Cross contamination: architecture and theatre as contaminant agents

Scattering and mixing their roles, tools, space and knowledge, letting them interact with the environment, and translating it into a spatial intervention.<br/>This graduation project is about merging together two of my interests and passions and making an architectural project out of it. But also much more than that.<br/>Being involved in...

De generatie van integratie: De rol van architectuur in het integratieproces

Hoewel met de piek in asielaanvragen in Nederland sinds 2015 is gebleken dat vroege integratie veel voordelen heeft, is de architectuur van Nederlandse asielzoekerscentra daar nog niet op aangepast. In de sociologie zijn veel onderzoeken gedaan naar voorwaarden voor de facilitatie van integratie, maar deze zijn nog nooit toepasbaar gemaakt voor...

Fairtransport Thuishaven: De tolerantie voor verandering in monumenten

Fairtransport Wharf: the tolerance for change in listed monuments. Defining the tolerance for change in listed monuments with the redevelopment of a 17th-century Warehouse in Harlingen, The Netherlands. Listed monuments are buildings we ought to preserve. However, more and more monuments lose their functions and become vacant. So in order to...

Muziek en architectuur, vier relaties

Een ontwerp voor een crematorium in Flevoland gebaseerd op enkele relaties tussen muziek en architectuur.

Trondheim warehouses: Past - present - future

Graduation at ExploreLab 12 Topic: "Trondheim warehouses - past, present & future" Research: An exploration of the reusability of the wooden warehouses in Trondheim, Norway. (The uploaded research is only part of the work done, please contact me form more information about the full research.) Design: A masterplan for the warehouses and the area...

Architecture for the re-socialization of forensic psychiatric care: Building for the insane criminal

Architecture for forensic psychiatric care is about the fitted architecture for a specific target group which is in need of security AND a treatment environment. The research, partly literature, partly design, is focused on finding the best environment for these patients. The contracts between being locked down and feeling at home plays a...

Converting office space: Using modular prefab architecture to convert vacant office buildings.

Almost 7 million square meters of office space in The Netherlands is vacant today. Conversion into housing is an often named solution, but is hardly ever put into practice because of financial and technical difficulties (location aspects not taken into account). On the other hand, standardization in office design can be seen as an opportunity in...

Acoustic design of Schools

This report is a research to acoustic design of schools. It gives an overviews and tools for architects to improve/ control the acoustic and noise in their design. Acoustic is one of must important aspect in an open-plan school. This aspects and other inner climate aspects, do not receive enough attention. This report was part of my gradution...

The Urban Interior Setting: Towards a Habitable Urban Landscape

The theme of my thesis is the development of a better micro-climate for the public space around The Hague Central Station. " In my research, I formed a generic framework on how the area around a station can be better utilized. I posed conditions and made recommendations for creat ing pleasant places for pedestrians and waiting users. I have...