Print Email Facebook Twitter New life for the Old Line: Design research to the integration of Stedenbaan / Transit-Oriented Development in local urban regeneration areas. Case: Oude Lijn Leiden region Title New life for the Old Line: Design research to the integration of Stedenbaan / Transit-Oriented Development in local urban regeneration areas. Case: Oude Lijn Leiden region Author Tjon Sie Fat, M.J. Contributor Van der Hoeven, F.D. (mentor) Rooij, R.M. (mentor) Van der Velde, J.R.T. (mentor) Faculty Architecture Date 2008-10-31 Abstract Because of its polycentric organization the system of the urban network of Randstad Holland is very much dependant on the connecting infrastructure lines between the sub agglomerations and urban centres. The use and efficiency of the infrastructure network has been the subject for debate for the last years, resulting in programs that consider strategies related to the American theory of Transit-Oriented Development, which refers to a regional network of higher density, mixed-use, living environments centred around public transport stops, to be one of the possible answers to the rising mobility and urbanisation problems, which are considered a major threat to the international competitive position of the Randstad. The Stedenbaan project in the southern part of Randstad Holland (Zuidvleugel) that deals with this issue, is about the improvement of the regional public transport system by 'regionalizing' existing national railway corridors with spatial developments along the network, which would have to add to the realisation of a single cohesive metropolitan area with a heightened level of interaction between functions. (Atelier Zuidvleugel 2006) Because of the fact that in many cases these lines run through existing built environments, the main focus of the developments will be in the framework of restructuring and transformation, which can be seen as the motive for this study. In this context, local neighbourhoods in the vicinity of railway infrastructure are going to be confronted with the regional scale if a new station will be realised together with a Transit-Oriented Development related strategy. In addition, the perspective of the large infrastructure within the city, often considered as physical and psychological barriers between city districts and exceptional elements in the urban tissue, will change. The main research questions of this thesis are: Can a regional programme as Stedenbaan, based on the principles of Transit-Oriented Development, be deployed for local urban regeneration? - How should we treat infrastructure barriers within this context? The study consists of two main parts: A Body of Knowledge, which consists of a theoretical framework and a documentation of the location-specific context (Atlas) and an implementation of its outcomes in a design case. The theoretical framework consists of a reflection on the existing theories and on Transit-Oriented Development and Stedenbaan and their backgrounds. The design case is about the Oude Lijn (Old Line) railway through the Leiden region, which will be used to host the Stedenbaan system, and the potential new station area of Leiden De Mors, of which it is mentioned to be realised in the period after 2020. Its location on a crossing of roads, waterways and railroads already provide enough complexity for a single design case. The Stedenbaan conditions will only add more complexity to this. Subject stedenbaan zuidvleugeltransit-oriented developmenturban regenerationurban designnetwork city To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:736c9774-9872-483a-ac17-29c3eec17f0d Publisher TU Delft, Architecture, Urbanism Part of collection Student theses Document type master thesis Rights (c) 2008 M.J. Tjon Sie Fat Files PDF arc_tjonsiefat_2008.pdf 57.98 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:736c9774-9872-483a-ac17-29c3eec17f0d/datastream/OBJ/view