Rotonda Hotel: A City Hotel for Sharing and Connecting in Amsterdam

Amsterdam's overdependence on tourism resulted in its homogeneous and fragile economy, which was impacted severely by the pandemic in 2020. Therefore, the municipality of Amsterdam implemented the donut economy, which was proposed by Kate Raworth, to make the urban development sustainable. Through the research of Doughnut Economics Action Lab,...

c[l]amping: City Hotel in Amsterdam

The project seeks to stabilise and reverse the degradation of the pier’s walls so it remains available to its users. The structure acts as a stabilizer for this piece of land, so as not to let it disappear.<br/>The light structure takes inspiration from a bird perched on a branch, a metaphor for young Amsterdammer’s searching for their place in...

How do fashion designers design?: A research on the design process in fashion, reflected on architecture

Architectural theory has illuminated the inherently connected relationship between fashion and architecture. Both disciplines shelter the body, react to spatial volume, rely on a process, and take a work of creativity from its two-dimensional concept into a three-dimensional reality. But the end result does not come out of the blue. It is the...