Urban life. Integrating city and nature in the south of the Rotterdam metropolitan area by urban design.

This urban design graduation project is about integration of city and nature. In contemporary metropolitan areas nature and city form an interactive network. In this context the urban design discipline, which is traditionally focused on urbanization and sociology-economical issues, should also incorporate the natural system. The outcome of the project is an urban design for the south of the Rotterdam metropolitan area. The design shows a scenario for this area in which nature and urban regeneration benefit from one another. The starting point of the design is a governmental plan for a water connection ‘the blauwe verbinding’ that responds to several issues regarding nature, recreation and water management. Site-specific goals regarding urban regeneration were added to these. The theoretical angle for the project is the interface of urban design and ecology. In what way can urban design create conditions for biodiversity? Different approaches towards this were explored. A set of principles for ecological urban design is derived from the project.VeldacademieUrbanismArchitectur

Naar een kloppend hart: Gebruik en waardering van de buitenruimte in Hart van Zuid

Onderzoek naar het gebruik en de waardering van de buitenruimte in Hart van Zuid. In opdracht van de Gemeente Rotterdam, Projectbureau het Hart van Zuid.UrbanismArchitectur