Tracing the development of contemporary park-‐city rela6onships:
Parc de La Ville<e and Parc André Citroën
PhD research René van der Velde
Urban Landscape Architecture research programme TU Delft
Promotor: prof. dr.ir. C.M. Steenbergen & prof. dr. E.A. de Jong October 2012
EAAE/ISUF INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
NEW URBAN CONFIGURATIONS
park > city
formal and spatial organization
functioning
social and cultural identity
ecological value
approaches to nature and
landscape
city > park
formal and spatial organization
programs and events
problems and opportunities
metabolic organism
political and administrative body
NEW URBAN CONFIGURATIONS_René van der Velde_ PROBLEM FIELD
High Line Park, New York
Landscape architects: Field Operations, Architects: Diller ScoKidio + Renfro, planting design: Piet Oudolf
2006-‐2011
Park & City
Reh, W., Steenbergen, C., Metropolitan Landscape Architecture: Urban Parks and Landscapes (Amsterdam: Thoth, 2011)
BIRKENHEAD PARK IN THE URBAN GRID
Barcelona: Parque del Clot, 1986
Paris: La Villette, 1982-‐1990 Parc de Bercy, 1992
Parks 1970 -‐
André Citroen, 1992
Parque del Clot, 1986
Parc du Saussett, 1980-‐1990
Netherlands: Prinsenland Park, 1986 Museum park, 1988 Meridian park, 1988 Kromhout park, 1991 Parque de la Creueta de Coll, 1987
NATURAL LANDSCAPE TRANSFORMATIONS LANDSCAPE THEATRE URBAN GARDEN
NATURE SCENE LANDSCAPE SQUARE
URBAN THEATRE
Contemporary parks -‐ Typo-‐morphology
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Aben, v/d Kooij, Reh, Steenbergen, de Wit, de ZeeuwHet Montagelandschap [2007]
Parc de la Villette, 1982. Bernard Tschumi
Municipal parks & gardens, Parkways;
Recrea7on areas, Playgrounds,
Sports fields, Manifesta7on areas;
Remnant landscapes, Buffer zones,
Ecological networks, Green belts;
Regional Parks, Landscape Parks, Metropolitan Parks,
Pocket Parks, Country Parks,
Brownfield parks;
-‐ body of knowledge on contemporary parks
-‐ body of knowledge on contemporary ci6es
-‐ typology & methodology of park-‐city ensembles
-‐ cri6que theories & discourses on city and
landscape
focus:
formal, spa>al, func>onal, seman>c, experien>al
and sensorial form of parks and their rela>onship
to ci>es and urban socie>es.
urban tissue
park
built form
NEW URBAN CONFIGURATIONS_René van der Velde_ PROBLEM FIELD
How do developments in this period
contribute to the de4inition of the
park (arche)type?
When does a park cease to be a park
and become an urban garden, square
or other (urban) landscape type?
NEW URBAN CONFIGURATIONS_René van der Velde_ PROBLEM FIELD
Parc André Citroen, 1992 New York: High Line, 2010
Ruhr: Duisburg Nord, 1994
NEW URBAN CONFIGURATIONS_René van der Velde_ APPROACH
Long list:
Parc de la Villette, Parc du Sausset, Parc André Citroen (Paris)
Parque del Clot, Parque de la Crueta del Coll, Parque de la Pegaso (Barcelona)
Kromhoutpark, Westerpark Park (the Netherlands)
Nordstern, Zeche Zollverein, Duisburg-‐nord (Ruhr)
Park Reim (Munich)
Park Rio (Madrid)
High-‐Line & Fresh Kills Park (New York)
Downsview Park (Toronto)
Case studies: La Villette, Duisburg Nord, High Line
Development sites along the seine and its canals Atelier parisien d’urbanisme 1981
historical development la Villette
Late 18th century Early 19th century Late 19th century Early 20th century Late 20th century
Late 18th century Early 19th century Late 19th century Early 20th century Late 20th century
Layering and park-‐city composition
Parc de la Villette, 1982. Bernard Tschumi
NEW URBAN CONFIGURATIONS_René van der Velde
Composition of urban space as landscape
Reh, W., Steenbergen, C., Metropolitan Landscape Architecture: Urban Parks and Landscapes (Amsterdam: Thoth, 2011)
Tracing the development of contemporary park-‐city rela6onships:
Parc de La Ville<e and Parc André Citroën
PhD research René van der Velde
Urban Landscape Architecture research programme TU Delft
Promotor: prof. dr.ir. C.M. Steenbergen & prof. dr. E.A. de Jong October 2012
