Spatial Building Typology: Vacant Heritage: Police Real Estate - The Netherlands: MSc3/4 AR3AH105 - Fall 2021-2022

The Dutch Police is one of the largest owners of public real estate in the Netherlands. From police station to forensic laboratory, from listed buildings in the centre of The Hague to large-scale facilities next to the motorway in Driebergen: the task of accommodating the Police is as diverse as it is challenging. Themes such as innovation and...

Adaptability: How to accommodate changing user preferences

Purpose: When current accommodation is unsatisfactorily, office organisations consider relocating to new accommodation that optimally facilitate their main processes, supporting image and financial yield. However, due to high vacancy levels, public opinion and governmental awareness oppose new office construction. Reusing existing buildings...

Redesign - upgrading the building stock to meet (new) user demands

Financial and real estate crises and “new ways of working” reduce the need for office space. As a consequence, office markets become replacement markets without a quantitative need for new office buildings: new buildings drive out bad buildings. In the Netherlands, currently 14% of the office space is vacant, of which 60% is redundant or...

Redesign: Upgrading the building stock to meet (new) user demands

Financial and real estate crises and “new ways of working” reduce the need for office space. As a consequence, office markets become replacement markets without a quantitative need for new office buildings: new buildings drive out bad buildings. In the Netherlands, currently 14% of the office space is vacant, of which 60% is redundant or...

A new life: Transformation of vacant office buildings into housing

Office buildings are experiencing vacancy. This leads to financial problems for the owners and social problems for the community, e.g. vandalism and deterioration. A solution may be found in transformation of vacant buildings and changing the buildings’ program. In the Dutch situation, housing is a valid function, given the tight market. Housing...

A Markov-chain activity-based model for pedestrians in office buildings

As the number of people working in office buildings increases, there is an urgent need to improve building services, such as lighting and temperature control, within these buildings to increase energy efficiency and well-being of occupants. A pedestrian behaviour model that simulates office occupants’ movements and locations can provide the high...

Corporate culture and design: Theoretical reflections on case-studies in the web design industry

In this paper we present a framework to study the relationship between culture and office design. Different levels of culture are discussed as well as various ways in which culture can be expressed in the physical work environment. The framework is applied to contemporary changes in organisational culture and office design. Offices of...

Priorities in Accommodating office user preferences: Impact on office users decision to stay or go

Purpose When current accommodation is unsatisfactory, office organisations consider relocating to new accommodation that optimally facilitates their main processes and supports image and financial yield. However, due to high vacancy levels, public opinion and governmental awareness oppose new office construction. Reusing existing buildings could...

Offices for living in: An instrument for measuring the potential for transforming offices into homes

A large number of office premises seem difficult to rent out because they no longer meet the demands of the market. A solution must be found for these premises and also for office buildings that have been empty for longer periods. Reallocation or transformation to other functions such as homes can be envisaged here. In addition, due to the lack...

Design Guide for better usable operable façade elements for offices in the Netherlands

In practice, operable façade elements (OFE’s) in office buildings are often not appropriate to use to gain control over the thermal environment and indoor air quality. This study was performed to provide the means for architects and façade designers to design better usable OFE’s and improve personal control over indoor air quality and thermal...

Create wellbeing by performance in office buildings: Permanent wellbeing with infinite material flows

This research concentrates on creating wellbeing by performance; behaviour and technical performance of materials and products in office buildings. This research is focused on the case study conducted at; the headquarter of a bank in the Netherlands, whereby the building users are criticizing the indoor comfort. Moreover, the building materials...

HYBRID BUILDINGS: "De overkant", IJ-Harbour Amsterdam

A new urban plan for Amsterdam and Amsterdam North. A new marina that will work as a great catalyst for Amsterdam North. My own intervention is a hybrid building; hotel, dwelling, shopping, restaurant, cafe, offices.

Waardering vanuit een herbestemmingspotentieel: Een methode om de waarde van structureel leegstaande kantoorgebouwen te bepalen.

There exist some difficulties in the valuation of empty office buildings. There are different methods to determine the value of an office building. Some of those methods are based on potential revenues. In the figure below the different valuation methods are classified by principle. The valuation of empty office buildings from an income...

Computational optimization for the facade design of a nearly zero-energy high-rise office building in the temperate climate

Recently, there has been a growing interest in the energy performance of high-rises, in order to increase their energy-efficiency. The graduation project focuses on the facade design of high-rises, studying the potential for a nearly Zero-Energy high-rise office building in the Netherlands, according to the BENG requirements. The research...

City Hall of Brussels: a community's gathering point

The project is about the design of the city hall of Brussels as a critique of the proposal of BruCity. One of the characteristics of Brussels is the heterogeneity at its urbann fabric and most of all its society. So, this project is aiming to investigate the design of the building that can work as a gathering point, strength the bonds between...