AI Park - science park artificial intelligence center

AI Park - science park artificial intelligence center

Hu, Qiongjun (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)

Caso, Olindo (mentor)
Jennen, Pierre (mentor)

Delft University of Technology

2019-01-31

During the first two phases of the project, research has been conducted primarily at a preliminary phase where various scales of urban analysis are chosen and a number of precedents studies are taken into place. This preliminary phase has been given a specific theme - transportation, thus various types of transport are selected for the topic in order to under how Amsterdam runs on this contemporary traffic system, and what kind of problems have been posted by these transports. From the city scale to the regional scale, group members are dedicated to various tasks. Hence, the personal focus on the technology - AI is framed by the context of Amsterdam Science Park and the governmental future project for the AI campus. The research initiated with the given conditions of the Science Park station and the future scenarios of both scientific community and neighbouring community. This had led to an investigation on the topic of ‘border/boundary’ condition that set be the existing infrastructure - train dike. This 6-meter high structure has currently posted some urban issues where it limits both communities and their potential growth in the entire region of Watergraafsmeer. Science Park as a technological and academic quarter of the city is deemed significant, however, the identity of the Science Park is being treated as the conventional technology parks in other cities that most of these parks do not closely participate in the daily life of the city. This problem is what the train dike has been causing the Amsterdam Science Park being over isolated (though its location is comparably closer to the city center). This urban analysis has opened up a lot of opportunities by allowing clear and flat urban penetration from both side of the communities and merge at the location of current train dike. The preliminary research has set the foundation and characteristic of the design project which influences many design decisions in the later phases.

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Student theses

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