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This paper provides a framework for value-driven transformation in residential neighbourhoods of the period 1965-1990 in the Netherlands. Many of these neighbourhoods are facing both massive restructuring programmes due to planned large-scale technical upgrades as part of the regular maintenance cycle of buildings, infrastructure and public (green) spaces, and transformations as part of the policy of 'energy transition' and 'demographic transition'.
Although these neighbourhoods are not yet highly valued in public discourse, discussions are beginning within the heritage discourse about what should be considered 'valuable' about them. Is it the 'historic' architecture and landscape forms, or should the specific planning concept or the lifestyles and 'histories' of the inhabitants inform the transition policy? The generic and technological solutions recently projected by the government on these neighbourhoods do not take these questions into account, as they are - for the time being - just considered as 'run-down neighbourhoods'.
This paper aims to identify the different stakeholder values in order to arrive at a value-based transition policy. First, it analyses which attributes of these neighbourhoods are considered representative of this type of heritage from different stakeholder perspectives. Second, it constructs a conceptual framework to analyse what values are at stake when different conceptions of 'heritage' are pitted against each other. Third, the conceptual framework is 'tested' in different Dutch neighbourhoods through design research scenarios and stakeholder discussions. Finally, conclusions are drawn on how heritage elements could be reinterpreted and reworked in transition policies, taking into account different stakeholder inputs at different stages of the transformation process.
References
Den Hartog, H., L. Bijlsma and I. Nio (2024) Learning from Anting New Town, Shanghai: Cultural and Spatial Appropriation and Transformation of the Planned Structure. In: thematic issue China City Planning Review ‘Re-designing New Towns, Regenerating Urbanity’
Reijndorp, A., L. Bijlsma, I. Nio and R. vd Wouden (2012) Nieuwe Steden in de Randstad. Den Haag: PBL
Tennekes, J., L. Bijlsma, A. van Hoorn, G. Renes and F. Schilder (2022) Erfgoed als leefomgevingswaarde: een referentiekader voor de dialoog over de waarde van het bestaande bij ruimtelijke ingrepen. Den Haag: PBL
| Keywords | post-war heritage, the Netherlands, value-driven approach |
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| Best Congress Paper Award | Yes |
