Swap plan Winterswijk
Urban land reallotment
Winterswijk has a tradition of reallocating and transform existing properties. Therefore the occupancy rate in the center is high. Centralization of public services, however, has created a number of vacant spaces. The municipality therefore reacted positively to the initiative of the National Real Estate Agency. They are willing to demolish the former tax office, provided that it leads to a 'real estate carousel'. Around 70 owners, investors, residents and other trendsetters participated in this urban reallotment. The result: a series of deals in which superfluous square meters are withdrawn from the market and the demand is focused on the best spatial and economic best places.
Swap Plan Winterswijk is the continuation of The Winterswijk Approach work program, the bottom-up renewal of the center in the period 2007-2012 with an investment of around €63 million.
Details
- Date
- 2007-today
- Product
- Charettes, work program, urban design preconditions & supervision
- Clients
- Municipality Winterswijk & National Real Estate Agency (RVOB)
- Project website
- https://www.100procentwinterswijk.nl/
- Contact
- Larissa Guschl
larissa@welovethecity.eu
Philadelphia USA
»Implementation in practice

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view detailsThe most liberal self-build neighbourhood in the Achterhoek

Development plan completed. Now build it!
view detailsWork Programme 2007-2012
Demand-focused development with involved residents and businesses; that's the Winterswijk Approach.
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Winterswijkers like urban acupuncture projects with impact.
view details5.8 million visitors each week
Vacancy in the city centre? Not in Winterswijk!
view detailsRaadhuisPark Winterswijk
Province of Gelderland grants 1.8 million subsidy
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Winterswijk as model for innovative municipalities (BMBF)
view detailsReal estate carousel turning again
Reusing valuable space + demolishing worthless space
view detailsThe result: eight concrete land exchange deals
Urban land exchange in action
view detailsUrban land exchange
New commission from National Real Estate Agency and municipality of Winterswijk
view detailsDevelopment Vision I SEE Winterswijk approved
First results from close cooperation with future self and co-builders
view detailsNotary Garden Winterswijk now open
Intensive cooperation since 2007 has led to results
view detailsGarden Village Scholtenenk

Reconstruction of Garden Village Scholtenenk public space
view detailsA failure, a bustour and (therefore) a new beginning
Impulses are bringing new life to the neighbourhood!
view detailsThe market belongs to everyone!
Winterswijk opts for a redesign with a mega-folding tent
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