A Socially Cohesive Overtoomse Veld: A research project on how the monofunctional post-war neighborhood Overtoomse Veld can be transformed into a more socially cohesive mixed-use area

Amsterdam is a rapidly growing city with a high demand for new homes. Research indicates different initiatives and processes over the last years to densify the city and enhance the liveability in its neighborhoods. However, time has shown the injustice accompanying these proposals and the situation in several neighborhoods worsened over the last...

Hoptille - from Stigma to Charisma: Image enhancing transformation of post-modern architecture while retaining its identity

This graduation thesis was executed within the studio New Heritage in which the question was raised whether postmodern architecture can be valued as heritage. Multiple postmodern neighbourhoods suffer from a stigma. Outsiders have a negative image where insiders are much more positive about their neighbourhood. This master thesis focusses on the...

HAND_MADE: Architecture for craftsmanship

In the future, cities will face many challenges. We need to densify our cities while at the same time preserve qualities and identities on different scales. One of these identities is that of craftsmanship and the rich industrial history of Amsterdam. <br/>The separation between living and working is outdated, especially for the growing part of...

Forget me not: “Dwelling in the past, designing for the future”

Our cities in the Netherlands become more dense, and our population increasingly older. This will increase the pressure on our society and care system. This is especially true in relation to the portion of our population that will be diagnosed with dementia, because in 2040 this amount will have doubled. The focus of this research has been how...

Amstel Activity Route: A Landscape Of Movement: Health Stimulating Public Space of 2050

Amsterdam is densifying and is expected to grow to over one million inhabitants by 2050. The densification arise questions about the implications of the pressure on the existing urban fabric, like the public space, but also the urban responsibility of public health. Altogether, how can a densified public space stimulate healthy behavior in terms...

Third Golden Age

The city of Amsterdam is facing a housing shortage and according to the future population prognosis, the problem is going to become more severe due to growing immigration numbers. Following Brexit, Amsterdam, along with other European cities are competing to attract the biggest share of potentially relocated businesses and organisations from...

Timber Top-Up: Sustainable densification and office transformation in the Amsterdam Navy Area

How to top-up and transform vacant office space for dwellings in Amsterdam using timber construction? Several methods of light timber construction are researched and applied into a design to top-up an existing office building at the Marineterrein, Amsterdam.