Reimagining permanence in architecture: How adaptable and circular design principles can enhance the value and durability of buildings

The misguided idea of permanence in architecture has proven to be an illusion (Brand, 1994; Ford, 1997). Present-day solutions such as the adaptive and circular design of buildings strive to enable frequent changes in buildings to satisfy the needs of users in our transient society. However, this challenges the idea of permanence in architecture...

Biodiverse Resilient Playscape: Design of an ecological TU Delft campus which is adaptable to climate change through playful design

With rapid urbanisation and urban sprawl, biodiversity in Netherlands is rapidly declining with 70% reduction of species since the 1900. TU Delft campus is part The Hague-Rotterdam metropolitan region and an important green-blue connector with the surrounding forest-meadow-river landscape. However, there is limited opportunities in the human...

Cradle to Church - A Sustainable Response on Religious Heritage: Revitalizing the Jacobuskerk

Cradle to Church is a project that explores the possibilities of circular heritage as a way of approaching the topic of sustainability for the future of heritage. Focusing on the revitalizing of the Jacobuskerk in Winterswijk, the project forms of a sustainable response on the increasing vacancy rates of Catholic churches through integrating the...

Timber Town: An inclusive mixed-use area in Winterswijk, built for and out of wood

Timber Town is one half of the industrial area in Winterswijk, which was built in the 20th century to support the village’s textile industry. Currently this part of the area is not used to its full potential. The other half of the area still contains a functioning textile factory: Gaudium. Here the profession and skills of working with textiles...

Resilient Living: A Housing Template for Kullu Valley

Resilient Living - A Housing Template for Kullu is part of a greater group graduation project called ‘Towards a Habitable Earth’. ‘Towards a Habitable Earth’ focuses on creating a framework for a resilient built environment that ensures social, economical and environmental sustainability is integrated and considered holistically in everyday...

Towards a Habitable Earth: Transitional Logistics: A New Transportation Template in The Kullu Valley

Manali, the second largest urban settlement in The Kullu Valley, is a major tourist destination in the state of Himachal Pradesh. The town is made up of two setlements, Old Manali and New Manali. The original settlement of Old Manali is located high in the hills above New Manali and has an urban morphology which<br/>has been built up slowly over...