Flexible or not?: The Renovation of Centraal Beheer

Centraal Beheer is a representative building of structuralism architecture. It was very groundbreaking back at that time. But now, after half a century, many problems appear. In this renovation project, I use the strategy of making variation and hierarchy to explore its flexibility, turn the old building into new usage.

Redefining Centraal Beheer: A Montessori Education Center

This project seeks to give new purpose to the Centraal Beheer building in Apeldoorn, designed by Herman Hertzberger, by introducing a new Montessori Education program, containing a Primary School and Secondary School. Through interventions this design aims to redefine the spatial structure of Centraal Beheer, to create a well functioning...

The new art & dance academy of Apeldoorn: Re-interpretation of Centraal Beheer Office to a creative city for students and the inhabitants of Apeldoorn

This project discovers the future of structuralism by transforming the Centraal Beheer building of Herman Hertzberger into a art and dance academy. Hereby looking at the possibilities to create hierarchy in the building without affecting the value and structural appearance.

NHV Academy: Handball center for innovation and education

This project elaborates on the transformation design for a professional handball academy in the former Centraal Beheer building in Apeldoorn by Herman Hertzberger. It aims to discover the possibilities and limitations of this icon of Dutch Structruralism, using three different Heritage approaches for transformation being 'preservation', ...

Interaction In-between: Keeping the rules while breaking the rules

This project is dealing with Centraal Beheer Office, designed by Herman Hertzberger, one of the most representative Structuralism Architects. Despite its architectural meanings and values, Centraal Beheer Office is now disconnected from its surroundings and possess various problems such as sustainability. Since Structuralism Architecture pursued...

Blending Centraal

The graduation project attempts to discuss the possibilities of renovating the Centraal Beheer building located in Apeldoorn, the Netherlands.