Governed from a parking lot: The distinctive architectural qualities of the former Ministry of Foreign Affairs and temporary House of Representatives

The focal point of this thesis lies within the state building situated on Bezuidenhoutseweg in The Hague. Having been inaugurated in 1985, the edifice functioned as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for approximately 35 years and, from 2021 onwards, as a temporary accommodation for the Dutch Parliament. This thesis, therefore, evaluates the...

Thus the city within

A palatial building rests by Rue de Bois Sauvage of Brussels, an intimate street located at the exact point where the lower historic city ends and upper bureaucratic city starts. The Palace remains like a parasite of a larger introverted structure that fortifies an entire urban block to hide the offices of the National Bank of Belgium. The...

Architecture of the skeleton: Converting the Hague’s former police station into a public mixed-use development

The graduation project proposes the transformation of the police headquarters in the Hague, into a mixed-use development, including an IT university, co-working spaces, apartments, along with a public library and other facilities that encourage the interaction between the building users and locals, forming innovative knowledge clusters across...

Enriching The "Village"

Everywhere in our country there are buildings and neighborhoods that keep history up to date and touch people. They tell stories about where we come from, who we are and how we develop. In the face of major changes in our living environment, heritage offers recognition and gives us something to hold onto, and identity. In addition, monuments and...

Challenges to reuse of tall office buildings in the Netherlands: A Focus on the Randstad

The Randstad in The Netherlands faces on the one hand structural vacancy in office buildings and on the other hand a growing housing shortage. Reuse strategies to decrease the vacancy rate of the office market have been researched extensively both inside and out- side The Netherlands. However, the challenges and opportunities for these reuse...

HumaNature: A new harmony between an existing Dutch neighbourhood and nature

What would the world look like when we, as people, live more in harmony with our direct natural environment? Living more connected to nature can be beneficial for people as well as the earth itself. The question here is where are we now and how far can we go? De neighbourhood of De Werven, located in Almere-Haven, offers great potential for this...

Substantiate Structuralism: Give reason for preservation or transformation

The importance of preserving - and not merely transforming - a structuralism building, a topic of debate since original intentions were to create freely adaptable buildings. Many designers have proposed transformation schemes but few have investigated full restoration plans. Where should the balance be found? The site of intervention chosen is...

Redefining Centraal Beheer: A Montessori Education Center

This project seeks to give new purpose to the Centraal Beheer building in Apeldoorn, designed by Herman Hertzberger, by introducing a new Montessori Education program, containing a Primary School and Secondary School. Through interventions this design aims to redefine the spatial structure of Centraal Beheer, to create a well functioning...

The new art & dance academy of Apeldoorn: Re-interpretation of Centraal Beheer Office to a creative city for students and the inhabitants of Apeldoorn

This project discovers the future of structuralism by transforming the Centraal Beheer building of Herman Hertzberger into a art and dance academy. Hereby looking at the possibilities to create hierarchy in the building without affecting the value and structural appearance.

NHV Academy: Handball center for innovation and education

This project elaborates on the transformation design for a professional handball academy in the former Centraal Beheer building in Apeldoorn by Herman Hertzberger. It aims to discover the possibilities and limitations of this icon of Dutch Structruralism, using three different Heritage approaches for transformation being 'preservation', ...

Centraal Beheer: minimal interventions, big change

Centraal Beheer in Apeldoorn by dutch architect Herman Hertzberger is considered an icon of structuralism, an architectural movement concerned with human scale, repetition and flexibility. Now vacant, it poses an interesting question on what to do with structuralist heritage in the Netherlands. This plan proposes a multifunctional program...

Structuralism Reconfigured: Centraal Beheer as a center for adaptive academic education

This project discovers the possibilities to accommodate a flexible program for academic education in the iconic structuralism monument in Apeldoorn of Herman Hertzberger. It discusses different types of learning environments and application of a diverse and flexible program in the polyvalent structure. The design attempts to introduce different...

Apeldoorn leisure paradise

The graduation project attempts to discuss the possible approaches for transferring the Centraal Beheer into a leisure and recreation center.

Exploring Bluefields: Designing the Banter See as an operative landscape structure

During my study of landscape architecture, I am always looking for opportunities how landscape infrastructure as the strongest approach to RE-activate the potential of derelict areas. Fascinated by existing precedent projects which are using a landscape approach to transform derelict areas into operative landscapes such as High Line Park,...

Revitalizing Centraal Beheer: Discovering the future potential of Structuralism, by redesigning Centraal Beheer and revitalize its inherent concepts

Discovering the future potential of Structuralism, by redesigning Centraal Beheer and revitalize its inherent concepts

The Future of Structuralism: Home Again

The graduation project aims to transform one of the most iconic Structuralism building in the Netherlands, Centraal Beheer, designed by Herman Hertzberger. The building was designed in 1968. Since then there have been alterations and extensions. Now, the building was abandoned, waiting for a new life

The Educational Agora of Klein Vaticaan in Zutphen: A new era for a school complex

This Thesis architectural project aims in the extensive transformation and renovation of three historical school structures, located in the area of Zutphen, in order to adopt in the new 21st century reality.<br/>All the structures are extensively analyzed in terms of their value and embedded spatial potentiality, based on which the proposed...