Urban Paraphrasis: Imagining urban transformation in Maastricht through localized material reuse and citizen empowerment

Urban Paraphrasis imagines urban transformation through the potential of localized material re-use and the capacities of citizen empowerment in the context of Maastricht’s Sphinxkwartier. The project presents an alternative civic center that is built with reclaimed materials from an abandoned clay factory, engages a local community of squatters,...

Monumental Education: creative learning environment in the centre of Maastricht

The transformation of the former convent "Maison de la Miséricorde" shows how this building complex with a variety of qualities, historic values and different building parts can be redeveloped into a coherent whole.