I amsterdamEco city and it’s buildings

Group project by:

Magdalena Mińko

Aleksey Narko

Karol Kotarski

Ravi Kumar

Urban planning

• Canal ring - the answer to overpopulation caused by the Dutch Golden Age – XVIIth century

• Defensive, menagerial and transportational functions of the canals

• Social segragation – dividing the city into rich and poor areas

• XXth century – modernist socialist ideas, new districts on outskirts with housing blocks

• XXIst century – back to the water – new islands inhabited

Urban planning

• No wide roads possible

• 1960 – bicycle policy

• No cars allowed

• 450 km bicycle paths

Transportation

• 85% city residents using their bike at least once a week

• 38 % of all daily journeys are by bicycle (mostly under 5km)

• About 1mln bicycles in the town

• 100 thousand being stolen each year

• Walkability and bike usage have lenghten the life expectancy

• Good, diverse public transport

Transportation

Categories ranked:

Stability, Healthcare, Culture and Environment, Education and

Infrastructure

And Spatial Characteristics

( Green space, Sprawl, Natural Assets, Cultural Assets, Connectivity, Isolation and Pollution)

Livability

Technologies

Green-Roofed Waternet Building Recycles Water for the Entire City of Amsterdam

• only water company in the Netherlands dedicated to the entire cycle;

• provides for 100% of the Dutch capital's water needs;

• the building holds open plan offices, a restaurant, a congress hall and a café;

• a part of World Waternet, which works with local water organizations towards structural solutions for several eco-problems.

Green-Roofed Waternet Building Recycles Water for the Entire City of Amsterdam

The most important tasks:

- wasting water;

- producing drinking water;

- supplying inhabitants with tap water;

- taking care of the discharge of waste water;

- keeping the surface water clean.

“The Edge” of sustainability

• Headquarters of Deloitte Holland

• „Outstanding” building by BREEAM

• 40000 m2

• 1800 people

• 15 floors

“The Edge” of Eco

Eco&Tech Innovations combined

Thank you for attention!

Questions are more than welcome!