Yue Mao CV + Work Samples_Updated 2021

YUE MAO Tales between the constructed and imaginary landscapes

Yue Mao Urbanist, Researcher, Producer WORK AND PROJECTS Early Stage Researcher - PhD, CORAL-ITN (09/2021 - ) • Admitted to CORAL-ITN, a Marie Sklodowska Curie Innovative Training Network (20212024). With a network of 15 ESRs across Europe, the project aims to unpack the latent dynamics and impacts of collaborative workspaces in rural and peripheral areas.

• To be hosted in Leibniz-Institute for Regional Geography in Leipzig, Germany, on the subproject: (Re-)Inventing the Rurban: Progressive and alternative spaces of work in peripheral communities in Central and Eastern Europe.

2021 Future Architecture Fellow, at Future Architecture Platform (01/2021 - ) • The project ‘What Do Landscapes Say?’ is selected among the final list of 27 projects from 457 ideas. Future Architecture is a platform with 27 cultural players in architecture from 23 European countries, co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union.

• Nomaos collective selected as the editor of ‘Landscapes of Care Book’ by DPR-Barcelona.

Initiator, coordinator, and contributing artist, research collective Nomaos (01/2019 - ) • Main applicant of the funding from Creative Industries Fund NL (3 phases from 03/2019 to 04/2021), within the policy framework of the International Culture Policy 2017-2020, titled ‘Sustainable and Inclusive Cities through Design’.

• Initiator and main coordinator of the collective Nomaos on the project ‘What Do Landscapes Say?’, with 10 multidisciplinary designers and researchers in the Netherlands, Russia, and the UK. Coordinated 9 sub-research in various periphery locations in Russia.

• Co-curator, producer and communication officer of the exhibitions in Het Nieuwe Instituut Rotterdam (National Agency of Architecture, Design and Digital Culture) and Na Peschanoy Gallery Moscow; Seminar ‘What Do Landscapes Say?’: Telling Details of Cross-territorial Practice.

PERSONAL INFO Email maoyue0804@hotmail.com Tel +31 (0) 614 727675 Address Ternatestraat 54, 2612BH Delft, the Netherlands LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/ yuemao/ Date of Birth 04-08-1993 Nationality Chinese

Community Manager, Relive Running & Cycling, Rotterdam (07/2018 - 04/2020) • Managed the community of international users. Developed market and social media in Asia.

Graduation researcher, studio ‘A City of Comings and Goings - Design for Migration and Mobility’, Chair Design as Politics, TU Delft (09/2017 - 07/2018) • Researched indigenous Sami communities in Arctic Scandinavia. The thesis connects urban theories and design with socio-political movements, environmental science, art history, and indigenous knowledge. Supervised by Prof. Dr. Wouter Vanstiphout.

• Conducted field research in Arctic Scandinavia, London, and Amsterdam. Results shared with Het Nieuwe Instituut and The Swedish Sami Radio.

Student assistant, Summer School Planning and Design and Water, TU Delft (05/2017-07/2017) • Assisted in a summer intensive course with 80 international students.

Consultant and researcher, Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Metropolitan Solutions (05/2017 - 07/2017) • Participated in consultancy research for sustainable urban mobility in Amsterdam.

• Co-coordinated 15 researchers from TU Delft and WUR, with backgrounds in urbanism, urban system engineering, and Geomatics. Co-organized meetings with clients and experts.

Researcher at REsource Management in Peri-urban Areas (REPAiR) (04/2017 - 06/2017) • Participated in EU H2020 project REsource Management In Peri-Urban AReas: Going Beyond Urban Metabolism.

• Developed two design-research projects regarding sustainability and participation in the peripheries of Amsterdam Metropolitan. Collaborated with researchers in Industrial Ecologies.

POSITION Conversation in Planning Booklet Project - Call for co-author: Booklet on Leonie Sandercock Co-author

Junior Designer, Marc Koehler Architects, Amsterdam (11/2016 - 05/2017) • Designer and researcher of collaborative housing project Superlofts. Involved in communication, publication and public relations.

PUBLIC ENGAGEMENTS (2021) Presentation Participated in Future Architecture Creative Exchange 2021, hosted by The Museum of Architecture and Design MAO, Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Co-curated and co-coordinated Seminar ‘What Do Landscapes Say?’: Telling Details of Crossterritorial Practice, co-hosted by Het Nieuwe Insituut Rotterdam and Moscow Architecture School MARCH. Received 2.2k viewers on Day 1 and 1.6k on Day 2.

(2020) Exhibition Co-curated ‘What Do Landscapes Say?’ in Na Peschanoy Gallery, Moscow, Russia.

Co-curated and produced ‘What Do Landscapes Say? ’in Het Nieuwe Instituut, the Netherlands.

(2019) Exhibition Participated in The Common Inn, Het Niweuwe Instutuut, Rotterdam.

Presentation Speaker at Expo #1 of Urbanistas Rotterdam, a Rotterdam-based network and platform for womxn - women and everyone who identifies as such - working on the city.

PRESS AND PUBLICATIONS (2021 - Ongoing) Co-editor of the ‘Landscapes of Care Book’, to be published by DPR-Barcelona and Future Architecture Libarary. Upcoming in October.

(2020) Press ‘What do landscapes say? @ Het Nieuwe Instituut’, on Jegens & Tevens.

Press ‘Yue, Naomi and Polina from Nomaos Collective about What Do Landscapes Say?’, on Arty Generation.

Press ‘Exhibition “What Do Landscapes Say?” - Interview with the Project Initiator Yue Mao’, on Slonvboa.

Featured in ‘Tales of the TREM’, the publication of the programme ‘Inclusive Cities and Societies through Design’ by Creative Industries Fund NL. (2018) Master thesis ‘The Wicked Utopia’, Department of Urbanism, Faculty of Architecture, TU Delft.

‘Rural Utopia in Urbanization - 68 years in transforming Chinese rural areas: Is rural Utopian always an over-optimistic projection?’, on Atlantis #28_3, Delft University of Technology.

EDUCATION Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands

LANGUAGE Chinese Mandarin (Native) English (C1+) German (B2 Certificate) Dutch (A2+)

SKILLS Urban planning Urban design Architectural design Artistic research Research design Research proposal writing Research report writing Interdisciplinary research Project coordination International teamwork Event production Communication Social media management

SOFTWARE Adobe Creative Suite (Indesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere) SketchUp (3D modelling) AutoCAD Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Powerpoint)

(09/2016 - 07/2018) Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment Master of Science, Track Urbanism. Thesis 9.0/10.0

Zotero (academic archive management)

Dalian University of Technology, China

Mailchimp

(09/2011 - 07/2016) Faculty of Architecture, Urban Planning and Fine Arts Bachelor of Architecture, Track Architecture. 8.4/10.0

University of Stuttgart, Germany

(09/2014 - 03/2015) Faculty of Architecture & Urban Planning, Institute of Urban Design Exchange student

ArcGIS Wordpress Asana (task management)

Analysis

MIND THE [] GAP

- [Creat]-ing Circular Lifestyles

The AMA Regional Spatial Analysis

Amsterdam Metropolitan Area, the Netherlands

Spatial Mapping of Creative Industries

The research project seeks to address the circular economy and the closing of material flows in the metropolitan region of Amsterdam. This is done by using the potential of the region’s highly concentrated creative industry. The project also seeks to enable and facilitate the creative industry through policies and incentives to retain the workforce in the region.

FUNDING RESEARCH AND KNOWLEDGE

KNOWLEDGE SHARING PLATFORMS

COWORKING SPACES

LOCAL MARKETS

A Strategy Plan for the AMA

FUNDING RESEARCH AND KNOWLEDGE SHARING PLATFORMSSPATIAL MANIFESTATIONS COWORKING SPACES OF KNOWLEDGE DIGITAL PROMOTION AND ADVERTISING DIGITAL AWARENESS ACTIONS

LOCAL ADJUSTING PUBLIC PART OF MARKETS THE SYSTEM TO CIRCULARITY

FUNDING RESEARCH AND KNOWLEDGE

USE VACANT BUILDINGS

CREATING LANDMARKS

LEFT-OVER FOOD NEIHBOURHOOD PICK-UP POINTS

ART PROJECTS

NEIGHBOURHOOD UPCYCLING PROVIDE POINTS AFFORDABLEDISTRICT UPCYCLING FACTORY USE VACANT LAND/SPACE HOUSING FOR C.W

EVENTS, FESTIVALS AND EXPO’S

BRANDING DIGITAL PROMOTION AND ADVERTISING FUNDING RESEARCH AND REGIONS SUCCESFUL IMPLEMENTATION OF KNOWLEDGE CIRCULAR ECONOMY (TOURISTS)

KNOWLEDGE SHARING PLATFORMS

LEFT-OVER FOOD NEIHBOURHOOD PLACEMAKING PROJECTS PICK-UP POINTS

USE VACANT LAND/SPACE PROVIDE AMENITIES FOR C.W.?

Impact on Urban Interests Lifestyle of Local LOCAL MARKETS Stakeholders FUNDING RESEARCH AND

COWORKING SPACES

CLUSTERING CREATIVE INDUSTRIES ART PROJECTS

BRANDING REGION AS HOTSPOT EVENTS, FESTIVALS AND EXPO’S FOR C.I. (AMENITIES, IDENTITY, CLUSTERS)

DISTRICT UPCYCLING FACTORY

CREATING LANDMARKS

BRANDING REGIONS SUCCESFUL IMPLEMENTATION OF LOCAL MARKETS CIRCULAR ECONOMY (TOURISTS)

COWORKING SPACES

WORKSHOP SPACES PROVIDE AMENITIES FOR C.W.?

LEFT-OVER FOOD NEIHBOURHOOD PICK-UP POINTS

NEIGHBOURHOD CENTER CLUSTERING CREATIVE INDUSTRIES USE VACANT BUILDINGS CREATING LANDMARKS

ART PROJECTS

PROVIDE AFFORDABLE WORKING SPACES TO WORK FOR C.I.

Amenities

Physical Clusters

From strategic planninng, to local tactics and interventions, to a regional vision.

Strategic timeline

2017 2020 Fix the Gap Board

36 Municipalities Landscape Protection Top-down level Guidelines stakeholders

Test Expansion to Regional Projects Neighbourhood Network 2021

2022

Link cycles Advertising to garner Interest and invite actors

Review

Close cycles Permits of New Projects Expose cycles reduced till vacancy percentages reduce

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Sustainable Lifestyles 2050

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Layered mapping of the spatial typoologies, material flows, and labour

Pilot Projects

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EVENTS, FESTIVALS AND EXPO’S

NATURE QUALITY IMP DIGITAL PROMOTION AND ADV

SPATIAL MANIFESTATIONS OF DIGITAL AWARENESS ACTIONS

NEIGHBOURHOOD UPCYCLING POINTSLAND/SPACE DISTRICT UPCYCLING FACTORY LEFT-OVER FOOD NEIHBOURHOOD USE VACANT PROVIDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING FORNEIHBOURHOOD LEFT-OVER FOOD PICK-UP POINTS PICK-UP POINTS C.W

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DIGITAL PROMOTION AND ADVERTISING

KNOWLEDGE SHARING PLATFORMS

PROVIDE HOUSING FOR PHYSICALLY EXPOSED MATERIAL IMPROVE AFFORDABLE ACCESSIBILITY NEIGHBOURHOOD UPCYCLING POINTS DISTRICT UPCYCLING FACTORY PLACEMAKING PROJECTS C.W FLOWS WITHIN THE PUBLIC SPACE

NEIGHBOURHOOD UPCYCLING POINTS

PROVIDE AFFORDABLE WORKING USE VACANT BUILDINGS CREATING LANDMARKS SPACES TO WORK FOR C.I.

Local Interventions

ADJUSTING PUBLIC PART OF THE CENTRE SYSTEM TO CIRCULARITY SPATIAL MANIFESTATIONS OF PLATFORMS NATURE QUALITY IMPROVEMENTS CREATIVE DESIGN AND PRODUCTION KNOWLEDGE SHARING COWORKING SPACES DIGITAL AWARENESS ACTIONS

KNOWLEDGE

Full report https://issuu.com/yue_mao/docs/mind_the_gap_-_report DISTRICT UPCYCLING FACTORY

Material Flows Creative Industry Potential

Collaborators S. Abraham, R. Ayoubi, E. Labrujere, R.A. Pradana

NEIGHBOURHOOD UPCYCLING POINTS

Synthesis

Material Flows

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FROM COLUMBINE TO MONTFORT Rotterdam Zuid, the Netherlands

Strings gateway

Recycling center

Puzzle to hide

Alex

Relax pavilion

Climbing wall

Knowledge sharing circle

How to engage the teenagers in the making and using of the public space in Rotterdam Zuid?

Urban strategy with a focus on the wandering teenagers on the streets, under the bridge, and in the shopping malls in Rotterdam Zuid. Inspired by the connection between the local Montfort School and the characters in Elephant (2003, Gus van Sant), a film based on the 1999 Columbine High School massacre.

This was also my first time to embed narrative in design.

Game Installation

Privacy

Strings gateway

Nature Participation

Climbing wall

Adventure

Knowledge

Knowledge sharing circle

A friendly photography student building his portfolio with portraits of other students.

Communication

Puzzle to hide

Showcase

Bullied in school and addicted to violent video games. Also an accomplished but frustrated pianist and sketch artist.

Watching tower

Art

Elias

Secret tree holes

Game

John Family Alex's friend who has trouble at school while managing his alcoholic father.

A garden which provides both private and shared spaces for different teenager characters.

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INDEPENDENCITY Dalian, China

‘A healthy urban system shows great coherence as well as independence. More and more cities are expanded to the fringe, to offer as much selfsufficiency as possible and act as a healthy and independent sub-system.’

- (Excerpt from the original design brief )

Sports Fitness Club Workshop

Education

Community Gardening

Experience Lab

Training Center

Culture & Art Open Space Gallery Commerce Handicraft Market

Bake Bar

Housing

Innovation

Leisure

I want to end with this clumsy mimic of Alex Lehnerer’s ‘Grand Urban Rules’ in my first urban design project - an island that singlehandedly meets all your needs. As my later exploration of planetary urbanism makes evident the naiveness of the ideas and ideals in this project, this project, therefore, became a reminder of my ignorance and arrogance of the interdependence between the territories on the planetary scale.

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Health Spas | Apartment | Art Museum

Financial Offices | Conference Centre | Apartment | Restaurants

Restaurants | Retail Promenade | Cafe Bars | Souvenirs | Motels

Fisherman’s Wharf | Tea | Coastal Landscape | Small Cruise Ships

ABSORBING TEMPORALITY

Vluchtmaat, squatted housing for Ethopian refugees. Vacaned in 2019

- Arrivals Absorption on a Booming City’s Fringes Amsterdam Zuid-Oost Urban strategies in for a higher capacity of absorbing influx of less affluent newcomers, who are confined to the city’s fringes.

A workshop with Failed Architecture, Designa as Politics, Bureau LADA and Ethiopian refugees in Vluchtmaat.

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IJBAAN AMSTERDAM

- Feasibility research for the cable car initiative ‘Ei aan het IJ’ Amsterdam Metropolitan Area, the Netherlands 15 multidisciplinary researchers worked on the following four work packages: The research addresses the following four work packages: 1. What future users (target groups) can benefit from this initiative and how will they use it?

2. What is the environmental benefit of the IJbaan with respect to the different alternatives?

3. What opportunities does this initiative offer for the development of city districts and the region?

5. What are the disadvantages and advantages of this trajectory compared to the other two locations?

User Perspective “The initiators sees the cable car as a service for daily mobility, safe and functional, while the users see it a leisure for tourists and are concerned about safety issues. This gap needs to be addressed.”

Environmental Impact “The environmental impact of the cable car is relatively low, but can form a positive step in the direction of sustainable urban e-mobility for the 2040 vision of city Amsterdam.”

In the diagrams 02, 03, 04 & 05, we can see the results for the likert scale method used to determine the perception of the users towards the IJbaan. In the utilitarian scales, in orange, we see how the average score of the responses is very close to the median point between negative and positive values.

For the hedonic scales, in blue, we see how the average score is a little higher than the median, indicating a good perspective towards this function. The diagrams also show that respondents are slightly more confident about the hedonic keywords, verifying the conclusions obtained through the hedonic and utilitarian keyword count.

Similarly to the results from the survey, interviewees also associated the function of the cable car mostly with hedonic rather than utilitarian values. The cable car is seen as something that has an attractive value and could therefore promote tourism and attract new visitors to the North. This information is also seen in graph 22 showing the main concerns of the respondents of the survey considering the construction of the cable car. In here we can see that nearly 24% of the respondents chose increased tourism as their main concern. On the other hand, to some interviewees increased tourism is not a problem because they believe a better spread of tourists throughout the whole city would be interesting. Tourists can also provide new opportunities for entrepreneurs having their businesses in Amsterdam North.

SUB QUESTION 2

The information based on the graphs 19 and 20 (p. 13) indicate that most of the respondents see the cable car use mainly for leisure activities and tourism rather than for supporting their daily mobility. This result can be verified with the answers to one of the questions in the survey, that asked about how people would use the cable car. As seen in graph 21, we found that 49% of respondents would use the cable car for leisure, while only 35% would use it to go to work. This result is a nice contrast with the 65% of respondents that affirmed they use the current mobility infrastructure in their daily routine to go to work.

Diagrams 02, 03, 04 & 05: Likert scale results

Image 09: Aeolus Watersports Club

“Who is this guy? Is he an amusement park designer or something?”

Interviewee, pensioner living in North and view obstruction. Some participants did not demonstrate any issues with this while others connected it with real disturbance.

Graph 21: Reasons to use the cable car

In the same graph 22 we see how a high percentage of respondents chose the alternative other. These include costs, difficulty, falling down, hit by a boat, does not make sense, visual pollution, time consuming and ugly, among others. In the interviews

conducted, different concerns other than the ones found in the survey were also raised.

Some interviewees claimed they dislike the solution because they feel it belongs to an amusement park. Some think that a cable car simply does not match the image of Amsterdam. A few of the interviewees also felt like the solution it is too fancy for the city, while others recognized it as part of ordinary modernisation processes. This shows that even there is a vast range of concerns towards the construction of the IJbaan, there is still much ambiguity in some of the topics raised.

In particular, some unanimous perspectives were found while interviewing inhabitants of

Schellingwoude. They mainly feared that the neighbourhood would lose its ‘kneuterigheid’ (village like feeling), which is an important reason for people living there.

In the graph 23 we can see the main appreciations considering the construction of the cable car. The main reason appointed by the respondents was the view, with a clear majority of the answers. This is consistent with the rank of keyword exciting (graph 17, p.

12) and the hedonic values associated to the initiative. The high percentage of missing value is due to respondents choosing more than one answer.

In graph 22 we can also see other concerns towards the initiative, other than increased tourism. The majority of the respondents chose safety / height as their main concern, fact also seen in the keyword selection, described before. Surprisingly, privacy was not a big issue according to the results of the survey. Respondents do not seem to be preoccupied about glass gondolas hanging above residential areas. Interviewees showed different opinions concerning privacy invasion Image 08: Nieuwehammerdam

Graph 22: Main concerns considering the construction of the IJbaan

Graph 23: Main appreciations considering the construction of the IJbaan

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Urban Development “With sensitively designed routes, IJbaan can contribute to a ploycentric, sustainable, innovative, inclusive and compact urban development, on both local and regional level.”

Figure 5. Hamerstraatgebied.

Source: http://vogeldorp.nl/

Figure 6. Oranjewerf.

Source: http://maritiemnieuws.nl/

Figure 8. Plans for Sluisbuurt Source: Gemeente Amsterdam 2015). As workplace, Hamerstraatgebied is currently dominated by media, fashion and food related branches. The goal is to attract young people from the surrounding neighbourhoods, and stimulate it into an area attractive for creative, especially sustainable industries, such as sustainable innovation, design, craft production, promotion and sell, services, reparation, etc (Strategienota, 2015). It is important for the neighbourhood to develop a better connection between Vogelbuurt and IJpleinbuurt (Strategienota, 2015), in order to create an integrated area (ongedeelde wijk). Hamerstraatgebied should offer chances for joint development in the surrounding areas in social, economical and spatial sector, which will result in a diverse population structure in the area (Strategienota, 2015). A visualisation of this project is shown in the appendix, in which is projected how the

Hamerkwartier/ hamerstraatgebied The municipal document Koers 2025 designated the Hamerkwartier, or Hamerstraatgebied (see Appendix I), as one of the areas in Amsterdam North-East to have an accelerated development towards a mixed living and working area, which is also mentioned in the Structural Vision 2040. Ultimately, Hamerkwartier will facilitate 2,400 to 3,500 houses (Koers 2025). The construction of 1,800 houses on the plots along the IJ will start in 2019, followed by the development of 600 more houses on the northern plots. In addition, the neighbourhood will offer living spaces for a broad spectrum of people, such as start-ups, students, families, singles, empty nesters and pensionados (Strategienota, 8

IJbaan Amsterdam

IJplein and Vogelbuurt The IJplein and Vogelbuurt previously belonged to Oud Noord. In the future development of these neighbourhoods, it is important to be aware of the fact that a large number of residents suffers from social problems such as poverty, health problems and a lack of people’s participation.

Currently, social housing accounts for 70 percent of the housing in IJplein/Vogelbuurt, which is a big contrast with the 30 percent in Hamerkwartier. As mentioned before, the IJplein and Vogelbuurt are part of the plan for an integrated area, it is a priority for the municipality to create joint development by connecting the old neighbourhoods and recently redeveloped neighbourhoods with services and activities, as well as update the old neighbourhoods to reach a level of quality. It is important to take into consideration in IJbaan that the discrepancy between areas should be eliminated for the Amsterdam municipality to create an inclusive city (Gebiedsplan Oud Noord, 2017).

Sluisbuurt Currently, Sluisbuurt is vacant and open for urban development. With a location between the city center and the open landscape, Sluisbuurt connects vitality with peace. This dominant location between the northern and southern banks of the IJ determines the important role that Sluisbuurt plays in the future image of IJ-Oost. There are plans of high-rise buildings from 30 to 143 meters, with 3,000 to 5,500 homes. The high density contributes to the characteristic of the city as a metropole, as well as creating social and functional mixed space. With a variety in living types, 30 percent of the new homes are social housing, 70 percent destined for the free sector (HER, 2016).

The connection with the city center enables the neighbourhood to facilitate a high quality and a diversity of services. Apart from

living, the plan of Sluisbuurt also introduces shops, horeca, healthcare and education services. The neighbourhood is defined in the Structural Vision Amsterdam 2040 as suitable for hotels, cinemas, museums and knowledge institutes. There will be a specific focus on small-scale businesses, such as zzp’ers and bureaus. Better connections with the rest of the city, creates more potential for the facilities (Stedenbouwkundig plan, 2016) (figure 8).

In order to achieve the planned diversity of green and high spatial quality atmosphere, there will be plenty of green space and waterbody in the neighbourhood. The usage of cars will be limited to stimulate non-motorized traffic and public transport accompanied by new bicycle lanes and sidewalks.

However, this plan has received controversial reactions, because of the high-rise character Sluisbuurt will get, according to the design. These high-rise buildings would be problematic for the Unesco-World Heritage sights, the canal belt (grachtengordel) and the ‘rural’ North. (Het Parool, 2017).

South-east from Sluisbuurt is another big construction development located, IJburg 2. This development will foster space for 6.500 new houses. The east of Amsterdam is in full development, as the Sluisbuurt and IJburg 2 are two of the biggest projects in Amsterdam (Koenis, 2016). These areas in Oost will provide an increasing flow of people, which indicates a higher demand for public transport, as well to Noord.

3.2 Synthesis of the visions for Noord There is a variety of plans and visions for the discussed areas to become the new urban growth direction of Amsterdam in the next decades, in which it seems that all these areas aim for green and sustainable development. In addition, connections between old and new neighbourhoods are of importance (e.g. undivided/integrated neighbourhood). An increased mix of people and urban functions, in these living and working areas, is seen as a way to steer development in the neighbourhoods.

Figure 9 shows the connections between the different areas, how they currently are envisioned by the municipality.

3. What are the potential mobility transportation modes the cable car can compete with taken into account the utility, and what is the optimal trajectory according to these mobility patterns?

3. Mobility Pattern Analysis

and Optimisation of Trajectory

This chapter analyses the mobility patterns of the different transportation modes including bike, car and public transit throughout Amsterdam based on the large data sets provided by the Amsterdam municipality. The large data set considers mobility movement between different regions in Amsterdam shown in figure 6.

For this analysis, the data is analysed in several process steps. The first step consists of screening through the data to be able to remove the irrelevant information and specify the data related to the cable car.

Next, the data is screened further using a travel time analysis and a deductive reasoning process. Then, the results of these steps will be discussed, with the results of Chapters 1 and 2 to devise an optimal trajectory. Lastly, analysis of the optimal trajectory will be conducted to identify potential mobility patterns to specific areas in the region. This analysis is organised into the different modes of transportation, in order to determine the specific radius of accessibility of the stations in the regions. Additionally, a utility analysis integrates costs and thereby finalises the analysis of mobility patterns.

2.The majority of the movement in neighbouring regions are unlikely to use the cable car for travel purposes.

Using the mobility model of the municipality, this chapter analyses the travel patterns of people between the different regions of Amsterdam. The mobility model divides Amsterdam into different regions as annotated in figure 6. For this analysis, the regions will maintain the same labels, and be referred to accordingly. First a quick scan of travel time and deductive reasoning creates a set of ‘testing rules’.

The testing rules are then applied to the large data set to exclude irrelevant areas.

This results in a smaller relevant data set and generates a rough overview of potential travel patterns. These testing rules are supported by google maps traffic model, and assumes the current infrastructure with the cable car trajectory shown in figure 6.

Legend Trajectory and Stations Region Label N = North E = East C = Centre W = West

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3. Daily flows of less than 10 people will not be considered to reduce potential outliers because it could distort the data.

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Figure 6. Initial trajectory with regional division. (Gemeente Amsterdam, 2015)

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Car Flow 0 - 250 Car Flow 100 - 500 Car Flow 500 - 1000

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Car Flow 1000 - 1600

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- This is due to the risk of waiting time and other

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effort involved in crossing the IJ.

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These ‘testing rules’ are fully supported by the travel time analysis with the google traffic model. A few examples of exclusion of mobility patterns through these testing rules are: Rule 1 and 2 exclude the movement of the bike from E1 (Java Island) to N2 and N4. Rule 3 excludes the mobility movement to and from N5. Rule 4 was set up to lower the possible routes for every movement and is only applied in a few cases. Example of this are the trajectory of E2 to Amsterdam West. The combination of rule 4 and 5 resulted in critical analysis for the movement to and from Amsterdam West. Rule 5 considers the expansion of the trajectory to either Noorderpark or Zeeburg Island to the surrounding regions.

A new trajectory can be evaluated when there is potential for the cable car to compete with current mobility use.

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In this step the travel time analysis was applied to the mobility patterns between the regions obtained from step 1. The travel time analysis excludes mobility patterns by a simple travel time criteria; First, the travel

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Figure 7. Movement patterns car based transportation (Data: municipality of Amsterdam, 2017; Google maps, 2017; Analysis, 2017) Legend Bike Flow 0 - 250 Bike Flow 100 - 500 Bike Flow 500 - 1000

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Bike Flow 1000 - 1600

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4. The IJ will not be crossed if not necessary unless a substantial decrease in travel time is observed.

3.2 Step 2 Travel Time Criteria

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criteria, a map was created that overlays the different regions of the municipality on a google map with existing infrastructure of interest. This map can be seen in appendix 7. The future change of infrastructure, regarding bike infrastructure and the North - South metro line, are considered in the time analysis of the mobility patterns.

At the end of the time analysis the potential mobility pattern will be mapped, graphically shown, and discussed later in the design a new trajectory.

- Due to the large area these small groups represent and their relatively low impact on the total data, they will not be considered in analysis.

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Figure 9. Synthesis of the visions and plans.

time using the optimized cable car route is compared to the travel time of the most inconvenient current form of transportation.

If the best cable car route, is still slower than the most inconvenient form of transit, then the mobility pattern does not have any potential and can be eliminated. As a result only the routes where the cable car can potentially be faster than current forms of transportation are left.

The travel time criteria is done using the google traffic model. For the analysis of this

- However, possible expansion of the trajectory is considered in the analysis.

- When the travel time and cost is similar, then people will use their prefered mode of transit.

- This is based on the mobility choice analysis of the current infrastructure.

N1

- This is due to the fact that travel time towards and between stations is likely to be greater than the local travel time to the ultimate destination.

- However, the cable car could be possible for certain locations close to the stations and as a result critical analysis is required for these specific mobility movement.

5. When the mobility pattern does not require the cable car, these regions can be excluded.

Testing Rules: 1. People are likely to move according to their prefered or most convenient transportation method.

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Due to the unique building style, the Vogelbuurt is also part of the protected city views as seen in figure 4, which should be taken into consideration in the IJbaan (Beschermd stadsgezicht AmsterdamNoord, 2014). The Vogelbuurt was built between 1909 and 1936 as a garden neighbourhood. Like most neighbourhoods built in the same period, the Vogelbuurt

3.1 Step 1: Screening with Testing Rules

SUB QUESTION 3

Figure 7. Vogelbuurt Source: https://www.google.nl/maps have been sold to developers, which gives the municipality minimal control on how the development process will take shape.

Oranjewerf In the Koers 2025, similar to the Hamerkwartier, the Oranjewerf is also mentioned as a potential area for redeveloping into a living and working area. The difference is without being an accelerated development area, Oranjewerf is planned to develop in the medium to long term with a less intensive plan. The plan aims to create 750 houses in the Neighbourhood (Koers 2025). It is clear that the Oranjewerf will also, in the same line as Hamerkwartier, be developed as a multifunctional urban neighbourhood (P, Heering, personal communication, 26 June 2017) (figure 6).

has a compact structure of enclosed building blocks, with a clear separation between public and private space. Now the area has changed into a chaotic and dominantly concrete public space with playgrounds, as well as a predominantly green area (figure 7).

SUB QUESTION 1

area should connect with the surrounding neighbourhoods (figure 5).

Utility “Most of users are likely to use the cable car for one station. The costs associated with traveling by cable car is likely to mainly impact cyclists as they are the only group currently traveling for free.”

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Figure 8. Movement patterns bike based transportation (Data: municipality of Amsterdam, 2017; Google maps, 2017; Analysis, 2017)

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THE WICKED UTOPIA - Artistic Creation for Indigenous-Inspired Utopian Thinking

Alta

Tromsø

Kautokeino Kiruna

Academic writing, fiction, cartography, urban design, graphite drawing and lino print

Jokkmokk

Arctic Scandinavia and Delft How indigenous knowledge can inform our urgent need in the alternatives of sustainable development, cross-territorial management, and inclusive social structures? This research is contributed by the semi-nomadic Sami people in Umeå, Kiruna, Kautokeino, Tromsø, and Alta.

An attempt to construct an atlas of Utopian and indigenous thinking via academic writing, fiction, cartography, and drawing. The project is an interdisciplinary research of environmental science, political science, anthropology, gender studies, and art. A journey narrated by the Sami reindeer herder Ella-Li and the researcher.

Umeå

Full thesis https://issuu.com/yue_mao/docs/yue_mao_the_wicked_utopia

Field trips in indigenous Sami territory, to discover their spaces in the urban, peri-urban and rural areas, in the educational and juridic institutions. Photos by Yue Mao.

Up: Exhibition in Het Nieuwe Insitituut, Rotterdam. Photo by Franziska Müller Schmidt.

Down: Excerpt from the thesis ‘The Wicked Utopia’.

WHAT DO LANDSCAPES SAY? - Speculating on the Diversity of Landscapes and Identities

9 multi-media narratives, in videos, texts, audios, drawings, installations, and graphics

Kizhi

Karelia

‘What Do Landscapes Say?’ explores how art and critical artistic research might inform the development of periphery environments through looking at landscapes.

Our approach to the landscape trickles down into the development of the cities and societies we live in. The art of narrating relevant details outside common frameworks can be a valuable resource for true diversity.

Research collective Nomaos is a cross-disciplinary group of architects, artists, illustrators, designers, urbanists, and writers.

Mirny

Kalyazin

Lithuania

The Netherlands

St. Petersburg Vyborg

Russia, The Netherlands

Maria Malkova RU

Rachel Bacon US/NL Naomi van Dijck NL/UK

Visual art Illustration Sound art

Ksenia Kopalova RU

UX/UI design

Maria Kremer RU

Urban design

Nataly Lakhtina RU

https://whatdolandscapessay.com/ A resaerch essay can be read here.

Architecture Literature

Yue Mao CN/NL Vera Mennens NL Radha Smith TW/UK Polina Veidenbakh RU

Field trips across rural, urban and industrial landscapes in Russia. Photos by Yue Mao, Ksenia Kopalova.

‘The Slump’, drawing installation by Rachel Bacon.

‘Who is the Creator?’, interactive audiovisual installation by Nataly Lakhtina.

Planting Structures’ , illustration installation by Ksenia Kopalova.

‘Stones of Vyborg’ , installation by Maria Kremer.

‘The Three Stages’ , audio-visual installation by Vera Mennens.

‘Out of Water, Out of Stone.’, fiction by Radha Smith;

‘whatdolandscapessay.com’, web and graphic design by Maria Malkova.

‘Landscape Elements’, audio-visual installation by Polina Veidenbakh.

Exhibition in Na Peschanoy Gallery, Moscow and Het Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam. Photos by Mitya Lyalin, Jhoeko, and Yinxi Lu.

ENTERING, KNOWING, UNKNOWING, EXITING

2-channel video 12'08'' (loop), interview transcripts on fabric.

Vyborg, Russia 'Entering, Knowing, Unknowing, Exiting' tells the story of an encounter between a city and an outsider. This encounter describes the hidden territories of spaces and memories by a moving narrative (film) and a static narrative (prints).

The film documents the spatial relationship between Vyborg and the outsider, slowly turning the gaze of the outsider from a linear perspective into a more spatial experience before abruptly locking it into the linear view of the train window again. The prints transcribe an impossible dialogue between the outsider and the history of Vyborg, the outsider is confronted with the inability of grasping any of it and the unconscious rejection to adapt from her initial perspective.

The narratives are developed from a failed plan of participatory interventions in public space in April 2020, due to COVID-19.

Field trips in Vyborg, a complexity of European and Russian urban landscapes, post-industrial and rural landscapes in the periphery. Photos by Yue Mao.

Up: The unbuilt plan of urban interventions, co-developed with interviewed cultural workers in Vyborg, In collaboration with Maria Kremer.

Down: Exhibition in Na Peschanoy Gallery, Moscow and Het Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam. Photos by Mitya Lyalin, Jhoeko, Yinxi Lu.