A city park on top of shops and a dike

Book chapter (2017)

Authors

P.C. van Veelen OLD Urban Compositions
M.Z. Voorendt Hydraulic Structures and Flood Risk - CEG
C van der Zwet Van Hattum en Blankevoort
Research Group
OLD Urban Compositions
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2017

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English

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OLD Urban Compositions

Abstract

The Roof Park ('Dakpark’) is
an elevated park on a former railway yard in the Delfshaven quarter in
Rotterdam. The park is located on top of the roof of a new shopping centre,
which includes a parking garage (hence its name, ‘dak’ means ‘roof’). The park
is the largest green roof in Rotterdam and one of the largest in the
Netherlands. The park offers a playground, communal garden and a Mediterranean
garden with an orangery (figure 9). The Roof Park is 1,000 m long and 80 m
wide. The park is situated 9 m above street level. There is 25,000 m2 retail spaces
under the city park, and the structure includes a car park with space for about
750 cars. The gardens bring more nature to the district, and the project as a
whole has provided more employment. The Roof Park is combined with a dike, the
‘Delflandse Dijk’, that is part of dike ring 14, which protects the urban area
of the Randstad.

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