Urban density
An overview of projects, products and exclusive articles about urban density
News • News • 31 Oct 2024
Urban plan for Oostenburg in Amsterdam’s city center combines industrial heritage with urban density
The artificial island of Oostenburg is the final large-scale development in Amsterdam’s city center. This area’s impressive urban plan combines its industrial heritage with a dynamic approach to urban density, flexible city blocks, and proactive community growth. Amsterdam-based Studioninedots collaborated on the urban plan’s development.
Oostenburg’s’s first residents arrived at the end of 2020; it’s anticipated that the last residents and entrepreneurs will arrive in 2025, completing the new live-work district.
Sebastian van Damme
Sebastian van Damme
Oostenburg: A potted history
The Eastern Islands of Kattenburg, Wittenburg, and Oostenburg in Amsterdam were forme... More
News • News • 31 Jul 2023
“Reconceptualizing Urban Housing” focuses on the collective expertise of nine women-led architectural studios
Reconceptualizing Urban Housing is part of the 2023 Time Space Existence exhibition. Organized by the European Cultural Centre (ECC), it takes place at the Venice Architectural Biennale. With the global housing crisis predicted to impact 1.6 billion people by 2025, especially in urban centers, there is an urgent need to increase the number of affordable homes (according to UN-Habitat, 96,000 new affordable homes are required daily).
While the housing crisis has placed an impetus on building homes faster, many social factors are being overlooked, including an emphasis on community building, identity, and livability. The issues are global, however each situation will differ according to the city and its context. As a timely exhibition, Recon... More
Project • By ODA Architecture • Masterplans
Beyond the Street
A new concept by ODA envisions a new typography of inner courtyards that break up a typical NYC block and expands the public realm
ODA’s new concept for urban renewal in New York City blends existing infrastructure with a proposed new zoning regulation that would maximize the public realm and increase green spaces in our city. Coronavirus has only heightened the need and demand for a greener urban existence. Our new video, Beyond the Street proposes breaking open existing city blocks, creating interior courtyards and pathways that will over time, through a mix of adaptive reuse, new development and landscape design, create a more walkable experience filled with culture, leisure, affordable retail and community spaces.
Captio... More