Investigating Public Space

The MIT Media Institute is located in Midtown, New York (NY). The main goal of the project is to create a vertical campus for MIT and combine multiple functions traditionally found on horizontal campus into a high rise tower. In doing so, it investigates the possibility of mixing this program with public functions that can be accessed by New...

Transitory Spaces: Popping up in the grid

The traffi c network of Midtown is under an enormous pressure, with a subway system that has deteriorated to such a dismal state that nearly all available funds go into maintenance and overhaul. Since Manhattan is an island and there are a limited number of access points, these connections are even more congested. For commuting to and from the...

Of Stones and Travelers: The Venetian matter: A productive machine in its own consuming

Venezia, la Serenissima. The most serene Republic. One adjective is sufficient to identify the city of Venice; more complicated is to figure out its singularities: the city of canals, trades, cultural exchange, gate between the west and the east, the city of the myth, the romantic city, the city of the endless descriptions. “At once solid and...

Learning space of the 22nd century: A scenario-based design assignment on the future of Amsterdam in the year 2100, with a focus on how education will develop towards a future where most work is automated.

This graduation is about the future: a scenario-based design assignment about the future of education in Amsterdam in the year 2100. This work is part of the Complex Projects Graduation studio 2018-2019 of the TU Delft Faculty of Architecture. In 2100, automation of work will have a massive impact on our society. Labor will not be the primary...

Nomadic Hub

The Amsterdam is currently facing a housing crisis, which, especially in the center, is party caused with people moving to Amsterdam of short period of time. The temporariness of housing will be even more present in the future. The researched characteristics of year 2100 will be globalization, fast transportation, flexibility in terms of work...

Fragile State(s): Lines, Walls and the Possibility of Interrupting Processes of Privatisation

Fragile State(s): Lines, Walls and the Possibility of Interrupting Processes of Privatisation is an exploration into architecture as a practice of negotiation and disruption. Situated in the uncertain context of Brexit, the project is a critique of how architecture, a profession that often claims to mediate and resolve socio-political and...

Synergistic Heterogeneity: Fostering resilience through inclusive development for a transient population

From the very beginning, Mumbai, was made up of migrants. Its main population growth, at various points throughout its history, occurred primarily through migration. It was a popular place for people fleeing poverty, war and religious prosecution, as well as an attractive place for work and aspiration. ‘Floating populations’ or seasonal migrants...

A Place to Breathe: An alternative for in-situ redevelopment of Baithi Chawls in Nala Sopara

The chosen site for the graduation project demonstrates how the shortage of affordable housing becomes a problem in the Mumbai, how this issue has been responded, and how these actions affect the living quality. The challenge is how to generate an alternative for the provision of affordable housing by taking into account not only the issue of...

Through the vacuum: A new way of traveling

Different modes of transportation have always greatly impacted the way we as a society view the world. Until the invention of the steam engine, people were still closely bound to their cities and villages as traveling from one city to another could take up a full day. This made it hard to stay in contact with people in different places, but for...

Growing buildings: How to design circular and sustainable buildings by using living organisms in architecture

In recent years, architecture has shifted towards more sustainable and circular design. The scarcity of building materials and environmental awareness of the building industry generated a need for new techniques and developments, pushing architects and designers to increasingly turn towards biological and natural processes. Nonetheless, the...

A Global Approach to Vernacular Practices

As many other parts of the global south, the built environment of Kullu, an Himalayan valley of Himachal Pradesh (india), will be probably threaten by several types of natural hazards, mainly caused by climate change. <br/>This fact, together with the phenomenon of migration towards the main urban environments, determines a risky and urgent...