Hans van der Made

Senior Planning & Urban Design

Creating New City Life

Amsterdam
 IJoevers Waterfront
The great make over
Harbour West

IJburg

Metroline

Zuidas

Schiphol Airport
 New Centralities

European Context
A New Amsterdam at the IJ

IJ-burg
Eastern Docks

IJ-oevers

1979-1980 Start, initiatives, symposia, public debate

1981-1983 Competition Oosterdok
1985-1987 Masterplan, enlargement plan area, acquisition
1989-1991 Masterplan waterfront, program
1992-1994 Participation market, PPS, zoningplan
1995-1996 Redefinition: strategy, organisation, communication
1996-1998 Public space plan: leading instrument
1997-2004 Urban design and zoningplan subarea’s
1985-2010 Building, finish
Amsterdam 2020: People to the Waterfront
Development Housing/ Residents Office, shops, Jobs
locations facilities space
Boats

Eastern Docklands 8,000

1980 – 2000 250 16,000 210,000 m2 5,000

South IJ-bank 1) 4,000

1985 – 2010 350 11,000 510,000 m2 16,000

IJburg 2) 23,000
1990 – 2020 150 52,000 460,000 m2 12,000

North IJ-bank 3) 10,000

2000 – 2025 200 22,000 850,000 m2 17,000

Amsterdam Waterfront 45,000

2020 950 101,000 2,030,000 m2 50,000

2020 430,000
3500 810,000 545,000
Amsterdam
totals
2005 376,000
740,000 417,000
3000
IJoevers / Waterfront Southbank

Oosterdok Island Central Station Island Westerdok Island

IJburg / Landfill 14.000 – 18.000 dwellings
Post War Neighbourhoods : Large scale regeneration / North / South / West

Regeneration
West
45.000 houses
1935-1970
Neighbourhood as planning centre
Equal spreading of amenities
Public transport
Open space and parks
From City Edge to New Centre
Position
 Zuidas

City Edge
Ringroad / Train tracks
Sports
Large institutional buildings

Tunnel
FSI 6 – 9 / 2.4 mio m2 floor added
Mixed program
50/50 Living Working
Timeline

City edge in transformation

From peripheral sportsground to International Business District
Zuidas Eastside
Vision 2007

No Blueprint
Sustainable / Place to live

“A sustainable city is a city in which

achievements in social, economic
physical developments are made to last”
United Nations Sustainable Cities programme

Key Issues:

Succesfull and Identity

Compact and Well Being

Efficient and Responsible

Always Platinum
 Amsterdam Plan 2003-2015
Noord

Docklands

IJ-oevers

West New Metro IJburg

Zuidas
Compact city
Transformation
Public space
ZuidOost
Regional perspective
Housing 50.000 until 2020
Strategic interventions
Investment priorities
Regional Coalitions

Planning
Mobility & Traffic
Investments & Priorities
Housing
Nature
Organsie Process and Content

Innovative planning
Integral Strategies
END
EXTRA
IJoevers
New Citycenter
+
+ ++
+
+ +
IMPOSSIBLE

Mixed Identity
Strategy of downscaling
Direct Organisation
Coöperation City + Developers
 Zuidas
New CBD

MONEYDRIVEN

Huge Investment
Very Dense + Mixed
Scenario No blueprint
Sustainable Platinum
 Datasheet
• IJoevers / 1.2 mio m2
• Zuidas / 2.4 mio m2
• Regenerations / houses / 16.000 m2
• Region Noordvleugel / 70.000 up to 2015
 IJoevers / Waterfront Northbank

Overhoeks Filmuseum

Flatted Factory
Prolonging the historical tradition of land fill
 Amsterdam Almere
From New Town to Twinsister

Drinking water reservoir

Ecological corridor
Leisure
Landfill
Amsterdam Region

Two million citizens / One million jobs

Airport Seaport Greenport
Financial Services
Almere
Creative industry
Tourism
Valuable landscapes
High differentation and quality of living
environments
Space Optimalisation
Visie Zuidas 2004