In Between: An interlayer material study for interlocking cast glass blocks

The current research investigates potential interlayer materials candidates, for an interlocking cast glass block assembly. Various alternative interlayers are examined, as well as the effect their unique material properties have on the potential application of the interlocking system. The whole process, from fabrication to construction of the...

Section Active Extruded Glass Structural Elements: an explorative study on their potential for architecture

Glass buildings seem to be as popular as ever (Louter, 2011) and glass shapes the appearance of contemporary architecture unlike any other building material (Wurm, 2007). Moreover, the demand for glass buildings is rising (Eskilson, 2018). As designers look to make the buildings as transparent as possible, the ambition is to execute structural...

Robotic 3DPrinting Earth: Earthen additive manufacturing with customized nozzles to create a gradient material for on-demand performance

To cope with the climate crisis, sustainable and eco-friendly buildings are a necessity. To achieve this, we need to change the way we build, this accounts as well for construction materials. For thousands of years, humans have lived in clay and timber hybrid constructions. These hybrids are made of sustainable, possibly circular, highly...

OB-DFD: Open Building - Designed for Disassembly

Research and design for a more circular built environment, focused on the 'open building typology' and the technical aspects of 'design for disassembly'. Design focused on the city of Groningen.

Energy storage in Parkstad

Parkstad is planning to power most of its electrical grid by solar energy, resulting in an intermittent power supply. One of the methods to solve this intermittency is to create facilities for energy storage. The landscape differs from the rest of the Netherlands by its hilly profile. The most important difference is presence of a large...

Re connecting bamboo: Development and structural evaluation of connections for construction of a prefabricated housing unit using engineered bamboo

Today, the world is continuously looking forward towards sustainable solutions for building construction, thus the interest and the need for sustainability is continuously growing. With growing issues related to the environment and sustainability, Bamboo being one of the answers is one such sustainable material that has a lot of potentials to be...

Facade Design with Interlocking Cast Glass System based on Structural Behaviour Investigation

Glass is a material with high potentiality in a structural application. Brittleness has always been challenging for glass structure. Recyclability is also challenging for the current glass application since the chemical bonding is contaminating the recipe. Interlocking cast glass construction offers an interesting bypass to solve these two...

The Buffer Zone on Marineterrein: A Safe and Inclusive District for Civilians and Marines

The thesis projects seeks to renew the relationship between the Royal Dutch Marine Camp and the city of Amsterdam. With the Royal Dutch Marines breaking an administrative agreement in July 2018 and deciding to continue occupy about 50% of the area on Marineterrein, the visions and ambitions for the development of a future-proof district had been...

Glass Vaults: Introducing an adjustable mould for casting glass voussoirs for transparent shell structures

Glass is a material that has a high compressive strength and a low tensile strength. While being mostly produced as flat sheets of float glass, it can also be casted into components that have a thicker geometry and thus a higher buckling resistance. These properties make cast glass components suitable for the construction of shell structures...

ARCHI-NATURE: Renovate in-between space to convert AMC into a natural healing community

In order to meet the needs for future hospital, the AMC requires a better healing environment with nature elements. In addition, the AMC building will transform from closed medical machine to a public welcome community. My project is to renovate the in-between space of AMC by ‘Archi-Nature’, and convert it into a natural healing community. Archi...

A re-study of the Atocha memorial in Madrid using dry-stacked interlocking cast glass components

Structures made from cast glass components are transparent and make full use of the high compressive strength of glass. As they have more freedom in shapes and can therefore be designed with a large cross-section, it is more suitable as a<br/>structural element than fl oat glass. However, most cast glass structures that have been completed...

A compound communal terminal to confront the developmental and flooding crisis: The legacy of the old port area of Xiangtan

This project is mainly about the revitalization of the old port area of the Chinese city Xiangtan. As a riverside city located in the south part of China, Xiangtan has been through a long historical period during which some of the most formative moments of Chinese politics and economy happened. As the departure point and the cultural core of the...

Bring Nature Indoor: by integrating an active living wall system within a Lung Rehabilitation Center at the Marine area

Over the last couple of decades, climate change and energy crises have led to an increased interest in reducing the building energy consumption. To reduce the energy consumption buildings are designed airtight. This leads to the accumulation of indoor air pollutants, which are associated with multiple health and discomfort problems. Poor indoor...

An Adaptive Vision: Adaptive redesign of "Dok 25" Marineterrein

‘Marineterrein’ is located on Kattenburg in Amsterdam. The Navy settle at Kattenburg for a long time until they came to the conclusion to relocate to the north of the Netherlands, and will leave at the end of 2018. The redesign of the Marineterrein is in hands of ‘Rijksvastgoedbedrijf’ and the municipality of Amsterdam. Therefore many companies...

Reverse engineering in Architecture: Exploiting morphology of unprocessed material by reverse engineering in architecture

Architectural engineering is evolving from a traditional craftsmanship to a new digital craftsmanship. Through advancements in production and processing techniques, we can achieve both mass production and offer mass customisation. As for the typology shown below, a simple house [1] &amp; [2], the source of the material did not alter. The...