An urban development strategy for mixed-use office area transformation

Master thesis (2018)

Authors

S.C. Huijsmans Architecture and the Built Environment

Contributors

H.T. Remøy (supervisor 1)
E.W.T.M. Heurkens (supervisor 1)
Bart Snijders (supervisor 1)
Faculty
Architecture and the Built Environment
Copyright: © 2018 Simone Huijsmans
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Published Date

01-02-2018

Language

English

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Faculty

Architecture and the Built Environment

Abstract

Office vacancy has been a problem in the Netherlands for over decades. A large amount of the structurally vacant office metres can be found in monofunctional office areas – areas designed for offices only, focused on car users. A market shift in office demand has caused that structural vacant square meters in these office areas will not be rented. To reverse the tide of structural vacancy in these monofunctional office areas, transforming the area into a mixed-use urban area is a solution. Transformation on building level however does not contribute to solving the problems of safety and liveability of the whole area. Therefore an area-based approach is required. This research proposes an urban development strategy by showing the strategic activities that contribute to the transformation of a mono functional office area into a mixed-use urban area.