Thomas Rootlieb - PORTFOLIO 2021-2023

PORTFOLIO

Selected works 2021-2023

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Urban Design

Breda University of Applied Sciences

Thomas Rootlieb

THOMAS ROOTLIEB

About me + Curriculum Vitae

ONGOING CULTIVATION

Urban Design

Sixingyong, Shenzhen, China

TROPICAL NL

Urban Design

Schagen, NH, The Netherlands

NUWE MYLPAAL

Urban Design

Bellville, Cape Town, South Africa

PERSONAL TOOLBOX

All skills synthesized in 1 overview

HI, I’M THOMAS,

Currently, I’m a second year Urban Design student. I see myself as an enthousiastic person, who is always striving for the best possible result, whether it regards professional or personal matters.

My interests are in both Urban Design and Architecture, as it covers multiple facets of the interaction between human kind and spatial developments. Therefore, I am aiming to develop my skills and competences for both disciplines.

My educational goal is to attain a degree in both disciplines, so my aim is to enroll into a Master of Architecture program, as I graduate from my Bachelor UD program.

My professional goal is to design for people, as in the end, those are our real clients. In my designs, I try to add something valuable to lives, whether it be a connection between two hotspots, or a habitat to reside in for a lifetime.

THOMAS ROOTLIEB +31 6 81 85 12 40

Alkmaar | Breda

Curriculum Vitae

EDUCATION:

2021 - NOW

Bsc. Built Environment BUAS - Breda

- ‘21-’22 Propedeutic Phase

- Specialisation Urban Design

- Profiling modules:

Architecture

Academic Literacy

2018 - 2020

Bsc. Accountancy InHolland - Alkmaar

- ’18-’19 Propedeutic Phase

2013 - 2018

Havo OSG Willem Blaeu - Alkmaar

- ’13-’16 Junior IB

- ’16-’18 Senior IB

EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES:

SEP/2022 - OCT/2022

IABR’22 - Ministerie van maak!

‘TROPICAL NL’

OCT/2022 - DEC/2022

Competition: Tiny House 2022

‘THE MOUNTAIN MASSACRE’

EXPERIENCE:

NOV/2017 - NOW

Allround supermarket employee

Dekamarkt - Alkmaar

APR/2021 - SEP/2022

Fieldworker & Surveyor

Smit Groenadvies - Schagen

SEP/2021 - FEB/2022

Sales employee (Handheld devices)

Amac - Breda

MAY/2019 - SEP/2019

Telemarketeer Insurances

Advitas - Alkmaar

SOFTWARE SKILLS:

Adobe Suite

- InDesign

- Illustrator

- Photoshop

- PremierPro

AutoCAD

SketchUp

VRay

GIS

Microsoft Office

SOFT SKILLS:

Experience in an international setting Team player & Willingness to help Archiving / Organising

Ability to take lead

Creative thinking

Visualisation

Punctual

LANGUAGES:

Dutch Native

English Fluent

German Basic

ONGOING CULTIVATION

Urban Design

Sixingyong, Shenzhen, China

Project + Term: Educational - Studio3, 2022/2023

Supervisors: Maurizio Scarciglia (Msc. Arch), Stephen Narsoo (Msc. Urban Planning), Sjors Martens (PhD)

Collaborators: 3 (Individual design product)

Studio3 took place in the Greater Bay Area, one of the metropolitan area’s that China has developed. The project zooms in, into Sixingyong, Shenzhen, a location within the GBA, just north of Hong Kong.

ONGOING CULTIVATION is a design proposal, aimed at the ever developing Greater Bay Area. Increasing population, steep economical development and environmental aspects shall all be considered when thinking of redeveloping this spatial environment.

Location: Sixingyong District, Bao’an, Shenzhen

Province of Guangdong, China

Target groups: Middle class citizens + Villagers in Shenzhen surroundings

Government levels:

National: Xi Jinping

Provincial: Li Xi

Municipal: Qin Weizhong

Importance: Historical heritage

Greenery + Serving bigger goal

AFTER

In order to cater for the ever expanding urban area of Sixingyong, Shenzhen, this transformation plan focuses on introducing new housing, aiming to activate redeveloped (light) industrial buildings, while introducing new permiable surfaces.

Shenzhen is set for its newest district, on it’s mission to lead the GBA/PRD.

Strategic approach

INTRODUCTION OF GREEN ON STREETSCAPE

INTRODUCTION OF GREEN + PUBLIC SPACE FROM WITHIN BLOCK

ACTIVATION OF AVAILABLE OPEN LAND +

INTRODUCTION OF ‘RED CONNECTOR’ PATH

IMPLEMENTATION SCENARIO MIX USE

DEMOLITION OF BUIDLINGS TO CREATE ROOM FOR PUBLIC SPACE

CONNECTING INTERBLOCK PUBLIC SPACE BY GREEN CONNECTIONS REFERENCE

APPLICATION OF CAMPUS ENSAMBLE TYPOLOGY

INTERPRETATION OF TOLOU HOUSING AS A DESIGN TOOL:

‘USING CENTRAL COMMUNITY SPACE AS AN ACTIVATING TOOL FOR THE SURROUNDING STRUCTURE(S)’

TROPICAL NL

Urban Design Schagen, NH, The Netherlands

Project + Term: Contribution IABR’22 - Ministerie van Maak! - OCT/2022

Supervisor: Luiz De Carvalho Filho (Msc. Urb)

Collaborators: 7 (Collaborative design product)

As an extracurricular acitivty, team ‘Tropical NL’, based on the home countries of most members, embarked on a mission to investigate whether it was feasable to introduce 10.000 new residential units in the area south of Schagen, a town in North-Holland, as an entry to the Ministerie van Maak! exhibition, as part of the International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam 2022.

Schagen is an interesting location for this project, as the given 10.000 units are half of the current number of inhabitants, being +-20.000. A big challenge, but interesting to investigate, as part of studying and developing different locations.

Hereby, I would like to especially thank Luiz for this opportunity, along with the whole team for the busy but succesful period, while working on this product.

Design process

Proposal

Elevated landscape in order to cope with future water events Empowering traditional housing typology by acknowledging intelligent use of green

Introduction of station ‘Schagen Zuid’, as newest stop on commuter connection ‘Den HelderAmsterdam’

High density ‘spine’ on elongated strip following the station

Expanding the town of Schagen into the current landscape, south of the town, a raised topography keeps the structures in the proposal from flooding. In order to truly embrace the current form and structure of the lanscape, the water is allowed to flow through the site, integrating the already exisiting polderlike landscape, in the redesigned site.

To phase this elevation, several density levels have been applied to the site, and its different levels, providing housing options for different demographic groups. A high density patch on the highest topography, sloping down into the rural context with mainly landscape, surrounding the regional farm typologies.

To cater for the increase in population, the team proposed a newly added train station on the connection ‘Den HelderAmsterdam’, as the vision of the team is that the ever ongoing expansion of the Randstad into the rural areas around it, causes this connection by train to transform into an MRT styled commuters connection.

Although not all 10.000 units have been implemented in this site, the assignment has given one a great insight into the differences between different contexts in the world of Urban Design.

“Living in a forest” + “Living on a hill”

NUWE MYLPAAL

Urban Design

Bellville, Cape Town, South Africa

Project + Term: Educational - Studio2, 2021/2022

Supervisors: Luiz De Carvalho Filho (Msc. Urb), Maurizio Scarciglia (Msc. Arch), Jolijn van Baarsen-Van den Berg (M.Urb) Collaborators: 3 (Individual design product)

South Africa.

A new experience, as it is the first project the Studio discovered, outside of The Netherlands. A challenging environment with a lot of hidden treasures.

Imagine a city with room for expansion, a city that has tons of opportunity waiting for it. Where to expand? What to provide in the expansion? Who is going to expand?

Bellville - NUWE MYLPAAL is the place. Located right next to the well-known ‘CBD’ area in Bellville, the new milestone for the Cape Town region will rise from level 0.

Design process (quick & dirty)

Work with all exisiting

This concept focuses on remaining all the exisiting situated buildings, while introducing new buidlings. A block typology as the main inspiration, the central activity is based around community development.

Urban Park

This concept is all about introducing greenery within the city. With a hint of Central Park, the idea is wholesome and idealistic. However, with the challenge in mind, this concept does not answer the brief of the assignment.

New public spaces

As a more realistic option, this concept is based on lines of movement, to provide connections between important nodes. The main factors are the Public Transport Interchange and Voortrekker Rd. The proposed buildings have to form themselves around the paths.

Design decisions

The following decisions have been made after analysing the different options from this q&d exercise:

- Connection N-S & E-W

- 3 segments of public space

- Working with exisitng buildings

Proposal

Remained structures

While having to create a new section of this mini city, a few points are essential. To future proof the project, pedestrian infrastructure, quality public space and increased safety are important factors to take into consideration in the design.

Directions

The main attraction will be a connecting element between the Public Transport Intersection and Voortrekker Rd., as pedestrians that use this daily connection in their commutes, suffer from the lack of quality infrastructure on this route.

New public spaces

While creating this connecting element, the aim is to implement public spaces, variying in size, to provide places to stay, as well as a place to go through. Now, let’s enjoy the space, as public space is a highlight here.

PTI < > Voortrekker Rd.

ThePocket The Plaza The Park

PERSONAL TOOLBOX

All my skills synthesized in 1 overview

Term: 2021-2023

Status: Always developing

On the next pages, a summary is given of the work I can and have produce(d). This is a brief overview of some selected works from the several projects that I have worked on and am still working on.

Storytelling through Photoshop

Spatial Analysis

Bellville, Cape Town, South Africa

Conceptual Mapping

Macro strategies, UD Masterplan

Modelling (Digital & Physical)

Rendering