Living With Data

The research and design hypothesize how data centers can complement the urban environment rather than make a negative impact, both environmentally and spatially. Data centers consume and produce a variety of valuable flows, ranging from electricity, cooling/heating and water use. The aim of the research is to discover whether it is possible to...

Hoptille - from Stigma to Charisma: Image enhancing transformation of post-modern architecture while retaining its identity

This graduation thesis was executed within the studio New Heritage in which the question was raised whether postmodern architecture can be valued as heritage. Multiple postmodern neighbourhoods suffer from a stigma. Outsiders have a negative image where insiders are much more positive about their neighbourhood. This master thesis focusses on the...

Benefit of the common - housing for the urban families

The Netherlands is facing the problem of shortage of suitable housing. Predictions warn about the need of additional million houses for 2030. The rising number of immigrants arriving to the dutch capital city forced the municipality of Amsterdam to prepare a vision for Havenstad 2050 - a development of industrial areas for the residential...

Designing for the women of the Begijnhof in Amsterdam: Understanding the architectural settings and the needs of the Beguinages of the Begijnhof in Amsterdam, during the Middle Ages, Reformation and contemporary period

The purpose of this thesis is to analyse the origin, history, and the architectural setting of the Begijnhof in Amsterdam throughout significant periods of change, the Middle Ages, the Reformation and the contemporary era. The combination of these aspects depicts the architectural setting of the Begijnhof that support the needs of the female...

Between dwelling and rail: seeking mutual benefit in transit oriented development and railway station expansion in the peri-urban area

A new approach is needed for redeveloping peri-urban railway stations in the Netherlands, like Amsterdam Lelylaan,to solve a set of pressing issues in their specific context: the monocentric character of many of our cities, the poor quality of public space around peripheral railway stations, and the disconnection between the local and the city...

ARthouse Sloterdijk: Een nieuwe schouwburg als bestemming aan de A10 boulevard van Amsterdam 2050

In light of the huge growth in population and tourism that Amsterdam will encounter in the future, the city might have to work towards a polycentral urban setup in which multiple city centers can contribute to the (social-, cultural-, economic-) wellbeing of the overall city. In this project we find that the likelihood of Sloterdijk, a place...

In The Garden of Anthropos: The City as a Place for Production

The project acts as a way to bring production back to the city as a part of everyday life in the year 2050, in a time when industry has become individualised as a result of the fourth industrial revolution. At the same time, additive manufacturing (3D-printing) makes it possible to produce just about anything; from shoes and textiles to...

Open up the semi-public space: A plea for a work & live dwellings in Amsterdam

In this graduation project the main assignment will be the task if the design of the dwellings can be designed mainly for single household low-rise high density dwellings in the city center of Amsterdam. The design should be an effective solution towards the costs resulting in a qualitative design with simple detailing, effective and...

Healing City: Rehabilitation Center Amsterdam

Design task While 20 years ago rehabilitation centers were protected environments that secluded patients from society, recently the focus has shifted towards integration of patients in public life. The assignment for the design of the rehabilitation center fits in with this development, as the location for the project is in between the Overtoom,...

H2 Architecture

Hydrogen Technology integrated in an architectural design.

From Emptiness to Japanese Space: Designing from a Japanese Perspective

The research on space in Japanese architecture resulted in a number of spatial characteristics. These were then used as starting points for the design of a housing block in Dutch context.

Accommodation for the craft of education: Secondary school for crafts education in Amsterdam North

The assignment was to choose a location in A’dam North for a school with extra-ordinary attention to crafts. The department for Horti Culture and for Cooking+Restaurant provide an opportunity to relate to the Florapark nearby the location and to bring in the public from the neighbourhoods nearby. The departments for Carpentry and Metalworking...