Cultivating Spatial Diversity

Cultivating Spatial Diversity: The Nieuwe Binnenweg Forum

Birchall, Callum (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)

Baciu, D.C. (mentor)
Koskamp, G. (graduation committee)
Smidihen, H. (mentor)

Delft University of Technology

Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Complex Projects

Nieuwe Binnenweg Forum | Hotel New York

2021-07-06

Today, Rotterdam’s city is observed as a mosaic of diverse cultures representing various characters and atmospheres. Recently, the research ‘Coming to Terms with Superdiversity: The Case of Rotterdam’ gives a historical account of Rotterdam’s diversity since the 1600s to present day to try and understand how diversity formed and shifted within society. The findings recorded are represented through interviews, empirical graphs and maps highlighting ethnicities, incomes and other social sciences. However, do not investigate how diversity exists within architecture and form. Therefore, this study uses the knowledge gained from ‘Coming to terms with superdiversity’ to understand how spatial diversity forms in the built environment, explicitly questioning ‘How can understanding the temporality of spatial diversity inform the way we design new spatial interventions?’. The question is tackled by creating a catalogue of maps based on the lessons learnt and new parameters to investigate the most spatially diverse area within the Western Archipelago site (WA). Thus, the series of maps create a visual narrative of the existing spatial diversity and enables the user to generate a design framework by highlighting critical areas for development and design potentials.

Diversity
Spatial Diversity
Superdiversity
Rotterdam
Nieuwe Binnenweg
Delfshaven
Middelland
Theatre
Performance
Public Square
Heemraadsingel
Culture Mapping
Temporal Spatial Analysis

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Student theses

master thesis

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