Cultural Center in a Paper Mill

The 2022 Urban Architecture graduation studio explores the site and surroundings of a partially operating paper mill in the city of Maastricht. Working with a thematic approach the project is engaged through the lens and attitude of a so called Glaneur/Glaneuse. The ones who reap leftovers from harvested fields, or find beauty, value and...

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...

A Creative Hub for the City: Festive Maastricht

Through the theme of the "Festive City" the project aims to explore the qualities of the architecture of the city and offer new insights into what it could be. More specifically it looks at:<br/><br/>- How can the architecture of the city encourage social interactions of different scale and forms?<br/>- How can it be enriched by gaining a...

Through Stone Frames

This project has studied the different gates of Maastricht, looking for their grammar. The gates have turned into a public colonnade in his building that changes proportion and rhythm as you move through. To give the gates a contemporary form the natural stone has been replaced by precast concrete. The details work as modern ornaments that...