MUSEUMPARK - ROTTERDAMGUSTAFSON PORTER - 17.02.2015

EMPTY/FULLVision area318˙000 m2

Cool District

Residential areaOude Westen -Middeland

Central BusinessDistrict

Erasmus MC

Built Spaces

OPENSPACESSquares + Piazzas

Green AreaParksGreen Links

Water

Waterfront

RAILWAYCentraal Station

15 minutes walk

METRO

TRAM

BUS

CYCLE ROUTESCycle distancebased on 12km/hspeed

PUBLICTRANSPORT

Metro

Railway

Bus

Tram

Relevantinterchanges

CONTEXTHoboken District1. Gesloten

Bouwblokken2. Coolhaven3. Medische en

Educatievevoorzieningen

4. Cultuur rondMuseumpark

5. Westersingel6. Maastunneltracé7. Parkhaven8. Het Park9. Parklaan en

Scheepskwartier

SurroundingNeighborhoods

10. Nieuwe Werk11. Stadsdriehoek12. Centrum13. Oude Westen14. Middelland

PEDESTRIANROUTES

Squares

Central avenue

Shoppingpromenade

Waterfront

Boulevard

Green network

CARPARKINGSWestersingel 56

Westzeedijk 112

Wytemaweg 42

Rochussenstraat 68

Jongkindstraat 15

Museumpark 31

Disabled parking

BARRIERS

Het NieuweInstituut

Erasmus MC

Westerdijke

WestersingelBuildings

PARKELEMENTSA. Parking entrance

B. Canal axis

C. Contamier Building

Plaza

D. Parking square

E. Romantic garden

F. Museum Street

G. Museum Boijmans

Sculpture Garden

H. Rose Garden

I. Church yard

J. Private Gardens

K. Rehabilitation center

L. Water terrace

M. Event space

N. Poplor Avenue

O. Villa Gardens

P. Hospital Garden

Q. Community Garden

R. Primary path axis

PROPOSAL

NORTH-SOUTHAXES

A. Canal axis

B. Kunsthal axis

C. Central axis

D. Museum Boijmans

E. Garden axis

F. Westersingel axis

axis

EXTENDED N-SAXES

NEWCONNECTINGE-W AXES

A. Museum Street

B. Erasmus MC /

C. Westzeedijk axis

axis

Wetersingel axis

PROPOSAL

A. Museum Street

B. Erasmus MC /

C. Westzeedijk axis

axis

Wetersingel axis

H

I

SITEENTRANCES

NEW PROPOSEDENTRANCES

A. Jongkindstraat

B. Wytemaweg

C. Erasmus MC

D. Natuurhistorisch

Museum

E. Kunsthal

F. Westzeedijk

G. Witte de

Withstraat

H. Westersingel

I. Nieuwe Binneweg

WITTE DE WITTSTRAAT ENTRANCE

1. Museum Street transitions from city street with

parking to wide open space with little definition to

major street / hospital entrance;

2. There is no sense of stopping the movement to

create a restful contained space to meet, rest + enter

the park and museums;

WITTE DE WITTSTRAAT ENTRANCE

B

ACDE

F F

Before

After

A. Create an entrance plaza on the

Westersingel;

B. Remove parking to create a wider path and

planted border;

C. Remove parking to the Sputh side of

Museum Street and create a shared surface;

D. Provide an entrance to the Boijmans

Museum;

E. Create a plaza as a meeting, waiting, resting

space for entry to the museums and the

park;

F. Create a park entrance dedicated to

reaching the park;

JONGKINDSTRAAT

1. The street has a suburban feel – the Nieuwe Instituut

acknowledges the scale of the villas;

2. There is no sense that the street leads to an

important city park or museum;

3. The double line of cars don’t acknowledge the

importance of the green space as a place for

temporary interventions;

4. A secondary route to the elevated promenade, farm

building + high street doesn’t exist;

5. The Collection building will add a new scale of

building to the view. Trees in the foreground will play

an important role in making it recede;

A. Remove parking to create a planted route;

B. Create a new pedestrian crossing to the Nieuwe Instituut;

C. Provide more stepped and ramped access to the elevated promenade and covered market;

D. Provide direct route beside installation space to Museumpark Plaza;

E. Create a plaza as a meeting, waiting, resting space for entry to the museums and the park;

B

A

C

D

D

E

Before

JONGKINDSTRAAT + NIEUWE BINNEWEG ENTRANCEAfter

WYTEMAWEG

1. The space is wide open and has no sense of

hierarchy, entrance, or occupation;

2. This entrance will provide the most complete view of

the Collection building;

3. The entrance is dominated by movement and the

hard surfaces don’t give a sense of entering a park or

important civic space;

B

A

C

D D

E

F F

G

A. Create a sheltered terrace;

B. Provide a glass pavilion within the Nieuwe Instituut promenade;

C. Create a stepped sun terrace;

D. Turn the water terrace into an aquatic garden with boardwalks;

E. Create a plaza as a meeting, waiting, resting space for entry to the museums and the park;

F. Create a park entrance dedicated to reaching the park;

G. Mound the ground to provide a park landscape that faces the collection building;

WYTEMAWEG ENTRANCE

Before After

G- mound the ground to provide a park landscapethat faces the collection building

BA

CD D

EF F

G

Proposal: Create a Park Entrance

B- Provide a glass pavilion within the NIpromenade

C- Create a stepped sun terrace

D- turn the water terrace into an aquatic garden

E- create a plaza

D- with boardwalks

HET NIEUWE INSTITUUT

Before

HET NIEUWE INSTITUUT

After

ERAMSUS MC PASSAGE

1. The bridge enters a building at ground / first floor

levels, giving no sign of being a public route, or

entering the park;

2. Once on the hospital podium it appears there is no

route out;

3. The level changes will always act as a deterrent to

frequent popular use;

AB

CD

E

A. New bridge to match Westersingel bridge/entrance;

B. New path, a base of slope to access water gardens;

C. Mirror wall relocated to address level change;

D. New canal edge walk/link between collection building and Erasmus MC entrance;

E. Timber boardwalk/terraces and water garden to create a landscaped + give the park a new territory;

ERASMUS MC PASSAGE

Before After

E- timber boardwalk/terraces to create a landscape andgive the park a new territory

A- new bridge to match Westersingel bridge

B- new path at base of slope to accessthe water gardens

C- mirror wall to address level change

D- new canal edge walk and link between collectionbuilding and Erasmus MC entrance

ABC

D

E

ERASMUS MC

Before

ERAMUS MC

After

WESTZEEDIJKE – WEST ENTRANCE

1. The Natural History Museum appears isolated by

hard surfaces vehicle movement + parking;

2. The small park is dominated by the hospital;

3. The dijk presents a major 5m high barrier and

engineered form to the park;

A. Surround by more green;

Before

After

WESTZEEDIJKE – WEST ENTRANCE

B. Create a green screen;

C. Create a hanging garden/green

wall;D. Provide a ramped route through

plants on slope;

E. Create a Nature Trail;

F. Provide trees on street to signify park;

G. Remove Parking to Hospital area only;

WESTZEEDIJKE

Before

WESTZEEDIJK

After

A- surround by more green

B- create a green screen

C- create a hanging garden/ green screen

D- provide ramped route through plants on slope

E- create a nature trail

F- provide trees to signify park on street

KUNSTHAL

1. The Kunsthal ramp gives no view to the park from the

street;

2. From the park the ramp looks steep, hard and narrow;

WESTZEEDIJKE – EAST ENTRANCE

1. The Westzeedijk presents a major 5m high barrier

/engineered form to the park;

2. The ramped route is dominated by access + parking;

3. The rear wall of the monument isolates the church

area of the park giving a back of house feel;

4. The narrow but most important path in the park ends

in a service bay;

WESTZEEDIJKE – EAST ENTRANCEBefore

After

A. Create a defined open space on axis with church;

B. Create a green screen behind the monument

and buildings;

C. Provide trees to signify park on the street;

D. Create a clearly defined pedestrian route

through plants to the central axis path;

E. Reduce parking to minimise the service bay;

F. Create a more compact parking area;

G. Park circuit/exercise trail;

WESTERSINGEL ENTRANCE

1. The potential to create an entrance between the two

white villas needs to feel public without being an

intrusion

2. The car park requires a landscape approach with an

axial view to the canal

3. The car park needs to be screened from the park

A

BCDE

Before

After

WESTERSINGEL ENTRANCE

A. Remove street parking to widen

pavement and place existing trees in

planted edge;

B. Create a new gated entrance between

hite art villas;

C. Create new tree lined axis to mark

presence of route;

D. Create seating terrace and planted screen

to hide cars;

E. New gated bridge on existing path

alignment;

WESTERSINGEL

Before

WESTERSINGEL

After

A. Create a defined open space on axis with church;

B. Create a green screen behind the monument and

buildings;

C. Provide trees to signify park on the street;

D. Create a clearly defined pedestrian route through plants

to central axis path;

E. Reduce parking to minimise service bay;

F. Create a more compact parking area;

G. Park circuit/exercise trail;