WALK-IN (acronym): Widening sustAinable mobiLity networKs: Impact on Nodes

Walk-In focuses on the relation between architectural design practice and mobility, as being the driver for change towards the sustainable development of our cities. The project has taken the small suburban stations in Rotterdam South area as a testbed for the exploration.
The researchers, member of the group of Complex Projects at the Department of Architecture, teamed up with several Dutch public and private partners and the creative industry. Those are: the City of Rotterdam, Deltametropolis Association, De Zwarte Hond, PosadMaxwan, Mecanoo, Bureau Spoorbouwmeester, the Ministry of Infrastructure and the Water Managemet, the rail infrastructure manager Prorail. It sees also the French collaboration of the University of Gustave Eiffel and AREP Paris-based design office. The consortium partners form a new network of researchers and professionals in the creative industry, experts of design of stations and public space. The network also expanded throughout the project activities. The program of the final event held in January 2023 can be download here. The final outputs of the Walk-In project are: the ‘Design Toolbox’ (in progress, TU Open Publishing), the publication ‘Transit Stations: Sub-centers in Rotterdam Zuid’ as result from the students involvement in the research project within the City of Innovations course (2022), the contribution to the Dutch Design Week ‘22 in Eindhoven with the exhibition of the Walk-In model mock-up and the article in the magazine ‘Collaboration for Impact’.

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Walk-In focuses on the relation between architectural design practice and mobility, as being the driver for change towards the sustainable development of our cities. The project has taken the small suburban stations in Rotterdam South area as a testbed for the exploration.
The researchers, member of the group of Complex Projects at the Department of Architecture, teamed up with several Dutch public and private partners and the creative industry. Those are: the City of Rotterdam, Deltametropolis Association, De Zwarte Hond, PosadMaxwan, Mecanoo, Bureau Spoorbouwmeester, the Ministry of Infrastructure and the Water Managemet, the rail infrastructure manager Prorail. It sees also the French collaboration of the University of Gustave Eiffel and AREP Paris-based design office. The consortium partners form a new network of researchers and professionals in the creative industry, experts of design of stations and public space. The network also expanded throughout the project activities. The program of the final event held in January 2023 can be download here. The final outputs of the Walk-In project are: the ‘Design Toolbox’ (in progress, TU Open Publishing), the publication ‘Transit Stations: Sub-centers in Rotterdam Zuid’ as result from the students involvement in the research project within the City of Innovations course (2022), the contribution to the Dutch Design Week ‘22 in Eindhoven with the exhibition of the Walk-In model mock-up and the article in the magazine ‘Collaboration for Impact’.