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Quayside blocks
A mixed district on a former harbour, planned around its evenings.
Gridwork Studio / Urban planning / Rotterdam
Plan the city after dark
We design streets, blocks and lighting for neighbourhoods that are used all day. The city behind this page is generated: scroll to fly in and watch it light up.
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Step 01 / Overview
From above, it is a pattern.
Blocks, streets and towers read as a grid. Most plans stop here. We start here, then go down to eye level where people actually live.
Step 02 / Street level
Then you are inside it.
At walking height the same plan is a canyon of facades. Width of street against height of building decides shade, wind and whether anyone stays.
Step 03 / Night
Lit windows tell the truth.
A district with its lights on at ten pm is working. Mixed homes, shops and offices keep the grid awake, and that is what we plan for.
Cities that stay lit all day.
-Buildings drawn
-Windows lit
-Altitude
-Local time
Work
Three kinds of project, each starting with a walk through the site.
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Lighting plan
Street lighting that sets the mood without washing out the sky.
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Height and shade
A shadow study for a row of towers beside a school.
Fourteen planners and one big map.
Urban designers, a traffic engineer and a lighting specialist. Every project starts with a night walk of the site, in any weather.
P
Pieter van DijkPrincipal planner
L
Lotte BrandtLighting design
S
Samira HaddadTraffic and streets
Brief us on your block.
Send a site plan or a street name. We will start with a night walk.
Brief usFictional brand. Projects, people and details are sample content.