Movement in the shopping mall: Transformation of winkelcentrum Schalkijk, Haarlem

Graduation thesis about the transformation of Schalkwijk shopping centre, from a retail function to a movement hub with several sports facilities. Research preliminary to the design explores the movement patterns of the mall visitor from 1970 till 2023 and how the movement among mall visitors can be stimulated in order to revitalize the mall.

A healthy oasis in the centre of Apeldoorn: Taking care of the human wellbing by architectural interventions in the shopping mall

Without realising it, a building can have a lot of impact on user health. Using literature studies and interviews in two case studies, we looked at how physical elements in a building affect the user's experience. These physical elements are nature, material, air, light, dimensions, smell, sound and temperature. These interviews took place in...

What does comfort mean for the future shopping center?: Revitalizing the Comfort of the Lijnbaan

This paper examines how comfort is experienced at Dutch post-war shopping centers by studying the behavior of users. Since the development of the first shopping center in the Netherlands, the Lijnbaan in Rotterdam, retail spaces served as public spaces for the neighborhood where community life could emerge. Throughout the years, new typologies...

Do they value the mall: Determining insider values on a changed 20th century shopping mall.

The modern malls in the Randstad are pressured into redevelopment, as their retail property value is decreasing relative to other more profitable functions (Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek, 2019).<br/><br/>According to Galema &amp; Van Hoogstraten (2005), the shopping centres built in 1940-1965 according to contemporary and recent literature...

A gap in the market: Towards circular heritage V&D buildings

This gradation project deals with the adaptive re-use of the vacant heritage V&amp;D department store in Leiden. Both the story of the downfall of the V&amp;D and the vacancy of these department stores illustrate a larger problem in the building industry. Because needs and desires in society...

V&D Leiden: Crafting Layers of Time

The topic of the graduation project is the transformation of the former V&amp;D department store in the city of Leiden. The aim of the project is to re-design the building in order to house a series of new uses which include public facilities (such as an urban park and a public interior space), retail shops and two hotels (one student hotel and...

The breakfastclub: Grensland College: A community school in social, cultural and recreation center of Winterswijk

The former town hall of Winterswijk became vacant over the years. By choosing a new function for the town hall, the ensemble will be revitalized. The challenge is to make appropriate interventions in the building while at the same time maintaining characteristic elements of the ensemble with the requirements of today. The chosen function is a...

Armed Forces Rehabilitation Center - A.R.C.: A 2nd phase care facility with a focus on mental and physical return to society after initial care has been recieved.

This project has been made as a graduation project for the Heritage and Architecture Graduation studio at the Delft University of Technology. The project is situated in the Hembrug Area. Hembrug is located near the Dutch cities of Amsterdam and Zaandam. The Hembrug site is a former military production site initially part of the Stelling van...

Values of non-intended architecture

The MMC was an industrial facility that produced food, uniforms and other goods for the Portuguese Army. During the twentieth century the complex was expanded. Whilst the Portuguese Army reached 200.000 men in the 1960’s, it is now reduced to 20.000 active soldiers. Gradually the factories closed and Manutencao Militar was finally substituted by...

Disclosing the military city Lisbon: Re-starting the machine

This master thesis is part of the graduation studio named ‘Disclosing the Military City Lisbon’ as part of the chair Heritage and Architecture at the TU Delft. The studio assignment and project is initiated in collaboration with DOCOMOMO (International committee for documentation and conservation of buildings, sites and neighbourhoods of the...

The Urban Foyer: a cultural connector

The Manutenção Militar Complex (MMC) was an industrial facility that produced food, uniforms and other goods for the Portuguese Army. The first bakery was accommodated in a former Convent – Convento das Grilas – by the end of the 19th Century. During the 20th Century, due to the needs during the First World War and the Portuguese Colonial War in...

Fenix II, an energizing warehouse for the inhabitants of Katendrecht and the city of Rotterdam

Nowadays the urge of building sustainable is obvious. It is necessary to come up with new solutions in order to give the planet to next generations. It is also known that buildings play a crucial role in this. This will be substantiated in the first chapter of this report. On the other hand, transformation of cities and buildings is one of the...