Renewing the Portiek Flats in Carnisse

The kWh/m2 studio is about designing for a low-carbon cityscape and also analysing the spatial impact of transitioning into new energy scenarios. The focus of my thesis within this stream is the renewal - including renovation and addition of the portiek flats, a common post-war housing typology located in Rotterdam Zuid. Over 85 % of post-war...

Fashion wears Architecture

This is the brand-dedicated building. When the fashion brand desires to promote their brand image, architects realize it as a space. With many informations of the fashion brand, Givenchy, the architect makes a process of how to make the special, and attractive building of brand.

Freeze-bond strength: Analysis of experiments and FE modeling of a shear test on freeze bonds

The objective of this study was to contribute to the knowledge on ice-ridges structures interactions. This work is a follow-up of previous research on simulations of ice-structure interaction using finite element method (Gürtner, 2009b; Konuk, et al., 2009a,b) and a preliminary study of freeze-bond (FB) shear strength (Repetto-Llamazares, et al....

Mediatheque in Manhattan: From high density of skyscrapers

On the grid of Manhattan, a lot of skyscrapers had competitively built before 1916 New York Zoning Law was established and it made possible 'culture of congestion' which speaks for today's Manhattan. Manhattan has no choice but the skyward extrusion of the Grid itself. Nowadays, the inside area of skyscrapers is extremly expanded to gain the...