Wierdok: Seaweedfarm, Seaweedloambrick factory and exploration site

Seaweed is a promising potential building material, but so far in 2022, very little market ready seaweed-based building products are available. Because of the success of the sargassum adobe block in Mexico by Omar Vazquez, the potential of a seaweed loam bricks in the Netherlands is researched in this paper, called the seaweed brick. The...

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...

The reintroduction of katoenveem complex as an open infrastructure for contemporary culture

In 1920 the architect J. J. Kanters designed the warehouse ‘the Katoenveem’. The building is situated in the Merwe-Vierhavens of the port delta of Rotterdam. It was constructed as a part of the infrastructure that relied on the import and export of Cotton. The position of the Katoenveem in this transit system divines the character of the...

Fenix II- the innovation cluster in Rotterdam

Within the heritage and architecture studio, the aim of the project is to find the position regarding to the values of the existing building, possible transformation, and re-introduce the correct programs under current city context. <br/><br/>Fenix II is the witness of Rotterdam active industrial harbour transformation over time. <br/>Who is...

Assessment of Harbor Tugs Operational Profile in Various Ports: The Case of KOTUG SMIT Towage

Flood risk management in the unembanked areas: an optimal approach?

To research if the current practice of mandating individual flood risk assessments supports the goal of an optimal flood risk a case study is performed in this thesis. The flood risk in 2050 is assessed for the liquid bulk storage terminals of the company Vopak located in and near the Botlek area of Rotterdam harbor. The used flood risk...

Design of a position determination system for a ship’s hull maintenance robot

Positioning and localization are key topics associated with the control and operation of robotic vehicles. This holds in particular for robots functioning in a challenging environment, such as the ship’s hull maintenance robot developed by Fleet Cleaner. As the industry standard techniques are limited due to constraints imposed by the harbor and...

The Lobby of the Metropole

The lobby of the Metropole, a habitable bridge in Rotterdam In our mobilized epoch considered as the network era, hubs are crucial devices for the orchestration of our cities. Road and building mediate in the quality of our cityscapes like the Randstad in which we live as continuous commuters. The habitable bridge is used as the ultimate...

Inner harbor living

Woningbouwproject voor de afstudeerrichting dwellings. Gelegen in Amsterdam Noord waarbij het water en de boot centraal staan in het ontwerp en daardoor is er ook een haven ontstaan. A project situated in Amsterdam regarding new type of dwellings. In this case the water and the boats are central.