River DNA

A new dynamic equilibrium between flood prevention, ecology, energy supply and recreation. This is amplified with the transformation of a nuclear plant into a centre of landscape connection. The nuclear plant is located on the Rheinschanzinsel along the Rhine together with a retention polder build for floods. It will be shut down in 2019,...

Monument to the undetermined

Problem statement In this time of scientific progression and groundbreaking discoveries in the realm of the environment, sociology and neurology, both architectural theory and practice find themselves in a self determined, ignorant position. In our present time, with its complex systems and highly dynamic progression, architecture is incompetent...

Experience Economy and the Dutch housing market: Experience concepts as an improbable future in housing

A shift in consumer needs from predominantly functional to more psycho social needs, resulted in a new era within the Western economy: the Experience Economy. The ability to create experiences which keep speaking to ones imagination has become an indispensable ‘art’ of management, which is already being widely applied within the retail,...

B-Battles Exo: Designing a beatboxing exocontroller

This project at 1uptoys is about the design of a beatboxing themed exocontroller. An exocontroller is comparable to a dedicated games controller for the console, but also provides gameplay as a standalone gaming device. The project goes into game design and prototyping and sound recognition before a concept of the controller and a design...