Beyond the call of Duty: Transformation of the Military Milling factory of the MMC into the Culinary Art school of Beato

The MMC is a secluded military zone that used to produce food for the army of Portugal in times of war. The area is vacant and decides the neighborhood of Beato, but it is now open for public development. The proposition in this paper is to transform the main production factory (milling factory) in a Culinary Art school. You will read about the...

The Baudartius Centre for Visual Arts: A New Entrance to Zutphen

This project is part of the Heritage & Architecture studio “Sustainable Zutphen”. Within this studio the aim was to revitalize Nieuwstad; a medieval city extension of Zutphen. The Baudartius Centre for Visual Arts is a proposal for the redevelopment of the post-war school buildings of the Baudartius college, which is situated on top of the...

New life for a military complex- Revitalizing Hembrug Peninsula

The Hembrug area was known as AI (Artillerie Inrichtingen) located within the defense line of Amsterdam since 1895. It was composed of 3 factories that function in separated zones and each of them has diverse building typologies. The layout of the AI was changed with the development and transition of Hembrug military industrial. Nowadays, as an...

Heritage & Architecture - Van Gendthallen: Oostenburg School of Arts

The assignment of the graduation studio focused on the redevelopment of an abandoned factory site, the Werkspoor complex, located close to the city center of Amsterdam. During the graduation I transformed the Van Gendthallen, five former train- and ship engine assembly halls, into a school of arts.

Hembrug Peninsula – Revitalising Heritage: The transformation of a military industrial site into the art, craft and design centre of Amsterdam and the Zaan region

The project site is called Hembrug and is located in between Zaandam and Amsterdam. Hembrug used to be a military production site that functioned as the logistic heart of the Stelling van Amsterdam (Dutch defence strategy) since 1895, but lost its original function in 2003 when the Eurometaal factory stopped the ammunition production. Since then...

Interaction In-between: Keeping the rules while breaking the rules

This project is dealing with Centraal Beheer Office, designed by Herman Hertzberger, one of the most representative Structuralism Architects. Despite its architectural meanings and values, Centraal Beheer Office is now disconnected from its surroundings and possess various problems such as sustainability. Since Structuralism Architecture pursued...