Event: B. Pouw presents Complete Schiedam at NAI

Europan 12 Award Ceremony was held in NAI Rotterdam. Presentations by the laureates. Bart Pouw of BASIC CITY presented Complete Schiedam.
Our plan embraces Schiedam’s exceptional urban setting in which the historic core of the city and the city’s industrial zone coexist in a extremely close proximity. It connects these two conditions into one functional and legible whole and reveals their dramatic juxtaposition.
A flexible framework has been set up to enable a gradual transformation of this key Schiedam’s location in time. From minor short term interventions like activating plinths and public spaces to the optimization of the distill industry cluster and the larger scale redevelopment of the New Mathenesse employment zone on the longer term.
The project area is one of the main keys for the fundamental transformation of Schiedam’s identity. It holds the potential for a genuine re-stitching of the city’s fragmented spatial framework and shifting its focus towards the Schie Canal.