Tbilisi as a Palimpsest: Patterns, History, and Perceptions, in the Formation of a Reactive City

There are places you have never been, yet you learn about them once you are there. There are also places you have never even dreamed possible, yet even after visiting them, your imagination never limits. One of these is Tbilisi.<br/>Persians, Byzantines, Ottomans, Russians, and Soviets all contributed to the construction of the image of Tbilisi...

Social space: Seeking for communal places in Maastricht

This master thesis explores the notion of social space by searching for ways of how architectural elements can encourage social behavior in the public domain. Both spatial planning and architecture offer us places for encounters, freedom and creation. Architecture has therefore an important social task, it gives meaning to a place and can...

The Grand Theatre Quarter: Experiencing Public Space, Being Inspired by Culture

The massive blast of August 2020 severely damaged Beirut’s architectural heritage. It is in the very city centre that most of this asset is concentrated, but since the end of the 1975-1990 Civil War citizens have been denied access to this area. Here stands the former Grand Theatre, which will be the epicentre of a new artistic quarter that will...

The Maassilo: in the Belly of the Beast: Verisimilitude

The Maassilo, an enormous concrete creature, a remnant of the prosperous growth of the Rotterdam harbour, lies unmoved and quenching for thirst on the bare and abandoned quay. Its identity intertwined with Rotterdam’s DNA and its presence is a pure display of structural power. As part of the studio Heritage + Architecture the project...

Armed Forces Rehabilitation Center - A.R.C.: A 2nd phase care facility with a focus on mental and physical return to society after initial care has been recieved.

This project has been made as a graduation project for the Heritage and Architecture Graduation studio at the Delft University of Technology. The project is situated in the Hembrug Area. Hembrug is located near the Dutch cities of Amsterdam and Zaandam. The Hembrug site is a former military production site initially part of the Stelling van...

Restoration of 'Campus South': dealing with 'Campus South' as a scenery

Hembrug, a former military production site, is one of the largest redevelopments in the Metropolitan area of Amsterdam. The terrain is located at the intersection of the North Sea Canal and Zijkanaal G and functioned as the logistic heart of the Stelling van Amsterdam. The former military terrain consists of many buildings, including 50...

Bethlehem: from exploitation to ecosystem service

Bethlehem - from exploitation to ecosystem service, is a project based on Sint Maarten in the Caribbean. The lower social classes of Sint Maarten experience trouble with their building culture, especially in combination with the reoccurring hurricanes and earthquakes. Vulnerable communities mostly rely on self or communal building, since both...

Zuiderpershuis, a Cultural Powerplant

This project is about the revitalization of the cultural center: “the Zuiderpershuis”. The complex of buildings is marked as a heritage site and represents an important part of the city of Antwerp and its history as an industrial harbor city. The current lack of used space on the site and its seclusion from the city fabric prevent the place from...

Social inclusive Hembrug: Creating a community center for elderly with a physical care demand

On the Hembrug terrain one can find a variety of buildings and combination of buildings (ensembles). The Changing zone ensemble is located on the Hembrug terrain in Zaandam. The Hembrug terrain was the heart of the military industry in the Netherlands around the twentieth century. It is a very divers ensemble, with different buildings of...

Transformation of 'Het Plofbos': The Beauty of Dealing With Explosives

The Plofbos has a strong character that is defined by the presence of a young forest that springs from the remains of a decomposing military structure. This new growth is dynamic. It continuously changes the light, smells, sight-lines and experiences throughout the seasons. Together with the diversity of open and enclosed spaces and the sense of...

BSB VALPO (Bodega Simón Bolívar): Social, spatial, sonic interminglings

BSB Valpo is a project for the revitalization of Valparaíso’s coastline. It is a new hub for listening, dialogue, and recreation showcasing the work of local communities, artists, craftsmen and performers within a haptic landscape open to public exploration.<br/><br/>The scheme was developed through looking at the site from several aspects,...

Delta Center Design: San Francisco Bay: Resilience by Design. Designing for uncertain delta-landscape futures

The interventions around old industrial areas are based on a landscape design, which can also be regarded as an introduce of the nature. The green land protects the heritages and absorb rain water. On the green land are renovated factories, which in a different environment, are given new identities. Connecting those old buildings are wooden...

MATCH: Disclosing the military city Lisbon

Disclosing the military city Lisbon My project involves a former military site located in the edge of Lisbon. The project is located in the district Beato located near the harbor north of the center of the city. This project is closely related to the studio of Heritage &amp; architecture as it is not only worth keeping, but can and needs to be...

Torre Velasca: Determining the Highest and Best Use of a Modern Monument

Being an icon of the modern Italian architecture did not preserve the Velasca Tower by carelessness, obsolescence and vacancy. For that reason today the future of the tower seems particularly uncertain. Furthermore the decision of Fondiaria Sai (the owning company) to sell the tower kindles a vivacious discussion in town about the role of this...