yoff urbain

YOFF URBAINAn urban design and strategic plan for

the Yoff Stadium Precinct, Dakar, Senegal

YOFF URBAINWidely adored vital public spaces serve as long term social sustainable places, they are as important as hospitals and education in rapid urbanising areas. E. Pealosa.

The project Yoff Urbain involves developing an urban design and strategic plan for the Yoff Stadium Precinct (YSP), an open area in Yoff. Yoff is one of the northern districts of Dakar, the capital of Senegal. The objective is to expand the currently popular sports program and prayer activities related to the stadium into a vibrant multipurpose area for different usergroups.

The YSP is one of the few left over open spaces in Yoff and therefore very precair. In order to preserve as much open space as possible, a strategy is made where spaces and elements are multifunctional and adaptable to diverse usage and future change.

Project name:Made by: With the help off:Date:Commissioned by:

Type of project:University:

State study project:State project:

Yoff UrbainRoos Marijn LimburgCheikh Dram2012William Deijman, DakarkidsStudyRotterdam Academy for Architecture and Urban DesignFinished August 2012Feasibility study

opportunism

beauty

painfull

autonomy

organic

self organisation

colourfull

sports

density

entrepreneurship

Top: Geographical position of the siteBottom: Evolutionary timeline of Yoff

AFRICA SENEGAL WEST SENEGAL DAKAR

Dakar

Thies

Diourbel

Fatick

Rufisque

Mbour

Dakar

Senegal

AfricaAfrica

Senegal *8 km

After a huge epidemy, Yoff got partly rebuild. The colonial in uence is visible in the more rigid structure

of the village.

The Lbou*1 migrated from Ethiopia to Egypt to

Mauritania to end up in Sene-gal, Cap Vert

Mid-sixteenth century - the rst Lbou setteled in Cap

Vert

The routes of the Lbou from fth to the 12th

century

1790 - The Republic of the Lebou got established on the

peninsula of Cape Vert. Yoff is one of the villages.

All villages had its own internal leadership, lead by

the Djaraf.

1430 - Yoff gets established by the Djolof

Current outlines of the Yoff Stadium Precinct projected on

older maps

DjolofDjolofDjolofDjolofDjolofDjolof

Source: (UNESCO 2000)

Source: (UNESCO 2000)

Conversion to Islam. Conversion at rst faced heavy

resistance from the Lbou

0 500 1000 1500 1600 1700 1800 1850

DAKAR SPATIAL FRAMEWORK YOFFDISTRICT: YOFF YOFF STADIUM PRECINCT

Routes on a metropolitan scaleRoutes on a city scale

Dakar city center

Towards Dakar city center 6km

Towards Thies, Rufi sque, Mbour, St-Louis

Towards Cambarene, Pikine

International Airport

Towards Ngor, Almadies

After a huge epidemy, Yoff got partly rebuild. The colonial in uence is visible in the more rigid structure

of the village.

Today, Yoff is granted special autonomy in the constitution, laws and practices of Senegal. In which three different constitutions are in power to different extend: the mayor of Yoff, the Layenne and the Lbou

1996. Yoff changed administra-tively from being a rural com-

munity to a commune of Dakar

Current outlines of the Yoff Stadium Precinct projected on

older maps

the Lbouthe Lbouthe Lbouthe Lbouthe Lbouthe Lbouthe Lbouthe Lbouthe Lbouthe Lbou

1960 - 1980 L-opold

Sdar Senghor President. Parti:

Union Progressiste Sngalaise, or UPS

1980 - 2000 Abdou Diouf

President. Parti Socialiste

2000 - 2012. Abdoulaye Wade President. Parti Dmocratique Sngalais

2012 - currentMacki Sall President. Parti: APR: Alliance pour la Rpublique

Conversion to Islam. Conversion at rst faced heavy

resistance from the Lbou1884 - Layenne order was established by a Yoff-born Lbou marabout, his mausuleum is in Yoff

2010. Dakarkids initiates a redevelop-ment of the Yoff Stadium Precinct

source: google maps source: Gen Europe

1850 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 20401996. Apecsy sold the stadium-area, it became land of the Yoff

community

1960 1980 2000 20201940

YSP

Towards Dakar city center 8km

Towards Thies, Rufi sque, Mbour, St-Louis

Towards Cambarene, Pikine

Towards Ngor,

Almadies

Leopold Sengor International airport

19601940 1980 2000 2020

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SituatednessThe so called situatedness tells how the site is culturally, historically, and physically embedded.The Yoff stadium Precinct is located just off one of the main arteries of Dakar. The images below show urban evolutions of Dakar and Yoff. Dakar has grown tremendously fast after becoming independend in 1960. Around 1990

the expansion of Dakar reached the village of Yoff, which was itsself meantime also rapidly expanding and densifying. Yoff changed administratively from being a rural community to one of the arrondissements of Dakar in 1996.

Situatedness

Top left: urban framework - Dakar; Right: Urban framework - YoffBottom left: Urban evolution - Dakar; Right: Urban evolution Yoff

There is a distinction between the old villlage of Yoff and the newly build areas. In the traditional village of Yoff, over the years the roads became smaller and the urban structure became chaotic due to unregulated building expansions. It is very lively in the traditional village and there is close connectedness between the inhabitants, in terms of extended families, muslim brotherhoods and

ethnical backgrounds. Newer areas are more open, greener and as oppose to the old village and far not everyone that lives in these newer areas is physically connected to traditional Yoff. Inhabitants of the newer areas come from all over Senegal. The YSP, (Yoff Stadium Precinct) is situated just outside the traditional village.

Old village of Yoff Newly build areas

Images of Yoff

The cemeteryLeopold Senghor International airport

Yoff stadium

Islamic cemetery

Yoff beach

The marble store

DakarkidsMausuleum of the Layennes

Leopold Sengor International airport

commercial areasweekly marketcommerce around fi shery

30.500m2

10.000m2

2700m23500m2

Prayerfi eld Stadium

prayerfi eld

Yoff Stadium

monday tuesday wednesday thursday friday saturday sunday

500 users/week

1500 users/week

prayerfi eld

stadium

religion at times

cultural activities (religion, performance, art etc.)cultural activities (religion, performance, art etc.)cultural activities (religion, performance, art etc.)cultural activities (religion, performance, art etc.)cultural activities (religion, performance, art etc.)cultural activities (religion, performance, art etc.)

religion at times

sport

housing

education

commmercialcommmercial

green

Section A

Section A

1. Entities on a city-scale show why people from outside Yoff currently come to visit Yoff. 2. Commercial activity takes place alongside the main roads of Yoff, one of these commercial roads runs directly passed, and one ends right at the YSP. Image 3. shows the YSP, with on the west site the prayer area and on the east site the existing stadium, the total area covers 45.000m2. The prayer area is used 3 times a year for a period of a few days. The remaining time it is open to the

community for predominantly sport activities. 4. Aside commercial activity and housing, there are a few mosks and schools in close proximity to the site. 5. The current YSP fascilitates about 2000 users a week with peaks on wednesday and in the weekends. 6. There is a hight difference of 6 meters between the highest and the lowest point of the site, this is over 300 meters length.

Situatedness

Top left: entities that operate on a city-scale; Right: commercial activityMiddle left: the site - Yoff Stadium Precinct (YSP); Right: UsageBottom left: Rhythm analyses; right: altitudes

UrgenceThe main reasons why the need for revitilizing the YSP is so important are the following. The current airport in Yoff is moving outside the city, therefore there will be a great loss of jobs of many people in Yoff that work there. This in addition to the thousends of people who are currently already jobless in Yoff. Also, the current very few sport facilities are badly maintained and

falling apart while it is a stadium where fi rst division is played. This while other fi rst division stadiums are in a far better state and have more and better facilities. Thirdly Both areas, the stadium and the prayerfi eld are surrounded by high walls and therefore very uninviting to the community. And last, the usage is very uniform, for which it only serves a very limited part of the community.

Urgence

Premiership stadium

fi rst/second division stadium

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From top to bottom: Badly maintained

High walls make the area uninvitingUniform usage

Yoff stadium is legging behind in comparison to other fi rst division stadiums

There is so much tension in the use of public spaces within the African cities that we need to start thinking of them as

being a multifunctional space rather then a static space with just one purpose.

Oladayo Oladunjoye, Architect

Successful public spaces are lively places where the manyfunctions of community life take place, and where people feel

ownership and connectedness - true common ground.

Platform for Public Space

Approximit dataYoff area: 3,5 km2Inhabitants: 140.000Inhabitants/HA: 426Average living area/individual (interior): 16m2

PotentialsCurrently, there is incredible little open space in Yoff, not to mention the open space that is public and serving community life. The Yoff Stadium Precinct is one of the few left over open spaces in Yoff and therefore very precair. The Yoff stadium Precinct shouldent remain hidden, monofunctional and unmaintained, but it has

Potentials

a potential to become a public space for everyone to meet and play.

Top: Nolli map of a part of Yoff, showing the urban densityBottom: Inspiring quotes on potentials of public space

MultilayeredAs said, the Yoff stadium has potential to serve the community of Yoff. This means including diverse programming and serving diverse usergroups (varieing in age, gender, background, economic circumstances etc.) at the same time and over time. This we call a multilayered approach.

Multilayered

Yoff Stadium Precinct = a potential!

for diverse programme for diverse usergroups

in time

multilayered

A multilayered approach

VERTICAL PERSPECTIVEResearch methods:

Mapping (use in space and time) Study by design Interchange with key informants Literature review

HORIZONTAL PERSPECTIVEResearch methods:

Participatory action research Spatial analyses (use in space and time)

TRAJECTORY:syntheses of the vertical and horizontal perspectives

2010 2015 2020

COMPLETION SPATIAL FRAMEWORK

YSP FURTHER EVOLVES ACCORDING TO CHANGING MARKETS AND DESIRES

3 methodsThree main methods are used in the project. Firstly, in order to make a sustainable plan, the classical thrilogy of economy, social and environment are taken into account in every step of the desisionmaking process. Additionally, the themes: feasibility, vitality and resilience are central themes in the project. Each of these themes are again enforced in their meaning by

complying the trilogy. Secondly, the design proposal is not a fi xed plan but a spatial framework. It is to be seen as a base from which things can grow organically. It aims to guide organic processes that anyhow take place in African streetlife. It guides terms of what can happen but also what cannot happen. And thirdly, the analyses is done through the combination of a horizontal and a vertical perspective.

3 Methods

Trhee methods: Top: approach to sustainabilityMiddle: a guided transformation processBottom: syntheses of a vertical and a horizontal perspective

Resilience [r-zlyns]n.- The property of a material that enables it to resume its original shape or position after being bent, stretched, or compressed; elas-ticity.

Feasibility [fz-bl]adj.- Capable of being accomplished or brought about

Vitality [vatlt]n. - The power or ability to continue in exis-tence, live, or grow

OBJECTIVEThe project involves developing an urban plan for the Yo Stadium precinct. The objective is to expand the currently popular sports program related to the stadium into a vi-brant multipurpose area for diverse usergroups. The plan is adaptable to future user-dynamics while being resil-ience to undesired development such as real estate or waste dump (corners).

POSITIONWidely adored vital public areas are long term social sustainalbe areas, they are as important as hospitals and education in rapid urbanising areas.

The Yo Stadium Precinct is one of the few left over open spaces in Yo and therefore very precair. In order to pre-serve as much open space as possible, a strategy is re-quired where spaces and elements are multifunctional and adaptable to diverse usage and/or future change.

social

economy

environment

socialeconomy

environment

feasibility

vitality

resilience




social

economy

environment

socialeconomy

environment

feasibility

vitality

resilience

Yoff is a very particular, it is an autonomy like in Monaco. You need to realise this when you want to up-grade the stadium. There are many parties who claim ownership off,

and rights to the stadium.

APECSI soled the stadium to the Yoff community in 1996. Eversince, there has not been any clearity

whoms responsibility it is. Many ideas for de-velopment got stuck

on this.

The prayereld gets used for praying, about

two or three times a year. It may be used for other activities but per-manent developments is

not allowed

People need a place to just enjoy and to withdrawl from

their daily sorrows.

The new stadium area should become nancially self sustainable in time. It needs the right ingredients

to achieve this.

INTERCHANGE WITH INFORMANSA SELECION OF THE RESULTS:

knowledge on agriculture must be passed on to younger generations

for many women is raising kids and earning money difculd to be -combined

The area should also contain a

Unique Selling Point like a big shop for

sport merchendises

The future stadium should include sports as volleyball, climbing, lutte, basketball, handball and athletics.

TAKING ENQUETESA SELECION OF THE RESULTS:

WORKSHOPSA SELECION OF THE RESULTS:

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The stadium area must become a vibrant, lively place but also nice and quiet

We want a stadium to be proud of, the tribune

should seat thousends of people!Us women, we want to

have a space for shops and workshops, and a kindergarden

in the world is Yoff. Id love to watch

a performance or a concert once in a while, that will help me to let go of my daily

sorrows

My favourite place





on this.



not allowed




to achieve this.






sport merchendises




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sorrows

My favourite place





on this.



not allowed




to achieve this.






sport merchendises




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sorrows

My favourite place

Horizontal analyses means here, observation and interchange with a random group of people from Yoff. This included taking enquets and having worksops. Vertical means mapping, literature review, interchange with key informants etc. Where the outomes of the horizontal and the vertical perspectives correspond, they are incorporated in the plan. The following page shows a selection of these outcomes. The images

above show some of the things that are said by the different informant groups. The key informants included the president of the stadium, the head of the village, the head of the notables of the village, the commissioner, a historican and a constructor.

Interchange with people - A selection of outcomes

Three information groups: Top: People from the street by taking enquetes

Middle: People from the street through wokshopsBottom: key informants

Rhythms and music are deeply routed in the Senegalese culture.

Kids dominate the streets of Yoff, they are often deli-vered to the streets during the day

Colourfull versus grey

Trade is extremely exible, where people are is trade

People love green and to sit under trees, no matter how small...

Bougainville and hybiscus are common shrubs in Senegal.

Goats love new green, thisprecludes young trees to grow

Id like to have a quiet space in Yoff,

but it also has to be lively and vibrant

The walls should be tared down, only then

it will become acces-sible for

everyone

The stadium area should facilitate handball, volley-

ball, swimming, basketball, lutte, rugbey, athletics and

soccer.

The Yoff stadium should become a place for all kinds

of activities. It should be-come the backyard of the

people of Yoff and beyound, it must become a florishing

space!

There must be special facilities for children in

Yoff

The stadium area must be-come a vibrant, lively place but also nice and quiet

We want a stadium to be proud of, the tribune should

seat thousends of people!

Us women, we want to have a space for a shops and workshops, and a kindergarden

My favourite place I know is Yoff.

Id like to have have a spot where I can leave my smallest

children for a couple of hours so that I can spend my time to earn

money..

Id like to play on the streets but after a

while Im sick of playing football, cause

that is what all the boys do.

There are almost no girls who play outside

I dont have enough work to feed my four

children, therefore 2 of them live with my mom

on the countryside Id love to have a small coffee-bar where I can sell

my coffee-specialities

I enjoy sitting outside underneath a tree, as it is our tradition, our

culture.

Id love to watch a performance or a concert once in a while, that will help me to let go of my daily sor-rows

Upgrading the stadium area should also involve a Unique Selling Point like a big shop

for sport merchendises


Syntheses of the vertical and horizontal perspectives

Results of varietive analyses methods - a selection


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In the YSP and its surroundings extreme little green


Mozaic is a common pavement.

Shade is a more important motive for people to stay then determined structures.

Sport is part of Yoffs identity, every morning and evening the beach is loaded with sporting people

Women and men are segregated. men and women are rarely found together in public space.

Football (and sports in general) contributes to positive social development.









on this.

The prayerfield gets used for praying, about


not allowed



The new stadium area should become financially self sustainable in time. It needs the right ingredients

to achieve this.

The strong sports-identity in Yoff should be exploited, the future stadium should include sports as volleyball, climbing, lutte, basketball, swimming and athletics.

for many women is raising kids and earning money dif culd to be com-bined





social

economy

environment

socialeconomy

environment

feasibility

vitality

resilience

focuss

A guided transformation process

syntheses between vertical and horizontal perspective

diverse usergroups

diverse programme

ProgrammeAll previous information: the three methods, including the outcomes of the third method (the different perspectives) and including the potentials and the urgence, has lead to four themes with an according programme. These four themes are commerce, sport, culture and public(s) space(s), including urban agriculture and a treeplant school. The programme alltogether requires 140.000m2

while the site is only 40.000m2 big. A solution is made by making many spaces and objects multifunctional. This way the desired programme can fi t into the area of the YSP.

Programme

commerce

infrastructure

spor

tpu

blic(s

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aces

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lture

Commerce en expansion (900m2)

Commerce - avec des structures xes (1300 m2)

Un terrain dentrainement en grava nis (750m2)

Les matchs des juniors et des entrainements sur lespace de prire (7000m2)

Un terrain de rugby plus une tribune 3000 spectateurs (13.500m2)

Un podium grande chelle et une tribune pour les spectacles et les ftes (13.500m2)

Parkings (800 m)

2200m2 infrastructures

Espace public maximum: 40.000m

Bassin deau (50m2)

Un terrain gazonn plus une tribune de 1000 spectateurs (2000m2)

Arne de lutte avec une tribune de 1000 spectateurs (2000m2)

Course de fond (1000m2)

Un podium petite chelle et une tribune (400m2)

Un podium moyenne chelle et une tribune pour les spectacles 1000 spectateurs (2000 m)

Espace de jeux (700m)

Agriculture urbaine (1800m)

Ecole ppinire (1100m2)

Espace de prire pour les entrainements et les matchs des juniors (7000 m )

1.2.

3.4.

coeur de la zone

Required: 140.000m programmatic infi ll

available: 40.000m2

Solution: multifunctional use of space and objects

commerce

infrastructure

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Parkings (800 m)



Bassin deau (50m2)










1.2.

3.4.

commerce

infrastructure

spor

tpu

blic(s

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aces

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Parkings (800 m)



Bassin deau (50m2)










1.2.

3.4.

low key wing

PRINCIPLE 1:MULTI-USE OF SPACE

PRINCIPLE 2:THE AREA LIKE A BUTTERFLY

PRINCIPLE 3:PERMEABILITY AND OPENNESS

PRINCIPLE 4:TERRACES TO MARK OUT

DIFFERENT AREAS

low key wing





DIFFERENT AREAS

coeur de la zone

4 principlesIn addition to the principle of multiuse there are three more project principles. The area is seen as a butter y. The west wing is the low key wing, with little (commercial) activity. In the core, central activities take place like an information centre, a slow road, central squares and a women centre. The right wing is the high key wing: it fascilitates the big stadium and commercial

activity that functions on a city scale. Principle 3 shows the area to be open and permeable. In favor of safety, openness and accessibility. The last principle shows that the design is build up from terraces, they mark out different zones and bridge the height difference. Following pages show different areas of the design with additional information on the whats, whys and wheres.

4 Principles

low key wing

high key wing

body- the heart of the area





DIFFERENT AREAS

High key wing

Low key wing

Core

Left: Principle 1. The design optimises landuse by the multiuse of space and objects.Right top: Principle 2. The area like a butter yRight middle: Principle 3. Permeability and opennessRight bottom: Principle 4. Terraces

Design - examples of programmatic usage

Iconic element at the end of a busy road to mark the YSP

Commercial activity as continuation of the existing commercial activity in the road

Tree-plant school and urban agriculture

Douala Sound garden

Urban agriculture

references

cole ppinaire

urban agriculture

Sport climb wall

Public(s) Space(s)

Public(s) Space(s)

watch tower

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Commerceshops

LOW KEY WING

Infrastructure

referencesCORE

road crossing the area

P (15 cars) + k&r

P (50 cars)

P (8 cars)P (6 cars)

Small scale performance area

Central square with women working center and adjoining playground

Breakdance performence

CultureCulturesmall scale performance area

women selling home made soap

a playground

Women selling home made soap

women centreand daycare

playground

Women get a central position in the area

Commerce

Public(s) Space(s)

Design - examples of programmatic usage

Couleur orange en mosaque

Couleur jaune en mosaque

Couleur bleu/vert en mosaque

Programme commercial

lment iconique en mur lev

tribune

Terrain athltique

Programme commercial avec un espace dexpension

Terrains de sport

Lutte

Parking des voitures, vlos et taxis

Grilles qui peuvent ouvrir

Grilles ferm

Zone de jardin

cole ppinire

Agriculture urbaine

Terrains de sport

jardin denfant

Commerce de femmes com-bines avec garde denfants

women selling home made soap

a playground

Women selling home made soap

HIGH KEY WING referencesCommercial activity on a city scale

A stadium for 3000 spectators for sports and culural activities

A part of the stadium can be used for court related sports, lutte and cinema and theatre

A part of the stadium can be used for court related sports, lutte and cinema and theatre

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P

Commerce

Public(s) Space(s)

Sport

Culture

backside tribune faces

fackside exis-ting dwellings

opennes to open areas

the stadium stands out because of its position, orientation and altitude

north south orientation of the sportsfi eld is favorable

tribune corresponds with altitude lines

Reasons why the orientation of the stadium is favorable

The stadium can also be used for big events like a hiphop concert

public cinema in Jenin

Ensured good visibility and accessibility

tribune with a stage and cinema-screen(1000 people)

Sport

Commerce

Public(s) Space(s)

queing area for entering the stadium

gym and fysiotherapy underneath tribune

food and beverages, gym and fysiotherapy underneath tribune

gym - women and men separated

food and drink outgifts at the entrances of the stadium

Separate gyms for women and men

FENCES

Design - examples of objects that can be used in multiple ways

Multiple use of objects. Aside the multi-use of space, the design includes also a list of objects that can be used in multiple ways. To name a few:Fences. There are fences that remain closed, functioning to stop balls, support shrubs and keeping people out or in. There are also fences that can open up. They then provide

access and shade. At the main entrance of the stadium, when the fence is closed, it can function as ticketsale box. Borders. at some places the existing walls retain, sometimes they get cut down and sometimes the get entirely broken down to provide access. At the new borders of ther area, new walls get placed to avoid cattle

fences that remain closed

PTraining

stops balls supports shrubs keeps people out

ticketsale

access and coverage

access stadium

fences that can open up

BORDERS

gutter cattle grid

retaining entire wall

cut down to seats

existing walls

gutter and cattle grid

PLANTS, TREES AND SHRUBS

to enter and to mark the borders of the YSP. At the access points of the area, a cattle grid is placed. At some points, this grid can also function as a gutter leading the water to the green areas. Flora. Flora in itself is already multifunctional, for it carries a lot of functions. In case of the YSP, plants offer beauty, roots that enhance the quality and

absorption level of the ground, air quality, sometimes fruit and vegetables and they can be used for educatoin purposes. Trees and shrubs also have all these qualities and in adition trees provide shade and shrubs function as windbreakers.

Plants

shrubs

+shadow

+wind-breaker

aesthetics fruit and vege-tables

roots educationair quality

trees

The spatial framework

Couleur orange en mosaque

Couleur jaune en mosaque

Couleur bleu/vert en mosaque

Programme commercial

lment iconique en mur lev

tribune

Terrain athltique

Programme commercial avec un espace dexpension

Terrains de sport

Lutte

Parking des voitures, vlos et taxis

Grilles qui peuvent ouvrir

Grilles ferm

Zone de jardin

cole ppinire

Agriculture urbaine

Terrains de sport

jardin denfant

Commerce de femmes com-bines avec garde denfants

Some impressions...

Top: Existing situation - stadiumBottom: Impression new stadium

Top: Existing situation - prayerfi eldBottom: Impression new prayerfi eld

Top: Existing situation - wall around the sportsfi eld on the South-East end of the YSP Bottom: Impression new stadium on the South-East end of the YSP


Kids dominate the streets of Yoff, they are often deli-vered to the streets during the day

Colourfull versus grey

Trade is extremely exible, where people are is trade

People love green and to sit under trees, no matter how small...

Bougainville and hybiscus are common shrubs in Senegal.


Id like to have a quiet space in Yoff,

but it also has to be lively and vibrant

The walls should be tared down, only then

it will become acces-sible for

everyone

The stadium area should facilitate handball, volley-

ball, swimming, basketball, lutte, rugbey, athletics and

soccer.

The Yoff stadium should become a place for all kinds

of activities. It should be-come the backyard of the

people of Yoff and beyound, it must become a florishing

space!

There must be special facilities for children in

Yoff





My favourite place I know is Yoff.

Id like to have have a spot where I can leave my smallest

children for a couple of hours so that I can spend my time to earn

money..

Id like to play on the streets but after a

while Im sick of playing football, cause

that is what all the boys do.

There are almost no girls who play outside

I dont have enough work to feed my four

children, therefore 2 of them live with my mom

on the countryside Id love to have a small coffee-bar where I can sell

my coffee-specialities

I enjoy sitting outside underneath a tree, as it is our tradition, our

culture.

Id love to watch a performance or a concert once in a while, that will help me to let go of my daily sor-rows

Upgrading the stadium area should also involve a Unique Selling Point like a big shop

for sport merchendises


Syntheses of the vertical and horizontal perspectives

ImplementationThis project might be brought into realisation. The diagrams above and the following text brie y describes the next steps that are to be taken. The next phase involves 1. adjusting the design after gaining new input from the community of Yoff and 2. formalizing a steering committee. After this is done, there is the fi rst go moment. Hereafter a business plan

needs to be made with the steering committee,. This can be done after further architecturally design and engineering and an according cost estimation. After this the business plan will be used to mobilize recourses. If there is enough money for fi rst implementation, there is the second go moment and the realization of the spatial framework / the design can take off in phases.The so called phase includes infrastructure and

Implementation

2013 2014 20152012

adjusting design

architecture and engineering

mobilizing recources

formalizing steering committee

cost estimation

business plan

FIRST GO MOMENT

SECOND GO

MOMENT

implementation phase 1

social preparation

2010 2015 2020


YSP FURTHER EVOLVES ACCORDING TO CHANGING

MARKETS AND DESIRES

2013 2014 20152012

adjusting design

architecture and engineering



social preparationformalizing steering committee

cost estimation

FIRST GO MOMENT

SECOND GO

MOMENT

Implementation Phase 2 & 3

COMPLETION SPATIAL

2014 2015



social preparationsocial preparationsocial preparation

SECOND GO

MOMENTMOMENTMOMENTMOMENT

Implementation Implementation Phase 2 & 3Phase 2 & 3


MARKETS AND DESIRES


Implementation Implementation Implementation Phase 2 & 3Phase 2 & 3


MARKETS AND DESIRES


Planning - top: long term and below: short term


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In the YSP and its surroundings extreme little green


Mozaic is a common pavement.

Shade is a more important motive for people to stay then determined structures.

Sport is part of Yoffs identity, every morning and evening the beach is loaded with sporting people

Women and men are segregated. men and women are rarely found together in public space.

Football (and sports in general) contributes to positive social development.









on this.

The prayerfield gets used for praying, about


not allowed



The new stadium area should become financially self sustainable in time. It needs the right ingredients

to achieve this.

The strong sports-identity in Yoff should be exploited, the future stadium should include sports as volleyball, climbing, lutte, basketball, swimming and athletics.

for many women is raising kids and earning money dif culd to be com-bined


parking, this can be done with little fi rst money. After this implementation the YSP phase 2 and three can follow accoring to the available resources. The image above shows what phase 2 and 3 look like. During all phases, the big sportsfi eld can remain in function.

Phasing proposition

Optional future usage - a wednesday in june in 2018

A wednedsay in june 2018. Some examples are shown of optional future use. This example shows a wednedsay in june, 2018. In the morning there is a fi rst division soccer match, herefor the stadium is closed off. Throughout the day there are several trainings in several areas. And from eight to eleven there are classes in the tree plant education area. The bottom image on the right page shows the

occupation at 4pm this day:There is a soccer training going on on the prayerfi eld and there are youth matches for girls in soccer and rugby on the main fi eld of the stadium. Meanwhile there are two clubs training lutte and basketball on the court and lutte pit in the stadium.

There is a class at the cole pepinaire, people are working at the terrain for urban agriculture and there is some recreational activity on the prayerfi eld.

commerce - incremental (900m2)

commerce - xed structure (1300 m2)asphalt nish training court (750m2)

prayereld for training and matches - junior (7000m2)

rugby/soccer eld +tribune (3000 spectators) (13.500m2)

large scale stage and tribune for perfor-mances and parties (13.500m2)

800m2 parking

2200m2 infrastructure

maximising public space 40.000m2

water basin (50m2)

asphalt sportseld +tribune (1000 spec-tators) (2000m2)

Lutte sportseld + tribune for 1000 spectators (2000m2)

running track (1000m2)small scale stage and tribune (400m2)

medium scale stage and tribune for per-formances (1000 spectators) (2000m2)

47.000 m2

Abailable area desired programme

playground (700m2)

urban agriculture (1800m2)

cole pepignaire (1100m2)


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commerce

recreational basketball

closed area

closed area

recreational volleyball

luttetraining

basketball training

sprint training

rst divisionsoccer match

public(s) space(s)

public(s) space(s)

public(s) space(s)

dressing rooms dressing roomsspectators on tribune

streets

parking area

commerce in covered central women areainformation centre

occupation playground

class at cole de pepignairecommerce

urban agriculture

basketball training

basketball trainingbasketball training

youth sportyouth sportyouth sportyouth sportsoccer, rugby, soccer, rugby, soccer, rugby, soccer, rugby, basketball and basketball and basketball and basketball and

lutte - lutte - training and training and training and training and

matchesmatchesmatches

closed area

youth sportsoccer, rugby, basketball

and climbingtraining and matches

a wedensday in june

youth matchesrugby and soccer for girls

classes at the cole pepiniere

basketballtraining

boys

soccer training

lutte training boys

public(s) space(s)sportsculturecommerce infrastructure

A saturday in february 2018.This week, there are prayer activities on the prayerfi eld. This praying takes place at night. But during the day, tents also occupy the prayerarea. The remaining area of the YSP can be used for other activities. The bottom image on the right page shows the situation at 9PM:The shops on the west side of the area are still open because of the prayer activities. The praying just com-

mences, for it to continue for the entire night. In the central workshop and shop centre, women are selling food and beverages for during the night.

Optional future usage - a saturday in february 2020

Top: There is still some commercial activity in the late evening in the high key wing. Shops are not really expanded yetBottom: Shops in the street remain open untill late and the climbschool is just about to call it a day.






800m2 parking



water basin (50m2)





47.000 m2


playground (700m2)




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commerce



closed area

closed area

closed area

Area occupied by prayer tent


luttetraining

youth sportsoccer, rugby, basketball and

lutte - training and

matches

rugbytraining

public(s) space(s)

public(s) space(s)

dressing rooms dressing rooms

streets

parking areacommerce in covered central women area


urban agriculture

Prayer activities Prayer activities

basketball training


volleyball trainig

commerce

information centre

a saturday in february

area occupied by tents for prayer-activities of the Layennes

women make and sell food and

beverage

shops stay open at night because of the prayer-activities


Optional future scenario - on a busy day

2027, in a peak year on a peak day. Pretty much every area is occupied on every moment of the day. Theres a wedding ceremony on the prayerfi eld in the morning. Meanwhile there is a rugby match, attracting 3000 spectators. All parkingplaces in and outside the area are in use. Commerce is booming and at night theres a hip hop event with Daraa J, a big hiphop musician in Senegal. The image

on the bottom of the right page shows the situation at 7:15PM:The area behind the stadium is full of people that are queuing to enter the stadium. Women selling home made food and beverages, partly from the self-harvested fruits en vegetables. Incrementable shops are grown to wholesome shops.

Top: People queuing for tickets and to enter and there is many commercial activity. Bottom: The expanded commercial area.






800m2 parking



water basin (50m2)





47.000 m2


playground (700m2)




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rugbymatch

youth sportsoccer, rugby, basketball and

lutte - training and

matches

youth sportsoccer, rugby, basketball

and climbingtraining and matches

commerceclosed area

artist backstage area artist backstage areadressing rooms dressing roomsspectators on tribune

and on the eldspectators on tribune

entrance and exit spectators entrance and exit spectators

streets

parking area

extra parking

wedding ceremony

Hiphopevent

extra parking

replacement of grown up treesurban agriculture


commerce

commerce in covered central women area

closed area

information centre

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hip hop eventdaraa J

entrancesstadium

incrementedshops

incrementedshops

women selling food and

beverages

bars and take aways underneath the tribune


What does the spatial framework preclude?So far we discussed the opportunities, the cans of the spatial framework. But the design also carries elements that preclude certain things to happen, the can nots. To list a few..A. The spatial framework aims to avoid undesired random use:1. through clearity 2. by generating pride and

3.transparent management (external actor)B. The spatial framework aims to be a safe area through openess and transparencyC. The spatial framework also excludes certain undesired routings such as 1. entering the stadium during an event, 2. entering the YSP by car or charette, 3. goats and sheep to enter the YSP.

Preclusions

Facing east from the kiss and ride zone

prayerfi eld

Yoff Stadium


500 users /week

1500users/week

prayerfi eld

Yoff Stadium


3500utilisateurs/semaine

Results

ResultsThe revitalization of the Yoff staium Precinct will generate various valuable concequences. The images above show a few of these achievements. Next to the physical, aestetical, functional, economical etc. benifi ts, it is pride that will be the greatest achievement of this project. Cause pride will generate further development. Part of

the revitalization of the YSP will also be cleaning up the dirt and the mess in the area around the stadium, a strip from the main road to the beach. This all in all is to function as an example for the rest of Yoff and neighbouring villages.

Top: From 2000 users per week to a plurifi cation of this amountBottom: From a venue serving a limited amount of people to a venue that functions on a city scale

Premiership soccer stadium

first/second division soccer stadium

? !

Top: From a space with hardly any green to an area with trees, shrubs, grass and plantsBottom: From a stadium that is legging behind to the best stadium amongst first division stadiums

YOFF URBAIN

yoff urbain

Documents

mayor of yoff

project yoff urbain

yoff stadium precinct

yoff urbainan urban

state project

type of project

open spaces

state study project