Witteveen+Bos. Strategy // Planning // Design for resilient urban places. Rachael Cox April 2017

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1 Healthy Witteveen+Bos: & Resilient Cities: Designing Urban Healthy Planning & and Resilient Engineering Cities 1

2 Witteveen+Bos Strategy // Planning // Design for resilient urban places Rachael Cox April

3 Witteveen+Bos (Vitter-vane and Boss) Dutch origin consulting engineers Established in ,200+ employees across the globe: 18 offices across 10 countries Consultant, not contractor Ethos of working with selected partners 3

4 Built Environment Infrastructure & Mobility Energy, Water & Environment Deltas, Coasts & Rivers + Environmental Impact Reports + Traffic and transport + Drinking water + Hydraulic engineering + Landscape and heritage + Roads + Waste water treatment + Ports and waterways + Situational economics + Rail infrastructure + Industrial water + Geotechnical engineering + Licenses and overseeing of plans + Infrastructural structures + Soil + Land usage + Development and design of + Underground infrastructure + Air + Ecology urban area + Noise + Flood defenses + Non-residential construction + Information technology + Land reclamation and dredging + Resilient cities + Energy and climate + Hydrodynamics and morphology + Underwater sediments + Water management 4

5 W+B UK Ltd Since 2015 Specialise in resilient urban places: healthy, active, smart Design Led Team: Transport Planner Highways and Traffic Engineer Landscape Architect Urban Designer Admin team Supported by engineers in Netherlands 5

6 resilient rɪˈzɪlɪənt/ adjective able to withstand or recover quickly from difficult conditions 6

7 What do we mean by resilient infrastructure? resilient infrastructure rɪˈzɪlɪənt/ ɪnfrəstrʌktʃə/ noun physical and organisational structures able to adapt towards the physical, social and economic changes within a city = Healthy & Resilient Cities 7

8 Healthy Cities Promote active travel on foot and bicycle Use public transport to extend the range of active travel Image: Active Cities, Healthy Cities, the Cityfix Have good air quality, natural lighting and no urban heat islands Have a diverse mix of land uses at local scale Shape the built environment to promote opportunities for active and healthy living! 8

9 Resilient Cities Climate-adaptive Disaster-proof Sustainable Sociable Attractive Energy-neutral Healthy 9

10 UN Development Goals W+B Sustainable Design Principles 10

11 The Dutch Approach - Integration - Integrated vision: vision led, collaboration, engagement - Integrated design: multi disciplinary, process loops, adaptive - Integrated systems: multi functional, circular economy 11

12 Integrated vision: Engage, design, then engage again Engagement, not just consultation Multi faceted: -traditional: face to face, workshops, site visits -Innovative: virtual reality, online platforms, social media, design thinking Multi level: -stakeholders, practitioners, public, children -quick, temporary engagements vs permanent 12

13 Virtual Reality a communication tool 91% of the public surveyed cannot read plans* so we enable them to experience their street, their city, their designs in a virtual way and collect their feedback and use in our designs * W+B Engagement statistics Eindhoven, Netherlands (2016) responses 13

14 Integrated design: collaborative, innovative design Multi disciplinary - engineers sit alongside urban designers, landscape architects and planners Process loops - engagement feedback fuels design process Adaptive -always designed with resilience and sustainability at the forefront -Are we being innovative to future protect? 14

15 Integrated systems: multi functional design We are specialists are we thinking of all specialties at all times? Water Management (SUDs, flood management, erosion etc) Active Travel Civil engineering etc Are we using the best way to design, to communicate, to build? 15

16 International iconic projects Jakarta Masterplan, Indonesia: masterplanning, engineering, coastal defense Beira Masterplan, Mozambique: masterplanning, engineering, water management Promenades des Fleurs, Luxembourg: sustainability, landscape architecture Building with Nature, Netherlands: urban water management, drainage Utrecht Central Station Development Plan: masterplanning, mobility, engineering Transit Oriented Development, Netherlands: urban planning, masterplanning, EIA Riga Mobility Plan. Latvia: traffic studies, urban planning, cycling 16

17 Jakarta Masterplan 17

18 Master plan Jakarta flood protection and urban development land subsidence due to groundwater extraction densely populated metropolis increasing urbanisation Great Garuda land reclamation increases financial feasibility 18

19 Room for the River, Deventer 19

20 Room for the River, Deventer in Witteveen+Bos head office s front yard expansion and excavation of floodplains, high water channels, nature development, recreation, water sport more room for the IJssel river over a distance of 10 kilometres lowering of water levels by 8-18 centimetres at two locations Witteveen+Bos contributed to 14 of the 39 Room for the River projects in the Netherlands 20

21 Cycle infrastructure design: Multi functional & resilient

22 So how do we do it successfully? We let the Landscape Architects project lead! 22

23 Cycle infrastructure planning: Strategic Its usually not actually about cycle infrastructure design 23

24 Cycle infrastructure planning: Strategic Look at the needs of the users are they really that different? - Safe, quick, visible 24

25 Cycle infrastructure planning: Strategic Look at the overall network 25

26 Cycle infrastructure planning: Strategic Look at the added value 26

27 Cycle infrastructure design Detail Education & design guidance Quick wins Temporary interventions e.g. play streets, temporary road closures Small infrastructure additions e.g. cycle furniture at junctions System interventions e.g. Green wave Infrastructure interventions e.g. filtered permeability, Turbo roundabouts, segregation, reallocation of space, 27

28 NTU Campus, Singapore Vision: To be an eco friendly campus and increase cycling rate W+B conducted a study to identify Quick Wins to achieve the desired vision. The resulting recommendations were: Increase safety at roundabouts for cyclists. Increase attractiveness and comfort of current infrastructure.

29 Cycle-friendly redesign of Oslo City centre, Oslo Norway 10 yr programme with a vision for carbon neutral urban areas and high-quality architecture. Cycle for All concept (with OKRA Landscape Architects & Grindaker Landscape Architects.) System Interventions: easy-to-implement measures reorganising traffic flows to create space for cyclists (rather than adding cycle lanes to the already busy streets of Oslo). closing a part of the street for car traffic multi-modal traffic plan

30 Design of Fast cycle route (18 km) Fast cycle route between the two Dutch cities Apeldoorn and Deventer to encourage commuters between these two cities to shift from car to bicycle use. Infrastructure Interventions: design speed of 25 km/hr, wide radiuses and maximum slopes of 1:50 to ensure a smooth and comfortable ride. 30

31 Niewendijk, Netherlands using urban flooding to create a green identity Niuwendijk appointed W+B to provide flooding solutions We looked at the Added Value : Instead of just engineering flood tanks and overflow, we mitigated flooding at surface level and turned the solution into green identity of town Created multi purpose green areas aesthetic, bio diverse, flood tanks and car parking 31

32 Inverness Sustrans Community Links PLUS Funding Bid Appointed in 2016 Brief: to design Dutch cycle infrastructure for parts of an Active Travel Network Approach: (Engineer led!) Designs received well, focus on technical detail, overall added value story lost Appointed in 2017 Brief: to develop the designs Approach: (Landscape Architect led) Focus on the narrative and overall added value 32

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34 Cycle infrastructure design identity & narrative 34

35 Cycle infrastructure design engagement 35

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37 Cycle infrastructure design overall network 37

38 Cycle infrastructure design - strategic 38

39 Cycle infrastructure design - detail 39

40 Cycle infrastructure design multi functional 40

41 Cycle infrastructure design multi functional 41

42 Cycle infrastructure design resilient & multi functional 42

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44 Thank You! Rachael Cox Landscape Architect 077