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Day 1: Museumplein North Part
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GROUP 1+11: CENTER SIDE RIJKSMUSEUM, INCLUDING FRONT GARDEN AND OCTOPUS ARM TOWARDS THE SPIEGELKWARTIER ANTIQUE SHOPS Short-‐term points • • • • •
Install Benches More trees in front of the building to make the road less visible More openings at the gate Add business activities on the square, like a coffee and tea kiosk Enhance the interaction with the surroundings: you can make better use like the garden at the back
Mid-‐term and long-‐term points • Traffic and cars at Stadhouderskade: get the cars from the Stadhouderskade to the Van Baerlestraat, allow only bikes and pedestrians towards the museum • Allow people to walk on the waterside • Use the garden better and safer • Connection of Museum: o Towards city (enhance) o Towards water o Towards Spiegelstraat • From an entrance towards a place to stay Partnership / Stakeholders Museum, Gemeente, Residents, Entrepreneurs, Interest groups (e.g. cyclists),
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GROUP 2: RIJKSMUSEUM PASSAGE Short-‐term points • • • • • • • •
Wayfinding at an Interractive level Facilitate open stage (pop-‐up initiatives) and combine it with music schools Different paths for cyclists and pedestrians with LQC interventions Change experience morning-‐night with expositions/video/light Project art from the Spiegelkwartier in the corridor Clarify Rijksmuseum-‐restaurant possibilities (open for public) Slow down traffic Flexibility for everyone: close and open the passage for short time
Mid-‐term and long-‐term points • Visibility from city center • Difference pedestrian-‐cyclist area (permanent intervention – light installation) • Organise music events (in fall-‐winter) Partnership / Stakeholders Music Schools, Creative Companies, Galleries in the Spiegelkwartier, City of Amsterdam, Fietsersbond, Museums (not just Rijksmuseum), Amsterdammers – Daily experience ! Crowdfunding
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GROUP 3+4: STREET SOUTSIDE OF RIJKSMUSEUM / PHILIPS-‐WING & RIJKSMUSEUM GARDEN Short-‐term points • Underpass: Hedge should be lower to see the garden • Underpass: Remove/lower or open the fence to see the garden • Underpass: Information signs on the collections of the museum, the garden, the buildings, the surroundings while people wait in line • Underpass: Benches • Underpass: Signage – better directions so people know where to walk • Underpass: Ambulant trade • Garden: Information -‐ historical • Garden: Book lending • Garden: More protection from the street – higher hedges to keep the noise down from the busy side • Garden: Plantation for birds – attract more birds and listen to their singing (with a cherry tree) • Play area: Invite children for inventing ideas for the play area • Play area: Ceubralia area • Play area: More chairs (from the garden) • Play area: Remove fence. Accessible from both areas • Play area: Toys rent • Play area: Enlarge or remove pedestals • Secret garden: Chairs/tables (reallocate the existing ones better) • Secret garden: Work/silence/reading/empty areas • Secret garden: Protection of the street – green 5
Mid-‐term and long-‐term points • Underpass: Connect street to passage more to Philips-‐wing (it will happen next year and it will be one big terrace) • Underpass: Bikelane • Garden: Wifi with Museumplein information – Free and mobile access • Play area: Renew and involve the children of the community • Secret garden: Keep secret garden as a garden
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GROUP 5: IAMSTERDAM, MUSEUM SHOP AND COBRA CAFÉ Short-‐term points • Remove Iamsterdam (it is nice, but it is in the wrong place because it blocks the view on the Rijksmuseum) • Illuminate also the building around the square to make it safer during evening times. • Comfortable benches • More green, plants, flowers • (Accessible) toilet • Fun things, games, chess, in order to make people stay • Protection against wind and bad weather (a shelter) • Musicians • Museumplein manager • Small activities -‐ party, book market, art market, small markets in general Mid-‐term and long-‐term points • • • • • • • •
Fountain in the pond Replace asphalt with grass or pebbles Terraces Create uniformity at the square Art in the pond More bars Remove existing Cobra Cafe + Museumshop + pond and start all over again Create intimacy
Partnership / Stakeholders Local manager (integral) with project-‐group of the community, Municipality, Entrepreneurs, Museums, (Crowd)funding
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GROUP 6: BETWEEN ZUIDERBAD AND TEEKENSCHOOL Short-‐term points • • • • • • • •
Garden – fence – pavemen – beautiful lamp posts: extend the garden through the fence with some benches, so that people stay, pass through (make the border softer) Green (pots) at the edges of the fence Visibility of the garden entrance (color?) Exhibition on the fence (or what is happening in the museums) Map at the backside of the Cobra Cafe (interactive) in order to make it clear where the square starts. Remove parking spaces next to Cobra Café Better signage to the Zuiderbad with information about the building. Put the fence to the back, open up the changing rooms so people see there is a pool there. Include Brasserie and Zuiderbad (sand, beach chairs)
Mid-‐term and long-‐term points • • •
Make it into an official entrance street to the square Enhance visibility of the square (leftside in front of Cobra cafe looks chaotic) Different solution for bike parking (use bus parking which is now not being used)
Partnership / Stakeholders Rijksmuseum and other museums, Municipality, Cobra Café, Albert Cuyp Market, Rollende keukens
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GROUP 7 AND 8: KIOSKS ARES & VILLA COBRASPEN, AND POND AND SURROUNDINGS Short-‐term points • • • • • •
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Improve street furniture: moveable, in the style of a living-‐room, around the pond, in different colours (also for elders) Cosier lightning More colour Green area around the pond for bare feet Live music from the Concertgebouw reproduced and “performed” with light, sound, and water-‐forms in the pond and around the pond. Playing elements for kids, not only at the pond, but also between the kiosks, small bikes, small sports activities, for the neighbourhood and Amsterdammers, not separate them but mingle them with tourists Pop-‐up activities (food, drinks, sport activities for Amsterdammers) Starting point for guides (ambassadors) Hosts of Museumplein A place to connect Amsterdamse intiatives
Mid-‐term and long-‐term points • • •
Add light and sound to the fountain in order to attract more activities Envision the square as a reflection of what is “trapped” in the nearby iconic buildings Install huge mirrors where the people sitting on the benches can connect with the world
Partnership / Stakeholders BIZ – Business investment Zone (e.g. Westergas of Hamburg), Coster diamonds ! competition model, Museums, Concertgebouw. Involve KLM, but also children with swimming exams, or a jeugdland expo, things that are done by the youth, make it bigger and more proud 9
GROUP 9: COBRA CAFE TERRACE, PLAYGROUND, SKATE RAMP Short-‐term points • • • •
Better seats, for instance cushions/ yoga mats facing each other Decorating benches and skate ramp with art (also more coherence) Sandbox for the small children, or wipkippen (We sort of missed-‐overlooked the basketball field)
Mid-‐term and long-‐term points • • • •
Grass instead of gravel Move IAMsterdam to the other side of the pond or away (better connection with museum) Blend in Cobra, skate park and the playground better with Rijksmuseum (incl. terrace) For the café: change benches, trees – it is too aesthetic, more form than function
Partnership / Stakeholders City district Zuid, City council, Amsterdam Partners, Residents, City marketing, Skaters, Cobra owners
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GROUP 10: OCTOPUS ARM TOWARDS DE PIJP INCLUDING BRANDWEERKAZERNE Short-‐term points • •
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Better/uniform bike facilities Improvement at eye level: o Rebuilding of Rijks/Atelier – looks like prison – No Sign o Attractive front gardens/side Add signs with what is happening inside the buildings (functionality-‐history) Connection between Honthorststraat and Museumplein (connection is not really there. It stops. It is designed for bicycles and cars. Not so much for pedestrians – both short and long-‐term)
Mid-‐term and long-‐term points • • •
Connection between Honthorststraat and Museumplein (It is designed for bicycles and cars. Not so much for pedestrians – both short and long-‐term) Remove cars from Hondhorststraat – parking garage Boerenwetering or bus parking for the current cars? Honthorst becomes a true nice connection between ‘Museumplein’ and ‘De Pjip’ = place that feels good
Partnership / Stakeholders German consulate, Rijksdienst, Inhabitants, City of Amsterdam, Offices
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Day 2: Museumplein Southern Part
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GROUP 1: UNDERNEATH THE STEDELIJK EXTENSION (LUIFEL) AND THE EZELSOOR Short-‐term points • • • • • • • • •
Remove fences from the Stedelijk restaurant Take away flower pots from the Stedelijk restarant Install seating-‐ benches Better signage Add graffiti ! more colour Kiosk with books (not souvenirs) Climbing wall at the Ezelsoor back Public toilets (people only go to Stedelijk) Improve the experience of coming to the square (wayfinding)
Mid-‐term and long-‐term points • • • • • •
Install bicycle storage Relocate entrance to the garage to the Concertgebouw Relocate artwork Provide access to the Ezelsoor from side of Stedelijk Artificial turf on the Ezelsoor. Install an information kiosk
Partnership / Stakeholders Concervatorium, Selected street artists, Residents, Jazz musicians, Museums
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GROUP 2: MUSEUMPLEIN GREEN AREA AROUND JAPANESE BLOSSOM TREES, LARGE TREE GROUP AND MONUMENT Short-‐term points • • • • • •
Mobile solutions / everybody’s place Dust bins Mobile places to sit Contact with the ground (inflatable-‐seasonal) More variety in green Food trucks
Mid-‐term and long-‐term points • Flexible continuity – mobile solutions – triggers -‐ stimuli • Power to anticipate & improvise on the ever changing needs and diversity of user(s) Partnership / Stakeholders Entrepreneurs, Cultural institutions, Local residents, City of Amsterdam
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GROUP 3: BACKSIDE OF VAN GOGH MUSEUM ON MUSEUMPLEIN Short-‐term points • Projections on the wall (concerts from Concertgebouw, images, video’s, fire place in the winter, big sports events, etc): “The Times Square of Amsterdam” • Open library / outdoor library • Green places to sit and do interesting things • Make smaller places using green (use a theme from Van Gogh’s paintings) Mid-‐term and long-‐term points • • • • • •
Use it as a public stage for performances Balloon and/or puppet theatre shows Food stalls Bar serving drinks Green surface (vertical) A plug-‐in wall (it’s already there)
Partnership / Stakeholders Museums, Concertgebouw, Festivals, Suppliers of furniture, Art Academies: theatre, dance opera, fashion
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GROUP 4: VAN GOGH CURRENT MAIN ENTRANCE AND OCTOPUS ARM TOWARDS SCHOOLS AND TOWARDS PC HOOFTSTRAAT Short-‐term points Mark the leg of the octopus with trees and flowers Remove/ rearrange bicycles Connection with Museumplein: art Live music (from conservatorium/toria) “permanent” children’s art from the schools related to the museum exhibits on the walls Rollende Keukens Farmer’s market Flexible seats also for food trucks – mix the type of chairs (free or rented chairs?) Entrance to parking between Stedelijk and Van Gogh: vertical garden, something inflatable on top of it to show its use as vertilation, graffiti • Food festival/Community dinner from the kitchens and chefs of the hotels for the children and parents: use pedestrian area with benches and chairs as well as the stoops of the hotels. • • • • • • • • •
Mid-‐term and long-‐term points • Solution for parking the bicycles • Open the back side of the museums • Zebra pads with water fountains that pop-‐up when a car approaches in order to educate children to cross the street Partnership / Stakeholders
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GROUP 5: VAN BAERLE, KEVZER FAÇADE AND CROSS TO MUSEUMPLEIN Short-‐term points • • • • • • • • • • •
Signage or hosts ! wayfinding Re-‐use elevator as an information center Food: trucks, kiosks: all year long (picnic food) and also books Install a map of Museumplein: Communication of identity, perhaps on ugly building at end of line Musicians and performers Introduce Hosts to the square Better seating (comfortable and sociable) Pavements refurbished for less confusion and Improve/make a safe crossing Slow down traffic // no-‐car Sundays Relocate bicycles in the Q-‐Park Remove street and tram stop: begin with a pilot/experiment as in the case of Times Square ! Shared Space
Mid-‐term and long-‐term points • • • • • • •
Raising crossing ! slow down traffic Opening/projection of Contertgebouw Widen pavement of Concertgebouw – front garden for terraces and benches Make one single tram line in front of CG and move the split after the building More green Small performances on the other side of Concertgebouw (pavilion) Remove street and tram stop ! Expand the borders of square
Partnership / Stakeholders Schools, Museums, Concertgebouw, local entrepreneurs, residents, tourists-‐organisations, City of Amsterdam, temporary-‐new entrepreneurs, musicians 18
GROUP 6: CONCERTGEBOUWPLEIN Short-‐term points • • • • • • • • • •
Seating / flexible (funding and management by Bible kiosk) Bible-‐kiosk to do reading classes (for Bible/Koran/Buddhist) and meditation expansion of bike parking instead of car-‐parking food vendors (legalize/allow – permits) Adjust traffic lights for pedestrians (longer green, shorter red, systems linked) Exhibitions of the photo gallery on the square 3-‐D (chalk) painting/map of Museumplein on the street/ground Contact Google Maps to put Museumplein correctly on the grid Street musicians on the street corners: musical spots Signage to Vondelpark and Museums
Mid-‐term and long-‐term points • • • • • • • •
Museumpark application with maps and info Diagonal crossing and pedestrian-‐friendly measures Extend Concertgebouw cafeteria on the street (preferably form the 1st floor) Entrance of Concertgebouw on the square Relocate Rabobank Law offices to adopt and use parking spots as their front garden Walkable piano (Michael Jackson-‐style) or music traffic lights Roof space of Bible-‐kiosk for view
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Concert Hall ! concerts / café / traffic music Lawyers ! adopt & manage their front yard Toysrus ! pianostairs Owner of Bible kiosk ! offer his rooftop (for every religion) 19
• City of Amsterdam ! permits • Photo-‐gallery • Tom Tom ! Sponsor 3D map
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GROUP 7: PARKING GARAGE ENTRANCE AND GABRIEL MESTU STREET FAÇADE AND OCTOPUS ARM Short-‐term points • • • • • •
Change furniture – make them ‘softer’ Add colour and hanging flowerbaskets Put water Install signage Relocate policepost American embassy: very high and unwelcoming/defensive fences: use fences for art
Mid-‐term and long-‐term points • Vision: “make strong what is already there and take away whatever makes it weak” • Relocate tram: improve connection between Concertgebouw and Museumplein • Rollende Keukens: a food truck instead of police o Every week another food truck on the policepost (for instance Nespresso) • Reinforce entrance area • Attract –somehow-‐ people to cross the park horizontally Partnership / Stakeholders Concertgebouw, Stedelijk Museum, Schools, American Embassy, Q-‐park, Rollende Keukens, Residents, Artists, Municipality (take the initiative to give way to rising initiatives), Competition (municipality with regard to initiatives)
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GROUP 8: US CONSULATE / EAST FAÇADE, FLOWERS AND TREES TOWARDS FORMER ANWB Short-‐term points • • • • • • • •
Vision: The park of the square Kiosks/ terraces Art and organise and Artroute Historical info about the buildings (on the buildings) Seating Ping-‐pong Gametables Container offices
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Involve and link offices, embassies: merge institutions with the square Better balance in activities Horeca ! permanent and kiosks No parking and bicycle lanes Make bike lane also part of the park (integral approach, shared space) No cross-‐connections across the square No parking spaces Make it also attractive at night Create silent places of the square Water-‐area (fountain) Extend opening hours of the museums
Partnership / Stakeholders Museums, American Embassy, Companies, Operators/developers, Events organisation, Schools 22
Day 1 and 2: Map of good, bad and potential places Green = good, red = bad, yellow = potential
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