DESIGN URBANISM, quantity demands

The main focus of the urbanism plan is to create an area in which dwelling units find a natural cohesion with ateliers and workspaces. A building enviroment that within some regulation gives the possibility to people to create their own living- and workingspaces.

Some buildings that will have to disappear:

• VZA blocks (verenigd ziekenvervoer Amstardam)
• Temporal buildingtypes

Some functions that will have to disappear:

• VZA, to much interference with future dwelling units
• In the future the prison function, building can be reused

New buildings/functions

• Buildingblocks along the Olympische gracht
• Combined work/living units in the trainzone
• Appartmentbuildings along the Schinkel
• Tram garages for the trammuseum
• The GlobeSpot
• Cafe
  
• Playground
• Public Transport station
• Water related function
  

DESIGN URBANISM, plan

The Urban Plan can be divided in parts

• The part along the Olympische Gracht once planned as a part of 'Plan Zuid' and the Olympic Village.
  
• The square just behind the Haarlemmermeerstation with the GlobeSpot, the Tram Museum and a play ground for children
• The part that is now so typical because of its ateliers, garages and other temporal buildings
• And the last part that opens up to the Schinkel

The emphasis is on the middle part where a good mix between ateliers, small businesses and dwellings should result in a vivid creative atmosphere.

DESIGN URBANISM, basic principle

The Urbanism Design finds its base within the area located on the back of the old Haarlemmermeerstation. This once was the train station connection Amsterdam to Haarlem and Leiden. In its periphery there is a piece of the city that we could describe as a splinter of the urban fabric. The image of empty garages and temporary small buildings is confronted with immense buildings like a tram garage and a prison. Within the smaller structure there is not only small businesses but also artists find their home. Despite its vivid use it is still a no go area. To change this it is important not only to esthetically change its appearance but also introduce more evening used facilities and public buildings.
Down here a foto of the area.

just a taught - COLLUMN

"What if I would use one basic collumn set up to construct the whole building? I would have a very simplified constructionscheme for many different situations and make is cheaper."

EXTERIOR impressions

This are some impressions of the exterior of the building. Because the building is not a very iconic building a multiple small corners are much more interresting than an overview. The first shows the slope towards the entrance, the second a sideview in which you can clearly see how the building dissapears between other buildings, the third a part of the topview and the fourth the entrance.

PLANS

The basic setup of the plans can be characterised in 5 steps:

1. Long horizontal layed out lines with 3 m. distance from each other.
   
2. Differentiation in distance between the walls with an underlaying grid of 0.75m x 0.75m.
3. Three specified corridors, one for the hotels, one for the offices and one that connects both.
4. Buildings surrounding the plot. One excisting and 4 new introduced.
5. Introducing specific spaces with specific functions along the corridor.

The schemes do only represent the principle and not the final plans.

INTERIOR impressions

Here are three interior impressions of the Globe Spot. The first representing a part of one of the corridors, the second the cafe and the third the livingroom above the cafe.