Central Spaces // Public places: Redesign of the Koudenhorn police building into a public library and city dwellings

The Koudenhorn police building is located in the historic inner city of Haarlem. It sits on the western bank of the Spaarne river, along which runs one of the main traffic arteries of the city. To the north the plot is defined by the wide canal of the Nieuwe Gracht. The narrow Zakstraat runs along the southern side. Due to its current function,...

The Nature-Inclusive Redesign: The possibilities of nature-inclusive redesign in Dutch urban monumental buildings

In the last century, biodiversity has come under increasing pressure, and this is also the case in the urban context. The preservation of biodiversity is an important issue. Research shows that part of this biodiversity is largely dependent on the buildings and vegetation in the city and to help this biodiversity we need to build as nature...

A methodology for a user experience-based design of the public spaces: V&D Haarlem as a case study

Urban public spaces are one of the priorities on Sustainable Development Goals established by the United Nations (2015), in the target 11.7, on universal access to safe, inclusive, and accessible green and public spaces. Urban public spaces provide opportunities for people to meet and interact with the community, contribute to the connection...

Kruisbestuiving | Cross-polination: Opening up the department store

When the V&D in Haarlem was first built in the 1930s the building had a very open and inviting character. However, this changed after the 1960s when the shopping window passages were closed, views through the windows were blocked and escalators were installed. To make matters worse, the store went bankrupt in 2016, which meant that the shops...

'Het Asielhofje': a new typology for housing & integrating asylum seekers and statusholders

Refugees that arrive in The Netherlands to seek asylum enter a system that often takes a long time and does not adequately prepare them for life in The Netherlands. The spaces are not built for long term habitation and moving about is commonplace, meaning that no network can be established. Therefore, this graduation project researches and...

Speaking architecture: a semiotic study toward understanding visual communication in architecture

Architecture communicates. Through its appearance it can communicate a function, time or place, or some kind of ideal. However, architecture does not communicate with words like humans do: instead, it communicates through a four- dimensional, non-verbal language consisting of forms, spatial organisation and materialisation. The problem is,...

Energy transition for space heating in Ramplaankwartier

This research is about the spatial integration of a self-sufficient renewable energy system in selected urban blocks in the neighbourhood Ramplaankwartier in Haarlem, providing the heat demand of the residential buildings located in these selected urban blocks. Solar energy production and thermal energy storage are the selected energy production...

The Ungated Community: Transformation of the Panoptic Prison in Haarlem into a Live/Work Comunity

Stad en landschap verbonden. Het inpassen van het bedrijventerrein van Haarlem in de omliggende structuren voor het recreatieve langzaam verkeer.

ABSTRACT - Nederland kent een divers landschap dat varieert van een strandwallenkust, veenvlaktes, droogmakerijen, zandplateaus tot rivierenlandschappen. Grote delen van deze landschappen zijn echter in de loop van de eeuwen getransformeerd in stedelijk gebied. Vooral in het westen van het land, de Randstad, is veel van het landschap verloren...

Schiphol Interchange Station

The Schiphol Interchange Station is part of a masterplan developed for the Haarlemmerliede area near Haarlem, the Netherlands. The masterplan is based on the ‘Randstad 2040’ vision from the government that foresees an expansion of Haarlem towards the east. Transit oriented development has been chosen as the main driver for the masterplan. By...

House for the city Haarlem

Het ontwerp van een cultureel centrum binnen een nieuw masterplan voor de stad Haarlem en een uitgebreide bouwtechnisch uitwerking van het architectonische concept.

Fixing the Link - Creating a strong, vital and attractive link between the Dutch central railway station and city centre

The link between railway station and city centre in the Netherlands is becoming increasingly important in our cities; On the one hand the railway station is gaining importance as entrance to the city (Rooij, 2005; Bertolini & Dijst, 2003; NS, 2006; NS Poort, 2009) and on the other hand cities are promoting their city centres to attract visitors...

Reconstructie van de ontwikkeling van de Hollandse kust in de laatste 2500 jaar

Onderzoekskader In het kader van het KUST*2000 programma van Rijkswaterstaat wordt onder meer onderzoek gedaan naar de grootschalige en lange-termijn ontwikkeling van de Nederlandse kust. Een goed begrip van de lange-termijn ontwikkeling van onze huidige kust in het verleden is essentieel voor het inzicht in de gevolgen van grootschalige...

Historische stedenatlas van Nederland. Afl. 1. Haarlem