E15 Sites - Rotterdam Kop Dakpark (NL)

Synergy between productive forces

Site Location Rotterdam, Marconiplein, Kop Dakpark
Project Scales L/S - urban + architecture / architecture + context
Site Family CREATING PROXIMITIES - Third spaces in-between
Post-competition phase Design (or research-by- design) assignment on implementation on the project site (or a site with similar characteristics) commissioned by the municipality of Rotterdam and/or private partners

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How Can the Site Contribute to the Productive City? 
The construction of the Merwe-Vierhavens (M4H) was accompanied by the construction of the working-class neighbourhoods Bospolder to accommodate the dock workers. The initial reciprocity between the port and these neighbourhood has now ceased to exist. In areas like M4H, traditional industry is being replaced by the next economy, while residents in the surrounding neighbourhoods are struggling to keep up. The new building block on the plot at the beginning of the ‘Dakpark’ (=rooftop park) – inserting work-homes for different generations and income brackets – should restore the social and economic connections and become the missing link between the old and the new economy, between blue-collar and white-collar labourers, between living and working.