's Hertogenbosch : 7 projects along the Zuid-Willemsvaart in 's Hertogenbosch Citation for published version (APA): Curulli, G. I. (Ed.) (2010). 's Hertogenbosch : 7 projects along the Zuid-Willemsvaart in 's Hertogenbosch. (Kanaalzones B5; Vol. 1). Technische Universiteit Eindhoven. Document status and date: Published: 01/01/2010 Document Version: Publisher’s PDF, also known as Version of Record (includes final page, issue and volume numbers) Please check the document version of this publication: • A submitted manuscript is the version of the article upon submission and before peer-review. There can be important differences between the submitted version and the official published version of record. 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Oct. 2021 In memory of Wesley Lafage Index 3 Theme and objectives 5 Foreword Irene Curulli “IDS and beyond” 11 Erna van Holland “A big challenge” 13 Hans van Oerle “Through foreign eyes” 15 Projects 1 Sewing Edges (B3, C5, E6) 16 2 Bridging (D3, F7, E11) 26 3 Connecting the Flows (F-G 7-8) 36 4 Urban Spine (D3, E4) 48 5 Engaging the Ring (C2, F6) 56 6 Water / Network / Fitting (B1, D4, G8) 66 7 Shifting Continuity (B2, C3) 76 Authors’ Note 85 4 building’s history, recycling and process, etc. Theme and objectives in order to develop a critical perspective on the Waterfront is very often the face of a city. concept of renewal design and its architectural In fact, seas, rivers and canals that face or and functional implications. 5 cross the urban structures, determine the morphology and character of a city. Project In many cases, shipping harbours or factory The project design will concern a proposal areas have made distinctive the waterfront, for the development of the ‘Kanaalzone’ of while creating their liveliness, their atmosphere s’Hertogenbosch, an industrial waterfront and the economy of the city. area on the inner city peninsula. According to the new plans for the site, a Nowadays, such sites have increasingly lost portion of the area will be revitalised, while their potential and without this bustle, cities are for the other one is expected that the majority challenged to reveal their values and strength of buildings will be removed in order to make in these unused spaces. The void left on available space for a mixed program. many urban waterfronts attract the full range Refusing the ‘tabula rasa’ approach, the of demands on what is the city about and on design studio will begin with a search for which are its needs. To act in these areas is those in-built forces, patterns, materials that a sort of investigation on the ‘essence’ of the are embedded in the site. city, while enhancing its spirit. How to recognise these characteristics and The approach of transformation is various: differences? most of the tendency is toward privatization of the waterfront, with commercial or housing To design in this area it is not only to respond use. Some interventions focus on leisure to a market demand but it is a challenging programs that entice tourism. The mixture of opportunity to experiment with water inventive activities is the compromising answer to the programs and ways of living. struggling power of one particular use on the other. Site But, such dynamic combination of activities ‘Kanaalzone’ is on the western side of the does put forward waterfront’s long term historical city centre of s’Hertogenbosch, potential? Beyond the sum-up of activities, birthplace and home of one of the greatest what does make significant a waterfront? Are painters of the northern renaissance, former industrial site/building assessed at Hieronymus Bosch (1450-1516). As brief their architectural and cultural values? history, s’Hertoegenboch was founded in the twelfth century as fortified city and much of Transforming industrial areas means to re- this heritage remains (city walls and ramparts) introduce them into a circle of life through, at is still visible; two rivers, the Dommel and Aa, first, the positive reading of the concepts of flow together in the city and continue as Dieze obsolescence and dereliction; then, it implies into the river Meuse. Of particular interest is a work against amnesia of the distinctive the network of canals (originally long 22 Km) qualities existing on the site. In fact, these named Binnendieze, hidden under the old city. elements form the raw material for the design and leave wide room for inventiveness, The ‘kanaalzone’ is characterized by a variety manipulation and creativity. of buildings built in different time period. On the side most closed to the old city, we The aim of this course is to investigate new encounter industrial buildings from the 19th strategies in rehabilitating dismissed areas, century (as the sigarenfabriek Willem II en de specifically located on waterfront areas, and Verkadefabriek, respectively for the production making them desirable places to live in. of sigars and chocolate) and remanants of This means a careful reading of the site and railway line used for the domestic transport of goods; progressing towards outside of the Students will elaborate a strategy for city, we encounter buildings from the early the waterfront site through the personal 40’s to the 90’s and many large parking lots; interpretation of the site’s historical memory 6 the site ends with scattered buildings and with and through the critical analysis of demands a broad view towards the Ertveld lake. from Municipality. While for the hystorical industrial buildings is • Site is apparently ‘mute’: where to find its planned their reuse for ‘cultural’ activities, for elements of interpretation and imagination? the remaining area is envisioned a ‘particular urban waterfront overlooking to the Dieze • Which buildings or parts of them could be river and contrasting with the opposite shore kept? of green and ecological character’ (source • What does make significant the waterfront? ‘Ruimtelijke structuurvisie ‘s-Hertogenbosch Phase 4 - The area of concern is the urban 2003 ‘Stad tussen stromen’). waterfront and its relationship with the water. Students will develop a selected portion of the Method design strategy, while experimenting Four interrelated phases will be developed on building with/on the water. Special attention during the design course. will be given to the appropriate use of materials and construction of the architectural spaces. Phase 1 - Warming-up activity The studio will begin with an exercise on the • Which inventive design can be proposed? topic ’water infrastructures’. Students • Do on-site materials contribute to the new will investigate this subject through a short spatial form? assignment. Detailed info will follow. With the exception of the first assignment, A group of international (Erasmus) and local students will experience teamwork. Each students will form the design studio, therefore group (max 3 persons) will include students of this project, at the start of the semester, will be at least two different nationalities. an opportunity for exchange of cultures and knowledge among the participants. Products Phase 2 - Research The result of the design studio will be Students will be required to research and presented through: analyse some ‘industrial waterfronts’ projects Models (either realised or not). Study cases will be 1:1000 (relationship to the context, design indicated to the students; such list of projects concept) shows affinity to the design site. Aim: to 1:500-1:200(selected portion) become aware of similar designs as well as to 1:100-1:50(water related units) develop sensitivity and criticism. A1 Panels Phase 3 - Site impression and Analysis 1:1000 (general strategy), Each student is required, after the site visit, 1:500-1:200 (selected area) and details (water to express his/her impressions of the place related units) through a model. Analysis of context and buildings will also be based on the historical archive material and conventional parameters (distance, sizes, visual relationships….) Aim: to recognize the multiple layers of the site through the scientific reading and perceptive aspects that each individual experiences. Phase 3 - Design strategy for the waterfront area. 7 8 Project site 9 10 pointed strategic locations for interventions. IDS and beyond Furthermore, the feedback given to students Irene Curulli by expertise, like Municipality’s member and external advisor, has contributed to develop This book summarizes the design during the entire process more attentive investigations of twenty students during projects and also conceptually stronger. the process of collaboration between the Architecture Department at the University of This work will not remain isolated.