The City is a Promise

Maastricht has a long history as an industrial city and used to be well-known for its ceramics, rubber and paper industries. Due to the decline in industrial production, workspaces and industrious activities are leaving the city and are becoming increasingly secluded from the public sphere. With the Studio theme being gleaning, the project is...

In transit Temporalities

Maastricht is located between two extremities. On the one hand, the center that seems to be frozen in a heritage policy that allows little flexibility. On the other hand, the suburbs where the change is so intense that time layers are constantly being wiped away and what remains seems generic. The site of this graduation project is located...

OPEN HOUSE: Arts Centre and New Public Realm along the River Maas

The project Open House, ‘gleans’ a derelict and underutilised part of the riverfront in Maastricht and gives it over to the everyday people of the city in the form of a public building - an Arts Centre for Maastricht. The ambition for the project is to create an architecture that will mesh seamlessly with the public realm, breaking down the...

Cultural Center in a Paper Mill

The 2022 Urban Architecture graduation studio explores the site and surroundings of a partially operating paper mill in the city of Maastricht. Working with a thematic approach the project is engaged through the lens and attitude of a so called Glaneur/Glaneuse. The ones who reap leftovers from harvested fields, or find beauty, value and...

Urban Paraphrasis: Imagining urban transformation in Maastricht through localized material reuse and citizen empowerment

Urban Paraphrasis imagines urban transformation through the potential of localized material re-use and the capacities of citizen empowerment in the context of Maastricht’s Sphinxkwartier. The project presents an alternative civic center that is built with reclaimed materials from an abandoned clay factory, engages a local community of squatters,...

Story of the Edges: A kayak clubhouse and hostel complex on a former Maastricht industrial site

A building complex, including a kayak clubhouse and a hostel, is proposed on the former industrial terrain of the Sappi paper factory. This project is contextualized in an urban proposal that aims to regenerate the south part of the Sappi factory, by creating new connections and bringing the isolated site back to the city. The building, situated...