The final module of the minor focused on the creation, presentation, and implementation of feedback, of our future vision for the Oosterhoogebrug neighbourhood.
As a warm-up assignment we had to present a project which participated in the Who Cares contest. After making a individual analysis of one of the projects, which we’ve presented to each other as a group, we chose for the Hofjes van Carnisse project in Rotterdam.
This assignment, together with the vision we developed during the Innovation & Future Visioning module, inspired us to see if we could realize a similar type of project for the area we conducted research on for the past months. Affordable housing for all different social groups within the neighbourhood and the strengthening of social interaction between residents of the Oosterhoogebrug had our focus. So we developed the Oosterhofjes, a mix of elderly homes combined with social housing on three different locations in the older part of the area, combined with a brand new multifunctional Schakel which serves as the elementary school during the day and as a community center in the evenings and weekends.
We presented this through the use of two posters, which can be found below, to the current residents during a walk-in session at community center De Schakel to get feedback.
After analysing and implementing the received feedback we chose to remove one of the courtyards in the version which we’ve presented to the residents of the neighbourhood. As the current buildings on the chosen location are municipal monuments. This gave opportunities to develop a courtyard in the southern industrial area, and thus connect the two separated parts of the neighbourhood.
The final product has been a bidbook, for which I made all renders in the Twinmotion software. I’ve enjoyed this learning experience, as it was a creative way to liven up a otherwise barren 3D-model. I’ve gained an extra skill which I’ve added to my toolbox. The bidbook can be found below.
