Post on 17-Feb-2017
Prepared by Roberto Rocco Chair Spatial Planning and Strategy, TU Delft
SpatialPlanning&Strategy
TOWARDS A COMPETITIVE DELTA
METROPOLIS
Delft University ofTechnology
Urbanisation in the Netherlands, 2010
A NETWORKED CITY REGION
The Randstad, 1950SOURCE: RPB, VIA DOMINIC STEAD (OTB)
The Randstad, 2010SOURCE: RPB, VIA DOMINIC STEAD (OTB)
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Trends1. EXPANSION OF THE PORT OF ROTTERDAM INTO THE NORTH SEA (NEW
LAND) 2. DEVELOPMENT OF A HUGE TECH AGRICULTURAL AREA (WESTLAND) 3. INTENSE SUBURBANISATION OF THE AREA BETWEEN THE HAGUE AND
ROTTERDAM (NEW HOUSING) 4. TRANSITION OF ROTTERDAM FROM A PORT CITY TO A ‘CREATIVE CITY
WITH A PORT’ 5. LARGE EXPANSION OF UTRECHT AS A TRANSPORT HUB AND A
PREFERRED CITY FOR DWELLINGS AND DUTCH COMPANIES 6. EXPANSION OF THE SCHIPHOL AIRPORT 7. EXPANSION OF AMSTERDAM AS THE INTERNATIONAL GATEWAY TO THE
NETHERLANDS AND CULTURAL HUB/ HOUSING, CULTURE 8. THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW ISLAND (FLEVOLAND) WITH RAPID
EXPANSION OF HOUSING AND EMPLOYMENT (NEW CITIES)
SOURCE: TNO, BASED ON OECD/ EUROSTAT
SOURCE: TNOSOURCE: TNO, BASED ON OECD/ EUROSTAT
A Metropolis in the making
BUT DOES IT WORK AS A COHERENT URBAN SYSTEM?
IMAGE: MATT SMITH (CHERNOBYLBOB AT FLICKR)
Urban nodes working together?What unites them?
The Technical Networks Basic Infrastructure
In order to compete with other similar European city regions
✤ The internal coherence of the Randstad has to be reinforced,
✤ New and better spatial infrastructures have to be created or improved
✤ The Randstad needs to be known and identified as metropolis
✤ Or we can change the name of the region to Amsterdam
Regional Spatial Visions
Source: http://www.randstadnieuws.nl/24-vastgoed/121-visie-projectontwikkeling-en-stedelijk-wonen/1053-randstad-2040-visie-in-startnotities/
The Randstad 2040 plan
ROTTERDAM CENTRAAL
Large Metropolitan Projects Randstad
UTRECHT STATIONSGEBIED
SOURCE: VROM
DEN HAAG CS KWADRANT
CENTRAL STATION, DEN HAAG
WWW.DENHAAG.NL/.../NEW-RANDSTADRAIL-STATION-AT-CENTRAL-STATION.HTM
Examples Key Projects
CENTRAL STATION, UTRECHT
HTTP://WWW.STATIONSWEB.NL/STATION.ASP?STATION=UTRECHTCS
Examples Key Projects
Amsterdam Zuid-As
Location of the Zuidas
The “inner” ring road of the Randstad
CORPORATE CLUSTERS IN AMSTERDAM
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APS HUBS IN AMSTERDAM = DIFFERENTIATED CORPORATE CENTRALITIES/ DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS
Amsterdam Municipality Institutional Ad The Economist 2004
A Metropolis in the making• The commuting patterns between the
various nodes in the network should be reinforced by improving the connections between them.
• The ring is the structuring element.• The station areas are ideal places to
promote new kinds of urban centrality.
IMAGE: MATT SMITH (CHERNOBYLBOB AT FLICKR)
Province North Holland
GovernanceMinistry Infra &
Environment
Ministry Economic
Affairs
Amsterdam Urban Region
City of Amsterdam
PRORAIL
City of
Amsterdam
Directorate-General for Public Works and Water
Management (RWS)
Bureau Zuidas
Citizens associations
Housing corporations
Inhabitants of Amstelveen
KvK Amstelveen
Stakeholders
Waternet
Province North Holland
Rijkwaterstaat
Amsterdam Western District
Fire Brigade Amsterdam-Amstelland
Zuidas Development
Office
Real Estate Developers
People of Amsterdam
Other NGOs
Bureau Zuidas
• Current projects: tenders, self-build plots,
decision-making procedures
• Information
• Implementation
• Projects around Zuidas
• Themes such as traffic, green space and
sustainability
The industrial city
The Post-Industrial City
An open system
An open system
The Post-Industrial City Region
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