Digital technology impacts on the Arnhem transfer hall structural design

The new Transfer Hall in Arnhem is one of the key projects to prepare the Dutch railways for the increased future demands for capacity. UNStudio developed a master plan in 1996 for the station area of which the completion of the Transfer Hall in 2015 will be a final milestone. The Transfer Hall is a merging point of passengers, commercial and...

Architectural engineering of FRP bridges

This paper deals with the use of Fibre Reinforced Polymers (FRP's) in architectural and structural bridge design. The challenges and opportunities that come with this relatively new material are discussed. An inventory is made of recent engineers' solutions in FRP, followed by a discussion on architectural application of FRP's derived from the...

The Last Resort

The Last Resort illustrates how the specific formal language of the Port of Rotterdam is used to come up with a functional and formal concept for a building at the entrance of the harbour. The contrast between industry & serenity. Logistics and dreams. A building that emerges the world of trade with personal experience of emptyness and intense...