Museum of New Fiction

Architecturally, axis is a reasoned attempt to connect spaces of monumental value, including memorials, political offices and religious buildings. Through my theoretical research based on various literature and case studies, including that of Baroque Rome and Paris, it is evident that axes bear certain characteristics and influences especially...

Bridging the dike: an architectural intervention to unlock environmental engineering as a common ground

The Dutch sea water level raised with 24cm over the last 128 years. From a linear increase, we can see an increasing trend since the 1990s. According to recent scientific research, the sea level in the Netherlands will rise 1 to 2 meters by 2100 with a maximum global warming of 2 degrees Celsius. With a temperature rise of 4 degrees, the North...

From congestion to decongestion: displacement of flows of goods in the last-mile transition from land to sea

Agitation takes control when distance collapses. Contrast of different states of existence and change of the environment are easier to detect than those constant ones. Drawn from climatic, geopolitical and socio-economic scenarios of the North Sea, intermodal transport of goods, particularly the last-mile which crosses land-sea boundaries, will...

Familiarising the unknown: How to interact with a changing water environment and (re)embrace its natural power

The story about the relationship of human with water has been always linked with the fear of the hidden, natural power of water. By identifying the historical position of the North Sea, it is confirmed that the sea has been perceived as “the edge of the world” in its past. The sea and its cold northern waters was seen as an evil in itself, as a...

Theater of Decay: Nature and Human Coexistence in the Toxic Landscapes in Rotterdam Port

We’re living in an era where spaces of logistics are further being detached from cities and urbanization to avoid choke points. But as these spaces migrate they leave traces of spaces permeating the city. What might be the impact of these logistical residual spaces whether large or very small on the expanding urban environment creating a clash,...

The Zone of Disassembly: Unveiling the hidden flows of e-waste

Material possession has become our objective for existence. Capital surrounds and defines us. The high dynamics of global flows dominate the planetary web of connectivity. Consumption, production and assembly have become the holy trinity of the neo-liberal realm we live in. It is a manifestation of the global dynamics, neglecting distances,...

Recolonization of Offshore Platform

This project is based on 2 issues, the degradation of the ecosystem in North Sea and the decommission of offshore platforms.

Zeeland Earthworks: Recomposition of an Altered Landscape

The project takes the increasingly polluted and flood prone coast line of the Scheldt estuary as the basis for a new coastal condition, centred on the re-composition of the sediment of the river. As a third option between dike raising and depoldering the coastline of Zeeland, a design for a new line of defence is<br/>developed which controls the...

The Port and the Automaton: An Investigation into the automated transition of the humber estuary and its port infrastructure

This project initiates by looking at the space as a territory (Raffestin, 2012), constructed through social interactions and networks. I believe the design project must anticipate the global social and economic shifts that are present within the territory of the North Sea and must be shaped in relation to the effects of these changes on local...

Rhizomatic Networks: Investigating the Infrastructure Space of Data

The North is a dense space of connectivity, where submarine cables span between the population centers and economic hubs of Europe. Within this web of relations, the Netherlands play an important role as the gateway to continental Europe on the one hand and the United States and United Kingdom on the other hand. At the same time, the stable...

Driftwood Pier: A Cyclical Structure for Vlissingen

Anchoring the Warmoezier: a life-cycle market in a port-city

The relationship between industry and market, in the Netherlands of the 17th century, was based on a sustainable model. It linked small scale producers with consumers through a system of canal boats, maritime technology and agricultural innovations.<br/>This marketproduction connection was carried out by farmers known as ‘warmoeziers’. In 21th...

A blue scape of reflection: Creating a place of revival, using the solitude created by the dike, and the dynamic rhythm of the sea.

Since the industrial revolution we have become estranged from the sea. We became opponents instead of working together, and put up high walls to protect ourselves form the vagaries of an unpredictable sea. Somewhere along our path of progress, we lost our human connection to the sea. Before the sea became something we secluded, it was known for...

The Journey of Re-Nature: Environment Research Center

Thames estuary of UK is one of the most dynamic area with vulnerable coastline, but still most of residents there have no idea about what is happening and what will happen in their surroundings. Hence,the design of Environment Research Center intends to stress the dynamic climate changes in an adaptive way. The Environment Research Center is...

Taking Back Control

This project traces the role the North Sea has played in the history of the United Kingdom, with a particular focus on territorial control. In a post-Brexit scenario where supply chains between the island and the continent are interrupted, the contiguous zone just twelve nautical miles from the coast of the UK provides an ideal economic grey...