Posts Tagged ‘mobility’
Preliminary design for OTP Accelerator presented to KCCA
The OTP Master Plan for the Old Taxi Park in Kampala is agreed by the city authority KCCA and shared with all stakeholders. Together with the DASUDA team, VE-R is proud of this achievement. Phase 2 of the project is nearing completion with the Preliminary Design for Old Taxi Park in Kampala including the structural…
Read More3rd Stakeholder Platform Meeting on OTP redevelopment in Kampala
The 3rd Stakeholder Platform Meeting about the feasibility study of redevelopment of the Old Taxi Park in Kampala took place on the 19th and 20th of May 2021. The forum was chaired by Mrs. Amanda Ngabirano and was divided in 4 sessions during which the main priorities were discussed as a result of the analysis of the area and the…
Read MoreKajjansi Junction Programme exhibition in DHK Kampala
The Kajjansi Junction Programme exhibition opened on 9th December 2020 in DHK Kampala. Our project “Kajjansi Junction” was featured there as a vision for growth for the Kajjansi Junction node and its surroundings. VE-R, as part of the DASUDA-team, envisioned the area as a multifunctional node that could act as an urban accelerator, stimulating and encouraging growth along the…
Read More“Schalkwijk verbindt!” in the ABC Architectuurcentrum Haarlem
From 1st December 2020 until 1st March 2021 our project “Schalkwijk verbindt!” is on display in the exhibition of ABC Architectuurcentrum Haarlem for the ‘Waddenbuurt’ in Schalkwijk, Haarlem. The proposal was part of the three finalists for the Panorama Lokaal for this location organized by the Governmental Advisors of Spatial Quality of the Netherlands together…
Read MoreRedesigning Old Taxi Park in Kampala
We are thrilled to be involved in the urban design component for the DASUDA team that will start the process of redesigning the Old Taxi Park in Kampala, Uganda. This iconic square in the middle of bustling centre of Kampala is both a historic place as todays’ location of arrival and departure in the city…
Read MoreSchalkwijk verbindt!
VE-R, together with VAST, MOVE Mobility and Field Factors have made the submission “Schalkwijk verbindt!” for the competition Panorama Lokaal. In “Schalkwijk verbindt!” we show how to steer a positive shift from ‘coming and going to and from the neighbourhood’, with the emphasis on the car, to ‘moving within the neighbourhood’, with the emphasis on…
Read MoreFringes of the city: Amstelscheg-Amstelkwartier, Amsterdam
VE-R is part of the team for the location Amstelscheg-Amstelkwartier in Amsterdam as part of the the urban fringes lab, an initiative of BNA Research and ARCAM. The urban fringes lab will investigate how urban fringes can be (re)programmed in 2020. The starting point is the surrounding landscape, which was analysed by ARCAM in 2019…
Read MoreVE-R selected for Panorama Lokaal: Schalkwijk, Haarlem
The multidisciplinary team that VE-R landscape architecture and urbanism forms together with Vast Architects, Field Factors and Move Mobility is one of the three teams selected to take part in the Panorama Local design competition for the Schalkwijk location in Haarlem. It asks for a vision to prepare this vulnerable neighbourhood for the future in…
Read MoreLecture series “African Realities” in the AVB, Amsterdam
Africa is a huge continent with 54 independent countries, all of which have rich histories and cultures. Nowadays, the developments in these countries are faster and larger than the world has ever faced, with direct and major influences on the landscape, the urban planning and the architecture. Therefore, this year’s C4C6 lecture series of the Amsterdam…
Read MoreKajjansi Junction Spatial Development Framework
VE-R as partner of DASUDA was present at the Kajjansi Town Council meeting where the Vision of Growth was presented. This last Tuesday 26th of February the Kajjansi Town Council, part of Wakiso District in Greater Kampala, Uganda, met in a special session regarding the Kajjansi Junction Spatial Development Framework (SDF), presented by DASUDA under…
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