Framework for Flexible Planning: An urban strategy to support slow network oriented self-organization

Framework for Flexible Planning: An urban strategy to support slow network oriented self-organization

Christiaanse, S.

Calabrese, L. (mentor)
Berghauser-Pont, M. (mentor)

Architecture

Urbanism

2011-04-15

This graduation project offers an alternative to the tradition in top-down planning in the Netherlands. The test-case for this strategy is the transformation of former industry area ‘Schieoevers’ in Delft. Both a spatial framework and a policy framework are created to support bottom up development of this project location. The spatial framework is an urban design of the main networks and the policy framework are the rules for developing an area enclosed by this network. The bottom up development is a form of self-organization in which a group of private and public initiatives can develop an area (unit) of the project location. The ‘Schieoevers’ will be developed into a pedestrian-based neighbourhood with a mix of living and working on a small scale. The rules for self-organization should guide the development in this desired direction. To test the bottom up strategy for densification three games where organized to simulate the self-organization process.

urban planning
self-organization
bottom up
flexible
complexity
Collectief Particulier Ondernemerschap (CPO)
slow network
densification

http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:94db3651-2c53-443f-91f3-96e25f2589e0

Student theses

master thesis

(c) 2011 Christiaanse, S.