PORT CITY PIONEER

PORT OF ROTTERDAM - JONGKIND JOHAN BERTHOLD (1857)

ECONOMICAL EVOLUTION

EMMA MÆRSK - 15.800 TEU

drives the development of the port of rotterdam

GROWTH THE COLONISATION OF AN ESTUARY

From fishing village to Mainport

In the 14th century, Rotterdam was still just a fishing village on the river Rotte; six centuries later, it is a port of global stature and the major port serving continental Europe. Today’s port and industrial complex extends from the city right up to the North Sea and covers around 5000 hectares of industrial land.

At the beginning of the 21st century, the port of Rotterdam is again reaching its limits. To the immediate west of the current port and industrial area, Maasvlakte 2 is being created in the North Sea.

MAASVLAKTE

a collection of artificial landscapes

LANDSCAPE LAYERSHARBOUR, INFRASTRUCTURE AND BUSINESS PLOTS

LANDSCAPE LAYERSHARBOUR, INFRASTRUCTURE AND BUSINESS PLOTS

harbour

industry

LANDSCAPE LAYERSHARBOUR, INFRASTRUCTURE AND BUSINESS PLOTS

infrastructure

LANDSCAPE LAYERSHARBOUR, INFRASTRUCTURE AND BUSINESS PLOTS

SLUFTER

DISTRIPARK 1

DISTRIPARK 2

BIRDVALLEY

places left over after planning

LANDSCAPE LAYERSHARBOUR, INFRASTRUCTURE AND BUSINESS PLOTSLANDSCAPE LAYERSHARBOUR, INFRASTRUCTURE AND BUSINESS PLOTS

SLUFTER

DISTRIPARK 1

DISTRIPARK 2

BIRDVALLEY

RECREATION & NATUREgreen belt

LANDSCAPE LAYERSHARBOUR, INFRASTRUCTURE AND BUSINESS PLOTS

The gradual development of the maasvlakte 2 over the course of the next twenty years brings in a large number of construction workers, civil engineers, businessmen and truckers.

GROWTH 2ND MAASVLAKTELIPSTICK ON A GORILLA

who are the visitors of the Maasvlakte?

COMMUNITIES

COMMUNITIESINFLUX OF PEOPLE

WORKERSMAASVLAKTE 2

TIME

PEOPLE

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0

4.000

8.000

12.000

16.000

WORKERSMAASVLAKTE 1

RECREATION MAASVLAKTE

TRUCKERS TRUCKPLAZA

TEMPORARY WORKERS MV2

6.000

2.5001.000

3.000

5.000

To accomodate these temporary communities we propose to create a temporary city on the Maasvlakte.

TEMPORARY CITYoasis in infrastructure for fleeting communities

Shibam (Arabic: مابش‎) is a town in Hadramawt, Yemen with about 7,000 inhabitants. Shibam is thought to have already come into existence by the 2nd century AD. It has been the capital of the Hadramawt Kingdom for several periods of time.

Shibam owes its fame to its distinct architecture, which now is on UNESCOs programme to safeguard the human cultural heritage. The houses of Shibam are all made out of mud bricks, but about 500 of them are tower houses, which rise 5 to 16 stories high,[1] with each floor having one or two apartments.[2] This technique of building was implemented in order to protect residents from Bedouin attacks. While Shibam has existed for around 2,000 years, most of the city’s houses come mainly from the 16th century. However, many have been rebuilt over and over again during the last few centuries.

Shibam is often called “the oldest skyscraper-city in the world” or “Manhattan of the desert”, and is the earliest example of urban planning based on the principle of vertical construction.[3] The city has the tallest mud buildings in the world, with some of them being 130 feet[4] (40 meters) high, thus being the first high-rise (which need to be at least 75 feet or 23 meters) apartment buildings and tower blocks (except perhaps for the insulae of ancient Rome). The tallest building in the city is the mudbrick minaret which stands at 175 feet (over 53 metres) tall.[2] In order to protect the buildings from rain and erosion, the façades are thickly coated and need to be maintained and frequently renovated by the inhabitants. The renovation can be completed by well-practiced workers within short time.

SHIBAMoasis in the middle of nowhere

panoramic view of Las Vegas in 1910

map of Las Vegas in 1908the Las Vegas Strip in 1895

LAS VEGAS, NEVADALAS VEGAS, NEVADA

Las Vegas (Spanish for The Meadows) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada, and an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and entertainment. A growing retirement and family city, it is the 28th most populous city in the United States with an estimated population of 603,093 as of 2008.

Established in 1905, Las Vegas officially became a city in 1911. With the growth that followed, at the close of the century Las Vegas was the most populous American city founded in the 20th cen-tury (a distinction held by Chicago in the 19th century). The city’s tolerance for various forms of adult entertainment earned it the title of Sin City, and this image has made Las Vegas a popular setting for films and television programs. Out-door lighting displays are everywhere on the Las Vegas Strip and are seen elsewhere in the city as well. As seen from space, the Las Vegas met-ropolitan area is the brightest on Earth.

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urban growth Las Vegas 1984 urban growth Las Vegas 2007

the Strip Las Vegas 2008

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA

urban plan of slave city

waterwagenmale slave universityfemale slave university girls schematic, 2008

SLAVE CITY

Food for thought

SlaveCity can be described as a sinister distopian project which is very rational, efficient and profitable (7 billion euro net profit per year). Values, ethics, esthetics, moral, food, energy, economics, organization, management and market are turned upside-down, mixed and reformulated and designed into a town of 200.000 inhabitants.

The ‘inhabitants’ work for seven hours each day in office jobs and seven hours in the fields of inside the workshop, before being allowed three hours of relaxation before they sleep for seven hours. SlaveCity is the first ‘zero energy’ town; it is a green town where everything is recycled and a city that does not squander the world’s resources.

dining table for executivessleeping and eating for callcenter workersshowers for callcenter workers

red light district steelmini modular brothel woodenergy production scheme

SLAVE CITY

DISTRIPARKcentral hub at maasvlakte

The -not so succesfull- Distripark can function as a light urban core for the transient communities of the Maasvlakte.

DISTRIPARKNEED FOR DIVERSIFICATION

DISTRIPARKNEW ECONOMICAL IMPULSE

TRUCKPLAZA

HOTEL @ WORK

CONTAINERREPAIR

HARBOUR RELATED COMPANIES

TRAIN REPAIR

DIVERSIFICATION

The area of distripark -completely surrounded by traintracks- is the one constant variable in the development of the 2nd maasvlakte.

TEMPORARY CITYoasis in infrastructure for fleeting communities

Currently half of the businessplots is rented out.

TEMPORARY CITYoasis in infrastructure for fleeting communities

There are two main entrances to temporary city, connected with a central strip

TEMPORARY CITYoasis in infrastructure for fleeting communities

NEW TERRITORIES

The urban fabric grows with the expansion of the 2nd maasvlakte

TEMPORARY CITYoasis in infrastructure for fleeting communities

HOTEL@WORK

NEW TERRITORIES

To accomodate the workers on the 2nd maasvlakte and the factories a temporary hotel will be built on the edge of temporary city

TEMPORARY CITYoasis in infrastructure for fleeting communities

HOTEL@WORK TRUCKPLAZA

NEW TERRITORIES

Truckplaza will be positioned close to the a-15 highway and in the vicinity of hotel@work.

The truckplaza program can strengthen the distripark profile and act as an urban center for the temporary communities on the maasvlakte.HOTEL@WORK

NEW TERRITORIES

TRUCK PLAZAposition

SLUFTER

C3 DEPONIEC2 DEPONIE

BIRD VALLEY

DISTRIPARK MAASVLAKTE

MOTORCROSS

Between a rock and a hard place

The proposed location for Truckplaza is situated on the crossroads of the first and second Maasvlakte, on the brink of the most poisonous site in the Netherlands and a nature reserve area and amidst huge bundles of all kinds of imaginable infrastructure.

SITE STUDYpropsed locations

SITE STUDYpropsed locations

TARGET GROUPS

BeachguestsKite surfers

MV2 buildersCompany builders(Truckdrivers)(Harbourpersonel)(Boatsmen)(Boatwatchers)

BoatwatchersHarbour PersonelHarbourwatchers

TruckdriversHarbour PersonelBoatsmenOffice PersonelDistripark personel

Nature related guests

Main routetarget groups

Truckplaza is located in the centre of the infrastructure used by the various targetgroups.

This way not all the traffic-pressure is on the a15 highway-exit in the south.

HET GEZICHT VAN De Havennaar een coherente beeldkwaliteit voor de Haven

December 2007

LIPSTICK ON A GORILLA

“A world-class port should look like one”

main street

To strengthen the identity of Distripark and add to the collection of artificial landcapes we propose a green dike around Temporary City which can host public program.

public program

TEMPORARY CITYlandscape strategy

FLOWERFIELDsoft edges in a harsh environment

RAPESEEDsoft edges in a harsh environment

ASPHALT MOUNTAINlandscape of waste and flowers becomes architecture

All office programs are concentrated on a ‘business strip’ and programs linked to infrastucture are located under the outer ring dike.

Inbetween are the distribution centers with the internal customs lane.

TEMPORARY CITYurban scheme

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office strip

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internal lane

container depot

train repair

truck plaza

temp.prog.

TEMPORARY CITYurban scheme

TEMPORARY CITYurban scheme

TRUCKPARKbeachhead for urban settlement

LOGICS OF LOGISTICS

- EFFICIENT TRAFFIC FLOWS- FLEXIBILITY OF PROGRAM- MINIMIZE TRUCK MOVEMENTS

A TRUCKERS PRIDE

- A HOME AWAY FROM HOME- SHORT WALKING DISTANCES- CELEBRATE TRUCKING

CRADLE TO CRADLE

- USE WASTE MATERIALS- MAKE BRICKS FROM SLUFTER- SELF SUFFICIENT WATER AND ENERGY SUPPLY

COMBINE COMMUNITIES

- CLUSTERING TARGET GROUPS- MAKE PUBLIC SPACE- CREATE SMALL POCKETS

based on the required program and the reality of the surroundings we devised four strategic aims for the development of truck plaza

TRUCKPARKbeachhead for urban settlement

PROGRAM TRUCKPLAZA

TANK SERVICES HOTEL

PARKING

PARKING

TANK

SERVICESHOTEL

PARKING

P

REST.

P

TANK

P

SERVICE

P

OFFICEP

HOTEL

P

1. LINEAIR

+ EASILY EXPANDABLE+ SHORT DISTANCES

- GROWTH PARKING LINKED TO GROWTH PROGRAM- FIXED WIDTH OF PROGRAM

2. CENTRIC

+ VERY SHORT DISTANCES

- NOT AN EFFICIENT ORGANISATIONAL PRINCIPLE- NO INTERNAL PROGRAM GROWTH

3. NETWORK/GRID

+ FLEXIBLE EXPANSION SCHEME+ DEDICATED FUNCTIONS

- LONG DISTANCES- LEFT OVER SPACES

The program calls for a ‘pioneer city’ with parking space for 400 trucks.

With the development of the second maasvlakte the city will grow and parking space is can increase to a 1.000 trucks.

GROWTH MODELS

The program can be clustered according to the time spent in each of it’s different elements.

Combining program makes an interesting public space where the interaction between users is central

PROGRAM CLUSTERING

WORK

RECREATION

OFFICEPERSONEL

TRUCK-DRIVERS

PROGRAM RELATIONS

PROGRAM RELATIONS

PROGRAM HOTEL@WORKrequirements

STRATEGY TRUCKPLAZAcombining programs

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hotel@workafter MV2:parking for 400 trucks

parking for 600 trucks

gas station

fire station program truckplaza & hotel@work

recreation area

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hotel@workafter MV2:parking for 400 trucks

parking for 600 trucks

gas station

fire station program truckplaza & hotel@work

recreation area

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churchtruckplazarestaurant shops

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