Urban redevelopment in the old Kai Tak area: Shading Kowloon City, Hong Kong

Create a system to re-organise public space in Kowloon City, Hong Kong - reduce the fragmentation of open spaces - connect different microcosmos to the ‘whole’ -highlight the qualities of public space the space ‘in between’ -allow the dynamics to invade Kai Tak

The experience of public space in The Hague South East

This booklet studies the possibilities of the design of public spaces, in the light of two influential theories by Kevin Lynch and Gordon Cullen, published in the beginning of the 1960’s. They focus on the design of the public space in relation to the experience of the city users. Yet again and again these theories are referred to, even in...

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,...

I solemnly pledge to public space - dualities in contemporary public space developments, applied in Brussels' European Quarter.

The european quarter in Brussels has become a monofunctional office district since the rapid development of the European Union in the second half of the twentieth century. Uncontrolled office expansion has led to a district characterised by the monotony of glass closed office blocks, empty streets and large infrastructure. This project is a...

Montjuïc, her-bergt de stad

Graduation project on rethinking the position of the mountain Montjuïc in Barcelona. Project rethinks what the mountain means to Barcelona as a citypark and how to reemphasize this. And develops a plan for reconnecting the entrance to the Montjuïc from the city centre and harbour front. With the development of a hotel, the Parador + as a meeting...