Category: Streets & Spaces (page 2 of 3)

BYE BIKES, Shared Station Square

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Why | To solve bikes parking problems + unlock the square’s potential
What | Multi-analysis + process design + placemaking inspiration + masterplan sketch
Where | Amersfoort, the Netherlands
Who | For One Planet

I have been asked, together with partners from Zooow! Building Formats and Hogeschool Utrecht to help start the integral and sustainable improvement of the station square in Amersfoort. Very typical issue in the Netherlands: bike parking. There is not enough and it is not leaving any space on the square for other activities like dwelling, sitting, meeting, relaxing, waching performances or eating and drinking.

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RIJNLANDROUTE, Integrated Way and Park

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Why | To unblock a project by showing to citizens the new infrastructure can also be positive
What | Multi-analyze + vision + strategies + masterplan + concepts
Where | Leiden, the Netherlands
With | ABL2

Rijnland way is planned to unclog the western part of Leiden. It is running through fields and residential areas. Many residents are concerned and against the project. How to create a WIN-WIN situation?

Three design principles:
1. An easy and smooth way for an efficient flow (from A to B)
2. A route that creates qualitative places for residents and upgrades the environment.
3. A beautiful route that also creates financial value.

We have developed a vision to create added value instead of negative effects: “A continuous scenic route through the Rijnlandse (Rhenish) landscape that is a base and a connection to/for recreational activities for residents.”

The highway tuns into a park with numerous leisure facilities, walkways, cycling routes, beautiful landmarks and connections to the nearby rural and aquatic landscapes.

ST-JEAN, Main Street Management

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Why | To update the 5-years integral strategy of a main street
What | Analysis + process management + surveys + interviews + vision + strategy + action plan
Where | Rue Saint Jean, Ville de Québec, Québec, Canada
Who | For AGAF (shopkeepers association)

St-Jean street runs through the Faubourg St-Jean-Baptiste in Québec city. It is a lively shopping street but that can be improved. Within the Fondation Rues Principales, I assisted the Association of Business Traders and Shopkeepers to update their integral strategy for the five coming years. We got new data: customers’ needs and origin analysis, socio-economical profile, surveys, commercial composition and mix, accessibility.

We brought images and sheets and analysed them with volunteer shopkeepers. Together we formulated a mission and vision for the main street. We developed together an action plan for each of the aspects that benefit the prosperity of the main street: organisation (budget, planning, people), physical improvements (shop displays, architecture, public spaces), economical development (mix and composition of the supply), city marketing (promotion and animation).

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