The Banality of Death: Interweaving territories of life and death at the outskirts of Mashhad

The Banality of Death addresses the way the city of Mashhad deals with death. It is an attempt to architecturally translate and expose the tensions that arise between traditional values and the modern transformation of the burial process by the design of three extended rest-stops along the Bagcheh Highway that act as mediators with the goal of...

Spaces in play: Institute of Memory

Moving beyond the borders of the city centre, Bucharest reveals itself as a city of both urban development and decay. Within this fragmented city lies forgotten, isolated and forbidden spaces often being appropriated by groups on the edge of our society. <br/><br/>The issue of decay is often portrayed as a negative quality that should be...

A walk through the bridge - Creating a private time in public space

The graduation project "A walk through the bridge" is located in Istanbul and focuses on the experience of the in-between space. The perception of the in-between of the public and the private, the inside and the outside of architectural spaces is a sensual interpretation, based on spatial transitions and movement. The activities of public life...

Combining Early Contractor Involvement and Availability-Based Contracting in Complex Infrastructure Projects