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Movement Pattern

The document summarizes a proposal to redevelop the vacant site of a former shipyard in Fredrikstad, Norway. The proposal includes plans for a walkable street network, housing, and commercial areas to revitalize the site. A key aspect is improving access through new road and pedestrian bridges, though the proposal stages development to initially rely on existing access points until future transportation links are completed. The redesign aims to create a sustainable and economically viable mixed-use development through good urban design principles.

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Movement Pattern

The document summarizes a proposal to redevelop the vacant site of a former shipyard in Fredrikstad, Norway. The proposal includes plans for a walkable street network, housing, and commercial areas to revitalize the site. A key aspect is improving access through new road and pedestrian bridges, though the proposal stages development to initially rely on existing access points until future transportation links are completed. The redesign aims to create a sustainable and economically viable mixed-use development through good urban design principles.

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(FMV SHIPYARD IN NORWAY)

The FMV shipyard in Fredrikstad was an


economic victim of the recent movement of
shipbuilding and ship repair to the Far East,
and the site of the abandoned shipyard has
remained largely vacant since 1989.
The shipyard site is located on the island of
Krkery, across a narrow canal from the
city centre, and suffers from difficult access
by road.

A new pedestrian bridge associated with
recent masterplan based on luxury
apartments has been constructed, but the
plan is in abeyance following poor sales.
A proposed new road bridge funded by the
state will improve access to the site but there
is no indication of when it will be
implemented.

Participants in the INTBAU Summer School
devised a strategy for flexible subdivision and
disposal of land that could be adapted to
changing market conditions over time.
Central to the proposal - originated by
participants in a summer school, and since
developed further - is a walkable street
network
The site lies between outlying suburbs and
the city centre and the construction of a
linking road through the site would allow a
shorter journey for motorists, cyclists and
pedestrians to the existing city centre
The proposal includes both waterfront sites
and sites for apartment blocks.
The efficiency of the connected street layout
in reducing walking distances is marked in
comparison to adjoining post-war suburbs
with their dendritic street layouts.

A key issue is to make the area work
economically. The scheme must be
configured to provide the most viable plan
possible within the terms of sustainability
and good urban design.
It is important to create a design that
provides for an intense commercial centre
with active frontages, and avoid a land use
mix that dissipates centre uses.
- Maximise views to the sea
- Preserve vistas along existing crane tracks to
the historic shipbuilding cranes
- Create publicly accessible water edge
promenades (located along existing wharf edges)
- Create a centrally located retail node within
walkable distance of the majority of the site
- Preserve existing landmark industrial heritage
buildings and structures
- Place housing blocks to maximise water views
to the west and north and solar access to the
south and west.

However, plans for the FMV site cannot assume
the existence of this bridge in the near future.
Accordingly, the road network has been designed
to allow for movement during the initial phase
with access from the west only, and for north-
south movement in the future when the road and
bridge links are built. Changes have been made
in order to increase permeability and connect
more closely to the regional, subregional and
local road network, allowing for a range of future
possibilities

The bridge link is proposed to be in the originally envisaged
location to allow for the create of active frontage adjoining the
existing buildings on the northern waterfront. This move also
improves the potential for connection of the site street network
to the subregional network to the south. As well as contributing
to overall connectivity and legibility, it has also provided the
opportunity to create a street with active uses on both sides -
vital for a functioning town centre.
In order to support retail viability and pedestrianisation, more
access points have been created along the main active street
frontages. Greater permeability in this area is important to the
economic and social vitality of the centre.
Many roads have been narrowed - bringing them into line with
traditional urban road dimensions in Fredrikstad. This will
improve the sense of enclosure of these streets when taken in
conjunction with building typologies proposed. Together these
will create appropriate height-to-width ratios on all streets.
The movement network has been redesigned to allow increased
vehicular permeability and legibility while retaining a pedestrian-
oriented promenade at the waters edge.
The ferry stop has been moved to a location more accessible from
the river, near the western end of the old dry dock.
Improvements in connectivity will heighten the potential to
attract one or more bus routes to the redeveloped area.



Staging of the development
The revised proposal drawing shows how
redevelopment could be staged to allow
establishment of the central part of the site
relying only on access from the
west. Development of the more remote
northern and western areas is assumed to
become possible only with construction of
one or more of the north-south road links.
The centre has been placed to reflect
staging possibilities related to the changes in
site access over time.

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