Station Agora at Holendrecht: Future Station of Zuid-Oost

The Circular Economy Concept in Design Education: Enhancing Understanding and Innovation by Means of Situated Learning

The concept of circular economy (CE) is high on the agenda of many planning agencies in European countries. It has also become a prominent issue in European academic education institutions. It is expected that spatial planning and design can support and add the spatial quality dimension of such a transition towards CE. However, incorporating the...

Smart Small Living at the Groenmarkt

I did my graduation project at the master track Dutch Dwelling, Architecture. The studio focuses on the future city and its densification.<br/><br/>Amsterdam has a shortage of affordable houses for starters. During the crisis Amsterdam has hardly built new dwelling projects. At the same time Amsterdam has become increasingly popular in recent...

Amsterdam-Noord: The development of and the liveability in the north side of Amsterdam

Amsterdam is a popular city which creates problems on the housing market and in the overcrowded inner city. Amsterdam-Noord has been, to a large extend, a problem area for a long time. Now that the city needs to develop this thesis explores how Noord can contribute to the goals of the municipality. The so called transformation zone at the...

From harbour to city: The transformation of the 'havenstad' to a flexible and multi-functional city district

Research towards the integration of flexibility in urban development. With this research a general development strategy is made. And this strategy is applied to make a design for the Minerva harbour in Amsterdam