Transpassing through Urban Voids: Carving the Voids

Transpassing through urban voids is about the transformation of the residual voids in the urban block into a passage by creating a lively courtyard of public and semi public space.

Demystifying Abstraction in the Context of Architectural Education: The New National Library for Sofia

Abstraction plays a central role, as both a language and an essential tool for design. However, because it can be vague, confusing, and even paradoxical at times the process of abstraction is rarely explicitly investigated in architectural education. As a result, inexperienced architects often do not have a clear idea of what abstraction is, or...

The beads make the string: How the input of individual stakeholders can improve the quality of public space

This project is part of RMIT studio "Transforming Housing Heritage" and focusses on the Vogelbuurt in Carnisse, Rotterdam Zuid, a "problem area" consisting of portiek dwellings mostly owned by private owners. The title "the beads make the string - how the input of individual stakeholders can improve the quality of public space" already gives...