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Metropolitan Westerpark Amsterdam

The Grand Mosaic

Westerpark is a large park in the center of Amsterdam. In the coming years, many areas around the park will be redeveloped. This will have an important impact on the functioning and use of the existing public space. The urban quarters will be densified, and pressure on the public realm will increase. The existing Westerpark provides space for large scale public events. The ambient big complex of allotment gardens offers private yards. In both realms, communal spaces are missing. The dispersed collection of plazas and parks in the surroundings will not be able to fill this lack in the future, while the demand for these spaces will increase.

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Felixx explored the transformation of the Westerpark, from a city park to a metropolitan recreational  landscape.  "The grand mosaic" or Groot Westerpark becomes a park that connects neighborhoods and dispersed landscapes.

Four strategies are applied to generate a new coherent recreational landscape.

A new "superstructure" anchors the park within citywide slow traffic routes, linking existing cycling and walking networks. Being the unifying framework of the mosaic, this structure gets a recognizable and continuous profile.

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Current dispersed public realms are turned into characteristic parts of the mosaic. They facilitate a variety of uses and functions, creating a balance between quiet and busy places, for both individual and collective use.

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The interface between the superstructure and the mosaic tiles is emphasized by a ‘collection of jewels’, marking the entrances to the different parts of the park.

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Distinguished plazas are located at the ends of the superstructure. They mark the entrance to the park. They function as diverse facility platforms for the different communities, while connecting all of them to the park as shared identity carrier.

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Year

2016

Location

Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Type

Research, Masterplan, Infrastructure, Public Space

Client

Municipality of Amsterdam

Size

105 ha

Publications

Archello

Team & partners

Deborah Lambert
Michiel Van Driessche
Marnix Vink
Laura Spenkelink
Kim Kool
Willemijn van Manen
Andreas Ebert

List
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  2. Jonas Amsterdam
  3. K64 KEFLAVÍK AIRPORT AREA MASTERPLAN
  4. Rijnvliet, Edible Neighborhood
  5. Alongside the Schie
  6. New Space - Design Guideline Liveability of Public Space, Groningen
  7. From Airport to Birdport
  8. Brainport Industries Campus
  9. Hondsrug Park Amsterdam
  10. Railroad Zone Amsterdam
  11. Yangmeikeng Sea Boulevard
  12. Healthy Tracks
  13. Towards a healthy city by foot
  14. Floating Gardens, Amsterdam
  15. The Unbound Amsterdam
  16. Seaside Gardens, Gufunes
  17. Brainport Smart District Helmond
  18. The Swan, Zwolle (NL)
  19. Spatial Framework Blankenburg Süden, Berlin
  20. 'Typhoon-proof' Shenzhen's East Coast
  21. Circular City Bodø 2.0
  22. A green entrance for the airport
  23. Public Space Alpen
  24. Cartesius Quarter
  25. Isle of Dikes
  26. Smakkelaarsveld Utrecht
  27. Darmstadt Masterplan 2030+
  28. Bao’An G107 Corridor
  29. Master Plan Ter Aar, Nieuwkoop
  30. Waterfront Novosibirsk
  31. City Square Tyumen
  32. Almazov National Medical Research Centre
  33. Strategic Urban Green Study
  34. Public Space Strategy Kanpur
  35. Quartierlandschaft Dietenbach
  36. ImageWharf
  37. Ódinstorg Square
  38. Overloon War Museum
  39. Lokhalle Leverkusen
  40. Ludlstrasse Munich
  41. Yaanila Country Park
  42. Redevelopment Strategy Vogabyggð
  43. Villa Garden
  44. City life in the woods
  45. Schie Quarter Schiedam
  46. Socio-technical city of the future
  47. Buji River
  48. Vaskhnil Novosibirsk
  49. Precincts Canterbury Cathedral
  50. Maritime Campus Almere
  51. Resilient Riverscape Berat
  52. Sijthoff
  53. Strategic Plan Shkodra
  54. Ekaterinburg City Campus
  55. Transformation Strategy Gufunes
  56. Transformation Strategy Chelyabinsk
  57. Fish Market Leuven
  58. Zinder Culture Cluster
  59. Food Innovation Strip Ede-Wageningen
  60. S4 Highway Hangzhou
  61. Strategic Plan Fier
  62. Strategic Plan Elbasan
  63. Kronenburg Business Park
  64. Dharavi Mumbai
  65. Masterplan Smáralind Mall
  66. Urban Test Farm Emmen
  67. Ásbrú Enterprise Park
  68. Asylum Seekers Center Ter Apel
  69. Berlin Am Volkspark
  70. The Museum of the 20th Century
  71. Gardabaer
  72. Metropolitan Westerpark Amsterdam
  73. Science and Technology City Chongqing
  74. Yue Xiu 353 Transformation
  75. 5YN3RGY
  76. Erlongshan Recreational Park
  77. Danxia Recreational Park
  78. Campus Lelystad
  79. Proto Tamansari
  80. City Gardens Tyumen
  81. Park Somerlust Amsterdam
  82. Agricultural Innovation Campus
  83. Bandar Lampung Park
  84. R&D Campus Fengxian
  85. S-West Eindhoven
  86. Biodiversity based dairy farming
  87. Heidelberg Creative Quarter
  88. MASTERPLAN FLORA CAMPUS WESTLAND
  89. FROM NODE TO PLACE
  90. Barendrecht Vrouwenpolder
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