City in Balance

Atelier Urbain
Eric van der Kooij – urbaniste et directeur de la direction de l’équilibre

26 mei 2016
City in Balance
focusses on the flip side
of the success of the city
Amsterdam grows …
… and will continue growing
Scenarioanalysis
2015
 2040
+ 200.000 jobs + 300.000 dwellings + 500.000 inhabitants
 Knowlegde city
Scale jumps in urban development
Internet
Public space & livability
Share economy
Modern city Transformation

Highways
Offices
Open city
Suburbanisation

Industrial city
Railroads
Factories
Electricity
Sewage
Trade city
Canals
Polders
Urban extension
Fortification

Developments and long term investments

 ‘City in Balance’
=
an atractive city for all

now and in the future

 Ambition

Amsterdam aims to be an attractive city for everybody.

Amsterdam aims to lead growth and prosperity in sustainable way.

Amsterdam takes its human scale and hospitality as basic condition.

What is balance about?

The way we move through the city

The way the buildings are used

The way we behave in public space

Mix of functions in the city center

 housing
 working
 facilities
(Illegal) hotels
Parks
Housing
Attractions Events

City in Balance
Traffic control Behaviour

Safety
Public space
City in Balance - a wicked problem

Hard or almost impossible to solve,

due to incomplete, contradictional, or

constant changing demands

that are hard to recognise.

Important issues
 Mobility

 Water use

 Events & Parks

 Enforcement on safety & waste

 Hotels & Short stay

 Enlarge the MENTAL MAP

Use the city SMARTER

Use DIFFERENT point of VIEW

Co-CREATE
 Strategy
c0nnect - integrate - accelerate
 Strategy
 Law enforcement – short stay and illegal hotels, behaviour

 Experiments that aim to learn, test & improve before rolling out

 Stakeholder engagement – use existing platforms, unlock new,

guerillia dialogues

 ‘Positive’ infiltration in on going policies (new hotels, events, parks,

public space)

 Quality tourism product – smarter, open, change of image

 Tools and frameworks – monitor, clarify and open data

 Growth scenario’s (2025) to enforce mighty descision making NOW!

 Rhythms of the city

when – where – who – what

HEAT MAPS FLICKR PHOTOS

INSPIRATIE
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HEAT MAPS FLICKR PHOTOS

INSPIRATIE
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 Experiments

to support major decision making

Implementation Strategy: differentiation on city areas
the darker the colour, the more enforcement is needed
Dilemma 1

Choices
Size

Amount of knowledge gained

Consequences
of
descisions

Time
The Consequences Model (Kreiner & Christensen)
 Dilemma 2

Democratie 2.0
 How to involve all citizens

Diverging interests

Co-creation
Activation

The silent majority

Visability
Dilemma 3

Strategy
Size Speed of Changes

Smart Failure +
how to improvise
(Experiments)

Learning ability

Planning ahead
(Masterplan)

Time
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