Title: Crown Town: Rooftop architecture for urban densification and greenification
Abstract:With cities reaching their expansion borders it becomes more important to find other ways to grow like expanding within the existing core. Densification becomes more relevant, so new and creative ways...With cities reaching their expansion borders it becomes more important to find other ways to grow like expanding within the existing core. Densification becomes more relevant, so new and creative ways of urban planning are needed. With more functions and people using the same city area, the pressure on public space and urban green increases. It's therefore inevitable to incorporate this urban green in densification strategies. City roofs provide an abundance of unused floor space that can be used for a more dense and greener city. For this project a three story rooftop village is designed on top of office building Weesperstaete at Weesperplein, Amsterdam. A generic steel frame is created that’s connected to the existing structure, in which 20 qualitative living units, five green typologies, greenhouses and paths are added. All inhabitants have their own private green, while sharing the semi-public green. Because of the voids and stairs all floors can easily communicate, which enhances the social life in the roof village community. (Additional research mentoring on green roof technology by Ir. Daan de Leeuw -De Dakdokters, Amsterdam- and structural design mentoring by Ir. J.C. Daane, TU Delft)Read More
Publication Year: 2014
Publication Date: 2014-07-01
Language: en
Type: article
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