Rotterdam / The City Through The Looking Glass

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GROUND LEVEL PLAN ESC 1:1800

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The objective of this project is to diffuse the limits between the private and public spheres along the Rotte River, through a spatial intervention that disconnects (the visual) to connect (the physical). Water becomes a mirror that transforms the awareness of the citizens towards a past that in the present is shaping their future, in order to enhance cultural, social and economical synergies in the city Center.

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Social developments on the physical space. (Place and individual centered analysis along The Rotte River).

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PLACE CENTERED ANALYSIS 7 AREAS ALONG THE RIVER

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DYNAMICS TAKING PLACE PLACES FOR INTERACTION

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OWNERSHIP FEELING DWELLERS INVOLVEMENT

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THE ROTTE RIVER

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CONCEPT /STRATEGY

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Reclaim the memory of the old City substance in order to Socio-spatial dynamics conditioned by shape the model of the future Rotterdam. human behavior.

Evidence of a community of creative and cultural entrepeneurs (fashion, styling, graphic design) that believes that this space could become an important place in the close future.

The River Reflections - The water curtain act as an element that disconnects the physical senses to connect the emotional experiences. The Rotte recovers its identity, it becomes a place that has memory.

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The reflections along the River expose two worlds that have coexisted in the same place but in different times. The Rotte River, as the origin of Rotterdam, becomes a living statement of the past, of the present and of the future.


The Rotter River recovers its status quo and becomes a visionary public space for public life, sustaining permanent and moving interactions in the social, economical and cultural sphere.

URBAN SECTION A-A’ ESC 1:1000

URBAN SECTION B-B’ ESC 1:1000

AREA A - THE GARDEN ESC 1:250

AREA B - THE THEATER ESC 1:250

AREA C - THE CATWALK ESC 1:250

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SECTION E-E’ ESC 1:250

As Jan Gehl mentioned: “The final destination should not be visible from the starting point of the walk. Otherwise it would make pedestrians feel anxious while they are slowly coming towards the visible goal in the distance”. The public space becomes a place to discover, to get lost. A place where you find old friends and meet new people. A place where you find yourself beside the looking glass.


PATTERNS_ JOGGING, WALKING, BIKING, DRIVING, SITTING, PLAYING, INTERWEAVING

PATTERNS_ JOGGING, WALKING, BIKING, SITTING, PLAYING, INTERWEAVING, WATCHING, SHARING

STAGE 1 - 2016-2018 2 years process - Define initiatives with local communities enhancing the identity of the district. - Promote proposal to external investors and developers.

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PATTERNS_ JOGGING, WALKING, BIKING, SITTING, SHOPING, INTERWEAVING, SHARING

STAGE 2 - 2018- 2021 3 years process - Consolidation of the cooperation model (Public Private Partnership). - Develop strategic public space focus in the local and global scale.

NATIONAL BLACK STEEL

PATTERNS_ JOGGING, WALKING, BIKING, SITTING, PLAYING, INTERWEAVING, SHARING

STAGE 3 - 2021-2026 5 years process - Development of the urban renovation and renewal project. - Positioning the Laurenskwartier and the Rotte River as hot spot in Rotterdam.

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A system of small public places along the water front will trigger the possibilities of social encounters.

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Elements that trough their multifunctional and dynamic qualities, will strengthen the enjoyable environments along the River. Contributing with the natural interactions between the public place (Rotte River) and the actors (Old Rotterdamers, New coming Rotterdamers and visitors).

RECYCLED LOCAL WOOD

STREET LIGHTS

BIKE PARKING

ESCOSYSTEMS & BIODIVERSITY

TRASH CANS

PERMANENT BENCH

FLOATING BENCH

Species of aquatic - floating plants that could be integrated in the water gardens, as the basis for new biodiverse microclimates along the Rotte River. These water front gardens will attract insects, birds and other especies empowering the landscape and enhancing social environmental future.

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The built as a living organism for natural and social encounters.

Sustainability The platforms and the shelter are made of the recycled wood of the old bridges system located along the area of intervention. This encourage environmental responsible solutions by the side of an affordable production process.

Flexibility Taking into account that socio-spatial dynamics change over time, its vital that this project could become adaptable to future necessities. For this reason, the intervention is made by pre-fabricated elements that could be use with a different purpose in the future.

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“Arriving at each new city, the traveler finds again a past of his that he did not know he had: the foreignness of what you no longer are or no longer possess lies in wait for you in foreign, unpossessed places.” Italo Calvino


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