Industrial Revival: A story of a new factory in the city center of Athens

Reinterpreting the Elephant: Reclaiming Craft in the City

Reinterpreting the Elephant is about the reinterpretation of abandoned industrial buildings in the city of Liège. Through proposing a craft school in Bressoux, a neighbourhood of Liège, the project tries to reclaim craft in the city and give the city a new chance. By reusing an existing abandoned industrial building and reinterpreting the...

Katoenveem: An architectural strategy for the re-use of the Katoenveem

The graduation studio ‘Harbour Heritage 2020-2021’ offered by the section of Heritage & Architecture, takes place in the city of Rotterdam. Rotterdam is a port city with a vivid history, it has many stories to tell, however, those stories are not always visible in the physical form. Cultural harbour heritage, like the old cotton warehouse...

Pit Stop

This project deals with the industrial heritage of Gibraltar and its future prospects in the context of the global economy and the local culture. More particularly, it is about an upgrade of a ship repair yard known as Gibdock. It is aiming to counterbalance the issue between the ecological and Gibraltar’s economy, improving a better quality of...

The role of business incubators in the development of sustainable clusters of cultural and creative industries

Clusters of cultural and creative industries are rather widespread in and surrounding inner cities. The development and dynamics of these clusters are objects of study of various conceptual approaches: some aim at their role and significance for urban development, others at their development and dynamics as such. These latter approaches focus...

A Zero-Waste Approach in the Design of Buildings: Introducing a new way of approaching sustainability in buildings with a conceptual industrial building design as an illustrative example.

Climate change and environmental issues are important in today’s society. The earth is being depleted of its resources and the changing climate could irreversibly change the planet for the worse. Sustainable buildings are mostly optimised for the use phase but neglect end of life scenarios. Buildings are often demolished and materials are dumped...

A Zero-Waste Approach in the Design of Buildings: Introducing a new way of approaching sustainability in buildings with a conceptual industrial building design as an illustrative example.

Climate change and environmental issues are important in today’s society. The earth is being depleted of its resources and the changing climate could irreversibly change the planet for the worse. Sustainable buildings are mostly optimised for the use phase but neglect end of life scenarios. Buildings are often demolished and materials are dumped...

A Zero-Waste Approach in the Design of Buildings: Introducing a new way of approaching sustainability in buildings with a conceptual industrial building design as an illustrative example

Climate change and environmental issues are important in today’s society. The earth is being depleted of its resources and the changing climate could irreversibly change the planet for the worse. Sustainable buildings are mostly optimised for the use phase but neglect end of life scenarios. Buildings are often demolished and materials are dumped...

Converted Industrial Buildings: Where Past and Present Live in Formal Unity

This thesis deals with design guidelines, as defined in the field of architectural conservation, by focusing on the problem of the conversion of industrial buildings. It is generally agreed that the best way to secure the future life of industrial heritage is through their adaptive reuse. The former function of ‘production’ for these buildings...