How to create quality when you don’t sketch the plan yourself?
Framework for Schieveste
In Schiedam, between the Schie river, the motorway, and the railway, lies one of the most important public transport hubs in the southern Randstad. On this strategic site, a market-led initiative for residential development emerged in 2018: Schieveste. In collaboration with the municipality, De Zwarte Hond formulated the guiding principles for the new zoning plan in a quality plan. The focus was on the location’s quality and its integration with the surrounding area. How can Schieveste give an impulse to its surroundings? And what can this development mean for Schiedam — and vice versa? In the masterplan subsequently prepared by KuiperCompagnons and DELVA for the Schieveste Development Combination (OCS), the atmospheres proposed by De Zwarte Hond are clearly recognizable, as is the vision for ground-floor facilities (concentrated in the plinth, with a varied offer). Flexibility has also been deliberately incorporated into the plan. For example, future dwellings can be merged, and the parking provision can be adapted. A new underpass beneath the railway improves the north-south connection, while a car-free, green ‘enfilade’ runs through the heart of the new neighbourhood.
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- Location
- Schiedam, NL
- Size
- 8.5 ha
- Client
- Gemeente Schiedam
- Discipline
- Urban Design
- Program
- Master Planning
- Period
- 2018
- Status
- Vision
- Photography
- Visualisatie & luchtfoto: OntwikkelCombinatie Schieveste (OCS)
Schiedam
Schieveste
From hub to neighbourhood
Schiedam is one of the most important public transport hubs in the southern Randstad. This junction – between the river Schie, the railway and the motorway – has grown organically over time; but this has come at the expense of the connection with the city.
When a market initiative to realise housing here arose in 2018, De Zwarte Hond was asked by the city council to draw up a quality plan with public law assessment frameworks, intended to guide the future development of the area. The broad quality requirements will not only make Schieveste – as the initiative has been called – a success, but will also ensure that Schiedam as a whole benefits from the development.
From quality plan to masterplan
The quality plan gives the involved market parties – Synchroon, Dura Vermeer, VolkerWessels Vastgoed and Van Omme & De Groot, united in the Ontwikkelcombinatie Schieveste (OCS) – clarity about the spatial planning envisaged by the city council. In 2018, the city and OCS concluded a land reservation agreement for the Schieveste plan area. OCS has drawn up a master plan based on the principles formulated in the quality plan and has submitted it to the city council.
Key considerations for Schieveste
In addition, De Zwarte Hond has also formulated key considerations for Schieveste. This document provides suggestions for the market party concerning developing the master plan. It provides an overview of the thoughts that came to mind when the City of Schiedam, in its public function, started working on the spatial planning frameworks for Schieveste. It is a document without status.