User Interview @ 20 Mar 2008 10:12 am by Peter Baker
Which infrastructural improvements do you anticipate for the districts, in which such arenas are going to be built?
Improved access by road and train. More green areas. Better cycle paths and more decorative traffic signs, such as the heart shaped pedestrian lights in Prenzlauer Berg.
Which personal benefits could be a result, in your opinion, from potential changes in social structure and job market situation?
A wider range of cheap restaurants.
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General @ 13 Sep 2007 12:08 pm by Robert Schmidl
The project What makes Shanghai Addictive is both event and exhibition and challenges the audience to satisfy their obsession to unique motifs and urban art. The basic idea is as simple as interesting: 14 Shanghai based graphic designers and artists asked themselves what makes Shanghai addictive and converted their ideas in a (photo)graphic way. What becomes clear is that there are many ways to see Shanghai…
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IULA @ 17 Jul 2007 04:28 pm by OMA
| Project title |
Almere Masterplan Urban Redevelopment |
| Place, country |
country Almere, The Netherlands |
| Project type |
Urban Masterplan |
| Client |
Municipality of Almere |
| Planners |
OMA - Office for Metropolitan Architecture, Rotterdam/
The Netherlands |
| Construction period or completion |
Stage 1 – 2005, Stage 2 – under construction |
| Area (hectares) |
15 |
| Costs (million Euros) |
not specified |
Almere is situated in the greater Amsterdam area and originally was a typical Dutch small town, of
low density and embedded into the surrounding countryside.
During the 1990’s, population rose annually, but the town lacked a parallel development of urban
structures. An urban development competition carried out in 1994 intended to start off the evolution of
a town centre. The urban masterplan resulting from OMA’s competition entry defined an entirely new
cityscape. Contrasting the extensive low-rise structure of Almere’s historic town centre, OMA proposed
large solitary volumes with a mix of housing, entertainment, cultural facilities, and commerce.
The first construction stage focused on the Weerwater area. As a result of the evident success of the
measures, a second construction stage was initiated, focusing on the commercial development in
the northern part of the planning area, where a shopping centre, entertainment facilities, housing and
office premises are planned. The design for Entertainment Centre Block 6 included in this stage of
construction was conceived and realised by OMA. Effected by the production of a dense functional
mix in the town centre, Almere has turned into a lively city.
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The development project in the Poblenou district of the city provides for a structural redevelopment of the old industrial landscape into a high-tech district based on the 19th century city plan.
The Poblenou district lies within the eastern sector of the Eixample, the Barcelona urban “extension” of 1859 designed by Catalan engineer Ildefons Cerdà. Cerdà had linked a clear geometric grid onto the mediaeval cityscape of Barcelona – a cityscape that continues to be held in high international regard. In the second half of the 19th century and first half of the 20th century entrepreneurs in Barcelona established a large number of industrial manufacturing plants, with the factories being located primarily in the Poblenou district.
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General @ 05 Mar 2007 10:57 am by Gesa Loschwitz
In 2050, 75 per cent of the world’s population will live in towns. Today, this figure is already 50 per cent whereas, a century ago, only one in ten people was a town dweller. Urbanisation is proceeding rapidly. And the consequences of this can be seen by visiting any of the world’s metropolises and, indeed, by visiting the 2006 Architecture Biennial in Venice. (more…)
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General @ 29 Nov 2006 12:42 pm by Benjamin Hartmann
Le Corbusier has been known as one of the architectural masterminds of modernity. Now, 40 years after his death, his last project “Sainte Pierre” is finallly finished. (more…)
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General @ 21 Nov 2006 12:04 pm by Sebastian Geib
Can you imagine streets without traffic signs? Dreaming of streets liberated from rules and directives, European traffic planners already harvest the first good results – seven European cities already do away with traffic signs.
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