Houses are more than containers for Humans: The design brief with and within a cohousing group

As part of my graduation within Architecture, Explore Lab, I want to develop a method to help future residents and other involved parties of a collaborative housing group, to compile a clear and plenary design brief in order to create a coherent architectural design. After developing and applying this method I will redesign a former school...

Creativity Courtyards 2.0: Bringing the communal spirit to the surface

The project is about the transformation of the Klein Vaticaan ensemble in Zutphen. By using the historical value of the site and its communal identity as a basis, the aim was to reinterpret the urban fabric and integrate it in a sustainable solution that is going to connect with the city and bring the lost communal spirit to the surface. The...

The Educational Agora of Klein Vaticaan in Zutphen: A new era for a school complex

This Thesis architectural project aims in the extensive transformation and renovation of three historical school structures, located in the area of Zutphen, in order to adopt in the new 21st century reality.<br/>All the structures are extensively analyzed in terms of their value and embedded spatial potentiality, based on which the proposed...