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dealing with leisure a quest for tools to revise the Dutch in between landscape based on its recreational potential thesis report P.J.M. Rosmulder | b1257900 Msc. Urbanism | TU Delft 28-01-2011 | BK-T Graduate Thesis Report P.J.M. Rosmulder b1257900 [email protected] 28 january 2011 Part of: AR3U100 – Graduation Lab Urbanism Urban Acupuncture Studio, jan-dec 2010 Mentors: Rene van der Velde Jaap van den Bout Department of Urbanism Faculty of Architecture TU Delft IMAGES BY AUTHOR, UNLESS statED OTHERWISE Cover: mountainbiking at Gulberg, Mierlo o Closed bridge over the Dommel, Eindhoven dealing with leisure a quest for tools to revise the Dutch in between landscape based on its recreational potential Special thanks to all who have supported me during my graduation. I want to thank Jaap and René, for their guidance and inspiration; Sander, for giving me the opportunity to experience the real deal and for his usefull advices; Remco, for stimulating my zest for study; Marijn and Ellen, for helping with the model and Rian and my parents for helping me out when I needed it. finishing the quest - foreword . READING GUIDE: The lay-out of this report is following the quest I have made the past year, step by step. The final version of the research thesis can be found in the summary, presenting the results in the right or- der. After that, each chapter will illustrate the separate topics of this thesis. The chapters are arranged in the order as described in the methodology section. First, the theory on ‘leisure landscape’ is explained. After that follows the theory on the ‘in-between land- scape’ in the Netherlands. These two theoretical chapters are applied in the case study of the Brainport region. This section consists out of a location analysis, a problem statement, schedule of requirements and a number of designs to improve the area. An evaluation captures the used methods into one thesis, as presented in the summary. In the epilogue I will give a quick review of my time at the SRE, where I have been able to take a look into the daily practice of creating a regional plan for the Realm of Dommel and Aa. o runner at the Broekstraat, Mierlo This is my graduation thesis, the outcome of a long and But each and every time I returned from a walk, I was ea- city boundary, our task was to make challenging year. ger to start working again. The moment outside helped the leap towards the landscape. Al- When I chose the subtitle of my project, “a quest for tools me to structure my thoughts and recapture the spirit to though the method wasn’t perfect, to revise the Dutch in between landscape based on its recre- finish this project. Often I remembered the reasons that we proved that it could be useful ational potential”, I did not realise that it literally would got me engaged in this project in the first place. Recalling to find strategic interventions to become a quest. At times when I found myself stuck and these fascinations got the fire inside me burning again. improve the recreational structure. I no longer could oversee the big picture, I put on my Tragically the one person that has walking boots and closed the door behind me. I walked, The first fascination that determined my project was my inspired me with his method is no just walked. Into the polder, there and back again, leav- own living environment. I grew up in a village next to longer among us. ing my troubles behind me. By looking at the polder Eindhoven in the south of the Netherlands. Here rap- landscape of Midden-Delfland I could recapture the re- id urbanization has taken over the former countryside. ality. I could see the abstract theories becoming physi- The area in between the cities is scattered with a re- By now, while I’m finishing the final cal interventions. During the year I saw people walking fuse dump, a golf course, a zoo and an industry area. It graduation report, the temperature their dogs, playing golf, cycling at ease, rowing on the seemed to me that there was little or no regional plan has dropped below freezing point. Schie, buying honey from a farmer, racing on their bikes, to guide these developments. In the meantime I know My feet, numb from the cold, slow- making a tour on the motorbike, piking daisies, skating, that I should call this region the Brainport Region (Urban- ly regain their normal colour. The taking a photograph of a old farm or a young lamb, walk- Affairs and VHP, 2006) and that this area in-between cit- quest has nearly come to an end. I ing hand in hand, going bird watching, fishing and even ies should be called ‘het rijk van Dommel en Aa’ (the hope that the story of my quest will ice-skating. Realm of Dommel and Aa; these are two brooks that run apply to your imagination. Although through the area). The question is if these new identities I am obliged to write a scientific re- I could see how the landscape was used, how it was im- can solve the spatial problems that still exist here. port, I have tried to turn this thesis portant for the inhabitants of the surrounding urban ar- Another fascination that has driven me to start this re- about my quest into an inspiring tale eas. I could also see the problems that occur here. My search was a project that I did at university concerning about how the Dutch in between regular walking route is closed now, because of the con- the city of Utrecht (Josselin de Jong, 2009). With an landscape can be revised on the ba- struction of the A4 highway. Whenever it started to rain enthusiastic group of international students we did an sis of its recreational potential. I cursed the detour I had to make to get back home. analysis of the landscape surrounding the city. Our men- Sometimes I got tired of walking the same stretch over tor, Frank de Josselin de Jong, stated eight factors which and over, wishing there would be more paths heading would determine the success of a landscape for recre- into the landscape instead of walking back and forth ational use (Josselin de Jong and Mispel, 2008). He had near the urban periphery. tested this method extensively on city parks within the Peter Rosmulder Delft, December 1st, 2010 . index o Signs, Heiderschoor p. 6 graduate thesis report - P.J.M. Rosmulder 1. summary - the thesis 08 2. dealing with leisure - the graduation project 10 A. layout 12 B. green is good 14 3. part I - the recreational landscape 16 A. the statistics 18 B. literature review 20 C. additional literature 22 D. typological analysis Spaarnwoude 24 4. part II - the in between landscape 32 A. literature review 34 B. the contemporary ‘large’ city park 36 C. how to revise the landscape in between 38 5. case study: Brainport - analysis 40 A. spatial analysis 42 B. recreational structure 46 C. conclusion 48 6. Brainport - design 50 A. concept 52 B. Medevoort 60 C. Oudven 62 D. Gulberg 64 E. Mulakkers - Conclusion 66 7. Epilogue: the real world 74 bibliography 76 Attachments A. theory - review paper 80 B. Methodology: summary 86 C. project area - map 88 Dealing with leisure - A quest for tools to revise the Dutch in between landscape to integrate leisure activities. p. 7 summary – the thesis 1. This thesis proposes a strategy for the revision In the basic open green type ‘landscape’ the Once the accessibility is at the of Dutch in-between landscape on the basis functional aspect of the landscape, as an agri- right level the ‘facilities’ of an of its recreational potential for the urban con- cultural or ecological system, is dominant, public open green space become im- text. A regional design for the Brainport region space is formed by the utilitarian network. In a portant. The facilities enable is used as a case study to test the theoretical ‘landscape park’ the functional aspect is framed people to undertake a specific background. This theoretical framework is split in an architectural composition to become part recreational activity and can up into two main topics: the recreational land- of a open public green space. Economical, eco- form an attraction to draw vis- scape and the in-between landscape. logical and social demands are levelled out. In itors into the landscape. The the ‘city park’ type the natural and cultural layers design principle ‘experience To revise an in-between landscape based on its have been altered by an architectural interven- value’ contains all factors that recreational potential, one must start by ana- tion to meet the demands of the urban layer; contribute to the perception lyzing the area. First the natural underground, it has become part of the public domain. Once of people at leisure. The mo- combined with the cultural transition made by this democratic open space is restricted by spe- tives of people to go into the mankind, must be mapped. The natural and cul- cific programming or by limited accessibility, it landscape differ, sometimes tural value of the landscape determines wheth- becomes a ‘Recreational park’. For instance a they come for peace and qui- er the landscape is able to cope with a chosen golf course, a zoo or a theme park, form paro- etness, sometimes they come recreational function. Secondly the urban con- chial spaces within the open green areas in a to sport; thiseghel influences the Oss / Nijmegen Den Bosch / V text and the urban networks in the area ought metropolitan context.

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