Reclaiming the In-between

Reclaiming the In-between: Scenarios for a new civic life

Chen, Ruixin (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)

Alkan, Alper (mentor)
Koskamp, Gilbert (mentor)
Verschuure-Stuip, Gerdy (graduation committee)

Delft University of Technology

Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences

2018-07-06

My project departs from the 2001 Operational Plan for the historic center of Genova. Under the trend of urban regeneration, the historic centre accumulates and generates many conflicts with the outgrowth of the city towards it fringes, which represents a complex and active boundary condition. Additionally, the degradation of industrial infrastructure also provides a turning point for the border between the port and the residential neighbourhood. By reclaiming the abandoned railway in the western gateway to the historic centre, my design strategy involves transforming the vacant land by reprogramming it for the immediate needs of the neighbourhoods. The project merges the spatial archaeology of urban hydrological infrastructure and its architectural implications with a series of public programs to act as public services on a new civic backbone. Hence, the project becomes a construct of site-bound reprogramming and civic speculation.

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Student theses

master thesis

© 2018 Ruixin Chen