Amsterdam 2040: 3 case studies from vision to realization

The students in the workshop will be divided into three teams, each responsible for documenting one of the three case study new districts. During the workshop they will have guided site visits, meetings with relevant city planning agencies, design firms and community groups to learn about the planning, implementation and built results of their study area projects.

The three case studies areas have been selected because they are newly developed districts which represent three different conditions of planning: 1] high-density at a new intermodal transit hub, medium-density at the city center and low-density at the city edge (see descriptions in the additional materials). Each case study has a unique set of conditions and strategies to address the six spatial tasks listed in Amsterdam’s Structural Vision Plan 2040 including: › Densify, ›Transform, › Public transport on a regional scale, › High quality of public space, › Invest in the recreational use of green space and water, › Converting to sustainable energy.

In addition to city planning agencies, students will visits institutions, including Delft University of Technology and may include, as well, some of the primary urban design firms involved in the master planning and architecture of the three case study projects: De Architecten Cie., MVRDV, Felixx Landscape Architects and Planners, Arcadis.