A Women's House for Droixhe: Exploring Human-Centric Architecture as a Catalyst for Social Connection, Urban Revitalization, and Women Empowerment

This project delves into the transformative potential of human-centric architecture as a catalyst for social connection, urban revitalization, and empowerment in the neighborhood of Droixhe in Liège, Belgium. Drawing inspiration from the collective Les Amis de L'Étang, comprising 15 social organizations, the research explores the concealed...

Architecture as a language that can bridge cultures: on understanding the city through type, elements and systems

The goal of this research is to create a new understanding of the individuality of the city of Liége, by constructing a “logic of architecture”, a logic rooted in place, through a personal (dynamic) understanding of the site and its people & positioned within architectural theory, presenting a new interpretation. Hence, the design acts as a...

Bodenschatz Berlin: Preparing the Ground with Design Science Fiction

Boden – a German term that can refer to soil and land, ground and floor, territory and habitat. Overhearing Boden in Berlin’s streets these days will, however, oftentimes result in tuning into a conversation about land ownership, the soaring cost of living and the city in transition. People, it seems, are worried. They are increasingly affected...

Cinema Urban Space

Parametric architectural design of cinema-space as an urban generator in Scheveningen harbor (The Hague). The project focuses on media facade as a responsive design element and as an interactive environment. Visual connection to the city and the surroundings as well as urban screen is implemented as a flexible, urbanic growing-on site,...

Suburban 2.0: Differentiated houses for the masses

Population growth and immigration increase the demand for mass housing developments all over the world. These developments are widely criticized for being mono-functional, mono-typological, and mono-cultural. This project is a design method for a new kind of mass housing. All design rules are reformulated as algorithms, that interact with each...