Hoge Vucht, a habitat of many things

A HABITAT OF MANY THINGS A NEW IMAGE FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT, HOGE VUCHT, IN BREDA

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HOGE VUGHT AN IDENTITY CRISIS 1965 •

Modern urbanism of 1965

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Green

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Spatious

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Orientated on the landscape

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Divided functions

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Autonomous

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Challenging social climate

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Detereorating public space

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Homogenic income group

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Divided neighborhood

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Non interactive public space

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Lack of eyes on the street

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Imaged as a bad neighborhood

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Proud community

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Inhabitants want to be proud of their community

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Partly a physical challenge

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Partly an image problem

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HOGE VUGHT CHALLENGES Traffic safety •

Deadly accidents on crossings

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Primary goal is to protect children

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Crossings are missing

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Former pedestrian corssings are removed

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ECO FRAMEWORK OPPORTUNITIES

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Ecological framework •

Existing ecological routes are allready strong

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There are some challenges to overcome barriers, but

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they do not include Hoge Vught •

Possible opportunities to include rural and natural quality in Hoge Vught

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HOGE VUGHT STRATEGY | CURRENT SITUATION Apartment blocks •

Free-standing

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Non-interactive

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Single orientation

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Doornboslaan •

Too few eyes on the street

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Unsafe bicycle crossings

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Over dimansioned

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HOGE VUGHT STRATEGY | FLIPPING THE SYSTEM Apartment blocks •

Finishing the block

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Urban voids become functional spaces

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Existing staircases/elevators can be used

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Parking lots bacome courtyards

Doornboslaan •

More eyes on the streets

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Less wide streets with speed reducing measures

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Corssings are safer and designed to facilitate cyclists

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HOGE VUGHT STRATEGY | ADDING FUTURE VALUE Apartment blocks •

Sustainability measures increases the aesthetic quality as well as insulation, water retention and biodiversity

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New volumes are embedded in nature-friendly banks

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Appartments and differ in size and orientation to increase diversity

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The whole shows a new image that enhances the former appartment buildings

Doornboslaan •

Waterbodies are exploited to create ecological lines

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Lane trees mark the main road

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Green roadsides are upgraded with rich flower and herb-beds to increase biodiversity

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PROPOSAL DENSIFY TO RECONNECT Instead of denying the ecology the urban densification raises the ecological functions to roof levels and building facades. In de public space ecological value has be facilitated for smaller animals.

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PROPOSAL WEAVED NETWORKS Instead of denying the ecology the urban densification raises the ecological functions to roof levels and building facades. In de public space ecological value has be facilitated for smaller animals.

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CONCEPT ECOLOGICAL INCLUSIVE The new heart of Hoge vucht will be infused with the qualities of the norther landscape of the Vucht polder.

Around it new edges form the new shopping centre introducing new street edges that actively engage with the public realm. The parkzone will be well connected to the secondary structure and facilitate both sports and leisure functions. Further study should reveal

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CONCEPT DESIGN PRINCPLES

Densify around OV hub

Reinforce ecological structure

Weave networks together

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New busstop in center

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Expand existing waterlines

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Transferium creates revenue and new visitors

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Increase connectivity on large scale

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Urban paved environment meets the urban green space

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Increase connectivity on lower scale

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Street edges are pushed inwards

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Nature inclusive buildings extend ecological connections

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The former separated areas become urban glue

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Main structure joins in the center, secondary structure is

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Pinch edges to define the park and square

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overarching

Water is used as an ecological, recreational and qualitative element

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Nature inclusive interventions halp create comfortable spaces as wel as shelter, shade and fun elements in the public space

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Lanetrees make up most of the ecological lines and define the network

CONCEPT DESIGN PRINCPLES •

Natural transition from high- to low dense and formal to informal.

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New buildings better fit in the whole

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The urban glue feels natural and logical

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Clear differences still retain individual identities of urban environments

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HOGE VUCHT THE NEW CENTER 1| Shopping street •

Both on the square and in between the blocks

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More closed and comfortable

2| Parkzone •

Embedded on existing cycle paths and pedestrian routes

3| Square •

On top of a submerged parking lot

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Large enough for event and markets

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Edges are programmed with shops and hospitality

4| Appartments •

Combined blocks that are organised to create bended and/or round spaces to make them more interesting

5| Housing blocks •

Transition between the appartment buildings and the existing neighborhood

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GREEN CENTER NATURE INCLUSIVE

(Future Green Studio, 2013)

(Zetten, 2021)

(Ecoplan, 2021)

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HOGE VUCHT THE NEW CENTER

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(Hoogheemraadschap Rijnland, 2021)

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(Park Hills, 2021)

(Radio2 BE, 2019)

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HOGE VUCHT THE NEW CENTER 1

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(Wibio, 2021)

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(Fontein op Maat, 2021)

(Peel en Maas Venray, 2020)

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GREEN CENTER NATURE INCLUSIVE An attuned block that reacts differently from every angle to its context. The south will connect to housing blocks and is therefore lower and orthogonal. The east side will be the straat edge of the new center. Because of the larger scale the volume is more solid and is sculted to give a dynamic and interesting silhouet from both a big and small distance.

Outdoor spaces are also reating by being more random on the west-side and more rigid on the east side.

The whole is based on nature inclusivity and sustainable architecture with green roofs, wooden facades and renewable energy sources.

The block offers diversity and interesting faces which the block has many.

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ARCHITECTURE NATURE INCLUSIVE The edge on the new center radiates liveliness, vibrancy and ecological inclusiveness. The plinth is filled with eminities and is largely trasparant. Pedestrians are sheltered from the rain by an awning which contains a layer of soil on which vines, bushes, flowers and verns grow. The vines elegantly drape down a few meters above the street.

The green on the roof is on most places a subtle layer of grasses and verns. On the highest point, because of the fertility, larger bushes are planted to offer shelter and food for birds. The green insulates the building and at the same time retains water, making the dwellings more energy sufficient. The largest boon is the nice appearance and peacefull image that the green offers.

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HOGE VUCHT DOORNBOSLAAN 1| Extented appartment blocks 2| Ecological waterline 3| Narrowed street

(Delva, 2021)

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HOGE VUCHT DOORNBOSLAAN Extended blocks •

Organic designed courtyard

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Nature inclusive

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Submerged parking

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Acological friendly

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Frontdoors in the courtyard

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Room for playing

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HOGE VUCHT GROENEDIJK Public space •

Inspired by the “Vuchtpolder“

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Drenches and reeds

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Connected by bridges

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Qualitative greenspace

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(Landschap Noord Holland, 2021)

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(Landschap Noord Holland, 2021)

PROGRAM

Dwellings: •

50% Middle:

92.000 m2 BVO

/ 920 dwellings

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30% Social:

55.200 m2 BVO

/ 920 dwellings

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20% Free sector:

36.800 m2 BVO

/ 460 dwellings

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Total of:

184.000 m2 BVO

/ 2300 dwellings

Eminities •

Total of:

14.500 m2 BVO

26 march 2021 | Bram Schulp | Academy of Architecture and Urbanism | year 1