Living stations
Subtitle: the design of metro stations in the (east flank) metropolitan areas of Rotterdam
By: edited by Manuela Triggianese, Olindo Caso, Yagiz Soylev
Publisher: BK Books
Published: 2021
Place of publication: Delft
Language: eng
Number of pages: 366
ISBN-13: 9789463663830
Subjects: Subway stations; Design; Planning; City planning; Transportation
Other titles: Design of metro stations in the (east flank) metropolitan areas of Rotterdam; City of innovations project
Description: Due to the growing demand for mobility (as a primary need for people to get to work, to obtain personal care or to go travelling), cities continue to be faced with new urban challenges. Stations represent, along mobility networks, not only transportation nodes (transfer points) but also architectural objects which connect an area to the city's territorial plane and which have the potential to generate new urban dynamics. In the 'compact city' the station is simply no longer the space to access mobility networks, as informed by their dry pragmatism, but becomes an urban place of sociality and encounter - an extended public space beyond mobility itself. Which relationships and cross-fertilizations can be significant for the design of the future living stations in the Municipality of Rotterdam? How ought these stations to be conceived in order to act as public places for collective action? Which (archetypical) devices can be designed to give a shape to the ambitions for these stations? The station as a public space and catalyzer for urban interventions in the metropolitan area of Rotterdam is the focus of the research initiative presented in this publication. City of Innovations Project - Living Stations is organized around speculating and forecasting on future scenarios for the city of Rotterdam