A new living room for south-east

The easily accessible location, the comfort of various facilities, the architectural quality and the space for meeting, all this created a new typology that could not be thought out of everyday life anymore. The mall gave a glimpse of a modern future, where the mall functioned as merely a place to shop; it functioned as a center for cultural...

A sequel to Vroom & Dreesmann: from cathedral of consumption to temple of pop.

This project explores the impact of Vroom & Dreesmann (V&D) on the city and city life of Leiden over time. The strategy to re-vitalize this building is two-folded. On the one hand, the collective memory of and associations with V&D are used in order to revitalize the building. For over hundred years, V&D has been an important...

Zelfstandig wonen binnen de huidige zorgklimaat

As part of the participative society, the government introduced the Social Support Act 2015 ( Wmo 2015). The Social Support Act 2015 has as main objective to foster independent living as long as possible with care at home . Research by Janssen and Moors (2013) show that many elderly retain control over their own lives and be prefer independent...

Archipelago: A landscape of social spatial opportunities

Landscape of Archipelago derives from combination of existing social structure, urban tissue and water management in Petrzalska, Slovakia. The design research focusing on transforming the city by separate the city structure to islands. The separation promote uniqueness which bring specific identity of each areas. The physical transformation...