Walkability at the neighborhood of Driescherhof
Multiple Planning Scales at Laeken,Brussels
Remote sensing, accessibility simulations
plan in Oman
Open space guidelines in Oman
and sketches
European Augmented Urbanism indicators near West-NRW
Evaluation of Soft Mobility in a University Campus
History and timeline
Demographical challenges
The following was found during analysis:
1. Maximum or minimum integration is independent of land use.
2. Trierer Street and Adenauerallee are the most integrated roads.
3. Maximum integration is directly related to the maximum road length and maximum straight profile of any road.
4. Roads along the cemetery and new development are the least integrated.
5. The higher the integration value of a road, the more vehicle friendly it is.
6. Trierer Street is the highest choice based road, dependent upon the frequency of trips made by foot and through motorised transport.
7. All commercial areas are below average in terms of choice.
Considering the land use and elevation maps, and projecting them on the Integration Map through DepthMapX, this particular map was produced. Inferring maximum integration is directly related to the maximum road length and maximum straight profile of any road. Roads along the cemetery and the new colony at Grauenhofer Weg are the least integrated areas on the site. Currently, Trierer Street is the most integrated road. This is due to its pedestrian and motorised transport friendliness.
Analysis of community structure
Development objectives at Farq
Existing landscape character sub zones
Components and visual elements in landscape character areas
The location of the research is in NRW, the western part of Germany. It is sharing the same border to the Netherlands and moreover close to Belgium and Luxemburg. The region is subordinated by the municipality of Cologne. It is located in three different districts, Kreis Heinsberg, Kreis Düren, and Städteregion Aachen. And also separated by seven different local authorities. The whole region is characterized by former industrial development.
Settlement structure of the area Locattion of research areas
Kreis Viersen
Wassenberg
Wegberg
Erkelenz
Hückelhoven
Kreis Heinsberg
Rhein Kreis Neuss
Baesweiler
Städteregion Aachen
Linnich
Rhein-Erft-Kreis
Kreis Düren
Typology types
Circulation types
Mixed use buildings
Residential units
Historical buildings
Educational buildings
Religious
Industrial
Governmental
Parking lots
Main collector road
Primary road
Secondary road
Tertiary roads
Pedestrian walk
Bicycle line
Truck line
Parks
Golf course /
football field
Public squares
Erft | Pond
Block form , Erkelenz
Function , Erkelenz
Infrastructure , Erkelenz
Landscape , Erkelenz
Typologies , Erkelenz
Road density and public facilities relationship
Agglomeration and Zoning
Polarization between and within regions
Why not active/ green/ dense/ energetic/ well-connected neighbourhood
Typical design approach: available limited setback
Typical design approach: natural setback
Program and spatial arrangement example
Program and spatial arrangement example
Placemaking principle of regional park design
Spatial arrangement and program diagram regional park activity cluster
Prototype of regional park activity cluster along the Wadi
Indicative spatial arrangement and program of district park
Neighbourhood park
Program and spatial arrangement
Travel time between university campuses
Site Conditions
User count
Behavioural mapping
This project focuses on “cycling” and “walkability” which has major role to play in sustainable mobility concept. It bases its main focus arguing that soft mobility is absolutely essential as one of the sustainable mobility types, which needs to be evaluated and improved. Campus Melaten of RWTH Aachen university has been chosen for study of the soft mobility as it is rapidly developing as most important campus of Aachen in near future.
The methodology of evaluation will be helpful to understand the factors causing high and low walking potential zones in the campus which will eventually help to envision the sustainable growth or shrinkage of the soft mobility in the city. The framework, findings and design-based approach can assist in the decision-making process while the transport network continues to grow.
1. How many university buildings can be reached from each 250m grid cell as a pedestrian in 1, 2.5 and 5 kilometres?
2. Is there a difference in accessibility of university buildings depending on the considered distance?
Opencast mines Hambach and Inden transformation
RIYA MANDAL
Urbanist | Architect
M.Sc. RWTH Aachen University DE
B.Arch School of Planning and Architecture IN riyaspav@gmail.com
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