amsterdam matrix
Matt Gehm and Michael den Hartog Arch 402a Narrative Research Techentin Studio 1
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10 points
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precedents
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regional analysis
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neighborhood development
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INTRODUCTION The city of Amsterdam and the appropriately named Netherlands, display man’s ability to adjust to, or more aptly, manipulate the natural environment, creating one more akin to their needs. A large portion of the country would not exist in its present form, if not for the Dutch’s vigorous reclamation projects, supported through massive infrastructural developments in the form of dikes and locks which control the flow of water throughout the region. Amsterdam’s development has largely been defined by its relationship and attitude towards water over the past centuries. Consequently our proposals for the city’s future development rise out of this water condition. Amsterdam’s already extreme population density would have difficulty adjusting to the project’s premise of a doubling of population without expanding further into the region’s valuable farmland, therefore a push into the surrounding bodies of water is necessary to avoid damaging the region’s ability to sustain itself. Through a research-based analysis of the city we identified ten points that illuminated Amsterdam’s condition as a monocentric city on the verge of becoming a polycentric metropolis. Our scheme, a neighborhood development growing along a proposed underwater metro line connecting Amsterdam with the exploding Almere, creates a new node to function within our vision of a polycentric Amsterdam, while reacting to rising sea levels and channeling the Dutch instinct for innovative water-based design.
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Water Definer
Reclamation Dikes/Locks Dredge/Structure
Polders/Striation Manufactured Field
Centrumitis Monocentric vs Polycentric
Culture Tourism Canals Social
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ten points Pedestrianism Woonerf Bicycle
Hub Trade Travel
Randstad urban connectivity
Multiculturalism Tolerance Density Diversity
Sustainability Wind New Agriculture
The ten points identified represent key factors and influences that will shape Amsterdam’s future. Our proposals, on every scale, react to or incorporate these items into their development. The points address the city from various views and scales, from the regions greater urban potential exemplified by the Randstad to the street atmosphere embodied in the woonerf. Inspiration is also drawn from conceptual ideas, such as Rem Koolhaas’s notion of centrumitis, to the physical, manufactured landscapes the Dutch have created.
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Water NETHER-lands
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The depressed topography of the Netherlands, where over half the country is less than a meter above sea level and an eighth is below, necessitates the need for ingenuity and vigilance in dealing with the unpredictable nature of the North Sea. Additionally with the continuance of global warming the Netherlands’ relationship with and reaction to rising waters is more important than ever. With this in mind new forms of living, building and designing will be necessary for the city to continue to grow and sustain itself.
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Water serves as the most prominent and visible force in both the city center and its peripheral developments. Without the overlay of any other infrastructure, regions are easily defined by water, from the canals of the Centrum to the poldered landscape of the agricultural fields.
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Reclamation Dikes and Locks
Large Reclamation Projects Locks Alfsluitdijk
Wieringermeer
Noordoostpolder
Houtribdijk
Markermeer
Flevoland IJmeer
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The Netherlands has established itself as the land preservation and reclamation experts in relation to the sea. Huge projects have recovered vast plots of land, which now form rapidly growing towns and agriculture areas. Large dikes, fitted with a sophisticated lock system, allow the Dutch to manipulate the water level of previously uncontrollable inland bodies of water allowing for the emergence of new habitable landscapes.
Reclamation Dredging vs Structure
IJburg Dredging
Kraanspoor, OTH Architecten
Recent reclamation projects such as the West 8 organized Borneo Sporenburg and the new IJburg development have used a process known as dredging to produce new buildable areas. Recently the dredging projects of IJburg in the IJmeer have bee subject to scrutiny due to their detrimental effects to the regions ecological make up, leading us to look at other methods of water based development such as more structural based systems akin to that of Amsterdam’s port.
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Polders/Striation Manufactured Landsapes
The depressed elevation of the Netherlands creates a “manufactured� landscape, ranging in various degrees of rational; the polders of reclaimed Almere represent complete organizational control by man, while in other regions they become much more organic in development serving as flood plains near larger inland bodies of water.
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Polders/Striation Field
The most iconic form of the Dutch’s striated landscape is found in the tecni-colored arrangements of tulip fields. The fields are a strong representation of the more rural landscapes that fill in between areas of urban development.
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Centrumitis Monocentric
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The experience of the Centrum is predominantly influenced by its relation to and incorporation of water. The organizational grid is defined through the use of canals serving as a means of transportation, socialization, and even residence through the use of house boats. The strong concentration on the historical center, as the dense, social hub of the city creates an urban focus that Rem Koolhaas terms “Centrumitis.� The Centrum tends to become the overwhelming focus of the city, and gives little consideration to other areas of potential.
Centrumitis Polycentric
Koolhaas’s “Centrumitis” alludes to the polycentric potential of Amsterdam. Though focus often becomes fixated on the traditional Centrum, there are already areas that have the possibility of relieving the increasing population load on the center and supporting a polycentric city. Examples include: Schiphol and the airports potential to become much more than a travel hub, the Zuidas Amsterdam’s growing business district to the south, developing Almere and its population’s predicted doubling, and the expansive potential of the IJmeer where new reclamation techniques can offer a new solution to the overpopulation of the mainland city.
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Culture Culture, Tourism
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Amsterdam serves as the cultural figurehead of what the Netherlands is, for better or worse. The city houses major historical artifacts from the Dam Square to the Anne Frank House, social squares such as Rembrandt and Leidseplein, tourist mythologies (coffeeshops and De Wallen), and most notably serves as the nation’s cultural and creative hub from emerging design (from graphic to architectural) to the conglomeration at Mueseumplein.
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Culture Canals
Aquaculture is taken to an elevated social level within the Centrum. The organized layout of canals define the center’s morphology and development. The canals create an atmosphere that is unique to the city while also lessening the necessity of the car and supporting pedestrianism.
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Pedestrianism Woonerf
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The emphasis on pedestrianism is exemplified in the city’s increased concentration on the woonerf, which was popularized in many of the country’s other cities such as Almere and Delft. The woonerf, or living street, gives precedent of not only the street’s perimeter but its entirety to that of pedestrians and cyclists. Found especially in residential areas, the woonerf promotes interaction between residents and a focus on an active street life, not only in designated public gathering spaces, but in more private neighborhoods as well.
Pedestrianism Bicycle
Bicycles have a long tradition in Amsterdam that goes beyond simple transportation. The White Bicycle Plan of the 1960s attempted to close down the city center from motorized traffic completely, instituting a system of free bicycles that would be shared between the population. Though such an extreme was not instituted bikes still provide a major form of transportation throughout the city, where they are accommodated everywhere, from parking structures to safe, well designed lanes that support and protect the rider.
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Hub Trade
Ports and Marinas
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Water’s relationship to the city is much more than just topographical. The city from its beginning has developed with a strong sense of aquaculture. The North Sea Canal, cutting from the North Sea to the IJmeer, serves as the city’s trade and cargo vein. The large number of mid size marinas along with the larger scale port areas illustrates the city’s advantageous use of water transport from commercial to personal use.
Hub Travel
Schiphol airport located on the city’s southwestern perimeter, serves as the national travel hub and also a major hub of the European continent. The location of the airport is a strong example of the city’s polycentric potential. The complex functions as much more than just a place of departure and arrival developing into possible social hub in the near future.
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Randstad Connectivity
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The Randstad is composed of the country’s four largest cities: Amsterdam, The Hague, Rotterdam and Utrecht. Together the linkage of urban areas contains 7 million of the country’s 16 million inhabitants in less than twenty percent of the country’s area. The Randstad presents the opportunity for a large interconnected urban area that can share resources efficiently.
Multiculturalism Tolerance, Strife, Density, Diversity Density per square km Amstelveen- 81,000 inhabitants / 41 km 1975 Zuid- 133,800 inhabitants / 17 km 7870 West- 130,000 inhabitants / 10 km 13,000 Nieuw West- 133,000 inhabitants / 32 km 4,156 Zuidoost- 80,000 inhabitants / 22 km 3636 Westpoort- 0 0 Oost- 112,000 inhabitants / 31 km 3,612 Centre- 81,000 inhabitants / 8 km 10,125 Noord- 87,000 inhabitants / 64 km 1,359 Almere- 191,000 inhabitants / 131 km
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Biljmer District
Amsterdam culture is heavily rooted in its acceptance of many different cultures and beliefs exemplified by the saying “Leef en laat leven” (live and let live), but this uber-tolerance results in a strongly secular society. As a result social strife arises, predominantly between existing inhabitants and incoming immigrants, due to many of the immigrant’s conservative nature and contrasting views with the native Dutch population. This strained relationship often results in the suppression of minorities, especially the expressively religious, in an attempt to avoid change to what is thought of as “traditional” Amsterdam or more broadly Dutch. The physical manifestation of this can be seen in the Bijlmer region of the city. The residential region is home to 150 different ethnicities, primarily immigrants, and has had a history of unrest. Multiculturalism is not limited to ethnicity within Amsterdam, but also represents a mixing of incomes, age and professions, creating a city of diverssity. The architectural manifestation of mixing is best exemplified in recent Dutch housing projects which almost always support a diversity of unit types resulting in a diversity of inhabitants
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Sustainability-Power Wind and Water
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The generally flat topography of the Netherlands allows for the easy harnessing of wind power through the use of turbines. Wind farm construction has not limited itself to the mainland, the first off shore farm was built in 2006 and there are already plans for a 6000 MW offshore farm by 2020. Hydroelectric energy also plays a role in the generation of sustainable energy, originating from the traditional windmills that populate the countryside.
Sustainability-Agriculture Water and Vertical
The issue of food production is already an issue facing the Dutch at present and given a rise in population will become more desperate. Land in the Netherlands is limited due to its size and continual struggle with sea, studies such as MVRDV’s Datascapes illustrate that current practices will fail to sustain future populations . Therefore more efficient and diverse means of food production are necessary including but not limited to vertical and hydroponic systems.
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precedents
Research, Reference, Inspiration
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Art and Style Pieter Breugel the Elder
Nederlandish Proverbs
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The Fight Between Carnival and Lent Breugel’s paintings are most often depictions of contemporary peasant life at the time (16th century). His unsentimental depictions serve as realistic examples of rural and village life, and he is credited as a pioneer of Netherlandish style painting. His comic if not satirical style serves as an early example of social protest through art. The atmosphere and activity of Breugel’s works influenced that of the neighborhood and housing developments’ design and presentation.
Art and Style De Stijl
Composition with Red Yellow and Blue
Broadway Boogie Woogie, Mondrian De Stijl applied extreme simplicity to both works of art and architecture, limiting itself to only straight, parallel lines, rectilinear forms and primary colors and values. Avoidance of symmetry and the use of opposition created works that embodied a sense of movement. Theo Van Doesburg, Piet Mondrian, J.J.P. Oud and Gerrit Rietveld were key figures within the movement.
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Art and Style Atelier Van Lieshout
The Mobile Home for Kroller Muller
La Bais-o-Dome
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The design of many of Van Lieshout’s more habitable structures, offer interesting ideas for future architectural forms and their functions. The Mobile Home for Kroller Muller supports an undefined architecture where the main or “Master” unit allows for the attachment of different modules or “Slave” units which support a number of floor plans.
Architects Aldo Van Eyck
Amsterdam Orphanage
Amsterdam Playgrounds Van Eyck’s Orphanage served as both a theoretical and visual inspiration for our development. Being on Amsterdam’s outskirts it created both a home while functioning as a small city within itself. His playground developments throughout Amsterdam represent the need for thoughtful space utilization, while also responding to Amsterdam’s pedestrianism.
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Architects OMA, Rem Koolhaas
City Center Prposal for The Hague
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The Byzatium Koolhaas’s initial influence to our design is rooted in his ideas concerning “Centrumitis” and Amsterdam’s polycentric potential. Other projects by OMA served as inspiration and reference for neighborhood and housing development. The two projects above deal specifically with center forces and “fringe” conditions. Additionally the Byzantium serves as a strong example of hybridized design.
Architects MVRDV
Metacity Datatown
Silodam MVRDV’s housing designs have defined much of Amsterdam’s cutting edge residential developments for the past few years. Silodam has many applications within our proposals, including its structural approach to water based design, mixed use and variety of unit types. MVRDV’s data based design and research were also influential in design development. Metacity Datatown’s analysis of future land and resource needs of the Netherlands provides justification for our water based designs.
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Architects Michiel Brinkman, Spangen Blok
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Neighborhood, Organization Dura Vermeer/Floating City
Broadacre City/ Frank Lloyd Wright
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Neighborhood, Building on Water Tokyo Bay Plan Kenzo Tange
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Neighborhood, Building on Water Tokyo Bay Plan Kenzo Tange
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Neighborhood, Structuring Shanghai Deep Water Port
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Neighborhood, Agriculture and Mobile Program Barges, Living Light on the Water
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Housing Typologies Row House
Various Architects and Builders
Row houses in Amsterdam are one of the oldest and most common typologies. Typically built along a canal, these houses are often slim, high, and deep. Additionally because of their close proximity to one another there are usually one to two shared party walls between the residences.
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Housing Typologies Houseboat and Windmills
Various Architects and Builders
The houseboat is a common typology in Amsterdam, that highlights the resident’s connection to the water and canals situated around the city. They are unique in their mobility and construction and offer a unique living experience for the urban inhabitant. The windmill is another staple of dutch architectural traditions. It harnesses the power of wind to drive mechanical operations necessary for agricultural, irrigation, flood control, saw mills and other processes. It is often found on the outskirts of the urban environment and the rural landscapes.
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Housing Typologies Slab
WoZoCo, MVRDV, 1997
WoZoCo Apartments
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The Wozoco Apartments embody the slab housing typology that is common throughout Amsterdam. The project provides 100 living units for seniors in a 9 floor, free standing slab construction. The form originates from a design problem, that a typical slab construction would only be able to fit 87 of the 100 units, so to create more space the architects cantilevered the volumes out, allowing them to fit the final 13 units. Also, the building is situated in the district west of central Amsterdam and represents the increasing trend towards higher density housing blocks.
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Housing Typologies Perimeter Block/Courtyard
The Whale, Frits van Dongen, 2000
The Whale housing project is part of the West 8 organized Borneo and Sporenburg developement for the Amsterdam docklands. It illustrates the Dutch adjustment to traditional typologies. The basic courtyard form is adjusted by the lifting of its corners to open the building up while also improving the views of its residents.
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Housing Typologies Hybrid- Tower/Slab
Parkrand, MVRDV, 2007
Parkrand, located in western Amsterdam, is an attempt to rethink what housing developements can be in the garden communities of the city. In a neighborhood dominatd by single-residences and four-story slab projects, Parkrand is a much denser developement that offers almost double the units of the existing structure while also reducing its footprint,. allowing for the expansion of the neighboring park.
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Location
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Urban Development
Amsterdam’s development began as a radial push from its original center along what has become the North Sea Canal. Expanding first as a continuance of its canal system, it later grew in planned developments, the most famous being Berlage’s somewhat Parisian addition to Amsterdam Zuid. At this point Amsterdam was contained by the construction of the Ringweg freeway system and has expanded in a series of “fingers” that push into what was once the countryside.
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Urban Footprint
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Densities
The city’s density, similar to its development, has a focal point of intensity at the center and begins to lessen as one moves out into the suburbs. There are of course some anomalies, many of which are the sites of possible polycentric development as noted before such as the growing business/commercial district of the Zuidas, the diverse region of the Biljmer and developing IJburg.
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Satellite Imagery
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Transportation
Freeways Metro Lines
The most prominent feature of the city’s freeway system the Ringweg which loops around the heart of the city. No large freeways cut through the denser parts of the city except for a connection to the Central Station from the North. The absence and distance of freeways from the Centrum uphold the city’s pedestrian/cyclist oriented atmosphere. The metro lines provide access to the central city (where smaller scale bus routes become more popular and less intrusive) and to the peripheral cities and towns. A prominent influence on our design is the planned metro route connecting IJburg and Almere discussed further later on.
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Agriculture Boundaries and Filler
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Natural Landscape
The Netherlands small size and high population density demand efficient utilization of land and even more so in the future. Consequently natural landscape is scarce in the region, most areas being already utilized for urban development or agriculture. The only large amount of natural landscape may be found along the coast where the Netherlands’ more “extreme� topography is located. This is not to say green space is not present in the city (Amsterdam has numerous parks) but that it is designed and controlled as the majority of the country is.
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Urban Sprawl and Surroundings
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Texture Mapping Compilation
When combined, the region’s differing textures create a collage like effect. Infastructural systems and topography are overlayed to give a fuller picture of the city. Rapidly growing Almere (radial center to the map’s right) represents a strong oppurtunity to increase the polycentric nature of Amsterdam. If connected to the central city more efficiently, each center would benefit.
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IJburg to the IJmeer
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With the drastic rise in population that the project stipulates, mainland Amsterdam would be unable to accommodate the population without damaging the valued nature of the Centrum or sacrificing valuable farmland that would only become more precious in the future. Therefore our development finds it necessary to experiment with other living scenarios, choosing to focus on water based design in the IJmeer. The site is also one that can support polycentric development due to its proximity to a new transportation hub connecting central Amsterdam to expanding Almere .
In Between Central Forces
Development of the Ijmeer will allow the two centers of the region (Amsterdam and Almere) to grow together. The government has said that it would like the gap between these two regions to be bridged with the IJmeer acting as a ‘Central Park,’ supporting residential and mixed use growth with a strong ecological focus.
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Improvements and Influences
shipping lane
proposed metro to Almere center
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Planned improvements already exist making the site desirable for future development. The metro link will allow for easy access both for future residents and visitors. Freeway improvements are also planned to allow for improved private transportation. The sites adjacency to major shipping lanes allows for the possibility of industrial port development, possibly allowing for the inner Amsterdam port to shrink and allow further residential and mixed use development.
Existing Expansion Proposal
The current proposal for the continued expansion of IJburg focuses on dredging new land completely. Current dredging practices have been criticized due to their detrimental effect on the region’s ecological environment and as a result development was halted in 2004. Additionally land reclamation shrinks the volume of the IJmeer lessening its ability to hold valuable fresh water and serve as a reservoir in case of flooding. Our proposal therefore takes inspiration from the structure of the port attempting to use aminimal amount of actual dirt.
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Proposed Metro Line Extension
There are many proposals for the new metro line each dealing with varied distances, tunnels and bridges, but the overall purposal is the same throughout, to provide a more efficient connection between Amsterdam (through IJburg) and Almere.
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Ijmeer
The IJmeer is a strong site for water based development due to the level of control and predictability it has which many large bodies of water cannot achieve. The major Houtribdijk to the north protects it from the North Sea and flows are further controlled through numerous lock systems. Additionally the lake has been converted to freshwater allowing for the possibility of water reuse and filtration systems. The lake is also an important habitat for many indigenous birds and has ecological responsibilities.
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What is Amsterdam?
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What is Development?
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Iconography 1
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Centrum
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Randstad
Striation
Water
Woonerf
Icon Abstraction 1
The abstract combination of developed iconographies represents present influences on design development. Increased connections through infastructural development are necessary to support polycentric growth within the city and support population increases. The neighborhood also responds to the surrounding texture of the landscape and pedestrian atmosphere of the Centrum.
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Iconography 2
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striation
centrumitis
woonerf
biking
redÊlightÊdistrict
portÊandÊtrade
multiculturalism
sustainableÊ energy
landÊreclamation
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Icon Abstraction 2
An early interpretation of the urban fabric within Amsterdam, it explores how water permeates into the urban landscape, and the polycentric nature of the Randstad.
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Texture Mapping/ Possible Growth
Potential development along the proposed metro line. It looks at one possible way to create a series of nodes that service a series of striated housing blocks.
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Almere Metro Link Influence
Growth along the proposed metro line would allow for easy access to the proposed neighborhood. Various possibilities of development are shown, dealling with nodal focuses and possible links between them.
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Spatial Development from Systems Based Painting Investigation
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-irregular form defined through linearity -high variation from fixed elements -combination of systems to create an identifiable object
-boundary defined through multiple elements -color loosely determined by linear form
-form defined through a repeated stroke -cross polination of stroke and color -outward cyclical growth
-attraction points help define flow of form -stroke kept the same, color and orientation varied.
By interpreting the spatial patterns developed by artists, we are able to inform the creation of our development. By understanding the composition of a painting as a combination of systems, we are able to translate this language to the built.
Spatial Development from Systems Based Painting Overlay
Superimposition of the Mondrian and Van Gogh deconstructions to show a potential recombination of two disparate systems.
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Spatial Development from Systems Based Painting Organizing
Various methods for reordering the Mondiran composition were tested to look for different ways to shape the systems into more applicable formulations. Operations include: Subtraction, Addition, Deletion, Reordering, Resizing, and Recombination.
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Striation Investigation Abstraction
The poldered landscape of surrounding Amsterdam offers visual and organizational information that can be useful in design. Different fields produce different hues when desaturated producing a varying gradient effect. Fields reorganized into rectilinear grids that vary in density, size and organization offer developmental rational.
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Striation Investigation Disection
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When the fields themselves are removed the underlying organizational system is exposed. The canals that divide the landscape vary in organization, being seemingly organic in certain instances while heavily rational in others. Additionally giving certain site influences, boundaries may be determined which contain the abstract systems.
Striation Investigation Combination
Combining the different variations of the poldered/striated landscapes yields organizations that have visible systems. The canals provide a structural base that holds and supports the patchwork of development. A certain level of porosity is desired to allow for travel and water to flow through the development.
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Center Scale
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Using the existing centrum as a scale, an initial developmental size may be determined, while future expansion is still posible. The mapping of public programs (parks, plazas, landmarks etc.) are identified within the Centrum and arrayed in the IJmeer to gain a greater understanding of scale.
Linear/Field Orientation
A large focus of the development is to provide new means of food production. Consequently the more urban areas of development are placed in a field condition that supports new forms of agriculture inspired by its water-based location (barge conditions, hydroponic systems).
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Array Using Centrum
Abstract layout using the Centrum to determine size and layout of possible nodes within a field of agricultural and ecological development.
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Abstract Nodal Organization
Nodal areas begin to be established within the continuous field condition. These nodes respond to the site’s major infastructural influences: the metro link (were the largest node is located) and the influence of shipping lanes alluding to the possibility of a port condition. The elliptical shapes , within the rectilinear aggregations, represent possible green spaces and the possibility of small scale dredging where necessary.
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Abstract Texture and Site Application
Abstract development placed within the site, the application of texture mapping exercise done at the larger scale begins to organize development.
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Organizational Development
The urban corridor of the neighborhood development expands from existing IJburg to form a continuous core that has the ability to grow along the transportation connection between Amsterdam and Almere. The core shrinks and contracts according to the influences of existing or applied conditions, such as the location of large metro station or interaction with the main shipping lanes. The neighborhood is intended to impede water flow as little as possible due to its structural rather than in fill nature, additionally this allows for a permeable flow of water traffic through the neighborhood by a series of canal cuts. The field condition supports a floating agricultural system based on a barge model, the exterior edge becomes more fluid transitioning to wetland condition for ecological support and restoration.
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REGIONAL
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CENTRUM
ALMERE
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BIJLMER
IJBURG
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POPULATION: 820,564
ELEVATION: 7 ft
MAJOR SHIP ROUTES
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RAIL LINES
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‘FLOATING’ SUBURB
EDGE/FRINGE HOUSING
RECLAIMED CENTER CENTER
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CENTER HOUSING
PORT CONDITION
BARGE AGRICULTURAL HUB
IJBURG BEACH CONDITION
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THOUGHT BUBBLE PROGRAMS (MARKET, THEATRE, WETLAND EXPEDITIONS ETC.
HOUSING OVERVIEW
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Single Bedroom/Micro Units
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LONGITUDINAL SECTION SCALE 1/32”=1’
UNIT PLANS SCALE 3/32”=1’
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CIRCULATION The housing units are dispersed around an interior circulation path that is anchored by a series of stair and elevator cores. The path has the potential to grow into larger programs depending on the aggregation of housing units below its
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PLAN SHOWING UNIT DISTRIBUTION AROUND CIRCULATION
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WATERFRONT EXTENSION Deck space expands past commercial area directly
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MAIN STREET AND STREETS SERVING DEVELOPMENT The edge hous-
WATERFRONT PROGRAM The buildings located on the waterfront level are allocated for commercial, recreational and utilitarian use. Such programs support the pedestrian lifestyle that draws visitors and improves the resident’s quality of life. The upper level contains a connection to public and private transportation as well as pedestrian and cyclist based circulation paths.
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The development is built upon a continuous series of structural cores that root the building into the lake bed. The cores are organized into clusters with a dense aggregation of units structured to the columns (more visible in plan/section). Within the unit aggregation certain space is allocated for ancillary programs that improve the life of the residents.
FLOOR ORGANIZATION/ UNIT DIVISION The larger rectilinear modules TOWER STRUCTURE/ DISTRIBUTION OF ANCILLARY PROGRAM
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CIRCULATION The housing units are dispersed around an interior circulation path
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MAIN STREET AND STREETS SERVING DEVELOPMENT The edge hous-
WATERFRONT PROGRAM The buildings located on the waterfront level are allocated for commercial, recreational and utilitarian use. Such programs support the pedestrian lifestyle that draws visitors and improves the resident’s quality of life. The upper level contains a connection to public and private transportation as well as pedestrian and cyclist based circulation paths.
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that is anchored by a series of stair and elevator cores. The path has the potential to grow into larger programs depending on the aggregation of housing units below its
The development is built upon a continuous series of structural cores that root the building into the lake bed. The cores are organized into clusters with a dense aggregation of units structured to the columns (more visible in plan/section). Within the unit aggregation certain space is allocated for ancillary programs that improve the life of the residents.
FLOOR ORGANIZATION/ UNIT DIVISION The larger rectilinear modules
its location in the water prefabrication becomes enticing due to the lack of restrictions in transportation dimensions. Prefabrication allows units to have a sense of cus-
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GREEN WALK
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TRANSPORTATION CONNECTION, WATER RECLAMATION
CARGO RECEIVING, FLOATING POOL
ANCILLARY PROGRAMS (THEATRE, STORE)
FLOATING HOMES
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