Description

The redevelopment of Kop Van Zuid was not only a successful regeneration but also changed Rotterdam's image from an industrial port to 'Manhattan on the Maas'.

1995 City Center	2015 New City Center

Project Goals:

Create a new city center or heart on both sides of the river

Stimulate the economy by redevelopment and revitalization of a brownfield, the port and its warehouses, quays and wharves

Create new jobs as well as bring in new businesses Strengthen connections with surrounding communities

Create a new image for Rotterdam , the city of the future

Rotterdam's Leaders for Kop Van Zuid Revitalization:

Jan Doets, head of the Rotterdam Development Company

Professor Riek Bakker, Head of DROS (Dept. of Spatial Planning and Urban Renewal and the current head of Kop Van Zuid

Teun Koolhaas, independent town planner

Specific Areas of Kop Van Zuid

Entrepot features redeveloped, mixed-use warehouses with boat docks in the front and underground car parking. It has over 400 residenial units, houses and apartments, for sale or rent. Cranes, artifacts of the maritime hisory, are now used as sculptures in the marina. Skylight windows provide the interior of the warehouses with natural light. Rooftop gardens and planted balconies are also included in the warehouses' design. Entrepothaven is the original location of the port industries over 100 years ago.

Entrepot and Marina

Entrepothaven Marina	Revitalized Warehouse

Skylights for Interior Lighting	Interior Australie at Entrepot

Landtong is surrounded by water on three sides and has luxury houses and apartments which are located on quiet courtyards. Each type of residence has either a balcony or a rooftop garden and all have views of the harbors and rivers. Plien Loods 24, a prewar landmark also commemorates the Jews deported from Rotterdam at this location during World War II.

Wilhelminaplein, a Jewish community, has named its streets in honor of the Jewish families killed in World War II. The form of these apartment buildings' is stair-stepped, providing good natural lighting and green rooftops.

Wilhelminaplien Housing	Open Space at Wilhelminaplien

Zuikade is the location where the Erasmus Bridge joins Kop Van Zuid's shore. This is also the location of the transport exchange. Close to the bridge is the Luxor Theater, designed by architect Peter. Kop Van Zuid's first housing complex, Peperklipis, designed by Carel Weeber, and the one hundred meter tall Wilhelminatoren are other Zuikade landmarks.

Stadstuinen is a quiet residential neighborhood withs, avenues and small parks with playgrounds such as W.G.Witteveenplien and Spoorvenhaven, for the resident families. Over 950 units include flats,apartments and single family homes with front and back yards, balconies or terraces with each. This area is bordered by Laan op Zuid tram line, Binnenhaven quay, Lodeswijk Pincoffsweg connecting Feijenoord, Katendrecht and Kop Van Zuid. Vuurplaat shopping center is in Zuikade.

Houing in Stadstuinen	Primary School Stadstuinen

Multifamily Housing Stadstuinen	Playground area with housing on perimeter

Wilhelmina Pier retained its original warehouses and other structures, including the Holland American Cruise Lines, whose headquarters are now The New York hotel and cafe. Currently, the old Holland American Cruise Line terminal is used as an arrival-departure point for all cruise lines stopping in Rotterdam. Leidsche Veen, Pakhuismeesteren, Montevideo nad De Rotterdam are some of the refurbished warehouses which are mixed-use facilities. The Toren op Zuid, a post-modern office building, provides a dramatic constrast with the historic buildings closeby. All traffic on Wilhelmina Pier is one way to encourage pedestrian and bike use but allow for deliveries to the businesses here.

Wilhelminapier Warehouse Revitalized	Luxor Theater, De Rotterdam, Erasmus Bridge

Past and Present Architecture	Weather Vane NY Hotel - Cafe

Land Use Plan Approval Timeline

Sept 1991 approved by City Council

April 1992 approved by Government (Gedeputeerde Staten)

July 1994 approved by Crown

Key Planning Elements of the Project:

Urban Planning with design themes for the various areas of KVZ

Development Program with outlines of the future functions of KVZ

Open Space with quality criteria for KVZ public areas

Landscape Plan Book for KVP

Urban Design Implementation Plan Book

Municipals Department Participants:

Each department had one representative coordinator.

Dept. of Urban Planning and Housing

Rotterdam City Development Corp.

Rotterdam Dept. of Public Works

Local Authority Department

Rotterdam Transportation Co.

Rotterdam Port Authority

The Project manager is responsible for the entire project and is the contact person for the municipal departments andlocal politicians.

Partnerships and Other Teams:

Communication Team is responsible for: distribution of project information; promote uniform public image of project and answer general questions about Kop Van Zuid and refer specific project questions to the appropriate person in charge of that area.

Mutual Benefit Project Team's goal is to stimulate activity and employment linking residents with the business opportunities in Kop Van Zuid. Their responsiblities are: provision of information; mediation; recruitment; training courses for entrepreneurs; organizing corporate networks;convenience services and support schemes.

Public Private Partnership reviews all projects for Kop Van Zuid to ensure compliance with Kop Van Zuid's development goals of quality, coherence synergy and equalization. Kop Van Zuid is considered a mega project by the state government. Given the size of the project, Rotterdam and the state could not pay for buildings on Kop Van Zuid as well as infrastructure. Interested corporations had to finance the construction of their buildings but the land remained the city's. The main infrastructure was paid for by the government.

Harbors/Quays: Binnenhaven, Entrepothaven, Spoorweghaven and Rijnhaven

Through the collective efforts for the excellent development of Kop Van Zuid.