Time is haptic: Exploring a tactile connection to forgotten histories in Utrecht’s Domplein

Current approaches of abstraction and conceptuality in the discourse of memorialisation can be useful to commemorate contemporary events, but the inherent flaws and<br/>shortcomings in the misuse of abstraction are insufficient in the quest of establishing a connection with the distant past. This thesis acts as a call for a different direction...

Le Temps De 'L'Encier': The Time of the 'Inkpot'

A building created out of fear of being overwhelmed by the new era, but now to be embraced.

The Church Cross and the Storm of 1674: The Intangible Enigma of Utrecht

In Medieval Utrecht, five churches were built to form a Christian cross in plan. After centuries of turmoil, in 1674, a storm with multiple tornadoes passed right through the city, damaging most of the churches badly. During these thirty minutes of extreme weather conditions, the skyline had lost most of its church towers, spires and roofs....