The NDSM

Challenge the people

But as the time passes by the monumental objects needs to be restored and the location close to the city attracts companies, housing corporations and more and more people. The high costs for maintenance and sanitation but also the increasing pressure of users and visitors make it necessary to organize things better on the wharf (hoofddocument ib).

The challenge on the site is to combine those different layers. This can be physical as non-physical ones, in physical and non physical way.

problems

- Big spaces aren’t used properly but as parking spot and trash dump which leaves it an open rest space

- no startpoint for further organic developement

- The disconnection on physical level is fine, because that’s why people go to the NDSM, but they need to be (more) connected non-physically

focus points

- Let the space be used more by People

o	 The creative people (to add building parts to the tube)
o	 The tourists/ visitors (to visit the place)
o	 The by-passers (to create the paths)

- Stimulate people’s creativity

- Use the open space to develop

- Leave the space open (don't close it to much)

- Connect the slope and ground floor

the plan

Main goal: stimulate the organic development by creating a matrix of tubes which grows when information is added.

How:

- Measure how people walk, whether they stay a sort or a long time at a particular spot.

- Place an infrastructural artery.

- When more information is added a network of veins start to expand.

- People can connect to this network.

- a network of new needed spaces apears. Conceptrooms for businessmen, artgalleries where artists can expose their work and storage rooms for companies in the Kunststad.

To create a surface which adapt itself after the movement and non movement of the people. After a while a landscape with a building in between it apears where people can walk, sit and make and watch art. Where people can enjoy the space and the monuments. A space that can be used during festivals and work together with the people in the Kunststad. The inside of this building can be used as concept room, artistic atelier or exposition space.

This project makes use of the routes all those people walk. The main square at the NDSM what lots of people pass through the day as transport area but don’t give it another function. They park their cars there.

The mess should be cleaned so the old and new can contrast more. And money, but especially energy should be applied. The space is this special because people have a bond with it.

On this site it is not only about the people you meet face to face but about the traces people leave behind. The awareness of things happening while not seeing the activity but only the remaining. But it must be a good vibe of traces. People want to tell each other things, experiment and notice what others think of it.

In my project people can leave those traces and look to others traces. The spaces are so big that you don’t get into physical contact with others but more in contact with their thoughts and feelings. At some places it is encouraged to meet other people, like in the Noorderlicht, the skatehall, during festivals and in de kunststad.

In the plan I want to make use of the tension between public and private. People can go into the private, but you feel like an intruder.

On places where lot of movement is, the ground will be lower, cause this in desirable. On places where people come and sit, or stand still the ground will be higher.

Qr- and ar-tags where art can be exposed. Art can also exposed in physical form in- and outside.

in- and output

For my project I need different groups of people to use my space. The functions inside can be filled up with one group, for example concept rooms for businessmen, exposition space for artists and tourists or ateliers.

It will be a connection between the slopes and the ground floor as well as the people who pass it. It can be used in different ways. Each one does it on his or her own way. It has no clear function.