Dutch Profiles: West 8

Adriaan Geuze is the director and chief designer of West8 urban design and landscape architecture. He teaches at the University of Wageningen and presents lectures worldwide. With his partners, Edzo Bindels, Martin Biewenga and Jamie Maslyn Larson, he leads an international team of 70 people in Rotterdam and New York, working on large urban and landscape projects all over the world. He managed to turn an old Amsterdam harbour into a vibrant urban area. Transforms Governors Island in New York into a successful tourist destination. And came up with a coherent vision for the Toronto Central Waterfront. In each project water is key.

In 2011, after 6 years of working, a team of architects from Madrid: Burgos & Garrido, Porras & La Casta, Rubio & Álvarez-Sala and West 8 from Rotterdam finalized the Madrid Rio Project. For decades a highway had been polluting this extremely dense urban area of 10 kilometres along the river of Madrid, obstructing any development. It had to go underground, using 23 kilometres of tunnel, so that the area could be redesigned from scratch. Ancient bridges were completely renovated. And new bridges were added. The mayor of Madrid, Gallardon, wanted fast results, but the building of the tunnels turned out to be an unpredictable process, that demanded the constant flexibility of the designers.

http://www.west8.nl

CREDITS:
Commissioning editor: Geert van de Wetering
Line producer: Janneke van de Kerkhof
Production assistant: Anjet Blinde
Research: Liselotte Francken
Director: Noud Holtman
Camera: Diderik Evers, Stephanie Phlippen
Sound: Wouter Veldhuis
Editor: Noud Holtman
Voice-over: Micha Westera
Color correction: Maurik de Ridder
Music sound design: Pastelle Music

Produced by Submarine, Femke Wolting & Bruno Felix
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Commissioned by DutchDFA
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