ECO- LANDSCAPE: De Knip as a Biodiversity Instrument

The Second life studio focuses on the value of existing building stocks in our built environment. Five office buildings with low monumental value that lost their relevance in time are chosen as case studies, the primary interest of the studio is to explore possibilities of such building stock and to extend building life by external and internal...

Humboldt: Living with nature in Sloterdijk

Biodiversity is declining, urbanization is increasing, and the pressure on urban greenery is rising. Nature inclusive design can provide a solution. The research paper investigates the current trend of nature inclusive design, the architectural interventions that can be used in nature inclusive design and urban ecology in the Netherlands, to be...

Solarpolis: Climate Adaptive Living

As climate change, housing shortage and prices in the Netherlands are getting out of control, the building industry needs to find new ways of designing high quality neighbourhoods that manage to tackle these issues. This project focusses on developing an energy neutral, high quality, affordable neighbourhood by implementing a modular strategy...