Urbanism portfolio 2015-2017 by Sahil Kanekar

SAHIL KANEKAR Architect | Urb a n i s t SELECTED WORKS 2015-2017 Email id : ksahil.sk@gmail.com Mobile : +31 6 51596402 LinkedIn : www.linkedin.com/in/sahil-kanekar-90645572

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Name : Sahil Ajay Kanekar Date of birth : 16th February 1991 Nationality : Indian Languages : English | Hindi | Marathi | Dutch (learning)

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Sahil A. Kanekar An Architect/Urbanist with a specialization in Infrastructure and Environmental design related to water sensitive urban challenges. Before commencing his master course in Urbanism, he was an architect in one of the urban design and landscape ﬁrm in Mumbai for one and half year, where he worked on projects ranging from commercial complex to international airport master planning. The deluge of 2005 in Mumbai, led him to develop his knowledge and interest to address urban water challenges, at the intersection of strategic spatial planning, hydraulic engineering and environmental studies. Post masters, his focus developed in design and research for climate adaptation and water sensitivity in an urbanised delta. He has gained an extensive knowledge in green-blue infrastructure design at a range of scales and integrating sub-surface systems into above ground spatial development. He is a ﬁrm believer of inter-disciplinary initiatives to tackle complex urban issues operating across spatial scales and temporal dimension.

Contact Adobe Premiere Address : 430, Torenstraat 178, 2513 DR, the Hague, the Netherlands Email id : ksahil.sk@gmail.com Mobile : +31 6 51596402 LinkedIn : www.linkedin.com/in/sahil-kanekar-90645572 ISSUU : https://issuu.com/sahilkanekar

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Skill sets - Urban spatial planning and analysis for climate adaptation; especially coastal and delta regions - Green-blue infrastructure system development - Water sensitive urban design - Infrastructure and Environmental design and engineering - Hydraulic risk management - Integrated sub-surface and above ground spatial development - Research by design practice - Landscape design - Architecture design - Interior design - Graphic design

Interests Photography, Videography, Traveling, Graphic Design, Movie making, Music – Drums, Guitar, Keyboard, Rock Climbing, Boxing, Football

Master thesis - Land | Water-scape as projective infrastructure: to condition landscape as an infrastructure addressing hydrological uncertainties within deltaic conditions | San Francisco Bay, USA

Spatial planning for global metropolis | Flevoland, The Netherlands (Urban Design/Spatial/ Strategic planning)

Mondeal heights, Ahmadabad, India (Landscape Design)

Thesis – Re-interpreting the urban resource | Sassoon Dock, Mumbai, India Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology, Raibareli, India (Institutional Campus Planning)

Education

Experience

2015-2017 | MSc. Urbanism (Annotation - Infrastructure and Environmental design), Delta Urbanism Research Chair, Technical University, Delft, the Netherlands

2016 | Student Researcher, de Jong Gortemaker Algra architects, Rotterdam, the Netherlands Project initiated by Municipality of Rotterdam - ‘Water Sensitive Rotterdam’. Aim of research - to develop technical and spatial design solutions to tackle urban water issues related to pluvial ﬂoods within public and private sector.

1. Master thesis - Land | Water-scape as projective infrastructure: to condition landscape as an infrastructure addressing hydrological uncertainties within deltaic conditions | San Francisco Bay, USA Mentors: Dr. Fransje Hooimeijer, Dr. Taneha K. Bacchin

2014-2015 | Architect, Design Cell, landscape architecture and planning ﬁrm, Mumbai, India

Prominent projects:

Projects: - Mumbai International airport, Mumbai, India (Urban Design/Master Plan) - Bandra reclamation promenade, Mumbai, India (Landscape Design/Master Plan) - Chatrapati Shivaji Smarak, Mumbai, India (Architecture/ Landscape Design) - City side development master plan, Mumbai, India (Urban/Master Plan) - Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology, Raibareli, India (Institutional Campus Planning) - St. Regis hotel, Mumbai, India (Architecture/Landscape Design) - Mondeal heights, Ahmadabad, India (Landscape Design) - Art Guild House project, Mumbai, India (Landscape Design)

2. Smart Infrastructure and Mobility | Sao Paulo, Brazil (Urban Design/Spatial/Strategic planning) 3. Spatial planning for global metropolis | Flevoland, the Netherlands (Urban Design/Spatial/Strategic planning) 4. Aquaterra - project in practice - Water Sensitive Rotterdam | Rotterdam, the Netherlands (Urban Design/ Hydraulic Engineering) 5. Aquaterra - Urban water challenges | Tirana, Albania (Urban Design) 2009-2014 | B.Arch. (First class) Academy of Architecture, Mumbai University, India Thesis – Re-interpreting the urban resource | Sassoon Dock, Mumbai, India

Aquaterra - Urban water challenges | Tirana, Albania (Urban Design) Smart Infrastructure and Mobility | Sao Paulo, Brazil (Urban Design/ Spatial/Strategic planning)

Aquaterra - project in practice - Water Sensitive Rotterdam | Rotterdam, The Netherlands (Urban Design/Hydraulic Engineering)

Responsibilities: Concept development, design development, construction details, execution on site, client presentation and negotiation, costing and estimation, landscape design development, climate study, planting scheme development.

Mumbai International airport, Mumbai, India (Urban Design/Master Plan) Bandra reclamation promenade, Mumbai, India (Landscape Design/Master Plan) Chatrapati Shivaji Smarak, Mumbai, India (Architecture/Landscape Design) City side development master plan, Mumbai, India (Urban/Master Plan) St. Regis hotel, Mumbai, India (Architecture/ Landscape Design) Art Guild House project, Mumbai, India (Landscape Design)

2014 | Designer, BigTree architects, Mumbai, India Designer for residential projects (architecture and interior design) 2013-2014 | Student Assistant, Academy of Architecture, Mumbai university, Mumbai, India

Land | Water-scape as projective infrastructure

Land | Water-scape as projective infrastructure: to condition landscape as an infrastructure addressing hydrological uncertainties within deltaic conditions San Francisco Bay Area, USA | Delta Urbanism research group, TU Delft, 2016-17 Joint Design Studio TU Delft / UC Berkeley College of Environmental Design Supported by DIMI Delft Deltas, Infrastructure & Mobility Initiative Mentors: Dr. Fransje Hooimeijer Dr. T. Kuzniecow Bacchin The research focuses on developing a system based resilience strategy to manage hydraulic challenges related to pluvial and storm surge ďŹ&#x201A;ooding in the light of climate change. The project embarks an ecological approach by conditioning landscape into a hybrid infrastructure of green and blue networks which operate across spatial and temporal dimensions. The speciďŹ city of this research project lies in the context being in a deltaic condition. Managing urban storm water which needs to be conveyed, stored and discharged but also the saline sea water which inundates the downstream (temporarily during storm surges or permanently in the process of sea level rise), lies at the core of this research. The highlight of the research is in how the system can accommodate the bidirectional ďŹ&#x201A;ow of fresh and saline water; and simultaneously improves the built environment for the region.

Bay water Green patches 1.5 meter sea level rise Water bodies Creeks Highway

Research Area:

Downstream Midstream 12 km

Landscape Infrastructure syntax: A projection or a suggestive scheme to understand the geomorphological units and elements which can be used to restructure the ecology and hydrological system from upstream to downstream. The Landscape infrastructure syntax sets certain rules and parameters for the project to unfold further. Illustration : Author

Link to Project report https://repository.tudelft.nl/islandora/object/uuid%3A8f986336-241b-43b5-9d8a-41caea85c797?co llection=education

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Land | Water-scape as projective infrastructure

Thick Strategy

The blue-green graph Blue graph

Developing strategy through section in the subsurface is equally important as developing a network on surface, especially while dealing with hydrological issues consisting of fresh and saline water conditions. The term “blue and green graph” is referred to from Performative nature: urban landscape infrastructure design in water sensitive cities (Kuzniecow Bacchin, 2015).The principle strategy of the system is to convey the runoff and reduce the peak discharge during heavy rainfall events, whereas during storm surge events accommodate the water rising from the bay. The principle section represents operation of system designed to address these hydrological challenges from up-stream and down-stream. The combination of land parcels, creeks, streets with bio-swales and subsurface storm drain pipes make the system function. The 4 Domain Approach (Digman et al., 2014) derives the sequencing of operations for all these elements.

Green graph during storm surge

Green graph during heavy rainfal

infiltration | retain urban parks | nature reserves

upstream

midstream

macro scale

infiltration | retain | store urban parks | playgrounds

meso scale micro scale nano scale downstream

infiltration | store | discharge urban parks | logistic parking

Domain 1 – the subsurface drain pipes convey water into creeks on a regular day. For efﬁcient functioning of these elements regular maintenance is necessary to avoid blockages.

Principle section

Domain 2 – during heavy rainfall event the bio-swales reduce the peak flow of water into subsurface pipes. Moreover, they retain and infiltrate water in the process. The land parcels with functions of urban parks, community parks and sports field hold water temporarily.

Brackish water intrusion Swamp conditions Infiltrate | store

Logistic facility Infiltrate | store

Dike

Creek

Parking facility Infiltrate | store

Urban park Infiltrate

Domain 4 Domain 1

Domain 3 Domain 2

Domain 3 – at the event of extreme rainfall, storm water drain pipes and streets with bio-swales redirect excess water to parking facilities. These land parcels with their semi-permeable pavement inﬁltrate water. The geocellular tanks store water for temporary interval thereby reducing peak discharge.

Fresh water flow

The blue-green graph and principle section represents operation of system designed to address these hydrological challenges from up-stream and down-stream. Illustration : Author

Domain 4 – during storm surge events the saline water is redirected to the flood-able land parcels. These land parcels comprise of phytoremediation plant species which treat the saline water to certain extent before infiltration. Moreover, these plants also treat the saline soil conditions. The brackish water is redirected into the flood-able areas through subsurface conduits which are present below storm drain pipes. These conduits avoid interaction of saline storm surge water with the storm drain system operating for fresh water.

Swamp conditions which perform as lagoons during storm surge events.

Subsurface drain pipes to convey water into the creeks and discharge further into the bay. Logistic facility with semi-permeable pavement to infiltrate water. Connected to creek with conduit to accommodate saline water during storm surge.

Urban parks, community gardens, sports field with open soil to infiltrate water. Parking facilities with semi-permeable pavement to increase infiltration capacity. Geo-cellular tank below for storage.

Land | Water-scape as projective infrastructure

Bay

Land | Water-scape as projective infrastructure

Swamp conditions Infiltrate | store

Street

Section A

Swamp conditions Infiltrate | store

Bioswale

Walkway

Perforated subsurface storm drains

Swamp conditions which perform as lagoons during storm surge events.

Conduit which directs water into the swamp during storm surge

Bioswale

Logistic facility Infiltrate | store

Creek

Section B Swamp conditions which perform as lagoons during storm surge events.

Conduit to redirect saline water into floodable land parcel

Section D

Phytoremediation plant species Permeable pavement for infiltration

Urban storm water drain

Logistic facility Infiltrate | store

Logistic facility

Section E Perforated subsurface storm drains

Logistic facility with semi-permeable pavement to infiltrate water.

Geo-cellular tank to store water

Logistic facility with semi-permeable pavement to infiltrate water.

Perforated subsurface storm drains

Urban Park Infiltrate | store

Logistic facility Infiltrate | store

Bioswale

Logistic facility with semi-permeable pavement to infiltrate water.

Logistic facility

Perforated subsurface storm drains

Section C

Section F

Phytoremediation plant species

Storm surge event section Fresh water Saline/Brackish water

Section upstream to downstream, Technical details. Illustration : Author

Land | Water-scape as projective infrastructure

Impression at bay edge - dry condition. Illustration : Author

Impression at bay edge - wet condition. Illustration : Author

Logistic facility - dry condition. Illustration : Author

Logistic facility - wet condition. Illustration : Author

Parking facility - wet condition. Illustration : Author

Parking facility - dry condition. Illustration : Author

Land | Water-scape as projective infrastructure

Scenario 1 domain 1. Illustration : Author

Scenario 2 domain 1. Illustration : Author

Scenario 1 domain 2. Illustration : Author

Scenario 2 domain 2. Illustration : Author

Scenario 1 domain 3. Illustration : Author

Scenario 2 domain 3. Illustration : Author

Scenario 1 domain 4. Illustration : Author

Scenario 2 domain 4. Illustration : Author

Scenario 1

Landscape Infrastructure performance:

Scenario 2

Landscape Infrastructure performance:

General considerations:

Re-naturalizing creeks, streets retroďŹ tted with bioswales and subsurface storm drains, subsidies to be provided for private investments in developing water retention within land parcels, public-private initiatives for the infrastructure development, promoting low-tech solutions through community development.

General considerations:

Streets retroďŹ tted with bio-swales and subsurface storm drains, subsidies to be provided for private investments in developing water retention within land parcels, public-private initiatives for the infrastructure development.

- Represents the current state of development within identiďŹ ed Priority Development Areas. - Transit oriented development with investments in maintenance of existing infrastructure. - Walkable and bike friendly city centers.

- Represents high density rapid urbanization in three major cities of San Francisco, Oakland and San Jose. - Growth in suburbs is limited and minimal. - Mobility corridors expanded for better connectivity of cities.

- Intends to attract international commerce and protect community jobs.

- Port of Oakland expanded to meet regional economic needs.

- Supports investments in environmentally sustainable initiatives. 14

The Third Space: transforming the urban core by re-qualifying the peripheries

The Third Space: transforming the urban

core by re-qualifying the peripheries Sao Paulo, Brazil | Smart Infrastructure and Mobility, TU Delft, 2016 Supported by DIMI Delft Deltas, Infrastructure & Mobility Initiative Entry for Schindler Global Awards 2016-17 Tutors: Professor Arjan van Timmeren Ir. Denise Piccinini Dr. ir. Taneha Kuzniecow Bacchin Dr. ir. Roberto Rocco The project focuses on the planning and design of a new land development area in replacement of the existing food market CEAGESP (Companhia de Entrepostos e Armazéns Gerais de São Paulo) and food logistic hub of the metropolitan region. Migration patterns explains the urban sprawl along with rampant informal civilization. The urban development has raced ahead of urban planning. This imbalance, typical of rapidly urbanizing cities has resulted in a stressed transport situation, environmental degradation, concentration of businesses in specific areas, distinct social segregation and essentially an unequal city. The recent political unrest, inflation, environmental extremes - floods and droughts add to the multiplicity of issues the city has to deal with. The physical planning interventions are trying to realize the transition to polycentric business distribution, better east west transport connections and environmental initiatives. Often these are droplets in a very large ocean, the effects of which disperse away in the face of a growing population and exponential urban issues. The area in question, Vila Leopoldina faces detrimental effects of the environment during events of heavy rains. In addition, it will also lose a crucial urban identity once the food distribution entity ‘CEAGESP’ moves out. The project aims to view Vila Leopoldina as a testing site to develop a strategic investment plan that capitalizes on existing investors for a more sustainable manipulation of the built environment. Link to the Project project booklet - https://issuu.com/sahilkanekar/docs/ booklet_1789-971-3795 Part of 3x3x3 analysis. Three scales from metropolitan level to neighborhood. Illustration : Author

project poster posters

https://issuu.com/sahilkanekar/docs/

The Third Space: transforming the urban core by re-qualifying the peripheries

Layer analysis - transect and 3x3x3 To deliver a multidisciplinary landscape within a dense context, understanding urban networks is central to the exercise. Urban practices, people, culture are not determined only by the space they occupy but more so by the efﬁciency of their connections. These criterions have been used to construct a Layer analysis as nature, infrastructure and human occupation. The transect across the site helps understand relations between soil, ﬂood risk, mobility corridors and development.

Transect across site to understand the relation between soil, ﬂood risk, mobility corridors and development

Meso scale analysis

3x3x3 analysis based on Dupuy’s Network Theory of Urbanism is a mapping exercise of region in above mentioned three layers of urban landscape that developed over three periods of time when the territory underwent most change to draw conclusions between various factors of urban growth. Environment Creating a network connecting the green patches within the urban setting creates a sponge effect to absorb the water (pluvial and ﬂuvial ﬂooding) at the same time connecting public spaces within the city.

Environment layer

Mobility layer

Economy layer

Mobility Unbiased connections to facilitate bidirectional movement, it is necessary to create destinations and make them accessible. Sustainable transit forms (bikes, on demand travel apps will be encouraged).

Micro scale analysis Economy The site is strategically well placed between the industrial dominated area and service and commercial zone of city. Hence it plays a vital role in creating new centralities to make periphery accessible through concept of third space and idea of new economy.

Flood risk - pluvial and ﬂuvial

Transit and walkability

Vulnerable zones

Occupation

Top to bottom - transect study, 3x3x3 analysis, layer analysis. Illustration : Author

The Third Space: transforming the urban core by re-qualifying the peripheries

Third Space and Maker ecosystem One of the requirements for CEAGESP is ďŹ nding new identity for the site. Hence, an anchor development speciďŹ c to a manufacturing sector was essential to attract investment in the perimeter. The three largest industries in Sao Paulo are computer hardware, textile and media. An industry that has recently risen to prominence is fashion. While globalisation towards world fashion is an arguable, but inevitable goal, an integral connection should be made to the rich local textile tradition. With one of the largest workforces in the country and thousands of manufacturers, innovation in textile can provide an impetus to a potential bustling industry. The strategy is to develop a Third Space to achieve economical connection between industry and service economy. It is a concept for synergy between the creator and the manufacturer, between top-down and bottom-up, applied for a better lifestyle. Most importantly, the third space is an attempt to reconnect the individual to the city, it re-appropriates his movement and establishes a sense of territorial identity towards the city.

Makerspace is the community centre for makers who have common interests, often in computers, machining, technology, science, digital art and electronic art to meet, socialize and collaborate. In addition, Makerspace provides a making ecosystem with building and tool libraries, spaces for engagement, business incubators and display.

Urban Design and stake-holder impact proposal for Vila Leopoldina. Illustration : Author

Flevoland: celebrating water

Water management to structure future trends

Flevoland: celebrating water

Flevoland, the Netherlands | Spatial planning for global metropolis, TU Delft, 2016 Tutors: Dr. Diego Sepulveda, Taeke Bouman

Water management as link between urban cores

‘Flevoland – celebrating water’ is a project with its main scope being water management. As one of today’s most urgent challenges - climate change is mostly addressed from the engineering point of view. The Netherlands as a water-based country with reclaimed lands copes with soil subsidence and ground water level rising; problems that will be only ampliﬁed by the climate change trend. Within the Netherlands, relatively young land of Flevoland faces these problems the most. The growing city of Almere suffers the heaviest soil subsidence whereas the further groundwater level rising would endanger the existence of agriculture, one of the main sources of income of the province. However the Delta Program which is designed to address water management issues of the Netherlands and mentions the severity of soil subsidence does not provide any ‘Delta decisions’ on this topic.

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The solution to the two-fold issue of groundwater level rising and soil subsidence in Flevoland (and similar areas in the rest of the Netherlands) lies not solely in the hand of engineers, but should also be addressed by spatial planners (Mark Bierkens). The risk prediction on soil subsidence for Flevoland is an increase of subsidence by 50 cm in 2050 and by another 10 cm this century. Simultaneously there is ﬂooding danger because of the rising ground water level and draught danger as consequence of climate change. Citizens, farmers and landowners will be the ﬁrst ones in trouble because of these risks.

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Spatial strategy integrated with water management aspect for future development of Flevoland. Illustration : Author

Link to the Project https://issuu.com/sahilkanekar/docs/ﬂevoland_-_celebrating_water

Ground water level rising process is vital in turning the above mentioned risks into opportunities. The continuous availability of water makes it possible to create new urban systems, new agricultural structure and consequently new economy. Vision for the region - to create a robust and resilient water management system that will facilitate synergistic spatial developments of Flevoland.

Flevoland: celebrating water

Potential Danger

Flevoland: celebrating water

Integrated strategy

Risk projection - Flevoland in 2050 Pressure

Based on the earlier mentioned risks, the approach of accepting the ground water level rising and the vision; three strategies are formulated for the project. First strategy is stabilization to address the risk of soil subsidence. Second strategy is adaptation & mitigation to address the risk of draught by changing the existing landscape. The techniques used to apply this strategy are terracing of the landscape, increasing water surface level, creating vegetation buffers and adapting land use. Third strategy is integration to address the possibility of ﬂooding by integration of different spatial and functional systems. These three strategic steps result in a spatial transformation that will reinforce the existing urban systems and will provide continuity between the cities as well.

Air Clay reclaimed land needs time to mature by compressing out air in between.

Air

Land subsides Flevoland being a very yound land form, pressure is put on it without letting it to Ground mature. water level rise

source - GMES - service for mapping and monitoring subsidence hazards in coastal lowlands areas around Europe (document)

Further, project demonstrates the potentials of integrating water management with spatial planning and showcases the new high quality environment within the region. All the interventions touch upon different aspects of water explored at different scales, such as water for future urban trends, water for developing a city axis, water for urban regeneration, water as spatial experience and connecting factor and water to explore untapped potentials within a region.

Water pumped out

Power | Risk analysis of stakeholders

Relative increase in ground water level, which results into pumping out water thereby increasing soil subsidence.

Water Board Farmers Inhabitants Air

Land owners Housing corporations Investors

This phenomena will damage the tree root system and building structure.

By demonstrating these points the intention is to highlight soil subsidence as a major threat and it should be addressed in an elaborate way in Delta decisions. At national level, these interventions not only create a new identity of Flevoland as a region and lead it to sustainable economic growth, but also provides new solutions to areas with similar soil subsidence and ground water level problems. To summarize, Flevoland will act as a pilot project to address the soil subsidence and ground water level rise problems in a more coherent and innovative ways.

Municipalities

Buildings damaged

Province Delta Program

Land subsides

Soil subsidence

Approach graph As the sea level will rise in future, the pressure of salinated ground water (dark blue) will increase and push the fresh ground water (light blue) level. The ground water level in general rise and bring potential ﬂooding.

Approach - integrating water management with spatial planning

Sea level rise

Pressure

consultation - Dr. Frans van de Ven; TU Delft, civil engineering department

Ground water level rise

Introduce natural water edge that allows water to overﬂow as well provide new recreation

Adaptive land use for ﬂooding instead of engineered defense.

Integrated urban planning to accommodate the existing water body with different urban systems and functions.

Increase surface water to manage groundwater level.

Experimentation with new types of agriculture, e.g. aquaponics, wetland agriculture, aquaculture.

Vegetation to monitor groundwater level.

Flevoland: celebrating water

Increasing surface water Buffering with vegetation

Water management for urban regeneration Residential block to water response

Almere Buiten

New ďŹ&#x201A;oating house typology at wetlands

Almere Stad

Sports facility to water response

Almere is the city which is suffering from major soil subsidence. To address soil subsidence two technical approaches are expected; increasing the surface water and dense buffer vegetation. Hence, the intention is to create a green-blue corridor running across three major districts of Almere; Almere Haven, Almere Stad and Almere Buiten. In this green-blue corridor, water and vegetation acts as an infrastructure which stabilizes land from soil subsidence, where water management is integrated with spatial planning to create new high quality environments. To do so, land uses, building functions, building typologies and vacant plots were mapped to understand the feasibility of intervention. The project is divided in three broad phases; Phase 1 - Adapting and mitigating the indentiďŹ ed vacant plots to increase surface water, make dense water network and increase buffer vegetation. New functions shall be introduced on these plots responding to the functions around it. Phase 2 - Phase 2 involves integrating existing land use, building functions and typologies with the water system. This leads to new relations between the built form and landscape around it, thereby creating new high quality environment.

Phase 3 High Commercial Mixed use

Widening canal in residential core

These steps shall make water management system as a driving factor for the future urban regeneration in Almere.

Residential

Almere Haven

Phase 3 - Phase three is about re orienting the urban fabric towards the green-blue corridor making it a core element in the future urban development.

Industrial Occupied plots Phase 2

Vacant plots Phase 1 Widening canal in commercial core Integrated strategy - water management for urban regeneration (left). Proposed spatial quality according to land function and integration with water system (right). Illustration : Author

Water Sensitive Rotterdam : project in practice

Subsurface Potential Map

Water Sensitive Rotterdam : project in practice

Water Sensitive Rotterdam : project in

practice Rubroek, Rotterdam, the Netherlands | Aquaterra, TU Delft, 2016 Project initiated by Municipality of Rotterdam - ‘Water Sensitive Rotterdam’ Student Researcher at de Jong Gortemaker Algra architecten en ingenieurs Tutor: Dr. Fransje Hooimeijer This project is a part of course Aquaterra which focuses on how to make smart urban plans using the parameters of the natural system – linking in an efﬁcient way the hydrological cycle, soil, subsurface conditions, technology and urban development opportunities. B B

A Civil layer

Surface layer

Sub-Surface layer

Cables and pipes

Green area (public)

Archaeological relevance

Buildings (ﬂat roofs)

Green area (private)

Polluted soil

Buildings (gable roofs)

Water (canals)

Underground oil tanks

Valves (water management)

Paved surface

Explosives

Pump station (water management)

Asphalt surface

Low lying area

Subsurface Potential map. Illustration : Author. source - http://www.gis.rotterdam.nl/gisweb2/default.aspx

Link to Project

Due to the changing climate and new visions, integration of different disciplines is necessary for a sustainable development. But there is a lack of dialogue between different expertise. For instance, making urban design plans to which the subsoil infrastructure has to be changed and connected, information from the subsoil can be used in the beginning of the process of designing and thereby achieving a more sustainable building process and end result. The aim of the project is to analyze the subsurface conditions in Rubroek, Rotterdam to identify the potentials and limitations to achieve the climate proof approach for the district. Further, using water assignment to understand the amount of water to be dealt within the neighborhood and different tools and solutions to be identiﬁed to accommodate this volume of water. Taking in account the subsoil in the urban design process gives the potential to create urban quality on the surface level. By understanding the geographic facts and the natural systems of a certain location, they can be used in the urban climate challenge. Besides that, the subsoil can contribute in reducing our energy consumption. Moreover, using the subsoil can have economic beneﬁts. Maintenance costs can be minimized, by allocating sensitive developments to good ground conditions.

https://issuu.com/sahilkanekar/docs/project_in_practice_rubroek_rotterd

Water Sensitive Rotterdam : project in practice

The Water Assignment

Separating the run off from sewer

public surface run off directed into sewer system

private

drainage pipe

Existing section

disconnected paved area private

community

surface water drainage pipe

Separated system of drainage

The first section explains the existing combined sewer system with the runoff directed into the drains. The second section proposes to harvest the roof runoff within the private gardens. The approach is to infiltrate as much water as possible in the ground within the private realm. Further on saturation this water overflows into the community space. Rubroek neighborhood lacks the community spaces; it is either private gardens and backyards or public spaces. Another intention is to identify and demarcate these community spaces to develop a system of flow of water from private to public.

groundwater level

over ﬂow from private into community

groundwater level

The existing system within Rubroek neighborhood is a combined sewer system. The rainfall runoff from the roofs and paved or asphalt area is drained into the sewer system and further carried to treatment plants. The concept of closed city is to be applied to the Rubroek district in order to keep the water within the district. To do so, ﬁrst important step to be taken is to separate the sewers.

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Based on the formula developed in the water assignment a scenario was considered for the neighborhood of Rubroek; with a rainfall event of 60 mm for 2 hours. Considering these values all the surface areas were calculated from ﬂat roofs, gabled roofs, asphalt roads, paved roads, public greens, private greens to surface water. From the water assignment, rainfall event of 60 mm for 2 hours and all these surface areas amount of surplus water within the district was calculated. The neighborhood of Rubroek has a combined system; hence this volume of water is one which is discharged into the sewer system. If a separate system is proposed in the neighborhood then this volume of surplus water needs to be accommodated for a rainfall event of 60 mm in 2 hours. Further, after these calculations, a number of measures were considered which can be taken to accommodate water and check how much does a particular measure contribute in accommodating this volume. Every measure has its own effects and beneﬁts to store the surplus volume. As a last measure, a scenario was considered if all these measures are taken together to see the result.

Water Sensitive Rotterdam : project in practice

All measures combined map

Green area (public)

New Paved surface

Surface water

Green area (private)

Asphalt surface

Playgrounds with water tanks below them

Water (canals)

New green roofs

Gable roof

Measure one Converting 40% of ďŹ&#x201A;at roofs into green roofs

Measure two Converting 10% of paved parking into green Converting 50% of balanced paved parking into semi permiable paving

Measure three Converting 10% of asphalt into semi permiable paving Converting 10% of asphalt into paved surface area

Measure four Converting 20% paved surface into green

Measure ďŹ ve Introducing water storage tanks below playgrounds

Measure six Introducing surface water with 20 cm and/or 50 cm depth

Measure seven Introducing storage tanks below green

Accomplishments 2017 | Urban Thinkers Campus – Program team, Technical University, Delft, the Netherlands Urban Thinkers Campus are part of a larger concept proposed by UN Habitat in partnership with the World Urban Campaign, in which stakeholders can deliberate on how to engage with the implementation of the New Urban Agenda, launched at the Habitat III Conference in Quito in 2016. website - https://utctudelft.org/ 2017 | Let’s Talk About Water – Organizing team,Technical University, Delft, the Netherlands

7-9 JUNE TU DELFT Faculty of Architecture and The Built Environment

Let´s Talk About Water aims to start a dialogue between scientists, students and the general public by bringing ﬁlm and water science together. Organizing team of a Micro Movie festival in collaboration with TU Delft, AMS Amsterdam, Deltares and UNESCO-IHE.

EDUCATION FOR THE CITY WE NEED

website - https://www.un-ihe.org/lets-talk-aboutwater-2017

Exploring how to integrate the UN-Habitat NEW URBAN AGENDA in higher education curricula Urban Thinkers Campuses are sponsored by the World Urban Campaign and UN-HABITAT. The TU Delft UTC wishes to gather stakeholders from the academic and educational worlds, as well as NGOs, companies and government agencies, to discuss how best to TEACH and LEARN issues related to and stemming from the New Urban Agenda in higher education.

2015-2016 | Chairman – Urban and Landscape week, POLIS, student organisation at Faculty of Architecture and Built Environment, Technical University, Delft, the Netherlands

Our main question is: How to prepare young professionals to understand and impleme nt the New Urban Agenda in very diverse national and local environments?

SPS

spatialplanning&strategy

URBANISM

Delft University of Technology

This is an initiative from TU Delft in partnership with TU-Eindhoven, IHS-Erasmus Rotterdam, supported by TU Delft Global Initiative, Arcadis and others.

website - http://www.polistudelft.nl/urban-and-landscapeweek/

utctudelft.wordpress.com

Monday 17 / 10

Tuesday 18 / 10

the beginning 09:00 10:30

09:00 10:30 11:00 12:30

10:30 11:00

Event Opening

11:00 12:30

Institute for Future Studies, Copenhagen

12:45 14:00

To be Announced Lunch lecture

14:00 17:00

14:00 16:00

Workshop Time # 6SHFLƓF 5RRPV

17:00 18:30 18:30 20:00

Carsten Beck

@ Berlage Room

17:00 18:30

Kees Christiaanse

Leader of the Future Cities Laboratory, Singapore

@ Berlage Room Barbara Imhof

Liquifer - Space Architecture, applications on Earth and in the outer space, Vienna

@ Berlage Room

Wednesday 19 / 10

FUTURE TOPICS

Workshop Begins @ Berlage Room

18:30 20:00

Workshop Time # 6SHFLƓF 5RRPV Short Lectures

Sneak Preview to future-related research conducted at TU Delft

@ Berlage Room Els Leclerq

DIALOGUES

09:00 10:30 11:00 12:30

Workshop Time # 6SHFLƓF 5RRPV Guy McPherson

TBC Prof. em. University of Arizona "Our days are numbered”

@ Berlage Room Student Pitches

Social Media Spaces Lunch lecture

12:45 14:00

Workshop Time # 6SHFLƓF 5RRPV

14:00 16:00

Workshop Time # 6SHFLƓF 5RRPV

16:00 17:30

Competition Deadline

@ Berlage Room

Han Admiraal

ITA Committee on Underground Space

@ Berlage Room

The Virtual Dutch Men Presentation + VR Demo, Amsterdam

@ Berlage Room

17:30 18:30

Students present their work and the viewpoints they gained

@ Berlage Room

& Jury Judgement

@ Berlage Room Carlo Ratti Key Note Speaker Senseable Cities

@ Room A

18:30 19:30

Panel Discussion

19:30 21:00

Dinner & Winner

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2015 | Finalist at Charles Correa Gold medal award for architecture thesis, Urban Design Research Institute, India 2012-2013 | Unit Secretary – National Association of Students of Architecture, India (Academy of Architecture, Mumbai, India) 2011 | Research and Documentation of water system and temple town of Melkote, Karnataka, India 2009 | 2010 | 2011 – Winner of Louis I. Kahn trophy, National Association of Students of Architecture, India (Academy of Architecture)

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