RingRing; ondergronds bouwen voor meervoudig ruimtegebruik boven en langs de Ring in Rotterdam en in Amsterdam

Vijf jaar promotieonderzoek naar de mogelijke inzet van ondergronds bouwen voor de inpassing van autosnelwegen leidde tot deze publicatie. Verkeerstunnels moeten de ruimtelijke kwaliteit rond de infrastructuur verbeteren en mogelijkheden bieden voor meervoudig ruimtegebruik. De Ring Rotterdam en de Ring Amsterdam staan model voor deze benadering. Beide Ringen zijn complexe snelwegen die meer dan eens parallel lopen met spoor- en metrolijnen. Hun omgeving is afwisselend groen en stedelijk en hun ondergrond wordt gekenmerkt door een hoge grondwaterstand en een geringe draagkracht, typerend voor het westen van Nederland. Vanwege deze bijzondere bodem is niet alleen naar ondertunneling gekeken maar ook naar overkluizing, waarbij voorafgaand aan het inbouwen van de weg de ondergrond eerst wordt opgehoogd. Het boek behandelt actuele plannen in Nederland en Europa, schetst in detail de ontwerpkeuzes bij het maken van ondergrondse wegen en zet de overwegingen uiteen bij het maken van ontwerpbeslissingen (veiligheid, kosten, kwaliteit leefomgeving, doorsnsijding en meervoudig ruimtegebruik). Deze generieke kennis wordt toegepast in twee specifieke opgaven: de Groene-Schakel over de A15 (zuidelijke Ring Rotterdam) en het DroogDOK voor de integratie van de A10 in de Zuidas (zuidelijke Ring Amsterdam). Tenslotte is verkend op welke plaatsen vanuit het huidig maatschappelijk en bestuurlijk perspectief het op beide Ringen zinvol lijkt om overkluizingen of ondertunnelingen te realiseren.Architectur

Architecture and the Built Environment: Research in Context 2003-2009

This publication provides an overview of TU Delft’s and Berlage’s most significant research achievements in the field of architecture and the built environment, produced over the years 2003–2009. The publication is produced in preparation for the Dutch 2010 research assessment exercise Architecture and the Built Environment. However, Architecture and the Built Environment – Research in Context is not just published to allow our achievements to be assessed. More importantly the book is intended to communicate those achievements. It provides a point of reference for research performance and excellence in architecture and the built environment. It can be read as a structured effort to establish a benchmark in our field.Architectur

The Pauluskerk: An unorthodox church in Rotterdam

The tale of the rebuilding of the Pauluskerk (St. Paul’s Church) in the Dutch city of Rotterdam is a multilayered story that blurs the lines between architecture, societal issues, policymaking and urban redevelopment. The original Pauluskerk was built in the late 1950s in a city centre that was still recovering from the damage it suffered during the Second World War. The church may never have received the attention it has were it not for Reverend Visser, who developed the church into a refuge for the outcasts of Dutch society: asylum seekers, homeless people and drug addicts. Visser’s activism eventually evolved into the Perron Nul (Platform Zero) initiative, through which he organized support for the addicted and indigent on a scale not seen before in the city. The close proximity of the Pauluskerk to Rotterdam Central Station and the controversy surrounding its mission brought it slowly but steadily onto a collision course with the renewal and redevelopment of the station area, which would eventually lead to the demolition of the original Pauluskerk in 2007 and the construction of a new church building as part of the CalypSO project, designed by British architect William Alsop. This article brings these story lines together to showcase the complex process involved in an inner-city urban development founded in the well-established practice of local democracy, where consensus-seeking is the norm, even when this crosses societal bordersUrbanismArchitecture and The Built Environmen

Eco-Wall Rotterdam The Hague Airport: final version October 2020

On November 7th and 8th 2019, the BauHow5 consortium organised a so-called Makeathon at TU Delft in collaboration with Rotterdam The Hague Airport (RTHA). The subject of the Makeathon was the Eco-Wall concept. The Eco-Wall aimed at reducing noise from airport ground operations. The Makeathon was part of the activities of an Erasmus+ sponsored project called Strengthening Architecture and Built Environment Research, or SABRE in short.100% ResearchUrban Desig

Architecture: Serious science by serious people

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Deconstructing Rotterdam's modern city centre

In the 20th century, the Dutch city of Rotterdam was radically transformed from a historic town into a modern city, becoming the selfacclaimed 'city of architecture', home to international architectural design offices, publishers and institutions. Although it is already 60 years after the destruction of the Rotterdam inner city, the city still struggles to be the vibrant, rigorous urban environment it needs to be in order to attract the so-called creative class. This article provides a contextual overview of the transformations of a number of key public spaces that are symbolic for the challenges the city faces. After the post-war reconstruction the city continuous to transform beyond modernism.UrbanismArchitectur

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Mind the evaluation gap: Reviewing the assessment of architectural research in the Netherlands

How the assessment of the scientific quality and societal relevance of Dutch architectural research has evolved to bridge the evaluation gap between design and engineering.UrbanismArchitectur

Sixties High-rise in Holland: Success and failure

During the 1960s, radical ideas emerged in Dutch urban planning. For the first time, the two major cities in the Netherlands engaged in building high-rise residential districts. If we understand this period as an experiment, then the cities of Amsterdam and Rotterdam produced opposite but exciting results. The uncompromising Amsterdam Bijlmermeer district grows into a problem area of national proportions. The more moderate Rotterdam Ommoord district, however, will be doing just fine. This article places the initial urban design features of those districts side-by-side for comparison. It provides insights into which design solutions work and which doesn't.100% ResearchUrban Desig

Modernizing Public Transport Interchanges: Rotterdam Centraal Case Study

This article provides an overview of the aims, topics, findings and main deliverables of the EU-funded NODES project. The NODES project investigates and evaluates tools that support the innovative design and operation of new or upgraded efficient urban transport interchanges. The key topics that are addressed in the project are illustrated by means of a review of the recently upgraded interchange in Rotterdam city centre.UrbanismArchitecture and The Built Environmen