The document summarizes the Nesselande neighborhood in Rotterdam, Netherlands. It describes how the neighborhood began construction in 2000 with the extension of the Metro Line B and the building of the Nesselande station, which was finished in 2005. The neighborhood now has over 14,000 residents living in 4,750 residential units, with plenty of green space, housing, shopping, bicycle infrastructure, and public space.

1. Rotterdam Randstad Metro
Exercise
Nesselande
Group 06
Abel Escovedo
Angélica Vidal
Daniel Passos
Lucas Souza
Ricardo Shoji

3. Nesselande NESSELANDE
ROTTERDAM
• The district's construction began in
2000.
• The City extended the Metro Line B
and built the Nesselande station,
finished in 2005.
• The neighborhood started to take
shape with plenty of green space, a
plethora of housing options, a
central shopping area, people-
friendly streets, cozy bicycle routes,
loads of public space for neighbors
to interact, and a seaside resort.
• 14,000 residents in 4,750
residential units

4. 1) A lot of infrastructure like parks
and football fields and a skate park.
Social Facilities

5. Social Facilities
2) “The wide beach on
Siciliëboulevard feel like a
little corner of southern
Europe in Rotterdam.”
(Rotterdam Info)

6. 1) The biggest developments
in the area, shopping malls
and a residential tower at the
end.
Housing

7. 2) Variety in architecture can be
found in a couple of examples,
but mainly big developments
with neutral aesthetics can be
found in the neighborhood.
Housing

8. 3) The area is still under
development
Housing

9. 4) Some big apartments buildings can be found
among the skyline, dominated by two or 3
storied houses
Housing

10. Transportation modalities and connections
1) Bycicles parking used in full
next to the metro station,
assuming that a lot of
inhabitants commute by bike
and than by metro.

11. 2) A lot of the residents seems
to have cars.
Transportation modalities and connections

12. 1) A big elementary school is near
the station.
Institutions

13. 1) Two shopping malls
among the small houses
Economic Activities

14. 2) A complex of buildings
by the shore with some
shops.
Economic Activities

15. 1) Nothingness
Living

16. 2) Nothingness
Living

17. 2008
2014
Fast Development