Design research into densification
OMOVA
Our research by design shows how we can best densify Amsterdam, and in particular the area around the Overtoom and Cornelis Lelylaan, in the coming decades and how densification can contribute to a more inclusive and sustainable living environment.
Goal
Creating an urbanisation alternative City around the center where we mainly worked out the area along the Overtoom-Lelylaan route.
Result
A research report that shows how densification can contribute to a more inclusive and sustainable living environment in the Overtoom.
Location
Amsterdam
Client
The municipality of Amsterdam
Collaboration
The municipality of Amsterdam
Periode
2020 January – September
Marco Broekman, Floris van der Zee, Yunshih Chen, Saskia Kleij, Jacopo Grilli, Katrin Schneider
Urbanisation alternatives
The City of Amsterdam is working with residents and professionals on the Environmental Vision 2050. It has developed three urbanisation alternatives: City around the center, City on the water, City on the landscape and railway. BURA has worked on the urbanisation alternative City around the center, mainly developing the area along the Overtoom-Lelylaan route.
Our research by design shows how densification can contribute to a more inclusive and sustainable living environment.
Densification as a tool
Our research by design shows how we can best densify Amsterdam, and in particular the area around the Overtoom and Cornelis Lelylaan, in the coming decades and how densification can contribute to a more inclusive and sustainable living environment. We also explain how the transformation can be shaped as an adaptive process in which the municipality works together with professionals and residents. This process enables step-by-step adjustments in the public space and infrastructure and ensures that new stakeholders are gradually involved in the process. In this way, many different people can find or make their own place in the city.
Interaction between top-down and bottom-up
In this study, we propose an approach where the interaction between top-down planning and bottom-up projects is strengthened. The government is drawing up a spatial framework in the form of a structure plan that makes spatial changes possible over time. It includes the structure of greenery, public space and mobility and facilitates possible transformations. From a bottom-up perspective, we are developing a location-specific toolbox that shows how and what kind of interventions can take place along the Overtoom towards Lelylaan station.
