The Power of Ten: The KaDEr Project and the Influence of Education in Real Cases

The KaDEr research project is looking for possible changes in the policy to preserve built heritage in a sustainable way for the province of Gelderland. From 2017 to 2021, TU Delft conducts this research project. A lot of disciplines of TU Delft are involved from the Faculty of Architecture. The Heritage & Architecture (HA) is in the lead....

Bethlehem: from exploitation to ecosystem service

Bethlehem - from exploitation to ecosystem service, is a project based on Sint Maarten in the Caribbean. The lower social classes of Sint Maarten experience trouble with their building culture, especially in combination with the reoccurring hurricanes and earthquakes. Vulnerable communities mostly rely on self or communal building, since both...

KaDer Gelderland Winter 2020 evaluatierapport

Progres report KaDEr research project.

Education for Adaptive Reuse The TU Delft Heritage and Architecture Experience

The Section for Heritage and Architecture of the Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment at the Delft University of Technology specializes in architectural education for adaptive reuse of heritage buildings, with a specific focus on the built heritage of the 20th century. Our approach combines architectural design and technological...

Delta Center Design: San Francisco Bay: Resilience by Design. Designing for uncertain delta-landscape futures

The interventions around old industrial areas are based on a landscape design, which can also be regarded as an introduce of the nature. The green land protects the heritages and absorb rain water. On the green land are renovated factories, which in a different environment, are given new identities. Connecting those old buildings are wooden...

Monumental Education: creative learning environment in the centre of Maastricht

The transformation of the former convent "Maison de la Miséricorde" shows how this building complex with a variety of qualities, historic values and different building parts can be redeveloped into a coherent whole.

Creating a heart of the campus for the Binnengasthuisterrein in Amsterdam