Experience Amsterdam

A positive coexistence between the quality of life and the quality of tourism

Master thesis (2016)

Authors

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L.M. Calabrese (mentor)
Department
Urbanism (Architecture and the Built Environment) (TU Delft)
Copyright: © 2016 Van der Burg, L.
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Published Date

21-06-2016

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Faculty

Architecture and The Built Environment

Department

Urbanism

Abstract

This thesis proposes an alternative way of urban transformation in Buiksloterham, Amsterdam. The city has gotten very popular in the last decades and attracts many new residents and tourists. It has created an imbalance between the two groups and it set the city for a task. In order to deal with the crowdedness the municipality tries to spread the tourists to its region and less visited neighbourhoods. In this thesis Buiksloterham is used as a site to develop a plan which makes a positive coexistence possible between resident and tourist. Through theoretical research in the quality of life and the quality of tourism spatial tools have been found to do this. The plan for the development of a part of Buiksloterham has been tied to the genius loci of the place and the city. The plan offers a high degree of individuality for its residents in a liveable area which enhances the social cohesion. The used urban typologies and cultural and recreational program provide the base for tourism in which the experience of the place is most important.