Atop. Developing a future-proof upper city
Superworld is an international practice from Rotterdam operating at the interfaces of architecture, technology, and strategic design. Our work focuses on system thinking as a framework for societal transition, exploring the operating systems of cities, while designing alternative sustainable futures
Atop is an initiative for a more inclusive and sustainable built environment. It is a digital and interactive platform, informing, assisting and facilitating citizen-driven development of new homes on existing rooftops, while incentivising energy retrofitting of the existing city fabric.
Daarom goed en vernieuwend voor Rotterdam.
Atop is about giving the right tools in the hands of the many to simulate the use of your roof to create new homes, giving more opportunities for Rotterdammers to find a place they can call home and envision growing in.
The initiative is using web-based interactive tools as a one-stop shop for citizens and VvE’s linking the use of their roof as a financing mechanism for building maintenance and energy retrofitting.
By providing access to information to all, Atop expends the scope of stakeholders invited to take actions in the city and looking for alternative and innovative modes of development of homes, empowering citizens who have the potential to act and could benefit from the same opportunities.