Housing the unknown future: Towards adaptability in vacant office transformation

The Sports Factory

This project is a design proposal for the Van Gendthallen in Amsterdam. Sports is one function distinctly missing in the eastern part of Amsterdam and which could uniquely make use of the large volumes of the building. Double curved panels made by a flexible mould will be used to create a new roof shell structure, to transform the Van...

'From monofunctional office building to a multifunctional work and living building'. Redesign of the current Rijkswaterstaat office building at the Koningskade, The Hague

T.E.S.T - T.echnical, E.conomical and S.ustainable T.ransformation

The problem of the expanding suburbs of the cities, and the increasing number of abandoned office buildings seems to be a challenge for architects. Responding to the demand of spatial and functional urban circumstances, research assumed the redesign of the existing facilities in accordance with the principle of flex-buildings, based on the...

Flexibel wonen in Amsterdam Noord

The design is situated in Amsterdam Noord, a former nautical and industrial area. The last decades it's slowly transforming into a combination of living and work by adding housing to the current functions. My design reacts on this transformation by creating a building that gives a start to the development of the surrounding areas and guiding...

Investeren in mogelijkheden: De haalbaarheid van een aanpasbaar kantoor

Dit onderzoek heeft ten doel om te onderzoeken of het haalbaar is om in de nieuwbouw van kantorenvastgoed de mogelijkheid van een toekomstige transformatie naar woningen in te bouwen. De haalbaarheid wordt vanuit vier perspectieven bekeken: juridische, technische, financiële en commerciële haalbaarheid.