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