Van Gendt redeveloping industry: The Van Gendthallen, industrial Heritage in the center of Amsterdam.

The assignment of the studio is the redevelopment of the Van Gendthallen, located in the center of Amsterdam. These Industrial halls, were a main part of the Stork-Werkspoor complex on Oostenburg and are listed as national heritage. Over the years Amsterdam has grown around this complex. The friction between the industrial function led to the...

The parasitic invasion of heritage and the redevelopment of the inner city campus of Amsterdam

The thesis is focused on the redevelopment of existing buildings. Most of the buildings on site are heritage and are located in a unique part of Amsterdam, between the historic city centre and the UNESCO world heritage canals. The concept of the design is derived from "the use of existing" and how the existing can be used to create advanced and...

The Great Minimum: A fixed and flexible intervention in the Eilandenbuurt, Rotterdam

The design focuses on an fixed and temporary intervention on an existing portiek dwelling in the Carnisse Eilandenbuurt, Rotterdam. Those dwellings are originally designed by architect Jo van den Broek. The portiek dwellings may be called minimum dwellings. The minimum dwelling is the theme of the research and design. The neighbourhood has...

Point Éphémère

This graduation project focusses on north-east Paris. In the past there were a lot of industrial functions settled in this area. Nowadays the industry moved outside the city and they left their buildings behind. These buildings need to be transformed so they can fit again in their surroundings. Point Éphémère, a building along Canal Saint-Martin...

The collective network - connecting through shared space

This graduation project focusses on an isolated former industrial area in Pantin, a suburb just outside of Paris. The urban goal is to connect the isolated and neglected site to the city of Pantin. On the site a former warehouse for the checking of goods by the Parisian customs is situated. This building needs to be transformed for a new use....

L'Usine Électrique, A factory for knowledge

The transformation of an old electricity factory located on the Canal Saint Martin in Paris, into a library. The project is an attempt to combine re-use of an old building with the library of the future, that in our changing society might have another role than we know now.

Armamentarium No.8 - The re-integration of landmark warehousing into a historic inner city fabric.

TRANSCENDING THE THRESHOLD _ transformation of the 'Artilleriemagazijn' in Delft into a market for natural local products

The problem stated through this graduation project can be defined within the overall spectrum of the objectives and research framework of RMIT, which namely is the adaptive re-use and re-designation of existing building heritage. In particular, the posed problem is represented by the case of the building complex of the former artillery...

The Armamentarium as a metropolitan solution

Redesignation of the Armamentarium in Delft as a center for the Advanced Metropolitan Solutions institute.

14 Studentenplannen voor het Armamentarium

Deze bundel bevat 14 ontwerpen voor herbestemming van het Armamentarium te Delft. Deze ontwerpen zijn gedurende het eerste semester van het academisch jaar 2013-2014 gemaakt door bouwkundestudenten van de TU Delft in het kader van de Master I - ontwerpopgave van RMIT. Tijdens het eerste kwartaal hebben de studenten onderzoek gedaan naar de...

Activiteit genereren: De transformatie van het Zoeten-laboratorium op het voormalig KEMA-terrein in Arnhem, naar een hybride en publiek gezondheids- en bewegingscentrum

Triumfatorkerk, Kanaleneiland Utrecht: De conversie van een protestantse kerk naar een multifunctioneel islamitisch cultureel centrum

Studie naar een architectonische interventie in een in onbruik geraakt protestants kerkgebouw in Kanaleneiland?Zuid, Utrecht. 

Materializing Identity: Utilizing inherent urban identity as a main design factor in the inner city regeneration of Rotterdam

Abstract – In order to create good urban environments city planners need to start addressing the issue of urban identity (Oktay 2002). According to Oktay, people should again feel that some part of the environment belongs to them, individually and collectively, some part for which they care and are responsible, whether they own it or not. For,...

Cultureel centrum 'het Taplokaal': De transformatie van een voormalig opslaggebouw

Transformatie van een fabrieksterrein (DSM) in een park. Het uitgewerkte gebouw is een voormalige opslagloods en tapperij van spiritus. Dit ensemble is verder het park in getrokken en heeft als nieuwe functie een cultureel centrum met restaurant en (klein) theater gekregen. De verbinding met de omgeving (voornamelijk het nieuwe DSM-park) is...