Revitalising Through Interaction: Using community values to turn vacant heritage in a place for intergenerational interactions

This project focusses on the relationship between nature in cities and the values conveyed by local communities in Faro, Portugal. With economic and health crises leading to increased stress and depression, society has begun paying more attention to mental and physical health, and the role of nature in cities has become increasingly important....

Permanent Space // Changeable Use: Adaptability without future architectural interventions

Redesigning from the permanent, in which the people using the building need to be more adaptable instead of designing a flexible building was the starting point for this graduation project. Therefore the following research question has been formulated: How could the space plan of a monument like the Koudenhorn be redesigned to accommodate...

Connect the Community Again: Participation as a tool for the redesign of vacant heritage. The case of Politiebureau Groningen Centrum

This project explores sustainable redevelopment strategies for vacant heritage. It explores the opportunities for stakeholder participation in heritage activities, the importance of which is stressed by, i.e., UNESCO, the Faro Convention, and the Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands. The project experiments an innovative systematic...

Sustainable estate of the future: Research and design into a sustainable reuse of Dutch estate Huis 't Velde

In this master thesis project is the topic sustainability in relation to the repurposing of Dutch (rural) estates investigated. Making an estate more sustainable has been researched on the basis of two redesign theories and several case studies. The research question was: ‘how can design approaches help in a contemporary reuse and redesign of a...

Unknown makes unloved

The past year I have delved into field of built heritage in the context of my graduation project which consist of a redesign of a vacant police station and a related research. The redesign of the police station is part of a larger reorganization within the police. In 2013 the police was reorganized to form a national police force and currently...

The evolution of the precast concrete façade in the police headquarters in The Hague

Our knowledge of precast concrete facades is becoming more relevant each day.<br/>Buildings with precast concrete façades are relatively new in relation to monument listing, due to architectural and constructive innovations being related to these façades. However, these buildings are also next in line for demolition due to their age and...

Collective memory as a design tool for sense of place in the adaptive reuse of vacant heritage: The former department store V&D Leiden as case study

A more inclusive perspective on heritage management regarding sustainable development becomes an important aspect in understanding and reflecting on heritage buildings or sites. The cultural significance they convey, such as attributes and values attached to them, are not only represented by physical assets, but are also reflected in people’s...

Maastricht Heritage Center

As part of the Heritage and Architecture studio, the Vacant Heritage project was offered. An adaptive re-use assignment in which a former Vroom &amp; Dreesmann department store is researched and then designed with. In a broader context, this graduation studio is aimed at finding ways to redevelop the existing stock of architecture, while keeping...

Revitalize V&D Haarlem into a new HUB: Transforming the historic department store into a mixed-use building with more public life

This gradation project deals with the adaptive reuse of the vacant heritage V&amp;D department store in Haarlem. Revitalizing the obsolete. Now that these buildings need a transformation, they also need to be more open to the public in order to remain as prominent as they once were. The project is about creating a new mixed-use hub in the city...

Warenthuis: Revitalizing the role of a department store as public interior: How can adaptive reuse of vacant department stores contribute to the revitalization and development of public interiors in historic city centres?

Revitalizing the obsolete. What happens to the traditional twentieth century commercial areas in major Dutch cities in an era where everyone is shopping online? In the historic city centres of Haarlem, Leiden, Dordrecht and Amersfoort for example, many buildings are vacant because traditional retailing is almost impossible. For over a century,...