Reconstructing RotterdamRotterdam Blitz to Binnenstad Plan

Reconstructing RotterdamRotterdam Blitz to Binnenstad Plan

Rotterdam Blitz10 May 1940 – 14 May 1940

InvasionResistanceSuccessful NegotiationFailed Communication

Rotterdam BlitzAftermath

Air RaidsForgotten Bombardment

Basic PlanNew Rotterdam

1941_WG Witteveen1946_Cornelis van Traa

City TriangleCoolsingelGoudsesingelTrees

Shifting of main damsMoving City center

Basic PlanNew Rotterdam

CoolsingelGoudsesingelHaute Trees

Shifting of main damsMoving City centerZoningLimiting Residential Function in Center

Basic Plan1948-1953, 1960s

LijnbaanShopping Highrise

Mass HousingEqual Living conditions“Functionalist Era”

Lack of Beauty/Character

C70 Manifestatie1970

Scale of Inner CityGezelligheid“Participatory Era”Owner OccupantsEconomic Recession

Creative Class1970s

Rotterdam Arts CouncilEconomic City MovementIndividual ExpressionCity Image

Lack of cohesiveness

Binnenstad Plan1985-1990

Triangle ParkCenter SquareWaterstad

Binnenstad Plan1985-1990

Triangle ParkCenter SquareWaterstadKop van Zuid

Kop van ZuidManhattan on the Maas

Triangle ParkCenter SquareWaterstadKop van Zuid

Erasmus BridgeThe Swan

Ben van Berkel