residential sustainable car-free city
The Merwedekanaalzone is in transition from business park to a healthy, green and sustainable urban neighborhood. Within sub-area five, we shape the Rotor S location. Here a lively area emerges consisting of a mix of facilities and functions. The urban planning basis of the plan consists of open city blocks. A continuous green ground level brings the Merwedepark into the neighbourhood. Herewith we create a plan that is easily accessible, open and inviting. Trees, green facades and a roof landscape also gives nature experience on the higher layers.
The city blocks are composed of several buildings and have an articulated volumatic structure. This creates a fine-meshed structure that introduces the human dimension and scale. In height, we r...
- Location
- Utrecht, Netherlands
- Client
- AM, Synchroon
- Year
- 2017 - Ongoing
- Status
- Ongoing
- Program
- 140.000 m2 1.000 residences, 12.000 m2 other functions, primary school, health centre, retail, co-working spaces, 700 parking spaces
- Disciplines
- Architecture
- Urban Design
- Collaborators
- Eigenarencollectief Merwede
- marco.broekman
- OKRA landscape architects