ONE MINERVAHAVEN: Metropolitan high-rise living in Amsterdam

Amsterdam is currently experiencing a period of significant growth, demographically as well as economically. It is becoming more international, more affluent, but also more crowded. In the process, the city's status as 'werelddorp' is changing into that of a metropolis. Such a scale change requires a rethinking of what it means to live and dwell...

Measurement Light Bulb: Control

This document describes the design process the prototype of a measurement light bulb which is able to project spherical harmonics of orders 0-1-2. Photographs of these projections can be combined to represent many light distributions. The measurement light bulb can be used in the field of research focused on the computation of the illumination...

Beyond the call of Duty: Transformation of the Military Milling factory of the MMC into the Culinary Art school of Beato

The MMC is a secluded military zone that used to produce food for the army of Portugal in times of war. The area is vacant and decides the neighborhood of Beato, but it is now open for public development. The proposition in this paper is to transform the main production factory (milling factory) in a Culinary Art school. You will read about the...

The Cob - A Parametric approach for designing affordable & high density housing: A study towards improving affordable and high density housing, using the advantages of computerization in architectural practice

The subject of this paper looks into designing high density residential architecture that enables certain qualities, in order to improve the livability and perception of the design. A parametric design approach was chosen for this project in order to enable these qualities. First, several important conditions and criteria for this project were...

Transferium Almere 2.0

Donald Pattinama'a graduation Project. Designing a transferium for the Almere 2.0 Masterplan using an abstract parametric machine. Hyperbody, non-stand and interactive architecture. Parametric and computer aided design.

Design for a new school of crafts in Amsterdam North

Design for a new school of crafts in Amsterdam North. Studio: Interiors, Buildings and Cities. Atelier: Back to School