Future Node
Amsterdam Sloterdijk 2050
F.A. Dreesmann (TU Delft - Architecture and the Built Environment)
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Abstract
Amsterdam Sloterdijk currently can be best described as a desolate office-area next to a major multi-modal mobility hub. At the same time amsterdam at large is facing challenges it has never seen before. The city is getting over-crowded, housing prices have increased sharply, and the limits of it's mobility network are already reached. Continuing on the current path the city can simply not absorb the projected growth towards 2050. 'Future Node' proposes to leverage sloterdijk's underutilized potential by providing the critical mass to develop sloterdijk into one of amsterdam's new polycenters. Only in this way the city's growth can be absorbed whilst keeping it accessible.
the first intervention involves optimizing The infrastructural situation around Sloterdijk. The herein redirected ground-based tracks allow for a roundabout to smoothly connect the surrounding areas under the fly-over tracks, and directly connect the a10 to a underground transferium.
The building itself is a direct result of this infrastructural context. The outer diameter protrudes over the tracks to provide fronts in 3 direction, the inner diameter maximizes the central plaza. An interior network of passages let in light whilst providing the mixed-use building with a urban quality.
As such, future node will form the focal point of both mobility flows and urban life.