Designing post industrial Amsterdam
The case of Buiksloterham Buiksloterham is an archetypal post-industrial neighborhood, not far from the city center of Amsterdam. The city board and many other parties have the ambition to develop this area into a Circular neighborhood. The context - a former industrial area - leads to a number of specific challenges in terms of circularity. What are the lessons learned from the projects Buiksloterham so far? And how can this be rolled out to other post-industrial areas?
Circular Buiksloterham.
Transitioning Amsterdam to a Circular City
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Cities are the future. There are many reasons to rethink their development and management. The Circular Economy provides one useful perspective for rethinking urban development, but it can be an abstract concept that remains difficult to apply. The vision and actionplan presented in this report for the transformation of Buiksloterham provides a tangible interpretation of the Circular Economy for a part of Amsterdam.
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...and meanwhile in Rotterdam...
the productive city
Development Perspectives for a Regional Manufacturing Economy.
More and more cities are refocusing on the manufacturing economy, encouraged by the transition to a circular economy, the emergence of smart technology, and the need for socially inclusive cities. To Rotterdam, a port city with a rich industrial history, this is a development that offers welcome opportunities.
As part of the 7th edition of the International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam, IABR–2016–THE NEXT ECONOMY, the city of Rotterdam and the IABR have established Atelier Rotterdam: The Productive City.
The Atelier has conducted research by design to identify the opportunities for the future of the Metropolitan Region Rotterdam The Hague from the perspective of the next manufacturing economy.
What value can the manufacturing economy add to the city and the region? Is it possible to improve its links with existing large-scale industry? And will this allow Rotterdam to profit more from the huge material flows that will continue to traverse the port and the city in the future?
The Atelier presents seven spatial development perspectives on the scale of the Metropolitan Region Rotterdam The Hague. They do not constitute an all-encompassing strategy, but a range of strategic and prototypical interventions that strengthen the regional manufacturing economy and thus contribute to an economically strong and socially inclusive urban region.
See also a summary of the atelier in Marco Broekman's website.
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