Located at the southeast of the historical city center in Havenkwartier Deventer, the site for the project by Erwin Schot, Eloi Koster, Bas Meijerman and Elmar Hammers is marked by a remarkable building: the Hoge Silo. Accompanied by the Zwarte Silo, an elevator building and several other industrial buildings, the Hoge Silo and the present inhabitants of the harbor area form the basics of an unusually different residential and working environment. Their new urban design for the area focuses on the preservation of this genius loci. It emphasizes the existing qualities of the built environment and searches for a new social cohesion for its new inhabitants: entrepreneur, student, artist or starter. More images and architects’ description after the break.
The proposal is also set to be a booster for the regeneration of the Havenkartier as a whole. The chosen angle could be an inspiration for other, future developments in the harbor district. But it’s not all about looking in. A new bridge for slow traffic connects the harbor area with the city of Deventer. The planned program on the site should encourage people to come to the Havenkwartier. The bridge is to be seen as an catalyst for new activities in the area. In future developing plans a connecting by the Boreelkwartier can complete this circle of urban mobility.
