Shopping Typologies (Ex-) Yugoslavia: Their role and reciprocal relation by exemplary cases in Croatia

This body of research attempts to investigate the role of shopping typologies and their reciprocal relation with (ex-) Yugoslav Croatia, through (three) exemplary cases (the neighborhood department store, the city department store and the shopping center) by looking at three themes such as: their creation of centrality, the continuation of the...

Casablanca: Analysis and Research in the Afropolis

This book is the result of the research conducted in the P1 phase of the graduation studio ‘Positions in Practice’ of the chair Methods and Analysis in the department for architecture and the built environment, TU Delft.

The Commons of Valparaíso: Constructing the Commons in the Latin American Metropolis

Positions in Practice : Constructing the Commons in the Latin American Metropolis, Graduation Studio (Msc 3 | Msc 4), Valparaíso, Chile, Fall 2017 - Spring 2018.<br/>The MSc3/MSc4 Graduation Studio “Positions in Practice” of the Department of Architecture TU Delft (fall, 2017) focused on the urban and architectural context of Valparaíso, as a...

Architecture and Abolition of War

The concept of war abolition introduced by Krzysztof Wodiczko has attracted the attention of different scholars, and generated various reactions. Despite the affirmation of anthropologists, such as Margaret Mead and Douglas P. Fry, the project has not met with widespread acclaim from other areas, and not for lack of discussion. There are many...

2.5D Playgrounds for Bogota: Stimulate Playful Actions in Public Spaces by Redesigning Ground Surfaces into 2.5D Architectural Compositions

How to construct the commons with the power of play? How to reactivate leftover public spaces in central Bogota by architectural interventions that stimulate playful actions? <br/><br/>I shift my focus from buildings to the ground surfaces, and redesign them into a constellation of “2.5D architectural composition”. “2.5D” refers to an abstract...

Composition & Time: An Ode to Water

With this project, I explore the transformative affect of the architectural intervention, as a micro-regime of power itself; with a power that enables the mediation of control in the city and in this case, mediating the legibility of the flow resource, water, in the city of Agadir. I argue that with the articulation of proportion [eurythmy] ,...

The urban void of hope

Acts of discontinuity: An alternative urbanization model for Agadir

Bogota - Positions in Practice: Constructing the Commons in the Latin American Metropolis

Experiments of Analysis and Intervention MSc3/MSc4 Graduation Studio - Spring 2017.

Regenerating the leftover space in Bogota

Charging Walls: The Weaving City

The infrastructure systems, which include highways, rails and tram have always been a major artery of every urban carpet, it moves economic, culture and other resources to where they are needed or where they wanted to be. From point A to point B, they moves through network of roads and rails. Cities depend on the infrastructures. However the...

Positions in Practice, Bogotá

Positions in Practice Graduation Studio (MSc 3 | MSc 4), Bogotá, Colombia, Fall 2015 - Spring 2016

In-situ slum upgrading in Addis Ababa

The goal of the project is to design an alternative slum upgrading approach in Addis Ababa. Different from the current condominium approach adopted by Ethiopian government, this approach will not involve the eviction and relocation process but allow people remain in place and upgrade the slum area incrementally. The urban strategy is to keep the...

"a bigger wall" - frames of Addis Ababa

The project deals with the evolving environment of Addis Ababa. It proposes an alterantive way to deal with the enormous urbanization the city is undergoing. Through the inception of a new urban form, which works as entity and infrastructure, the thesis indagates the possible future development of the city.

Infill city: An urban renewal strategy for housing in Addis Ketema

Addis Ababa is undergoing rapid and radical changes due to population growth and urbanisation. This forces the government to respond to the cities needs, for now mainly on infrastructure and housing. Also Addis Ketema, an inner city neighbourhood known for its commerce and market, is under pressure of development. These changes have proven to be...

Inclusive Re-Densification of the city center of Addis Ababa

The urban hospital in the public realm

The design of a highly accessible medical setting what is mixed with urban everyday life, and thus embedded in its context