Master Plan for Eilandje(2002)

By the 1980´s, Eilandje had become a rather abandoned and rundown neighborhood. The derelict neighborhood was known for its empty warehouses, low-income housing, some light industry and storage, as well as illegal activities such as prostitution.

Buro 5 Maastricht – Provincial Spatial Structure Plan, was approved in 2002. The plan aimed to connect public authorities with private parties to jointly realize the project and had the general purpose of physical, economic, and social regeneration of a declining urban waterfront neighborhood.

There are two phases to develop. The first contains three projects: South Eilandje – Oudedokken, West Eilandje – Montevideo, and East Eilandje –Cadixwijk. The second phase contains two potential projects on the north side of the development area: Droogdokkeneiland and Mexico-eiland (Pic 1).

(A-Droogdokkeneiland; B-Mexico-Eiland; C-Montevideo; D-Cadixwijk; E-Oudedokken)

With the preparations for the redevelopment of Cadixwijk, the city today has arrived at the last stages of phase I, which also entailed the Oudedokken (Bonaparte dock and Willem dock) and Montevideo. Phase II comprises of Droogdokkeneiland, Mexico-Eiland.

Museum on the River

Project Droogdokken

Kattendijk Towers

New Haven House

...to be continued

Hope that it is useful...

Muyang

Fieldwork in Antwerp

The students have been spending 4 days in Antwerp attending lectures and biking around the Green Single. The single is a challenging area, and in order to understand the single as a whole, the students are now divided into 6 groups. Each group will be looking at one strategic site along the single. Each group will also be mapping one theme troughout the entire single. The strategic areas are identified as : New South (Nieuw Zuid), Mastvest, Berchem Station, Rivierenhof Park, Albert Kanaal/Lobroekdok/Park Spoor Noord, and finally the docklands in the north. The themes the students are mapping for the entire singel is : location of cobble stones and green, parking, water, identify ruptures and mobility, map out the neighbouring buildings front/back relationship to the single and topography and drawing up 13 sections where the bridges are today.