Rehousing of Intervam Flats at Camera Obscuradreef , Overvecht

The transformation focuses on facade zone (window, balcony, entrance, garden) <br/>aiming to construct the physical environment with all sorts of signals to clearly identify the existence of territories at various scales (borders, entrance and areas), to bridge the missing link between the urban public and private dwelling and to support the...

Renovation of the Airey Blocks

House as a Mediator

The post-war mass housings in the Netherlands were built under the modern principle of Light, Air and Space, but the passion for establishing the ideal society has been eclipsed by the individualistic ideology of contemporary world. Intervam housing in Overvecht area is a typical example that shows the conflict of old and new context. The...

Revitalisation of the gallery apartment building

Thirty-one percent of all the energy used in the Netherlands is used by households. Considering the fact that it is technically easily possible to built energy neutral dwellings this quite big percentage. But with the speed we are currently constructing houses, we will build less than 10 percent of the currently existing building stock in the...

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...

Vixel: A catalogue for transforming Intervam flats

The project is a catalogue for renovating Intervam flats. The major focus of this proposal is different possible floor plans that can be applied to Intervm flats, and the renovation and transformation can be done in apartment scale.

Airehousing: A contemporary perspective on the Airey-Strip

Relink: Leiden University: Rising above the existent

The Project is located in Leiden University’s Humanities Campus (Leiden, Netherlands). Specifically, this project is about intervening on two Structuralist buildings, PN van Eyckhof and Matthias de Vrieshof designed by Joop van Stigt in 1982; the brief calls for their regeneration and adaptation in today’s society, while focusing on one of the...

Extending Structuralism: A campus in Centraal Beheer

Apeldoorn leisure paradise

The graduation project attempts to discuss the possible approaches for transferring the Centraal Beheer into a leisure and recreation center.

Flexible or not?: The Renovation of Centraal Beheer

Centraal Beheer is a representative building of structuralism architecture. It was very groundbreaking back at that time. But now, after half a century, many problems appear. In this renovation project, I use the strategy of making variation and hierarchy to explore its flexibility, turn the old building into new usage.

Enriching The "Village"

Everywhere in our country there are buildings and neighborhoods that keep history up to date and touch people. They tell stories about where we come from, who we are and how we develop. In the face of major changes in our living environment, heritage offers recognition and gives us something to hold onto, and identity. In addition, monuments and...