Bridging The Divide: Accommodating City Life in the Zuidas

Architecture & Dwelling Graduation Studio Project. A Mixed Use Dwelling Project located in the Amsterdam Zuidas. The project addresses the issues related to the site in terms of its monotone business usage and the social and programmatic divide that exists in the surrounding area. The design integrates a number of Public, Private and Communal...

Capacities of Zuidas

Dwelling studio in Amsterdam's Zuidas business district. Lowrise, high density and integration of library program into a cluster. Adaptation of an existing masterplan to create a meaningful public spaces, and a mediation between the Van Eesteren extension buildings, and the highrises implanted into the urban fabric. The projects develops one of...

Living on an industrial site

Notion of the North

‘At the moment Amsterdam, including the north, is undergoing big changes...’ ‘... the city is suffering from the crisis and is looking for new ways to house people. This also concerns the district of Amsterdam Noord. How will these changes and conditions effect the character of this part of Amsterdam. Will ‘Noord’ in twenty years still be ‘Noord...

Falling stones

Het ontwerp speelt in op de problematiek krimp. De ontwerplocatie ligt midden in een groot krimpgebied, namelijk Sesia Valley ten noorden van Milaan. De gekozen doelgroep speelt een grote rol in de oplossingsrichting wat gestuurd word door het thema in-between; Stad en land en publiek en privé.

The Membrane: From Co-isolation to co-habitation

This project explores the possibilities of creating more awareness between neighbours in neighbourhoods that are characterized by a high level of segregation, be it ethnic or social. Situated in Tiergarten-Süd, Berlin, the project provides an answer to the question "How can architecture give common ground to co-habiting but unfamiliar neighbours?"

Social practice theory as design approach for reducting energy use for indoor climate management in Dutch dwellings