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Pendrecht City
LOCATION: The quarter ‘Pendrecht’ is located in the south of Rotterdam. The urban plan is designed by the Dutch town-planner Lotte Stam-Beese. She was member of the C.I.A.M. association. ‘Pendrecht’ is the only quarter in the Netherlands that is strongly influenced by the planning method of the CI.A.M.: the use of the urban stamp as a socio- tool. Its method is used as an example for the urban development of the post-war town planning in the Netherlands and abroad.DEMANDS: How to situate ‘Pendrecht’ and its planning method in the present time: society has changed, floor-plans of the houses are to small, the loss of a number of important facilities such as retail, business and schools. The municipality asked me to elaborate a design for this quarter with a long and short range objective, keeping in mind the historically important context of ‘Pendrecht’. PLAN: The preliminary design in this complete process was a survey about the present house stock, facilities / services, the urban structure, (social) problems and the historical background of the quarter with the C.I.A.M. association. This document became the basis of my design ‘PENDRECHT-CITY’. The design I made contained two projects: 1) two new housing developments north and south of ‘Pendrecht’: for a more diverse housing stock and to visualise that it is possible to develop new residential area’s without ‘damaging’ the main idea and design-concept of ‘Pendrecht’. By this new development supporting ‘Pendrecht’ and its surroundings socially, environmentally and financially;2) a design of the ‘Plein 1953’: a mix of retail, housing, a library, commercial development and a community centre. To reinforce the central function of this neglected, desolated part of ‘Pendrecht’ and by the programme of the design, the social structure.The existing situation was not inspiring. The relation high-low, green-stone, black/grey/white-colours wasn’t in balance. The first step was to renovate the existing houses around the square and to heighten these buildings with two extra storeys (‘building for the neighbourhood’). New buildings (houses / shops / facilities / library) to ‘close’ the wide empty square. A pergola (with electricity supply for the market and lightning) combined with terraces to divide the space for a better human living environment. Trees with a loose-fill surfacing (gravel) as a strong green element. Finally I designed a sunken square with the element ‘water’ in it (the square is named after the water flood that took place in Zeeland (the Netherlands) in 1953, the period that this quarter was build). In the whole design my objective was to look at the existing dimensions, the spatial quality of my design in relation with the design of the quarter and the surplus value of this new meeting place for the community. COOPERATION: Municipality of Rotterdam (NL), D.R.O.S. (planning authority, section ‘Zuid’), diverse specialists at the University of Technology of Delft (NL).
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