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Contents 1 Mapping users activities 1.1 Questions 1.2 Possible usergroups 2 Qualities of lively spaces 3 Possible layouts

Mapping users activities

1. Map the users
2. Map their current & possible activities
3. Identify
4. How to connect users
5. Find matching activities
6. Match the users by their activities / mix functions
7. Connecting activities form the interaction and program
8. The program (list of activities) is organised / mapped

Questions

1. How does it change by the effect of users?
2. How to map the users? Diagrammatically, with sensors etc.

Possible usergroups

1. Students

• • activity 11
  • activity 2

1. Residents
2. Science center (workers, visitors, ...)
3. Architecture department (tutors, personnel)
4. Botanical garden
5. Duwo

user groups and their activities and needs - table

Qualities of lively spaces

According to Christopher Alexander there are 15 fundamental qualities of places, that have 'more life'. This picture illustrates the 15 principles, as introduced in The Nature of Order: The Phenomenon of Life.

Possible layouts

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The theory of the user groups and their needs / activities lies in a greater context of space. This space has still to be identified. As the initial assignment regards only the Vries van Heystplantsoen, earlier plans from the city of Delft (see for example option #4) show intention of re-routing traffic.

option 1 is to leave the boundaries as they are and work within the existing site. This means that the roads are there as a barrier...

option 2 is to get rid of the Mijnbouwstraat and extend the park to the Botanical gardens and the Science Center. This will allow for functions that relate to the Science center to be effectively connected and creates the possibility for us to connect to the Botanical gardens, for which they already have a path leading to the Plantsoen.

option 3 is to make the Julianalaan in front of the faculty of Architecture all park so the school connects better with the park and can really explore it's potential and connect with it for a new extension for it's need for space. The Botanical gardens and the Science Center will get even more traffic because of the 2-way traffic.

option 4 is to only close off part of the Julianalaan, creating only part of the Mijnbouwstraat 2-way traffic, as per plans from the city council and creating a park that partly extends to the faculty of architecture. development plan TU north, 2004

option 5 is the 'radial' one where we close off both the Mijnbouwstraat and Julianalaan, redirecting traffic via the Zuidplantsoen behind the faculty of Architecture. This will create a space where the Science Center, the Botanical gardens, the faculty of Architecture and the roads beside the student housing at Michiel de Ruyterweg are bonded as one to create a large green space that (along with the botanical gardens) stretches all the way to the river de Schie. This would create a large usable park all involved parties, getting rid of the busy traffic and bond. Plus creating a green route for land traveling animals to get from the Schie to the cemetery and further.

option 6 is the 'radical extreme' where we divert the traffic around the burial grounds via the main library and Aula. This one big green space would be a main focal point and park for the whole area. Parking is solved by underground parking or 'closed stacked parking' at certain points. Behind the Science Center, DUWO is already planning on building one, with the help of the Science Center. This could also be done at Bouwkunde to improve the connection with all the green. We really need to also consider the house at the point of the current park at the Poortlandplein as it blocks the entrance to the park. In some way this could also be a plus, creating an enclave.