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Extraction of problems and opportunities
Introduction. From my description of the NDSM site some problems and opportunities become visible.
Closed ecosystems
If you take a look at NDSM today from the outside, not much seems to be going on. Appearances are deceptive, inside the warehouses there is a lot of activity. The great walls of the hangars are not inviting to take a look. This might be one of the reasons why all of the users of the NDSM have so little of interaction.
- As illustrated before the companies and institutions of the NDSM stay in their own environments and have almost no interaction. This causes the people to feel unattached and not at home.
- Because each institution doesn’t look behind its walls a lot of opportunities are missed. As shown before different user-groups can strengthen each other in a good working ecosystem. If for example public and artists are brought together in certain place by means of exhibition space. It creates advantages for both parties. Same could be said about interaction between skatepark and redbull. MTV and redbull. Artists and inhabitants.
+On a professional level a good working ecosystem with a lot of interaction between different user groups would greatly improve productivity, knowledge and image of the site.
+If people would more interact and get to know more of their neighbors they will feel more at home and attached. This is an important aspect because right now the site is a hot and attractive but when this changes those who are only there for that reason and who do not feel attached will soon lose interest and go away.
+Feeling more attached and responsible for your neighborhood improves the community as a whole. Less violence, dirt, vandalism, etc. More friendly people, happy faces, more happiness. :)
+As a result of the economical crisis there is a lack of investors. This creates great opportunities for creative ideas that can be developed buttom-up instead of top-down. At the NDSM an opportunity arises for those who want to have a temporal space at a booming site.
In the middle of a transition
As made clear in the description of the NDSM ecosystem a very important aspact of this ecosystem is that it is very dynamic. Right now the NDSM is in the middle of a transition state from the past to the future. To put it more clear, the space that we will be building on can only be rented to a maximum of 10 years .-Investmentplan
The reason that the government has chosen this temporal establishment is because of the economical crisis. The 10 years are needed to wait for the economy to be in a state that it is profitable to invest in the large scale housing projects. The temporal buildings will serve the NDSM by strengthening its image of a free and creative hotspot.
+ The strengthening of this image will attract investors and developers.
+ Of course this is also beneficial for those(mainly artists) who can make use of the temporal space. Not only by just using it but even by being supported by the government.
- After 10 years chances are quite big that the temporal buildings have to make place for large scale housing and offices projects.
What do we do with all these problems and opportunities? Go to my Conceptual Design page.
