scheme #43

This project concerns a graduation project from the department of materialisation: Strategic Architectural Design Development (SADD). The design focuses upon a new UN council in New York City: the United Nations Environmental Council (UNEC) which is placed in the north lawn, next to the current UN Headquarters. The building contains a mixed...

Het verval gekoesterd: Hergebruik ruïne steenfabriek "De Liesbosch" - Utrecht-Zuid

In de Utrechtse wijk Hoograven (Utrecht-Zuid) staat al decennialang een ruïne van een steenfabriek, vlakbij de splitsing van de Vaartse Rijn en het Merwedekanaal, even ten noorden van de A12. De steenfabriek, met de naam "De Liesbosch", stamt uit 1916, maar sinds 1983 resten er slechts vier muren. Tijdens dit afstudeerproject is een studie...

Battered Beauties: A research on French colonial markets in Cambodia

An architectural exploration of the covered markets built under French colonial rule in Cambodia.

The Sublime Light and the Heterotopia. A Cistercian Cloister

An architectural perspective, on the relation between the Sublime and the Heterotopia and the role light plays therein. Eventually the notion of the f?stopos arises: a place connected and elevated to ‘the other place’ by light. The f?stopos is used as ‘theoretical inspiration’ for the design of my graduation project: a monastery for the...

Tehran has a Coast: 35N51E2050

Tehran as a New Town can be described as those human settlements that were founded at a certain moment in history by an explicit act of will, according to a preceding plan and aiming to survive as a self-sustaining local community and independent local government. It indicates the role of the City as, New Town, as an iconoclastic form of...

Design for University of Amsterdam - Conference center & Hotel

Design for a conference center, study facilities and hotel for the University of Amsterdam on the campuslocation Binnengasthuisterrein.

Building on Experiences: The Hospital Stakeholder Participation Method

Royal Haskoning BM (healthcare department at Hoofddorp)* operates actively in the healthcare market, designing and consulting within care housing projects. Anticipating changes in the healthcare sector, Royal Haskoning foresees a strategic value that could profit the contractor by involving hospital stakeholders (employees, visitors and patients...

The Added Value of Enterprise Architecture

Applying architecture implies that it provides added value across an enterprise. Although widely adopted, this claim has only been scarcely investigated, not to mention quantified. This document describes the results of a case study to quantify the effects of applying Enterprise Architecture within a financial institution called FinCom. For...