Towards one planet sport events

Towards one planet sport events

Pieters, S.K.G.M.

Asselbergs, M.F. (mentor)
Van den Dobbelsteen, A. (mentor)

Architecture and The Built Environment

Architecture

Explore Lab

2014-04-16

My graduation covers an inquiry into sustainability assessment and procurement for outdoor sport events and the function of the built environment to facilitate these specific temporary urban interventions. The research was used and tested on the World Rowing Championship that are organized in Amsterdam in August 2014. This research was used as a complementary addition to World Rowing’s efforts on sustainability policy and guidelines. For my graduation at the architecture faculty of the Delft University of Technology, I have conducted research on the potential of temporary urban interventions like outdoor sport events. Events have the opportunity to assess and enhance the urban metabolism, I therefore regard them as catalysts in this process and a platform for innovation and societal progress. As pivot in my urban design, the main building of the Bosbaan area is chosen as my graduation design. This building accommodates the functions of office space for the Dutch national rowing federation, a restaurant and meeting centre and the training facilities of the Dutch national rowing athletes. The building is situated on top of the boathouse of the national athletes and several other regional rowing clubs. The rowing venue facilitates the majority of Dutch rowing competitions and is the stage of the annual Dutch championships. To facilitate for these national events, the changing rooms and sanitary are integrated in the boathouse facilities as well. One of the main conclusions for the sustainable organization of an event is that the built environment - in the case of outdoor sport events most often an urban park - plays a crucial role in facilitating sustainability targets. These can only be achieved when (i) the venue is organized efficiently and (ii) the venue is well connected to the city fabric (by means of public transport, bikes, etc.). Under these two preconditions, a visit to an outdoor sport event is more sustainable than staying at home. Events, in this context, have the function to temporarily increase density in the urban park and increase the netto positive balance of the urban park sustainability accounting.

sustainability
rowing
Bosbaan

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Student theses

master thesis

(c) 2014 Pieters, S.K.G.M.