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Street furniture ‘Rotterdamse Stijl’
Municipality of Rotterdam
Vision for public spaces: Rotterdamse Stijl
The Rotterdam City Council and npk design have together taken up the challenge of drawing up a plan for redesigning public spaces throughout the city. The starting point of the plan is to make Rotterdam a nicer place in which to live, work, and enjoy leisure activities – to create an attractive environment that is pleasant from both a visual and practical point of view.
‘Rotterdamse Stijl’ street furniture
Once the Rotterdamse Stijl vision was clear to all the parties involved, we developed it into a street furniture toolkit. This offers designers and managers a selection of materials and basic starting points for the design of public spaces, which emphasise the long lines that are so typical of Rotterdam. Spaces in the form of squares and parks are to be created on the long lines (the streets), as well as between and alongside them – space for interaction, warmth, and human dimensions. The handbook stands for a clear, no-nonsense and high-quality family of street furniture and street materials that enhance the identity and the profile of the outdoor spaces in Rotterdam.
Models and prototypes
We believe that prototyping is greatly important in the case of public space projects too. Our model workshop therefore plays an essential part in the Rotterdamse Stijl project. In order to give the decision-makers and parties involved a good picture of our designs, we have made maquettes. This will strengthen the discussions on the design of various areas and the consistency of the designs.