Working & Living on the edge

Metropolis Amsterdam: Towards a Metropolitan condition in the Randstad

All over the world cities are growing, one of the positions towards dealing with this growth is that it should be realized mostly by densifying the existing fabric and realizing a high density in new developments. This trend makes considerations on the relationship of density and the architectural form, the consequences high density has on the...

Mid-City Central: A new perspective on airport centered communities in the 21st century.

An exploration into the suburbian wastelands of Chicago and how these can be given a new boost by increasing connectivity.

Serving the New Housing Producers

A research on the role of the architect within projects developed through Collective Private Commission (Collectief Particulier Opdrachtgeverschap) in the Netherlands. Input from participants, which is obtained through a workshop and interviews, is used for the design of a dwelling block. This design then forms a hypothesis of what is possible...

Dwelling & Architecture: At home in the city

The Last Gap

A design and development strategy for a mixed use building on the last open plot on the Oostelijke Handelskade in Amsterdam.

Urban Chameleon

The Integrated Hybrid

"The Integrated Hybrid" envisions a hybrid building on the last vacant site on the Oostelijke Handelskade in Amsterdam. Society's needs are diverse and constantly changing and the design context of Amsterdam is among the most culturally diverse in the world. My project proposes a true hybrid building (which includes dwellings) that can meet the...

An Urban Treatment. The waste water treatment dwellings.

A design for a housing block with intergrated green waste water treatment. This integration results in high quality dwellings within a dense urban area. Due to the green and natural treatment systems, an improvement for the whole neighbourhood is made.

Bridging The Divide: Accommodating City Life in the Zuidas

Architecture & Dwelling Graduation Studio Project. A Mixed Use Dwelling Project located in the Amsterdam Zuidas. The project addresses the issues related to the site in terms of its monotone business usage and the social and programmatic divide that exists in the surrounding area. The design integrates a number of Public, Private and Communal...

Capacities of Zuidas

Dwelling studio in Amsterdam's Zuidas business district. Lowrise, high density and integration of library program into a cluster. Adaptation of an existing masterplan to create a meaningful public spaces, and a mediation between the Van Eesteren extension buildings, and the highrises implanted into the urban fabric. The projects develops one of...

Living on an industrial site

Social practice theory as design approach for reducting energy use for indoor climate management in Dutch dwellings