Kaiserslautern (DE) winner
Jeroen van Aerle (NL)
Atelier to the Bone (AttB),
Beerd Gieteling (NL)
Hoogstraat 4
Philippe Rol (NL)
5911 HX Venlo, the Netherlands
Jeroen van Poppel (NL)
T. +31 652628183
architects
info@attb.nl www.attb.nl
196 Pattern for progress
initiating development
Team point of view Pattern for Progress proposes a growth model rather than a static image for the future. Because value creation depends on people, different groups are encouraged to provide input. The plan proposes a balance between defining necessary features such as access and safety, and leaving the future inhabitants free to shape their environment. It defines and stimulates the kind of development suitable for each part of the site. The core of the plan is the large halls in the centre of the area, which are divided into plots that simply need to be permeable to light and traffic. Environmental quality is achieved through matrices that define the desirability of certain functions and the authorised building volume. These are related to how the public and area benefit from the development. Jury point of view The project reaches well beyond the regular spectrum of an urban planning draft. It does not offer a ready-made solution, but describes a development process and challenges us to explore new avenues. Everyone involved is activated; movement, change and development are initiated. Five zones in the planning area have been defined. These sub-zones are then developed in phases. This begins the slow, long-term transformation of the sites.
on going development