urban renewal
Blerick Center, Venlo

urban design / public space design / supervision architects

i.c.w. DLA + landscape architects
2007 - present

planning area
The redevelopment is in the historic heart of the village Blerick next to the River Meuse. Blerick is a district of the municipality of Venlo.

strategy
The urban renewal strategy is a combination of a rural and an urban typology

urban design
The edges have a village atmosphere, the central section has a urban atmosphere.

bird's eye view

bird's eye view

bird's eye view

Maasbreesestraat
new building with a urban atmosphere

impression
 Carleysplaats / Laurentiusplein

impression
Laurentiusplein / Carleysplaats

strategy public space
two spheres of public space: rural and urban

public space
plan

rural street profile
Steegstraat

rural street profile
Steegstraat

Laurentiusplein
Laurentiusplein and atrium shopping mall Plaza are a whole.

plan Laurentiusplein
Laurentiusplein and atrium shopping mall Plaza form are a unit.

Laurentiusplein cross section
The sidewalks, roadway and parking lots of the square form a spatial whole.

Laurentiusplein cross section
The sidewalks, roadway and parking lots of the square form a spatial whole.

Antoniusplein
The existing pavement of the street adjacent to the square and particularised by divergent paving pattern.

Antoniusplein
The existing pavement of the street adjacent to the square and particularised by divergent paving pattern.

Antoniusplein
new work of art