theatre of the city: theatre that’s a part of the city. city that’s a part of the theatre

Engagement with the city in provincial Russia is currently lacking a framework of care for the historical urban fabric. Listed buildings decay with no revitalisation plans made by the municipality or the citizenry. On the other hand, theatre in modern-day Russia is an acknowledged political entity – a pocket of free(er) thinking and civil...

The ongoing monument: An outdoor theatre for Belgrade

Shelters for Archaeology: An Architectural Sheltering System for Monuments & Excavation Sites, in the case study of Ancient Eleon in Greece

The project proposes an architectural sheltering system for transitional use over monuments and excavations sites in the Mediterranean context. The thesis is concerned about the diaspora of archaeological sites and remains in the Mediterranean where many layers of history are partially unearthed and highlighted. Based on a context research, the...

Good Hope (Memorial) Park: A future for dissonant heritage, a design for hope and democracy

This thesis and design explores the dissonance of the 17th century heritage object of the Castle of Good Hope in Cape Town. The research explains the theme of dissonant heritage together with an excerpt of the South African national history in part one. Part two explains the changes of the Castle over time, as military landscape, as object in a...

The energized monument

The goal of this graduation project is transforming monuments from +/- 1900 with a non-housing function to monuments with collective, near zero-energy housing. In this design the elements collective housing, near zero-energy and monument are combined at the Binnengasthuis area in Amsterdam. The project focuses on solutions in historic inner city...

Fairtransport Thuishaven: De tolerantie voor verandering in monumenten

Fairtransport Wharf: the tolerance for change in listed monuments. Defining the tolerance for change in listed monuments with the redevelopment of a 17th-century Warehouse in Harlingen, The Netherlands. Listed monuments are buildings we ought to preserve. However, more and more monuments lose their functions and become vacant. So in order to...

Armamentarium, Delft - Arts, Crafts and Science Laboratory: "From the isolated enclave to the intimate place of social life and creativity/history and innovation"

The current assignment constitutes a concentrating documentation of the research, analysis and re-design implemented within the R-MIT Graduation Studio [Research on Restoration, Modification, Intervention and Transformation] at the TU Delft Faculty of Architecture, during the academic period of 2013-2014. The specific theme of the current studio...

Monument to the undetermined

Problem statement In this time of scientific progression and groundbreaking discoveries in the realm of the environment, sociology and neurology, both architectural theory and practice find themselves in a self determined, ignorant position. In our present time, with its complex systems and highly dynamic progression, architecture is incompetent...

Museum Vlaardingen: Aring uit Vlârding

Restauratie en uitbreiding van het "Huis met den Lindeboom" in de context van historisch Vlaardingen.

Een monument als kantoorhuisvesting

In dit onderzoek wordt de meerwaarde van monumentale kantoorhuisvesting voor ondernemingen belicht. Er wordt hierbij uitgegaan van de functionele levensduur van een huisvesting en houd rekening met het spanningsveld rond exploitatie en transformatiepotentie.

Non-destructive testing on historical monuments

Historic monuments are more than just old buildings or architectural importance. They are a symbol of our cultural indentity and in continuity a part of our heritage, and as such it is generally accepted that they should be maintained for so long as possible and without materially altering the fabric of special architectural features. Therefore...