Toward a new direction for downtown Groningen

July 2023 - August 2023
Site: Groningen, Netherlands
Professional work

Assistant Designer

Groningen’s inner city is facing increasing pressure due to urban growth. This calls for smarter densification, better public spaces, and a healthier, more sustainable environment for diverse users—residents, visitors, cyclists, and pedestrians—while preserving open space and historical character.

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The city’s rich historical layers are fading. The challenge is to integrate heritage into future planning by balancing preservation, transformation, and new development. This “Atlas” initiates a spatial exploration to connect urban policy with on-the-ground reality through data, mapping, and analysis.

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Next steps include policy testing, stakeholder input, and building a transformation toolbox. Key themes like sustainability, diversity, and connectivity will shape future strategies. Past planning lessons and current spatial insights together form the basis for Groningen’s long-term urban vision.