En Cours Dans les Coulisses

This year's urban architecture graduation studio proposes a site specific approach within the district of Bressoux, on the fringe of the city of Liège. Seeking for opportunities in the working class district, after the industry has left the stage, a courtyard on a corner is found. Behind the perimeter wall, basic necessities for those in need...

Introducing Tolerance: Strategies for Operating on the ‘As Found’ in Self-Built Settlements of Caracas

In Venezuela, the term ‘rancho’ designates dwellings built by the urban poor. The word connotes a precarious structure and the crudest material expression of poverty. However, ranchos are the result of adaptation to changing needs and networks of cooperation. Strategies developed around material scarcity and gradual change are relevant to...

Revealing the Underground: Permeability and Lightness as Means to Democratize

Skopje has developed through a series of erasures and periods of rebuilding, each time with an aim to establish a new order. Conversely, the common culture can be best recognized in self organized commercial spaces in the city, which emerge from activities taking place and forming the physical. The city centre is fragmented in pieces of imposed...

Modal analysis of bottom founded offshore wind structures via the creation of a finite element model

One way to implement a wind turbine in the sea is to use lattice structures. Since these structures are placed offshore, they must be able to withstand all kinds of loads. It is essential that the eigenfrequencies of the support structure do not correspond to the passing frequencies of the blades and any other dynamic actions. To avoid this the...

Reorganising and altering the 'found'

The project aims to reorganise and alter the 'found' space a 'Place de l'Homme de Fer' in Strasbourg in order to express its inherent conditions. The 'found' tends to be disused, undefined, outside the system and situated as an in-between, therefore the space contains technical issues which prevent its integration. The project aims to resolve...

Antifouling on BFOS: A case study of the application of an antifouling coating on an offshore tower platform

Concept Design of Steel Bottom Founded Support Structures for Offshore Wind Turbines

To meet growing energy demands wind energy has become an important source of energy. In the last decade wind turbines have been installed offshore to accommodate even more wind power. The offshore wind resource is of a better quality, resulting in higher electricity output. On the other hand, the costs of constructing and installing support...