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Team Brainpark
With high density and vibrant city life as a goal but with sustainable urban development as a must, we propose to make the best of both worlds in close proximity. A dense, multi-functional city organized compactly around a vast public park. We propose a minimal change to the existing layout and focus on the border of public versus private in order to team up with the different stakeholders of the park. The top-down focus of the master plan lies on a strong landscape element marking the border of the park. In order to prevent the high density of Brainpark to become an urban heat-island the different plots work together in redirecting all rainwater to the central park where it is stored and used. The park acts as a veritable urban air conditioner for the whole district.
Type Strategy, Master plan
Program District with housing, offices, public functions, public spaces incl. park 100x300m
Location Rotterdam – NL
Status Competition, 1st. Prize
Year 2019
Client Europan Europe, Municipality of Rotterdam
Team Wouter Keizer, Ule Koopmans, Douwe Strating, Lieke de Jong, Anna Dekker
Images Keizer Koopmans, Douwe Strating, Charley dos Santos