Carbon Design Bottlenecks: An Empirical Taxonomy Of The Challenges Integrating Carbon Data In The Architecture Practice

With the growing demand for sustainable accountability, the European Directive 2014/24/EU (EU 2014) pushes architects to deliver Building Information Models (BIM) as a part of procurement processes for public buildings. In the Netherlands, BIM model data is relevant to the building permitting process, which involves an environmental performance...

Design of Co-creation in Rotterdam Central Station (1996-2007): Architecture and urban design roles in the multi-stakeholder collaboration

This article explores the pivotal role of design as a decision-making tool within multi-stakeholder collaborations, focusing on the early phases of the Rotterdam Central Railway Station and its surroundings project. Spanning from 1996, when it gained National Key Project status, to 2007, when construction commenced, this period precedes the...

Station City Integration in China: Towards Mobility Resilience and Public Space Flexibility

Introduction: In China, Station-City Integration is proposed by the design academy in China to solve problems and add value. This research focuses on urban design for the redevelopment of Old Major Railway Stations in Megacities in China.<br/><br/>Problems &amp; Goals: From our focused cases, two problems are discovered: Stuckness and congestion...

Stations as a lever for inclusive growth

The spatial impact of train stations on small and medium-sized European cities and their contemporary urban design challenges

After a decade marked by the renewal of grand European high-speed railway stations, today, a second wave of station renewal is at hand. This paper argues the importance of the train station in the historical development of smaller cities. Based on comparative research of recent best practices, the contemporary urban design challenges of...

Post-pandemic and urban morphology: Preliminary research perspectives about spatial impacts on public realm

As Covid-19 evidence, urban density[*] proved to be a health risk factor,<br/>reclaiming the rethinking for higher sustainability. The investigation on<br/>post pandemic strategies in the metropolitan cities of Milan and Rotterdam<br/>shows emergent modes of spatial re-appropriation towards better<br/>risk adaptiveness.<br/><br/>Come evidenza...

The station of the future: Amsterdam’s stations in transition

In contemporary mobile society, stations are becoming much more than just a place to get on and off trains or other modes of transport. Stations are places to work, do business, meet, shop and relax. They not only link different modes of transport at several levels (local, regional, national and international) but are also ‘urban’ connectors...

AMS MID-City Research

The Randstad and Grand Paris: New Metropolitan Challenges

Mobility as a Driver of Urban Change

Undoubtedly there is an unbreakable relation between the changes in human mobility and the appearance of our cities. A town for pedestrians and horses has different physical characteristics than our contemporary city. Over centuries, European cities have developed into what they are now, strongly influenced by military, political, cultural and...

The Workshops at Atelier Néerlandais

Introduction: Stations as Nodes: Exploring the role of stations in future metropolitan areas from a French and Dutch perspective

Introductie: Stations als knooppunten—onderzoek naar de rol van stations in toekomstige grootstedelijke gebieden beschouwd vanuit een Frans-Nederlands perspectief

Gateway Sloterdijk 2050

Project description of the group of participants to the summer school Integrated mobility challenges in future metropolitan areas: the case of Amsterdam Sloterdijk.

Summer School Integrated mobility challenges in future metropolitan areas: 4 teams × 4 scenarios

Stations of the future: New Urban Paradigms

Stations as landmarks, districts and transfer machines.

(Before) station design: A lesson learnt from North European Project processes

European high speed railway, understanding design contradictions for long-term urban architecture strategy

Research and practice: The European High Speed Station

The practices of planning and architecture are undergoing considerable transformation especially for urban developments asso-ciated to infrastructural changes. This paper considers the proliferation of high-speed railways in Europe as a research opportunity to better understand the practice of complex interventions. Strategic sites such as...