Eclipse: Creating a ritual for women to grief through reconnecting with their bodies after experiencing pregnancy loss

Pregnancy loss, a prevalent yet often hidden phenomenon, affects one in five pregnancies, triggering emotional challenges like depression and post-traumatic stress disorder in women. This research seeks to shed light on the unaddressed experiences of couples dealing with pregnancy loss and proposes a design solution to foster positive coping...

Alternative Strategies for Theatres in Central European Climate: The potential of passive design strategies to lower the operational energy requirement for existing theatres in Berlin

This paper investigates the potential of passively lowering the operational energy requirement of performance buildings in the Central European Climate. The energy consumption of this typology is largely caused by mechanical ventilation to cool and ventilate the theatre during shows, necessary for the thermal comfort and ventilation requirements...

Community theater and a housing project in the former paper factory in Maastricht

The 2022 Urban Architecture graduation studio explores urban leftovers of the city of Maastricht, and the studio's anthropological approach finds ways of cherishing and learning from the ambiguous identity of a place. The leftover spaces may not need large-scale planning but more a set of local urban interventions with the multidisciplinary...

The Intimacy of Intensive Places: Presence of place in the villages of the Lower Engadine

The greatest of all arts, music, can evoke deep emotions and memories. It has the power to transfer the listener to a different world. The first few notes of Brahms allegro amabile (op.120) instantly brings one in a state of presence, whereas Mahler’s fifth symphony’s adagietto or Wagner’s Lohengrin prelude slowly invites the audience in a...

Cultivating Spatial Diversity: The Nieuwe Binnenweg Forum

Today, Rotterdam’s city is observed as a mosaic of diverse cultures representing various characters and atmospheres. Recently, the research ‘Coming to Terms with Superdiversity: The Case of Rotterdam’ gives a historical account of Rotterdam’s diversity since the 1600s to present day to try and understand how diversity formed and shifted within...

Zuiderpershuis, a Cultural Powerplant

This project is about the revitalization of the cultural center: “the Zuiderpershuis”. The complex of buildings is marked as a heritage site and represents an important part of the city of Antwerp and its history as an industrial harbor city. The current lack of used space on the site and its seclusion from the city fabric prevent the place from...

Connecting the Maassilo

Design for adaptive reuse of the Maassilo in Rotterdam within the graduation studio of Heritage and Architecture. This design focusses on creating physical and social connections with an integrated sustainable design.

NDSM Theatre: Performance driven design for a building for the performing arts

The NDSM Wharf is located on the northern shore of the IJ in Amsterdam. Reclaimed from the IJ around 1876 it came first in use in the early 1900’s. During the last century the NDSM Wharf has seen different kind of functionality but the industrial character still remains. The graduation project focuses on the future functionality of the NDSM...

Performing Arts Centre | Stage for the City

The Performing Arts Centre is part of the Creative Centre Rotterdam (Masterplan designed with T. Froger and R. Anaityte) and has the goal to focus on all levels of performing, from stage to everyday life, touching upon all the gradients that lie in between. The visitors will switch from seeing to being seen throughout the public route which...

Community centre Afrikaanderwijk Rotterdam: Water storage as a social connection

A design for a community centre situated in the Afrikaanderwijk Rotterdam. The program will consist of a swimming pool, theatre, dancing studios, music studios, skate park and communal gardens.