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The VR movie was made in 3dsMax + Vray and edited in After Effects. During the , people could view the looping movie in one of 5 GearVRs. One of them was live- streaming to a beamer using ChromeCast for other people in the room to watch.
This VR animation was made for a VR Experience (GearVR) for the city council of the dutch town Schiedam. It is a visualisation of a development strategy for the Schie Quarter made by Team Schiedam, a collaboration between the offices Basic City, Felixx and Studio Komma. In the coming years the area around the central Koemarkt square and the Schie canal will transform into a meeting place with living, working and leisure.
Schiedam has a particular urban configuration with the historical center and the port industry right next to each other. The Schie Quarter, situated at the border of both areas, will connect spatially and functionally to form a new urban entity. The objective of the development strategy is to transform the area into a vivid district around the Schie canal; A new vital and authentic downtown entrance.
The central Koemarkt square will be simplified and connected to the water. The renewed square will become an integral link between the industrial area and the historic center. The adjacent and currently vacant VROM location offers space to a new program in the future that fits both the historic city and the industrial area.
The development strategy proposes an incremental transformation. It is a flexible strategy that steers the spatial, social and economic development potential of the project area. The entire planning area is thereby divided into a number of subprojects. This subdivision makes it possible to develop the entire planning area in several steps with their own pace and priority. This allows the project to respond to the dynamics of contemporary urban development.
To achieve a feasible plan that is being carried by multiple stakeholders, the strategy has been made within an open planning process. It has been a comprehensive cooperation between the municipality, consultants and public, which was conducted in an open dialogue. In the future this cooperation will play a continuous role with the development of the subprojects.
