Summaries of re-constituted history: Tracing the continuities in Modern Restoration

The Old Pinakothek, with its progressive concept, became a model for many 19th -century museums. Completed in 1846, by Leo von Klenze, the structure was severely damaged post-war. Its first restoration plans included a complete tear-down and a new master plan. Hans Döllgast fought for its preservation and state of history, adding a method of...

Maker Housing Navi Mumbai: Mixing Navi Mumbai

The exponential population growth of Navi Mumbai and the Global South results in urgency for housing, quality of life and resources. Maker Housing proposes through architectural design and spatial organization an alternative mode of living in these unique urban contexts. Gaothans is a Marathi word which is derived from the words ‘Gaon’ (which...

Digital Delft Blue, a new approach

Royal Delft is the oldest manufacturer of delftware that is still producing Delft Blue using traditional techniques up to this day. At the core of their company lies the craftsmanship of producing delftware by hand, from creating the moulds to hand-painting each piece of Delft Blue. With a fast moving industry, Royal Delft needs to innovate...

Future proofing the mold making process for Royal Delft ceramics

This graduation report presents a new mold making approach for Royal<br/>Delft. The traditional production trajectory starts with a positive model and<br/>pouring plaster mold parts onto it one by one, producing a negative casting<br/>mold for one shape. This new proposal takes the plaster mold parts as a<br/>starting point, combining them into...

Addis Ababa as a Palimpsest

The goal of the Global Housing graduation studio is to research and design housing solutions to improve the livelihood of Addis Ababa’s urban dwellers. Combining analysis, planning and design, the participants in this graduation studio are challenged to use multidisciplinary research methods and tools to elaborate design proposals for mass...

V&D Leiden: Crafting Layers of Time

The topic of the graduation project is the transformation of the former V&amp;D department store in the city of Leiden. The aim of the project is to re-design the building in order to house a series of new uses which include public facilities (such as an urban park and a public interior space), retail shops and two hotels (one student hotel and...

Het Raadhuis - new culinary cluster in Winterswijk

The former townhall in Winterswijk, the Raadhuis is currently functioning below its capacity. The new design is in the concept of craftsmanship. Craftsmanship takes place in the smaller scale of designing, something that in the original design of the Raadhuis was well done. To strive towards the real crafts of cooking a luxury restaurant will...

Addis Ababa Living Lab: Soft Data

This research booklet brings together a selection of a qualitative analysis to aspects that characterize the History, Religion, Politics, Arts and Craftsmanship of Ethiopia, in general, and Addis Ababa in particular. This booklet compiles information collected from different sources (mainly bibliographic references and digital archives). The...

Heritage based adaptive reuse of hotel Swarha: a sustainable alternative for shopping in the city center of Bandung

The main objective of this master's thesis is to revitalize a district in Bandung by means of the adaptive reuse of shared heritage and passive climate systems. Furthermore, the ambition is to empower the local culture of fashion craftsmanship and create a sustainable alternative for shopping in the city centre of Bandung. Designing both a...

Het Ambachthuis: New Craft school on Eilandje in Antwerp

Intimate city investigates public interiors named as city rooms characterized by any scale and representation. My project conceives these rooms in my building as sequence and investigates theme of thresholds, and explores the intimacy on a border. All the rooms in the building build a sequence of interiors and exteriors, in which each space has...

Self-Craft Community - Bandung: Symbiotic of local craft techniques and construction knowledge for Kampung regeneration by retrofitting an existing structure in the city centre of Bandung

How can local craftsmanship be intensified by way of unqualified and qualified workers in the urban centre of Bandung in order to retrofit existing structures in a creative and durable manner?<br/> By using the existing shared vernacular and craftsmanship knowledge and available resources, the self-build tradition which is already strongly...

HAND_MADE: Architecture for craftsmanship

In the future, cities will face many challenges. We need to densify our cities while at the same time preserve qualities and identities on different scales. One of these identities is that of craftsmanship and the rich industrial history of Amsterdam. <br/>The separation between living and working is outdated, especially for the growing part of...

Stadtbauhutte

The city is permanently in transition. The material objects that compose the city are continuously subject to adjustments, improvements or replacements. A bridge is being restored, a window frame is being replaced and an office is transformed in apartments. The process of transformation has been part of the city ever since its origin and will...

Architecture for Emergent Craftsmanship: Digitally manufactured, mass customized and reconfigurable workshops for makers

This project relates to 4th industrial revolution and the digital era and nswers the needs of todays craftsmen. Recent times prove that production of goods becomes decentralized while factories and mass production is being replaced by mass customization and digital craftsmanship. Todays artists and designers often collaborate and create co...

Reverse engineering in Architecture: Exploiting morphology of unprocessed material by reverse engineering in architecture

Architectural engineering is evolving from a traditional craftsmanship to a new digital craftsmanship. Through advancements in production and processing techniques, we can achieve both mass production and offer mass customisation. As for the typology shown below, a simple house [1] &amp; [2], the source of the material did not alter. The...