How can a colonial building express monumentality? A study of the Philipsburg courthouse

Looking at history through the lens of architecture can tell a lot about the lifestyles, technologies, and ideologies of the past. Looking at the past can create a clear connection to the present. It is for this reason, the researcher, will write about the origins of the courthouse of Sint Maarten, the first government...

The downturn of the societal place of the Algerian woman expressed in the architecture of Algiers

This thesis discusses the changing societal position of Algerian women over time, influenced by cultural, social, and political factors and how it is expressed in the city’s architecture. While women have played important roles in preserving Algerian culture, challenging gender norms, and participating in resistance movements, they have also...

Dissecting Colonial Architecture: The typology of the Curaçaoan plantation

The landhuis is nowadays the most recognizable aspect of the Curaçaoan plantation landscape. The reality of the history of the plantation now hides behind these colourful villas. This thesis focuses on placing the architecture of the plantation in the spatial and historical framework from which they originated. <br/>The main question answered in...

Beyond Colonialism: Macau’s Struggle for Postcolonial Architectural Identity

Beyond Colonialism: Macau’s Struggle for Postcolonial Architectural Identity will look back at the emergence of architectural images that shaped Macau's current Special Administrative Region (SAR), particularly during the transition from colonial to postcolonial times. The 442-year colonial state and the post-colonial period, which began in 1998...

Spanish Colonialism and the Impact of Old Havana's Heritage status

Old Havana is undergoing a restoration project which focusses on preserving the historic character of the district. In order to fund this process, the parties managing the restoration process focus on transforming the district by commodifying tourist facilities and services. The restoration attempts of managing parties have earned the district...

De Nieuwe Doelen: A Public House for Diversity

The project rethinks the City Hotel and its accommodation of tourists within Amsterdam. Additionally, the building answers the question of urban densification and building within the historic centre of Amsterdam and revises the social precepts of privilege inherent to the elite architecture of the ‘Binnengasthuis’ area. <br/><br/>‘De Nieuwe...

How did Japanese colonial buildings in Taiwan manifest Japan's intention to change Taiwanese identity?

Architectures were used as a crucial tool to change Taiwanese self-identity during the Japanese rule of Taiwan because architecture is closely related to people's lives. Although Japan is not the most prolonged colonial regime in Taiwan's history, there are still many traces of Japan left in life in Taiwan nowadays. Because the Japanese set the...

Architecture as medicine: Reusing abandoned Dutch-colonial architecture for health care applications in coastal Java, Indonesia

Semarang is one of the large historical harbour cities on Java, Indonesia. The historical centre of the city is characteristic for its colonial set-up. During the last few decades the city of Semarang has been expanding rapidly. Nowadays, the historical centre of the city is not central anymore. In Semarang, the functions which require a lot of...

A repository for sources about European colonial architecture and town planning (c.1850-1970): Creating a digital tool for transnational research

Building a repository on European colonial architecture and town planning

During the past two years the TU Delft Library has developed a repository to store data about architecture and town planning in the former Dutch colonies. Historical images, books, journals and archives coming from libraries and museums are scanned and stored into the repository. Information about architects, buildings and town plans and...

A repository for sources about European colonial architecture and town planning (c.1850–1970): Creating a digital tool for transnational research

Building a repository on European colonial architecture and town planning

During the past two years the TU Delft Library has developed a repository to store data about architecture and town planning in the former Dutch colonies. Historical images, books, journals and archives coming from libraries and museums are scanned and stored into the repository. Information about architects, buildings and town plans and...

Istana Bogor: An approach for restoration and a proposal for a new function of Bogor Palace Indonesia

This report contains a review of the historical background of the Bogor Palace and a technical inventarization and identification of its architecture. It further elaborates on the feasibility of new uses and their impact on the existing situation of the Palace as a building and on its setting in Kebun Raya, the Botanical Garden. Finally it will...