Thermal comfort for multi-functional use in monumental church buildings: Case study Stevenskerk in Nijmegen

Secularization has led to a decrease in the significance of religious traditions and thereby the use of churches. Accordingly, many church buildings have been converted or are used multi functionally such as the Stevenskerk in Nijmegen (NL), the monumental case study of this project. Thereby, the lifespan of<br/>the building is extended while...

Land can sometimes be water: Bridging the dichotomy between land and water through amphibious landscapes

In an excerpt from the fictional work “Waterland” (Swift, 1992), the narrator labels water as “Nothing,” implying land and humans as “Something.” This was more of a philosophical expression that can alternatively be inferred from the real-world processes like land reclamation. Land was always associated with value, stability, certainty and...

Redesigning communities: Realising cohousing through circular transformation

The past generation has built more than all previous generations combined. The houses got bigger, families got smaller and our lifestyle more consuming. Times however have changed so that nowadays we are faced with multiple social problems – such as aging and loneliness – and environmental problems. Living more social and reducing consumption is...

A New Watery Balance: Redefine The Scenic and Circular Waterscape in The Villages In Wuyuan, China

Wuyuan is located in Jiangxi province, south-east China, which is famous for its unique ancient village identity. The long-existing villages in the Wuyuan area have been running in a balance that people living and working with the water. This identity of living and working with water attracts millions of tourists. However, these vulnerable...

KNIL Magazijnen, The Creative and Learning Cluster of Plastic Waste: An alternative approach to heritage adaptive re-use in Bandung, Indonesia

The transformation of Knil Magazijnen into a creative and learning cluster of plastic waste constitutes my attempt to explore the boundaries of heritage adaptive re-use in Bandung, Indonesia and how through the design of an inclusive and healthy environment, social and environmental challenges can be addressed in a more integrated way. In a...

'KNIL' MAGAZIJNEN Community Center: Community based transformation towards a resilient future.

In the context of the H&amp;A Shared Heritage Lab, which I am part of, crucial built heritage issues are investigated in the city of Bandung, Indonesia. Bandung has many Indonesian-Dutch heritage sites and buildings as a result of the long period of colonization by the Dutch. They are part of both Dutch and Indonesian history and have become...

Kampung Kitchen: Sustaining balance in the livelihoods of the local kampong residents through the cultural values of their community within the colonial city center of Bandung

The problem statement focuses on the livelihoods of the residents of the kampongs in the historical city center of Bandung, Indonesia. The livelihoods within the kampong are mainly based on self-employment in the form of goods and services. This type of economic activity is widely known as the informal economy and consists of certain risks. The...

Eterna: Wellspring for the future in the past

What will the future of the shared heritage city center of Bandung, Indonesia be? When researching the current city center, it became clear that the historical structures of the city cannot cope with the growth of the city. In the past there was space for water, green and heritage, however traffic and people are taking over now. This results in...

Braga Permai Elevated: Densification and synergy of Bandung’s inner-city growing from the values of shared heritage

Developing and testing an approach to the densification of Indonesian inner cities that grows from the values of shared heritage to create a synergy between its formal street and urban kampong structure

Het Talenhof | The language institute: A transformation of the Baudartius college

This project, part of the Architecture &amp; Heritage graduation studio, is about the transformation of an post-war highschool in Zutphen. The school is transformed from an highschool into a language institute. The building is part of a new masterplan for the neighbourhood Nieuwstad.

From cotton warehouse to cultural & leisure centre: harbour heritage

The thesis concerns itself with the redesign of harbour heritage in the city of Rotterdam. The historic cotton warehouse of the Katoenveem is transformed using a mainly phenomenological approach to architecture.

Framing the Views

The transformation of buildings is one of the main emergent themes in contemporary architecture. This does not only count for monuments, but also<br/>for the existing housing stock. This graduation project deals with the transformation of 4 buildings in Delft, build in the ERA- building system – a non-traditional construction system.<br/>Because...

Reducing the energy demand and creating quality for the users with observance of (historical) values in the renovation of the Intervamflats at the Camera Obscuradreef in Utrecht Overvecht

The two main problems of the Intervamflats are comfort and energy consumption. The portiekflats from 1964 are not well insulated, which result in spaces that can not be heated sufficiently and a high-energy consumption. To make these portiekflats comply with current comfort standards and legislation (e.g. Energieakkoord: social housing must have...