Living With Data

The research and design hypothesize how data centers can complement the urban environment rather than make a negative impact, both environmentally and spatially. Data centers consume and produce a variety of valuable flows, ranging from electricity, cooling/heating and water use. The aim of the research is to discover whether it is possible to...

Between dwelling and rail: seeking mutual benefit in transit oriented development and railway station expansion in the peri-urban area

A new approach is needed for redeveloping peri-urban railway stations in the Netherlands, like Amsterdam Lelylaan,to solve a set of pressing issues in their specific context: the monocentric character of many of our cities, the poor quality of public space around peripheral railway stations, and the disconnection between the local and the city...

In The Garden of Anthropos: The City as a Place for Production

The project acts as a way to bring production back to the city as a part of everyday life in the year 2050, in a time when industry has become individualised as a result of the fourth industrial revolution. At the same time, additive manufacturing (3D-printing) makes it possible to produce just about anything; from shoes and textiles to...

Accommodation for the craft of education: Secondary school for crafts education in Amsterdam North

The assignment was to choose a location in A’dam North for a school with extra-ordinary attention to crafts. The department for Horti Culture and for Cooking+Restaurant provide an opportunity to relate to the Florapark nearby the location and to bring in the public from the neighbourhoods nearby. The departments for Carpentry and Metalworking...