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Sumit Singhal
Sumit Singhal
Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination.

Feyenoord City in Rotterdam, The Netherlands by OMA

 
June 2nd, 2017 by Sumit Singhal

Article source: OMA

A historically significant stadium due to its distinctive design, with the oval stands positioned close to the pitch so audience and players are in intimate proximity, De Kuip is known for its unique and intense atmosphere. Built 80 years ago, the current stadium of Rotterdam-based football club Feyenoord no longer fulfills modern demands. To facilitate the football club’s expanding ambitions both in the national and European football leagues, multiple plans for a new and renovated stadium have been made and presented over the past decade, none of which received final approval. In 2016, Operatie NL, OMA and Feyenoord proposed a different approach: the construction of a new stadium combined with the development of the surrounding neighborhood.

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  • Architects: OMA
  • Project: Feyenoord City
  • Location:  Rotterdam, The Netherlands
  • Clients: Stadion Feijenoord NV, Feyenoord Rotterdam NV
  • Associates-in-charge: Kees van Casteren, Paolo Caracini
  • Team: Andrea Tabocchini, Edmond Lakatos, Emma Lubbers, MacAuley Brown, Max Scherer, Rina Kang, Roza Matveeva, Shinji Takagi, Tanner Merkeley, imur Shabaev, Thomas Brown

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  • COLLABORATORS:
    • Project Management: Operatie NL
    • Social program: Johan Wakkie Advies
    • Financial consultant: First Dutch; Kara Consult
    • Cost consultant: Royal Haskoning
    • DHV Consultant: Artisan Architects; EP Consulting
    • External safety: DGMR
    • Mobility: Gemeente Rotterdam, Security Management Group, Spark
  • Status: Conceptual Design

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In collaboration with the football club and the municipality of Rotterdam, OMA has developed the Feyenoord City Masterplan, introducing a new 63,000-seat stadium that will function as catalyst for the urban development of Rotterdam Zuid, one of the neighborhoods of the city in need of rejuvenation and economic injection. After careful consideration of three potential project sites, a location at the waterfront, northwest to the neighborhood De Veranda, was selected. OMA’s masterplan for Feyenoord City consists of five main elements: a new and larger stadium for Feyenoord, renovation of De Kuip, and development of the Urban Bridge, the Strip and the Kuip Park.

Image Courtesy © OMA

Image Courtesy © OMA

The current stadium De Kuip is to be renovated and redeveloped into apartments, commercial space, an athletics sports center and a public square. The area surrounding the stadium, de Kuip Park, will offer green space for sport and leisure activities as well as residential units. De Strip, a three-dimensional pedestrian walkway, will connect the old stadium with the new stadium and include new public and commercial space as well as parking facilities. Additionally, Feyenoord City will be connected to the Laan op Zuid through The Urban Bridge, a promenade for slow traffic.

Image Courtesy © OMA

Image Courtesy © OMA

Located between the river Maas, the railway and the highway, the stadium is positioned at an infrastructural node, ensuring accessibility by car, bus and public transport. The new infrastructure and stadium development is accompanied by an extensive social program with sports at its core. Feyenoord will set up a new multi sports club for the residents of Rotterdam Zuid, and cooperate with the surrounding neighborhoods to encourage sports participation.

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In total, the program of Feyenoord City consists of 180.000m2 housing; 64.000m2 commercial space including a new cinema, restaurants, hotels, and shops and 83.000m2 public program including a sports experience centre and sports fields. Besides providing a new home to football club Feyenoord and renovating De Kuip for future uses, OMA’s Feyenoord City masterplan aims to spark the redevelopment of Rotterdam Zuid, activate its waterfront and to reconnect this part of the city to the surrounding neighborhoods.

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Categories: Apartments, City, Commercial Area, Commercial Building, Housing Development, Mixed use, Urban Design




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