The City at Eye LevelThe Plinth

“Sustainability”?

True sustainability:

• The Adaptable and Mixed City

• The Loved and Owned City

• The Public City

International learning communityStrategies for the City at Eye Level

85 co-authors, open source 35 cases internationally Criteria & 101 lessons for good

plinths Methods for planning, users,

property, management, revitalizing

90 Co-authors w Elijah Agevi w Mishkat Ahmed-Raja w Cecilia Andersson w Hans Appelboom w Emiel Arends w Frank van Beek w Frank Belderbos w Rogier van den Berg w Emily Berwyn w Willemijn de Boer w Nick Broad w Alessandra Cianchetta w Jose Chong w Mikael Colville-Andersen w Ciaran Cuffe w Richard Dobson w Vivian Doumpa w René Dutrieux w Paul Elleswijk w Gábor Everraert w Jos Gadet w Adriaan Geuze w Jan Gehl w Meredith Glaser w Arjan Gooijer w Peter Groenendaal w Sander van der Ham w Samar Héchaimé w Jeniffer Heemann w Mattijs van ’t Hoff w Paolo Horn Regal w Nel de Jager w Jeroen Jansen w Max Jeleniewski w Lotte Johansen Kaefer w Birgit Jürgenhake w Tanja Karg w Hans Karssenberg w Fred Kent w Berry Kessels w Joep Klabbers w Martin Knuijt w Lars Korn w Willem van Laar w Tine van Langelaar w Jeroen Laven w Willie Macrae w Kathy Madden w Camilla Meier w Thomas Melin w Norman Mintz w Eri Mitsostergiou w Thaddeus Muller w Peter Nieland w Renee Nycolaas w Kris Opbroek w Henk Ovink w Francisco Pailliè Pérez w Gerard Peet w Laura Petrella w Elizabeth Peyroux w Levente Polyák w Stefanie Raab w Solvejg Reigstad w Marlies Rohmer w Anna Robinson w Ben Ruse w Petra Rutten w Wies Sanders w Ton Schaap w Lai Shouhua w Filip Smits w Alexander Stahle w Stefan van der Spek w Jan van Teeffelen w Wouter Tooren w Marat Troina w Eric van Ulden w Gert Jan te Velde w Mark van de Velde w Tasmi Quazi w Klaas Waarheid w Robin von Weiler w Kees Went w Jouke van der Werf w Tony Wijntuin w John Worthington w Xu Yunfei w Arin van Zee w Kim Zweerink

SOFTWARE

ORGWAREHARDWARE

Pedestrian FlowsExperience

Placemaking

Programme

Wayfinding

Markets as Places

Plinths

Flexibility

The Hybrid SpaceStreets as

Places

The Sound ScapeResidential

Plinths

Long term Strategy

Street Coalitions

PlaceManagement

Reuse Vacant Plinths

Costs & Benefits

Quick Wins Experiment

SOFTWARE

ORGWAREHARDWARE

Pedestrian FlowsExperience

Plinths

The Hybrid Space

Long term Strategy

Quick Wins Experiment

privateprivate public space

privateprivate

public realm

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city at eye level

street plinth

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street plinth

STOCKHOLM

ANTWERP

Hybride zonesBRUSSELS

Hybride zones AMSTERDAM

Hybride zones

AMSTERDAM HYBRID ZONE

AMSTERDAM HYBRID ZONE

MUMBAI EQUAL STREETS INITIATIVE

ROCINHA RIO DE JANEIRO SELF GOVERNED STREETS

AMSTERDAM LEDGES

TOKYO MACHIYAMA = SPACECHI = ROADYA = SHOP

LONDON KING’S CROSS

PORTO ALEGRE 4o DISTRITO

MEXICO CITY #GALERÍABALLINDAMM

BUDAPEST NYITVA FESZTIVAL

GUANGZHOULITCHI BAY

SYDNEYFINER GRAIN

SEOUL HONGDAE 2009

SEOUL HONGDAE 2011

ZOHO ROTTERDAM: BEFORE

ZOHO ROTTERDAM: AFTER

ROTTERDAM PLINTH STRATEGY

ROTTERDAM PLINTH STRATEGY

ROTTERDAM PLINTH STRATEGY

“The street plinth may be only 10% of a building,

it determines 90% of the experience.”

Developer: short term profit focus

Cities“pavement focus

Building owner:“single tenant focus”

Users:“shut out street, blinds, fear”

Architects:“building focus

WHY GOOD PLINTHS ARENOT SELF-EVIDENT?

Hybride zones

HOW WE CAN GET IT RIGHT

Developer: longer term value focus

Cities“city at eye level focus

Building owner:“multi tenant focus”

Users:“connect with the street, hybrid zone”

Architects:“street focus

Los Angeles “Great Streets Toolbox”

Chicago “Complete Streets”

Toronto “Pedestrian Strategy”

Dublin “Your City Your Space, Public Realm Strategy”

Paris “La Rue en Partage”

Stockholm “Walkable City”

Rotterdam “Plinth Strategy”

UN Habitat “Streets as Places”

TOOLBOX - ANALYSING YOUR STREETS

Good buildings:

1. Many units 4-10 m, variety functions and reasons to visit

2. Veranda feeling, rich material, vertical orientation, not too much glass

3. Flexibility, plinth height > 4m, flexible land use plan

4. Good hybrid zone, transition private to public

Good streets:

5. Coalitions / street management

6. Green, density, clear entrances, wayfinding

7. Pleasure to walk in, balance car-pedestrians, comfort (wind, sun, sound, sitting)

8. Definition: height > half width, congruent street sides, tree canopy

Good contex:

9. Analyze the Pedestrian flows

10. Long term strategy and active partners

11. Analyze the position in the urban fabric: history, fine grid, networks

12. Public realm: connections to parks and plazas

CRITERIA FOR GREAT ‘PLINTHS’: THREE LEVELS

Good buildings:

1. Many units 4-10 m, variety functions and reasons to visit

2. Veranda feeling, rich material, vertical orientation, not too much glass

3. Flexibility, plinth height > 4m, flexible land use plan

4. Good hybrid zone, transition private to public

Good streets:

5. Coalitions / street management

6. Green, density, clear entrances, wayfinding

7. Pleasure to walk in, balance car-pedestrians, comfort (wind, sun, sound, sitting)

8. Definition: height > half width, congruent street sides, tree canopy

Good contex:

9. Analyze the Pedestrian flows

10. Long term strategy and active partners

11. Analyze the position in the urban fabric: history, fine grid, networks

12. Public realm: connections to parks and plazas

CRITERIA FOR GREAT ‘PLINTHS’: THREE LEVELS

Good buildings:

1. Many units 4-10 m, variety functions and reasons to visit

2. Veranda feeling, rich material, vertical orientation, not too much glass

3. Flexibility, plinth height > 4m, flexible land use plan

4. Good hybrid zone, transition private to public

Good streets:

5. Coalitions / street management

6. Green, density, clear entrances, wayfinding

7. Pleasure to walk in, balance car-pedestrians, comfort (wind, sun, sound, sitting)

8. Definition: height > half width, congruent street sides, tree canopy

Good contex:

9. Analyze the Pedestrian flows

10. Long term strategy and active partners

11. Analyze the position in the urban fabric: history, fine grid, networks

12. Public realm: connections to parks and plazas

CRITERIA FOR GREAT ‘PLINTHS’: THREE LEVELS

Good buildings:

1. Many units 4-10 m, variety functions and reasons to visit

2. Veranda feeling, rich material, vertical orientation, not too much glass

3. Flexibility, plinth height > 4m, flexible land use plan

4. Good hybrid zone, transition private to public

Good streets:

5. Coalitions / street management

6. Green, density, clear entrances, wayfinding

7. Pleasure to walk in, balance car-pedestrians, comfort (wind, sun, sound, sitting)

8. Definition: height > half width, congruent street sides, tree canopy

Good contex:

9. Analyze the Pedestrian flows

10. Long term strategy and active partners

11. Analyze the position in the urban fabric: history, fine grid, networks

12. Public realm: connections to parks and plazas

CRITERIA FOR GREAT ‘PLINTHS’: THREE LEVELS

SOFTWAREPedestrian Flows

Quality of shops, cafes, culture

Experience

ORGWARETools

Portfolio Management

Street Coalitions

HARDWAREBuildingStreet

Hybrid Zone

STREET WORKSHOPS

“PLINTH STRATEGY IS MUCH MORE THAN JUST FILLING AN EMPTY SPACE. IT’S ABOUT DEVELOPINGA STRATEGY THAT IS BASED ON CO-CREATION, FLEXIBILITY, CREATIVITY, PLACEMAKING,UNDERSTANDING THE ECONOMY AND BASIC URBAN DESIGN PRINCIPLES.”

INNER CITY STRATEGY

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