The Cultural Machine: The rendition of the and the virtual

The increasing possibilities of the ubiquitous world of the (internet of things) IoT, will not only be installed in our environment but also be attached to the human body. Generating services in which the participant has become as connective to its surrounding as the devices installed to serve them. Thereby expanding the reliance on the rapidly...

Reed Robotics: Discrete Digital Assembly of Biodegradable Reed Structures

Common Reed (Phragmites Australis) is an abundantly available, sustainable construction material that can be found throughout the world. Reed is most commonly used for thatch roofing in Europe, providing insulation and a weather-tight surface. Elsewhere, traditional techniques of weaving and bundling reeds have long been used to create entire...

Understanding barriers to CO₂ abatement: The Y-factor applied

Barriers to CO₂abatement impede their materialisation. In this research the Y-factor was used in expert interviews to gather information on the barriers to the materialisation of four abatement options in the Netherlands: Insulation, Carbon Capture Storage, Biofuels and Geothermal energy. The potential of these options for the...

Reverse engineering in Architecture: Exploiting morphology of unprocessed material by reverse engineering in architecture

Architectural engineering is evolving from a traditional craftsmanship to a new digital craftsmanship. Through advancements in production and processing techniques, we can achieve both mass production and offer mass customisation. As for the typology shown below, a simple house [1] & [2], the source of the material did not alter. The...

Circularity; the reuse of an office building

This graduation project addresses two problems, the high vacancy rate of office buildings in the Netherlands, and the linear approach of take-make-use-dispose, which results in the depletion of natural resources. In this project, an office building is transformed for other multiple functions with the old materials of the building in...

Green roof contributes to good environment and public space in sustainable design

In the graduation lab Strategic Architectural Design Development (SADD), students will design a new UN Headquarters of Sustainability in New York City. Sustainable developments and measurements are being taken all over the world, in all sorts and kinds. Still many steps need to be taken and conflicting interests need to be solved, but the...

The United Nations Headquarters of Sustainability in New York City

Sustainable developments and measurements are taken all over the world the last years, in all sorts and kinds. The awareness and care for our environment is in a good shape today. This promising and challenging development would work more efficiently if it was coordinated worldwide. In this studio we designed a new UN headquarters of...

Rethinking Sustainability: United Nations Ecological Council, New York City

When tasked with the assignment to design a world headquarters for sustainability and sustainable development, I was perplexed by the ambiguity of the conceptual aspect, but at the same time restrained with a comprehensive list of pragmatic requirements. Firstly, the term ‘sustainability’ is one that is vexed with different definitions,...

The Green FLow: A new design for the United Nations Environmental Council

Graduation project for a new design for the United Nations Environmental Council in New York.

United Nations Environmental Council / United Nations Headquarters for Sustainability

Design for the graduation studio of Materialisation. The assignment was to design a new council for the United Nations in New York, which would become the United Nations Environmental Council

United Nations Headquarters for Sustainability / United Nations Environmental Council

The United Nations Environmental Council, the new, 6th Council, will be in charge for the coordination of sustainability issues, such as waste problems, energy problems and securing biodiversity on the planet, aiming to marshal the existing fragmented running programs (such as UNEP) and coordinate these issues on a global level. In other words,...

Vicinity

High-rise development in Westminster, London.

Strategic Architectural Design Development: United Nations Environmental Council

The design for a new United Nations Environmental Council on the current plot of the UN in Manhattan, New York.

Closing the Material Cycles: Implementation of Design and Construction Strategies

This thesis concerns an alternative way of thinking and design approach in relation to architecture’s inherent nature of materialisation. Opposed to the current prevailing context of a linear building process, design and construction methods are studied through a technical research and a research by design in order to understand the framework...

Ground In / Between: The United Nations headquarters of sustainability, New York City

The UN-headquarters for sustainability will be the control centre in the race to take the leap towards a more sustainable development, with the responsibility of conveying sustainable solutions and policies. It will host the organization of multidisciplinary activities aiming to raise awareness on the subject, inform, motivate and inspire people...

Strategic Architectural Design Development: United Nations Environmental Council

This graduate design is about the research and design of a new council for the United Nations in New York.

Strategic Architectural Design Development (SaDD) - Science Business Center, Technopolis, Delft

Design proposal for a new Science Business Center (SBC) in the Technopolis area south of TU Delft campus. This SBC will be a meetingplace for students and (innovative) companies to share their ideas and thoughts on a formal and informal way. Main principles for this design are the dutch landschape (with the water and green that play an important...

Science Business Centre - Delft

Integral Design for a Science Business Centre at the campus of the Technical University of the TU Delft. Program: Hotel, congrescentre, offices and exposition space.