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A presentation for a Truckplaza at the Maasvlakte in the Port of RotterdamTRANSCRIPT
PORT CITY PIONEER
PORT OF ROTTERDAM - JONGKIND JOHAN BERTHOLD (1857)
ECONOMICAL EVOLUTION
EMMA MÆRSK - 15.800 TEU
drives the development of the port of rotterdam
GROWTH THE COLONISATION OF AN ESTUARY
From fishing village to Mainport
In the 14th century, Rotterdam was still just a fishing village on the river Rotte; six centuries later, it is a port of global stature and the major port serving continental Europe. Today’s port and industrial complex extends from the city right up to the North Sea and covers around 5000 hectares of industrial land.
At the beginning of the 21st century, the port of Rotterdam is again reaching its limits. To the immediate west of the current port and industrial area, Maasvlakte 2 is being created in the North Sea.
MAASVLAKTE
a collection of artificial landscapes
LANDSCAPE LAYERSHARBOUR, INFRASTRUCTURE AND BUSINESS PLOTS
LANDSCAPE LAYERSHARBOUR, INFRASTRUCTURE AND BUSINESS PLOTS
harbour
industry
LANDSCAPE LAYERSHARBOUR, INFRASTRUCTURE AND BUSINESS PLOTS
infrastructure
LANDSCAPE LAYERSHARBOUR, INFRASTRUCTURE AND BUSINESS PLOTS
SLUFTER
DISTRIPARK 1
DISTRIPARK 2
BIRDVALLEY
places left over after planning
LANDSCAPE LAYERSHARBOUR, INFRASTRUCTURE AND BUSINESS PLOTSLANDSCAPE LAYERSHARBOUR, INFRASTRUCTURE AND BUSINESS PLOTS
SLUFTER
DISTRIPARK 1
DISTRIPARK 2
BIRDVALLEY
RECREATION & NATUREgreen belt
LANDSCAPE LAYERSHARBOUR, INFRASTRUCTURE AND BUSINESS PLOTS
The gradual development of the maasvlakte 2 over the course of the next twenty years brings in a large number of construction workers, civil engineers, businessmen and truckers.
GROWTH 2ND MAASVLAKTELIPSTICK ON A GORILLA
who are the visitors of the Maasvlakte?
COMMUNITIES
COMMUNITIESINFLUX OF PEOPLE
WORKERSMAASVLAKTE 2
TIME
PEOPLE
2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 20402010
0
4.000
8.000
12.000
16.000
WORKERSMAASVLAKTE 1
RECREATION MAASVLAKTE
TRUCKERS TRUCKPLAZA
TEMPORARY WORKERS MV2
6.000
2.5001.000
3.000
5.000
To accomodate these temporary communities we propose to create a temporary city on the Maasvlakte.
TEMPORARY CITYoasis in infrastructure for fleeting communities
Shibam (Arabic: مابش) is a town in Hadramawt, Yemen with about 7,000 inhabitants. Shibam is thought to have already come into existence by the 2nd century AD. It has been the capital of the Hadramawt Kingdom for several periods of time.
Shibam owes its fame to its distinct architecture, which now is on UNESCOs programme to safeguard the human cultural heritage. The houses of Shibam are all made out of mud bricks, but about 500 of them are tower houses, which rise 5 to 16 stories high,[1] with each floor having one or two apartments.[2] This technique of building was implemented in order to protect residents from Bedouin attacks. While Shibam has existed for around 2,000 years, most of the city’s houses come mainly from the 16th century. However, many have been rebuilt over and over again during the last few centuries.
Shibam is often called “the oldest skyscraper-city in the world” or “Manhattan of the desert”, and is the earliest example of urban planning based on the principle of vertical construction.[3] The city has the tallest mud buildings in the world, with some of them being 130 feet[4] (40 meters) high, thus being the first high-rise (which need to be at least 75 feet or 23 meters) apartment buildings and tower blocks (except perhaps for the insulae of ancient Rome). The tallest building in the city is the mudbrick minaret which stands at 175 feet (over 53 metres) tall.[2] In order to protect the buildings from rain and erosion, the façades are thickly coated and need to be maintained and frequently renovated by the inhabitants. The renovation can be completed by well-practiced workers within short time.
SHIBAMoasis in the middle of nowhere
panoramic view of Las Vegas in 1910
map of Las Vegas in 1908the Las Vegas Strip in 1895
LAS VEGAS, NEVADALAS VEGAS, NEVADA
Las Vegas (Spanish for The Meadows) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada, and an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and entertainment. A growing retirement and family city, it is the 28th most populous city in the United States with an estimated population of 603,093 as of 2008.
Established in 1905, Las Vegas officially became a city in 1911. With the growth that followed, at the close of the century Las Vegas was the most populous American city founded in the 20th cen-tury (a distinction held by Chicago in the 19th century). The city’s tolerance for various forms of adult entertainment earned it the title of Sin City, and this image has made Las Vegas a popular setting for films and television programs. Out-door lighting displays are everywhere on the Las Vegas Strip and are seen elsewhere in the city as well. As seen from space, the Las Vegas met-ropolitan area is the brightest on Earth.
195219231907
199519721967
urban growth Las Vegas 1984 urban growth Las Vegas 2007
the Strip Las Vegas 2008
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA
urban plan of slave city
waterwagenmale slave universityfemale slave university girls schematic, 2008
SLAVE CITY
Food for thought
SlaveCity can be described as a sinister distopian project which is very rational, efficient and profitable (7 billion euro net profit per year). Values, ethics, esthetics, moral, food, energy, economics, organization, management and market are turned upside-down, mixed and reformulated and designed into a town of 200.000 inhabitants.
The ‘inhabitants’ work for seven hours each day in office jobs and seven hours in the fields of inside the workshop, before being allowed three hours of relaxation before they sleep for seven hours. SlaveCity is the first ‘zero energy’ town; it is a green town where everything is recycled and a city that does not squander the world’s resources.
dining table for executivessleeping and eating for callcenter workersshowers for callcenter workers
red light district steelmini modular brothel woodenergy production scheme
SLAVE CITY
DISTRIPARKcentral hub at maasvlakte
The -not so succesfull- Distripark can function as a light urban core for the transient communities of the Maasvlakte.
DISTRIPARKNEED FOR DIVERSIFICATION
DISTRIPARKNEW ECONOMICAL IMPULSE
TRUCKPLAZA
HOTEL @ WORK
CONTAINERREPAIR
HARBOUR RELATED COMPANIES
TRAIN REPAIR
DIVERSIFICATION
The area of distripark -completely surrounded by traintracks- is the one constant variable in the development of the 2nd maasvlakte.
TEMPORARY CITYoasis in infrastructure for fleeting communities
Currently half of the businessplots is rented out.
TEMPORARY CITYoasis in infrastructure for fleeting communities
There are two main entrances to temporary city, connected with a central strip
TEMPORARY CITYoasis in infrastructure for fleeting communities
NEW TERRITORIES
The urban fabric grows with the expansion of the 2nd maasvlakte
TEMPORARY CITYoasis in infrastructure for fleeting communities
HOTEL@WORK
NEW TERRITORIES
To accomodate the workers on the 2nd maasvlakte and the factories a temporary hotel will be built on the edge of temporary city
TEMPORARY CITYoasis in infrastructure for fleeting communities
HOTEL@WORK TRUCKPLAZA
NEW TERRITORIES
Truckplaza will be positioned close to the a-15 highway and in the vicinity of hotel@work.
The truckplaza program can strengthen the distripark profile and act as an urban center for the temporary communities on the maasvlakte.HOTEL@WORK
NEW TERRITORIES
TRUCK PLAZAposition
SLUFTER
C3 DEPONIEC2 DEPONIE
BIRD VALLEY
DISTRIPARK MAASVLAKTE
MOTORCROSS
Between a rock and a hard place
The proposed location for Truckplaza is situated on the crossroads of the first and second Maasvlakte, on the brink of the most poisonous site in the Netherlands and a nature reserve area and amidst huge bundles of all kinds of imaginable infrastructure.
SITE STUDYpropsed locations
SITE STUDYpropsed locations
TARGET GROUPS
BeachguestsKite surfers
MV2 buildersCompany builders(Truckdrivers)(Harbourpersonel)(Boatsmen)(Boatwatchers)
BoatwatchersHarbour PersonelHarbourwatchers
TruckdriversHarbour PersonelBoatsmenOffice PersonelDistripark personel
Nature related guests
Main routetarget groups
Truckplaza is located in the centre of the infrastructure used by the various targetgroups.
This way not all the traffic-pressure is on the a15 highway-exit in the south.
HET GEZICHT VAN De Havennaar een coherente beeldkwaliteit voor de Haven
December 2007
LIPSTICK ON A GORILLA
“A world-class port should look like one”
main street
To strengthen the identity of Distripark and add to the collection of artificial landcapes we propose a green dike around Temporary City which can host public program.
public program
TEMPORARY CITYlandscape strategy
FLOWERFIELDsoft edges in a harsh environment
RAPESEEDsoft edges in a harsh environment
ASPHALT MOUNTAINlandscape of waste and flowers becomes architecture
All office programs are concentrated on a ‘business strip’ and programs linked to infrastucture are located under the outer ring dike.
Inbetween are the distribution centers with the internal customs lane.
TEMPORARY CITYurban scheme
com
mon
rail t
erm
inal
office strip
preg
ate
internal lane
container depot
train repair
truck plaza
temp.prog.
TEMPORARY CITYurban scheme
TEMPORARY CITYurban scheme
TRUCKPARKbeachhead for urban settlement
LOGICS OF LOGISTICS
- EFFICIENT TRAFFIC FLOWS- FLEXIBILITY OF PROGRAM- MINIMIZE TRUCK MOVEMENTS
A TRUCKERS PRIDE
- A HOME AWAY FROM HOME- SHORT WALKING DISTANCES- CELEBRATE TRUCKING
CRADLE TO CRADLE
- USE WASTE MATERIALS- MAKE BRICKS FROM SLUFTER- SELF SUFFICIENT WATER AND ENERGY SUPPLY
COMBINE COMMUNITIES
- CLUSTERING TARGET GROUPS- MAKE PUBLIC SPACE- CREATE SMALL POCKETS
based on the required program and the reality of the surroundings we devised four strategic aims for the development of truck plaza
TRUCKPARKbeachhead for urban settlement
PROGRAM TRUCKPLAZA
TANK SERVICES HOTEL
PARKING
PARKING
TANK
SERVICESHOTEL
PARKING
P
REST.
P
TANK
P
SERVICE
P
OFFICEP
HOTEL
P
1. LINEAIR
+ EASILY EXPANDABLE+ SHORT DISTANCES
- GROWTH PARKING LINKED TO GROWTH PROGRAM- FIXED WIDTH OF PROGRAM
2. CENTRIC
+ VERY SHORT DISTANCES
- NOT AN EFFICIENT ORGANISATIONAL PRINCIPLE- NO INTERNAL PROGRAM GROWTH
3. NETWORK/GRID
+ FLEXIBLE EXPANSION SCHEME+ DEDICATED FUNCTIONS
- LONG DISTANCES- LEFT OVER SPACES
The program calls for a ‘pioneer city’ with parking space for 400 trucks.
With the development of the second maasvlakte the city will grow and parking space is can increase to a 1.000 trucks.
GROWTH MODELS
The program can be clustered according to the time spent in each of it’s different elements.
Combining program makes an interesting public space where the interaction between users is central
PROGRAM CLUSTERING
WORK
RECREATION
OFFICEPERSONEL
TRUCK-DRIVERS
PROGRAM RELATIONS
PROGRAM RELATIONS
PROGRAM HOTEL@WORKrequirements
STRATEGY TRUCKPLAZAcombining programs
TRUCKPLAZA+
HOTEL@WORK=
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hotel@workafter MV2:parking for 400 trucks
parking for 600 trucks
gas station
fire station program truckplaza & hotel@work
recreation area
MAASVLAKTE MOTEL
hotel@workafter MV2:parking for 400 trucks
parking for 600 trucks
gas station
fire station program truckplaza & hotel@work
recreation area
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office hotel supermarketmedicalcantine
churchtruckplazarestaurant shops
growth
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