Reassembling the archipelago of workshops: Retrieving productive narratives in Euboea island

Crafting Heritage

Crafting Heritage is a made-to-order textile workshop dedicated to the perpetuation of Provence’s ancestral know-how on the textile block printing technique used for Provencal or indienne prints. <br/>Located in the former industrial and artisanal district of Les Crottes, the workshop recovers and adapts seven warehouses by rethinking the...

Once upon a time in Bressoux

Sustainable craft textile manufacturing in the Netherlands: A case study

We are currently experiencing the effects of overconsumption and overproduction in the textile industry due to a linear economy. To tackle this, a prospective solution emerges. A new manufacturing technique toward a circular and carbon neutral path for sustainable development: sustainable textile crafts. In this context, this study investigates...

Microproduction Habitat

In recent years, microproduction has been gaining more and more attention. Microproduction is form of contemporary craftmanship which is focused on the local production and global connectivity. Changing consumer trends and the emergence of new technologies, in particular additive manufacturing, are starting to shape the new production economy...

Ikebana Gallery School: The new craft school

The Ikebana gallery school positions itself in a dense urban context with a secure connection to its didactic elements and the reappreciation of the chosen craft. It is a multi-faced project which sheds light on education, residents and parties to re-direct the urban context. My interventions for the Gasthuisplaats allow me the opportunity to...

Building a bio-based workshop

Out of a fascination for building with wood straw and clay a design for a workshop for teaching to build with natural materials has been made. Research has been done on traditional Dutch wood frames and the building skin out of wood, reed and straw. <br/>The design outcome is a complex of buildings in the Brettenzone, that is built from...

How Co-design Processes Improve Public Space Resilience:: Lessons From Two Urban Parks in the Atacama Desert

With the social, ecological and sanitary pressures on urban settlements<br/>and the public sector being unable to successfully provide such answers<br/>alone, co-design can play a crucial role towards urban transformations<br/>and resilient public spaces. We understand co-design as a process in<br/>which institutional networks of public, private...

Culture and Context in Public Space Design: Symbolic ornamentation, local craftsmanship and public participation as a way to enable meaning and affordance

Rapid urbanization and increasing globalization of urban development strategies are resulting in a lack of connection between people and places, and places and their context. Nevertheless, cultural embedding and sense of place have a direct impact on the quality of public space. The purpose of this research is to explore culture and context...

Crafting for Knowledge: The Hembrug terrain, a production estate

The location of the project is the Hembrug terrain which is located in Zaandam alongside the North Sea Canal. The Hembrug terrain has been the stage of ammunition and weapon production for over 100 years until all activities seized at the end of the last century. Nowadays the site has been abandoned by the military and a new connection to...

J.A. van der Kloes (1845-1935): A professional biography of the first Dutch professor in building materials

Prof. Jacobus Alida van der Kloes (1845-1935) was appointed teacher in building materials at the “Polytechnische school” of Delft in 1882. From 1905 until his retirement in 1915 he was promoted to full professor on the subject of knowledge and research of building materials at the “Technische Hoogeschool Delft”, the predecessor of the current...