Module D2

Module D2

This module (which lasted 5 weeks) tackles the issue of urban interior: the interesting region between architecture and urbanism. The assignment was to redesign an area in Rotterdam around the S^t Laurens church. This area contains an urban square, a part of the river, an existing office building from the 1960's and an interior square used as a parking lot. The site is interesting because it borders on one of the major shopping streets in Rotterdam and a weekly major market, yet does not breath 'inner-city' quality.

Maximum green concept

D2_Square1

Early square concept (detail)

D2_Square2

Early square and garden concept

D2_Building

Redesigned ground floor of the office block. It now features (from left
to right) an artists corner, a gateway to the garden, a dojo and a cafe

D2_BambooPlanView

Schematic plan view of the bamboo garden

D2_BambooGarden

Sketches of bamboo garden

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