analysis As aforementioned, the criteria of the first order are used to analyse if the current design and layout of the market-square answer to the earlier set principles. The schemes on the left show the evaluation of the existing square and market. The first criteria tested is the social mix and use of public space by all user groups. In the current situation the park area of the square is the main space designed for public leisure. This space is however not frequently used by any of the user groups. This park has been designed as a place for events. The design of this park is only focused on this type of large scale use of the space.Therefore when there is no event planned in the park, which is about 363 days per year, there is also no or very little use of the space by the public. The design of this park lacks of possibilities for flexible use. Furthermore, due to the lack of social control of the neighbourhoods inhabitants in this open space, there have been incidents of vandalism in the park. For this reason, accommodated with noise complaints of inhabitants, the park is now completely closed off with gates, which only open during daytime. Overall we can conclude that the current design of the park does not answer to the needs of a large scope of users. The second criteria is that there is a need of a variety of program, containing large scale chain stores along small scale, ethnic retail along the streets of the first order. This criteria is needed in order to attract a variety of users, but also to answer to the needs of the neighbourhoods residents, from which a large part does their grocery shopping outside the neighbourhood at the moment because of the lack of this exact variety of shops in their own neighbourhood. In the current street profile of the neighbourhood next to one larger low-end grocery store, there are only small scale shops to be found. The retail offer is quite homogeneous and only answers to a very small amount of the demand of the neighbourhoods residents. The third scheme shows the fragmentation of the square to the first order streets in the hierarchy. The reason for this is the large tiled open space which is used twice a week for the Afrikaandermarket. On non-market days this space is empty and deserted, with no other program to fill the space and attract people. Due to this unused space and the aforementioned gate around the park, this public space is fragmented from the streets along it. Therefore the current layout of this square does not include the open public space in the first order of the hierarchy. In order to achieve a greater diversity of uses and a higher liveliness in this space, it should be connected to two streets which are part of the first order in the hierarchy.
The next scheme emphasizes this last point and shows that all program on the square is fragmented from the first order streets, because they are all focused inwardly. Moreover for this reason the square is currently fragmented in separate functions that have no interaction with each other. Therefore also the users of the different programmatic aspects within this square are separated from each other. In other words, the current layout of the square does not allow for a social mix of the different users, which is one of the goals and criteria of a space belonging to the first order. Finally the last scheme shows the criteria of the monumental heritage in the neighbourhood, which should be connected to/ accessible from the first order streets. The image shows one of these monumental buildings, which is the old HBS school now transformed into a mosque. In the current situation this building is not connected to the first order. The design of the square has caused this fragmentation. Between the park and the building a pond is implemented. This water now forms a barrier between the building and the first order street. In order to integrate the building in this order, the accessibility of this monument needs to be upgraded. Some other criteria which are not shown in the analytical diagrams are: the supra-local character that this space should have and the building typology that should respond this character. In order for the market to stay and compete to other markets in the city and region in the future, the possibilities for transformation need to be considered. This market is a strong attractor people outside the neighbourhood and it is a great potential for the economic system of the area supporting the emancipation machine concept. Therefore the future of the markets potentials need to be explored. For instance the transformation towards a fixed market and the development of a more diverse program and offer in the market. One of the solutions for this future transformation is to create roof over the market stalls. With this covered structure the market stalls and visitors are protected from bad weather and the preservation of the food products will be answering to the new European food retail regulations. If a fixed market construction would be developed it will have to answer to the building typology criteria of the first order system. This means that the character of the new building or construction should emphasize the identity of the neighbourhood (ethnic enclave).