Watering the Semiarid: Designing a Wetness Retention Landscape in Jaguaribara, Brazil

Since the earliest records, the Brazilian semiarid, in the northeast of the country, has suffered from water scarcity and recurrent droughts. To mitigate the effects of high variability and low availability of water in the region, governments have been investing, since the 1960s, in the construction of dams to stop the loss of water to the ocean...

Quality of life: The role of heritage

Since the 19th century, the effect of the urban environment on the quality of life has been increasingly researched by spatial environment related disciplines. The discipline of urban planning has particularly focused on the negative values and the discipline of heritage on the positive values of the existing urban environment. Over the years...

The architecture of Addition: Old meets New

Kasteelensemble Nederhemert: Erf goed, al goed

De locatie van en de omgeving rond kasteel Nederhemert voorzien van nieuwe functiemogelijkheden, zodat daardoor de connectie met het landschap op verschillende schaalniveau's hersteld kan worden en daarmee de historische continuïteit van kasteel Nederhemert en het landschap te waarborgen.

Reactivate industrial heritage

A conference centre is designed in Novi-Grad, Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina. Its design is a reaction on a competition of the municipality. It is be part of the urban fabric and designed by its context. Appealing and useful industrial heritage nearby the original planned location is transformed. The site is enclosed by two residential areas in...

Zandvoort: A new touristic leisure dune landscape

An analysis on the spatial qualities and failures of the Dutch seaside landscape resulted into a design project for the boulevard of Zandvoort. The design seeks for confrontations between dune landscape and the city. A progressive solution is found for a new parking system.