The Green City

The climate will change dramatically in the coming years. The risk of floods, heat waves and extreme dry periods is increasing. A climate-proof city is a city that is prepared for this. But what solutions do we have for this? And at the same time, how do we ensure that we also live more sustainably in the city? What will our food supply look like in the future, how do we move in a sustainable city and what building materials are used to build new buildings. In short, how do we make the ‘city of tomorrow’ a place where life is pleasant for people and nature.

Join UrbanGuides through the city center of Rotterdam and see how many developments and applications are underway to make the city center of Rotterdam livable and climate-proof. Greening the city, improving water quality, more sustainable construction and better use of the available land. Look with new eyes at the city center that continues to reinvent itself.

To surprise you, we offer The Green City in two different parts of the city center, namely in the oldest part of the city center with the greening of the Grote Kerkplein, the roof plan of the De Heuvel Building and the spectacular Rif010 with inland water projects such as the fish ladder at the Leuvekolk.

Another interesting part of the city center is the transition area (around Hofplein station) from the center to North Rotterdam, where a lot of experiments are being done with greening and making this raw part of Rotterdam climate-proof. Here we find a series of sustainable projects such as the DakAkker, the Waterplein as a water collection facility in the form of a schoolyard and numerous other green interventions, with the future highlight being a 1.9 kilometer long park on an elevated railway viaduct.

Tip! For more interest in green, circular and sustainable development and construction, the Ecowijk Leonidas and Erasmus Campus excursion is highly recommended!