Rotterdam has 18.5 km2 of – mostly empty – flat roofs. Why has the city only made use of a limited number of roofs, when there is so much potential in doing so? To address this topic, the City of Rotterdam commissioned MVRDV and Rotterdam Rooftop Days to produce a catalogue of 130 innovative ideas to make use of the city’s roofs, giving rise to a fantastic new phase of development in Rotterdam. 随着MVRDV设计的鹿特丹博伊曼斯·范·伯宁恩博物馆艺术仓库竣工,绿色屋顶、甚至是屋顶森林的概念在鹿特丹受到了越来越多的欢迎。其中,平屋顶的利用方式更加多样,例如可设置储水功能和活动空间。从屋顶办公到屋顶运动场,再到屋顶墓地,《屋顶开发手册》提供了130余种有趣的可能性。
Rotterdammers are increasingly becoming used to seeing green roofs and even rooftop forests, thanks to the completion of MVRDV’s Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen. Yet flat roofs can be used for much more, for example storing water or as an event space. The Rooftop Catalogue offers an inspiring overview of no less than 130 different possibilities, from personal offices to sports fields to a cemetery. 《屋顶开发手册》展示了如何通过利用屋顶空间来解决城市空间不足、以及城市向乡村无限度扩张的问题。我们希望这本书能够启发人们,为什么我们的城市要向天空垂直生长,以及如何通过重新规划我们的屋顶来解决气候变化、住房短缺和再生能源利用等重大问题。同时,这本手册也解决了屋顶利用的实际问题,包括具体的建造方式和适用于不同建筑类型的不同利用方法。
The Rooftop Catalogue shows how roof use can be a solution for the scarcity of space in the city and how it can help to prevent the city from expanding outwards into rural areas. The book aims to inspire people, showing why we should take to the skies and how reprogramming rooftops can help with major issues such as climate change, a lack of housing, and the transition to renewable energy. The catalogue addresses the practical side of using roofs: What are the different options for construction? Which ideas are suitable for which types of building?
The Rooftop Catalogue also offers a glimpse of the future; what will it take to make this a reality? “I think we need a new Building Code, or rather a Rooftop Code, with a helpdesk for the homeowners’ associations and corporations that take the initiative. You should be able to stack the four elements – water, greenery, energy, and population – on top of each other, like a sandwich. It should be defined in some kind of regulation that rooftops should be able to support that weight. Stronger structures are more sustainable”, says MVRDV founding partner Winy Maas.
以下为对购买帮助不大的评价