscape, communal facilities in a central area, and other characteristics of the post-war neighbourhood philosophy in the perspective of the 21 st century.

2. HOW CAN THE SITE BE INTEGRATED IN THE ISSUES OF PRODUCTIVE CITIES? HOW DO YOU CONSIDER THE PRODUCTIVITY ISSUE?

The City of Rotterdam seeks opportunities in the combination of accommodating its growth and reactivating urban life in peripheral post-war neighbourhoods. The aim is to attract and retain residents, in particular young generations, to improve the socioeconomic status, to diversify the composition of population and to stimulate healthy and productive suburban living. Densification is part of the city’s strategy, but to make Groot IJsselmonde 21 st century proof a new mix of functions is crucial to spark productive interaction milieus and to create social anchors for the next economy. The City of Rotterdam believes that the resurgence of the central area is key to setting this transition in motion.

3. HAVE YOU ALREADY DEFINED A SPECIFIC PROCESS FOR THE URBAN AND/OR ARCHITECTURAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE SITE AFTER EUROPAN COMPETITION?

Characteristic of Rotterdam is the credo “making city together”. Municipality, market parties, corporations and other enthusiastic city makers are working together to build a productive, inclusive, healthy, circular and compact city. In order to put their money where their mouth is, the parties involved are now trying to actually bring the rich harvest of Europan 15 one step closer to realization, together with the winning teams. To this end, a workshop programme is established, in which thinking and doing go hand in hand. First leading questions for Groot IJsselmonde: The solutions being tested at Groot IJsselmonde on the level of development strategy, densification, public space and mix of functions could help to tackle issues on other similar places. To unlock the real potential of this neighbourhood, getting to know the place through the eyes of local residents, entrepreneurs and other stakeholders is an important step. With multiple activities and creative interventions, we aim to create a strong network and to move forward collectively.

Hartland

AUTHOR(S) — Zuzana Jančovičová (SK),

Davor Dušanić (SI), Landscapers;

Ida Bjallerbæk Pedersen (DK), Urbanist;

Katarína Labáthová (SK), Architect

ROTTERDAM GROOT IJSSELMONDE (NL) — WINNER CONTACT — Fred. Roeskestraat 90A-51, 1076ED Amsterdam (NL) +31 684864953 info@laarc.eu / www.laarc.eu

TEAM POINT OF VIEW — Being inspired by socialist and economic ideals of the original garden city utopia, the “Hartland” project provides a development strategy based on principles of commons and co-creation. Different scales of sharing are translated into different spatial designs. We create a robust urban framework that accommodates socio-economic diversity in living typologies and creates opportunities for a dynamic cityscape to emerge. By adding new layers onto the existing urban framework, we induce a new organisational hierarchy, which strengthens the sense of community and binds the new development to its surrounding landscape. The goal of the project is to create socially and naturally inclusive spaces that enable healthy life on the outskirts of Rotterdam.

JURY POINT OF VIEW — The project builds on the green quality of Groot IJsselmonde and provides the area with a new heart as well in a convincing way. It introduces a different way of living and working that suits this location. As an organizing principle, the team uses a green canal with open spaces. This gives the district an identity and functions as a connecting structure between the centre of Groot IJsselmonde and the surrounding residential areas. In the green zones, there is room for biodiversity and solutions to make the city climate-proof.

NEIGHBOURHOOD – HARTLAND

Semi-Urban IJsselmonde

AUTHOR(S) — Gijs de Haan (NL), Urbanist; Vincent Peters (NL), Corné Strootman (NL), Landscapers developed with a clear (anthroposophical) philosophy in mind, the former structuring principles are vanishing as time goes by. By developing the heart of IJsselmonde into a semi-urban typology with enough local urban processes to autonomously maintain socially developed spaces and a lush and active new neighbourhood park for inhabitants to enjoy, we aim to achieve the best of both worlds where green living and social interaction come together. Through urban principles like density, porosity and adaptability, semi-urban spaces are created: spaces that are resilient to change, encourage social interaction and complement Rotterdam’s urbanity with calm and quietness. JURY POINT OF VIEW — This proposal convincingly addresses the challenge of providing Groot-IJsselmonde with the urban heart that it now lacks. The strategic framework presented by the team could work well in all of its simplicity. It focuses on connecting the heart with the surrounding neighbourhoods and introduces urban promenades as lively veins in the neighbourhood. Existing green corridors are revived by connecting them to a continuous local park. This approach offers starting points for the addition of new, socioeconomically promising functions.

ROTTERDAM GROOT IJSSELMONDE (NL) — RUNNER-UP

CONTACT — KOLLEKTIEF Nieuwe Binnenweg 286A1, 3021GS Rotterdam (NL) +31 630512698

TEAM POINT OF VIEW — Although Groot-IJsselmonde has been

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