Exo-Skeleton for prevailing damage on existing monumental buildings using Japanese wood techniques

Architecture of the Senses

An earthquake resistant farm

A Kop-hals-romp farm in Groningen needs to have seismic measures to preserve this National monument from heavy damage of earthquakes. These measures are then combined with a new function of an elementary school. This elementary school is positioned in a way that is stands freely in the barn without touching the existing construction.

Flora Filter Spa

Seismic proof laminated bamboo structures for the Groningen area

It has become a common place that the effects of the scientific and industrial revolutions are threating our environments. This paper analyzes a specific case of the reckless exploitation of resources and the socio-economical consequences: (1) the extraction and use of fossil fuels in Groningen and the impact on Dutch economy; (2) ecological and...

Creating architecture with CFRC: Introducing carbon fibre composite as structural material

Seismic architecture, the wood alternative: seismic adaption of new architecture in the province of Groningen through the use of engineered wood

The earthquakes are induced due to the gas extraction that is taking place within the province and this comes with a lot of risks and problems. First of, the province and its structures are not prepared for earthquakes. Second, there is little to no knowledge about earthquake- proof building in The Netherlands. Third, next to the fact that new...

Engineered wood Marine Terrein

The Dutch Marine grounds are located in the very city centre of Amsterdam on the Marine Terrein, all 14 hectares of the area have been forbidden to access for a very long time until now. The Dutch Marine is leaving the area in stages because of budget cuts from 2015 till 2018. The terrain is badly connected to the centre; all the utility...

Infinite mining for structural composites

A wastewater treatment plant is redesigned as an ‘infinite mine’, from which the residues are used for a structural composite. The goal of the project was to make a construction material of uniform and consistent biomass waste streams, giving an impulse to reindustrializing Parkstad Limburg, former coal mining area in the south of the...

Rethinking The Unwanted: Implementing local waste materials from the Merwe-Vierhavens in the construction of its new mosque

The project highlights the value of industrial waste materials, especially within the context of harbour areas in transformation. The design is made for a mosque with the main structure being realised out of columns of stacked oildrums. The project shows how materials that are considered abundant and worthless can result in an architecture of a...

L.i.f.e

Comfortable aging at home

A sustainable and life-cycle proof, wooden extension for row houses.

Merging structures, Creating freedom

This graduation project is about the transformation of a vacant office building into flexible housing, making use of the potentials the existing construction offers. This has been achieved by the following points: 1 Using the column structure of the office building. 2 Make vertical shafts for the building services in the corridor. 3 Make...

A kop-hals-romp Boerderij Transformation Considering Seismic Proof Intervention

The research paper aims to give proper anti-seismic retrofit advices for the architectural typology of the Kop-hals-romp Boerderij as heritage. For the farmhouse that embedded with heritage value, it’s very important to strengthen the building in a heritage friendly way. The notion of heritage value is thus discussed in the paper as to give a...

Grandstand Design for Disassembly

This work contains the technical report about the research in how to design and construct a demountable grandstand. The design itself is a modular structure which can be demounted and transported to different locations and to be reused multiple times. With the modular design any event organiser can decide what arrangement and capacity the...

C3 - A Cloud Controlled Climator for the van Gendthallen Amsterdam

The industrial heritage the 'van Gendthallen' in Amsterdam are repurposed into a cultural convention center. To accomplish this while conserving the qualities of its monumental façade, a data center is introduced inside the halls to provide the space with a sustainable waste heat source and climate system. The interaction between the data center...

Aquaponics - a test case for the Van Gendt halls in Amsterdam