**Eindhoven has challenges to accommodate the growth of the city. Considering its limited space, the aim is to densify the city center with approximately 25,000 homes. However, this should not be at the expense of the accessibility and quality of the city center. The ambition is actually to improve the quality of the city center through densification. This raises the question what spatial interventions are needed in the coming years to achieve this goal. That is why the Municipality asked PosadMaxwan, together with APPM, Goudappel and Tauw, to create a development perspective for Eindhoven Centre 2040.
The development perspective describes how the necessary growth, in the form of densification of the center, can be accommodated in a good way. It provides the municipality of Eindhoven with tools how to combine densification with a quality impulse for the public space. By looking integrally at growth, quality of life, climate adaptation, greening, health and accessibility, space is created for an economically vital and socially inclusive city. The perspective builds upon the scenic, cultural-historical and modern-technological qualities that Eindhoven already has.
While drawing up the development perspective we first combined the sectoral policy ambitions of the Municipality. Subsequently we mapped the qualitative spatial structures of the city. We then refined the perspective by looking more precisely at the existing situation. Finally, we advised the Municipality about future developments using Key Performance Indicators.
"Eindhoven is the city where the future is made, with a good balance between our unique economy, ecology and well-being."
What will the city of Eindhoven look like in 2040?
By 2040, Eindhoven will:
have a beautiful center from Strijp S to Kanaalzone, with a recognizable Eindhoven identity, metropolitan zones and sights and facilities such as the Philips Stadium, Central Station and St. Catherine's Church.
have a recognizable finger structure, characterized by high-density clusters along HOV lines, where many new and current residents make their home and have access to the rest of the city.
have an underlying historic city with five recognizable historic village centers, where local life takes place along historic streets that extend from the city center.
have a robust green shell that preserves the beauty and tranquility inside and outside the city, where the three landscape wedges, reinforced by the Genderdal and the Eindhoven canal, branch out into various green structures, with powerful green spaces in all parts of the city.
have a vital Brainport zone, intertwined with forests and river valleys, connected via N2, cycling networks and high-quality public transport, a showcase of the Genius Landscape where innovation is brewed.
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