Scenography of Heritage: An Urban think Tank

As a result of long time colonisation and trade, the city of Semarang in Indonesia has a large stock of built heritage that share a history with the Netherlands. The Dutch colonial buildings, left to decay have become a backdrop for tourists and feed into the 'insta culture' sweeping the current decade. At the same time the city suffers deeply...

Hertzberger Quartier (Residential  & Retail & Recreation): The future of Structuralism architecture

In this graduation project, the future of Structuralism Architecture, I studied an adaptive reuse of Centraal Beheer by Herman Hertzberger. The main ambition of architectural experimentations is to find an appropriate balance between the heritage values protections and the future transformation of this iconic building. The new additions and...