Horst Radio: Towards a futureproof Binckhorst with a human touch

This is a graduation project within the Public Building studio, where multiplicity and human scale is researched in the typology of a music venue. Hereby the theme of the studio, “Music Marvel - Music &amp; Popular Culture Re-Wired”, is explored and experimented with.<br/><br/>The Binckhorst, in The Hague, is on the brink of change. The formal...

The Festival Machine

The Festival Machine is an experiment that tests the feasibility of the urbanization of the contemporary festival. The project provides a sustainable indoor festival experience that encourages the exploration of music, which is a hybrid between an outdoor music festival and indoor music venue. It covers a wide spectrum of music genres that...

Liminal Odyssey

Exploring the possibilities of the future ambition for Binckhorst in The Hague, a key music venue is set to integrate a modern high density residential neighborhood as part of the city centre.<br/>However, contemporary music buildings functioning as catalysts for urban development are often focused on urban connectivity. As a result, they tend...

From Form to Venue: Architectural form as an amplifier for music venues

As part of urban redevelopment and in order to densify and create a new city centre, the Binckhorst, an industrial area and business park in The Hague, The Netherlands, is the design location for a public building for a music venue. With this project, research was done on a fundamental aspect of architecture: form. Analyses of the design...

Music Kathedraal: Adaptability and Resilience of Architecture for Music

Music Kathedraal is a new cultural hub in Binckhorst, The Hague. Current waste processing facility was repurposed into a music building with strong supporting public program. The variety of functions is expanding the scope of target users creating a complex, more attractive building. It contains two halls for music performance, a big hall –...