Eventbased Interventions for the Long Term Improvement: Designing the transformation of the Blokhuispoort catalysed by LWD 2018

The blokhuispoort, a former prison set just inside the old city centre of Leeuwarden, is in urgent need of a significant change. The position of Capital of Culture (ECOC) that Leeuwarden will fulfil in 2018, brings opportunities to regenerate the blokhuispoort and the direct surroundings. Hitherto, studies exist about the intangible impact of...

The experience of the Sacred

Making a fairbnb

How can architects initiate a housing project and provide a successful basis for a fairbnb concept to succeed? The project consists of a strategy and a pilot design project on how to realise?a fair B&B system within the Amsterdam city centre. A fairbnb is a socially and architecturally sustainable solution?, combining the demands of the locals...

Building Technology for climate change adaptation

If we look at the energy consumption of a household we see transport is number one. Open areas in a downtown area are not easy to find, which explains the long travel distance people make. Old harbors are located in the center of a city on the other hand are mostly wasteland. The rea- son is that the area has a high flood risk because it is...

Science Business Centre (SADD)

Design of the Science Business Centre.