Soft Enclave: Reconciling the Experiences of Home and the City

Verborgen stedelijke romantiek in de metropool

The course towards home: The path through seamed spaces

Samenleven aan 't actiepodium: Spanning tussen privacy en collectief

Een woonensemble, in Berlijn aan de Pohlstrasse, waarbij gekeken wordt naar stedelijk wonen in de stad Berlijn en het allom karakteristieke wonen aan een hof.

A narrative experience in a patchwork city

Fluctuating through the fragments of the patchwork city, the dweller moves through a sequence of juxtaposed spatial forms that define the narrative experience. A patchwork is a metaphor to explain the way in wich the city is made up: It is not the result of any unitary drawing but it comes from the collage of fragments, I n a progressive...

Living In-between

The contrast between the ideas of composing the traditional European city and that of the modern city presented by Corbusier, have always been about the shaping of public space. In the traditional city the facades of the buildings defines the boarders of the public space, thus becoming a series of voids in the urban tissue. Whereas the space in...

The experience of home: Stages of perception in contemporary housing

The main goal of the design is to find a way to enhance the quality of the experience of the city through the design of living spaces. These are themselves developed according to how the space is perceived and experienced, and not with a mere functional approach.

Dwelling_At home in the City_Berlin_Hidden World

Design of a dwelling project in the neighbourhood Kreuzberg in Berlin, Germany. This is seen as a chance to create a residential building where families can identify with. As well with the building as with the public and semi-public space around it. This also influences the design of the dwelling.