A city park on top of shops and a dike
Peter van Veelen (TU Delft - OLD Urban Compositions)
Mark Voorendt (TU Delft - Civil Engineering & Geosciences)
C van der Zwet (Van Hattum en Blankevoort)
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Abstract
The Roof Park ('Dakpark’) is
an elevated park on a former railway yard in the Delfshaven quarter in
Rotterdam. The park is located on top of the roof of a new shopping centre,
which includes a parking garage (hence its name, ‘dak’ means ‘roof’). The park
is the largest green roof in Rotterdam and one of the largest in the
Netherlands. The park offers a playground, communal garden and a Mediterranean
garden with an orangery (figure 9). The Roof Park is 1,000 m long and 80 m
wide. The park is situated 9 m above street level. There is 25,000 m2 retail spaces
under the city park, and the structure includes a car park with space for about
750 cars. The gardens bring more nature to the district, and the project as a
whole has provided more employment. The Roof Park is combined with a dike, the
‘Delflandse Dijk’, that is part of dike ring 14, which protects the urban area
of the Randstad.