Rotterdam Randstad Metro Exercise

Nesselande

Group 06Abel EscovedoAngélica VidalDaniel PassosLucas SouzaRicardo Shoji

NesselandeNESSELANDE

ROTTERDAM

• The district's construction began in 2000.

• The City extended the Metro Line B and built the Nesselande station, finished in 2005.

• The neighborhood started to take shape with plenty of green space, a plethora of housing options, a central shopping area, people-friendly streets, cozy bicycle routes, loads of public space for neighbors to interact, and a seaside resort.

• 14,000 residents in 4,750 residential units

1) A lot of infrastructure like parks and football fields and a skate park.

Social Facilities

Social Facilities

2) “The wide beach on Siciliëboulevard feel like a little corner of southern Europe in Rotterdam.” (Rotterdam Info)

1) The biggest developments in the area, shopping malls and a residential tower at the end.

Housing

2) Variety in architecture can be found in a couple of examples, but mainly big developments with neutral aesthetics can be found in the neighborhood.

Housing

3) The area is still under development

Housing

4) Some big apartments buildings can be found among the skyline, dominated by two or 3 storied houses

Housing

Transportation modalities and connections

1) Bycicles parking used in full next to the metro station, assuming that a lot of inhabitants commute by bike and than by metro.

2) A lot of the residents seems to have cars.

Transportation modalities and connections

1) A big elementary school is near the station.

Institutions

1) Two shopping malls among the small houses

Economic Activities

2) A complex of buildings by the shore with some shops.

Economic Activities

1) Nothingness

Living

2) Nothingness

Living

2008

2014

Fast Development