The big reset to Neighbourhood design

WHAT DEFINES A NEIGHBOURHOOD?

THE BIG RESET ON NEIGHBOURHOOD DESIGN Amsterdam Summer school Team 5

PEOPLE …

AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO EACH OTHER.

THEREFORE THE QUESTION CHANGES FROM WHAT IS A NEIGHBOURHOOD, TO WHERE IS THE NEIGHBOURHOOD?

THEREFORE THE QUESTION CHANGES FROM WHAT IS A NEIGHBOURHOOD, TO WHERE IS THE NEIGHBOURHOOD? A NEIGHBOURHOOD IS CREATED IN THE SPACE BETWEEN THE BUILT FORM. IF PEOPLE MAKE NEIGHBOURHOODS THEN THE ARCHITECTURE CAN BE ADAPTABLE.

MOST DEVELOPMENTS TAKE 15+ YEARS FROM CONCEPTION TO COMPLETION

YET BIJLMERMEER CHANGED IN ONE NIGHT . . .

CONCEPT: FLEXIBILITY

THINGS THAT WERE FIXED NOW MOVE . . .

THINGS THAT MOVED ARE NOW FIXED . . .

IDENTITY

INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE

CLASSICAL LANDMARK

A NEW IDENTITY

THE CRANE BECOMES A HUB OF CULTURAL ACTIVITY

AN INDUSTRIAL FORM, RISING IN THE LANDSCAPE, FORMING A NEW TYPE OF NEIGHBOURHOOD.

MODULAR ARCHITECTURE

HABITAT 67, MONTREAL, CANADA, MOSHE SAFDIE, WORLD EXPO 1967.

HOUSE FEREMBA, JEAN PROUVÉ, 1948

DELIVERY PROCESS

EVERY NEIGHBOURHOOD NEEDS TO BE PLANNED.

THE WATER EDGE

THE DOCK

ADJACENT NEIGHBOURHOOD

EXISTING FABRIC

SITE BOUNDARY

PROPOSED LOCAL CENTRES

RE-USING EXISTING INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURES

LOCAL AMENITIES

LOCAL AMENITIES

LOCAL AMENITIES

LOCAL AMENITIES

LOCAL AMENITIES

LOCAL AMENITIES

LOCAL AMENITIES

RE-USING EXISTING BUILDINGS: MODULAR, BIKEABLE, FLEXIBLE SPACES

TESTING ROUTES

TESTING ORTHOGONAL GRID

TESTING CONCENTRIC CANAL GRID

CONTEXTUAL MAIN AXIS

TESTING CONTEXTUAL GRID

POSSIBLE CRANE LOCATIONS

THE GRID

AN EVOLVING NEIGHBOURHOOD THAT OFFERS FLEXIBILITY AND OPTIONS THE BLOCK CAN BE ADAPTED OVER TIME. . .

THE CONNECTION BETWEEN BLOCKS CAN CONSTANTLY CHANGE.

TESTING CONFIGURATIONS

TESTING DENSITY

A MODULE IS AS FLEXIBLE AS THE NEIGHBOURHOOD

ACCEPTED DWELLING SIZE

70

m2

ACCEPTED DWELLING SIZE

70

m2

PEOPLE FORM THEIR NEIGHBOURHOOD

THE RESULT IS NOT ONLY A NEW NEIGHBOURHOOD, A NEW REAL ESTATE MARKET IS FORMED

REUSING THE RAILYARD TO ACCOMMODATE A NEW MARKET TYPOLOGY

HOUSING SUPERMARKET

SHARING SPACES, EXPERIENCES AND A NEW WAY OF LIVING, IS THE SOUL OF THIS NEIGHBOURHOOD