Reconstructing Rotterdam Rotterdam Blitz to Binnenstad Plan
Reconstructing Rotterdam Rotterdam Blitz to Binnenstad Plan
Invasion Resistance Successful Negotiation Failed Communication
Rotterdam Blitz 10 May 1940 – 14 May 1940
Air Raids Forgotten Bombardment
Rotterdam Blitz Aftermath
1941_WG Witteveen 1946_Cornelis van Traa City Triangle Coolsingel Goudsesingel Trees Shifting of main dams Moving City center
Basic Plan New Rotterdam
Coolsingel Goudsesingel Haute Trees Shifting of main dams Moving City center Zoning Limiting Residential Function in Center
Basic Plan New Rotterdam
Lijnbaan Shopping Highrise Mass Housing Equal Living conditions “Functionalist Era” Lack of Beauty/Character
Basic Plan 1948-1953, 1960s
Scale of Inner City Gezelligheid “Participatory Era” Owner Occupants Economic Recession
C70 Manifestatie 1970
Rotterdam Arts Council Economic City Movement Individual Expression City Image Lack of cohesiveness
Creative Class 1970s
Triangle Park Center Square Waterstad
Binnenstad Plan 1985-1990
Triangle Park Center Square Waterstad Kop van Zuid
Binnenstad Plan 1985-1990
Triangle Park Center Square Waterstad Kop van Zuid
Kop van Zuid Manhattan on the Maas
Ben van Berkel
Erasmus Bridge The Swan