Where systems meet: a transformation to cohousing in Hoptille, Amsterdam

Hoptille in the South-East of Amsterdam was created to foster a sense of human-scale architecture amongst the high-rise manifestation that was the Bijlmermeer project. Fourty years later this neighborhood still exists as a modest yet dense neighborhood flanked by an increasingly densifying Amsterdam. <br/>This neighborhood is one of the more...

Ecology of Living Together: Equilibrium between humans & species in the built environment

In the Advanced Housing Design Studio we explored how housing design can successfully address the challenge of reducing the ecological footprint of its residents and assure social inclusion. In this studio an emphasis was put on the housing concept of collective living. A cooperative housing concept that offers the opportunity to create a living...

Philips as pulse for the development of Eindhoven: The value of the Philips heritage around the Emmasingel for the future of Eindhoven

Eindhoven and Philips, two names that are inseparable from each other. Travelling by train to Eindhoven you are accompanied by the heritage of Philips next to the railway. Travelling by car to Eindhoven along the highway you pass the Medical Centre of Philips in the north and the High Tech Campus of Philips in the south. In the city white...

A new purpose for Hembrug: Exposing Campus South

This graduation project has been executed in the studio of Heritage &amp; Architecture at the TU Delft. The context of the project is that of the Hembrug terrain, a former military production site in between the cities of Amsterdam and Zaandam. The overhauling title of the graduation project is ‘Revitalizing Heritage’, aiming at giving the...

Armed Forces Rehabilitation Center - A.R.C.: A 2nd phase care facility with a focus on mental and physical return to society after initial care has been recieved.

This project has been made as a graduation project for the Heritage and Architecture Graduation studio at the Delft University of Technology. The project is situated in the Hembrug Area. Hembrug is located near the Dutch cities of Amsterdam and Zaandam. The Hembrug site is a former military production site initially part of the Stelling van...

Restoration of 'Campus South': dealing with 'Campus South' as a scenery

Hembrug, a former military production site, is one of the largest redevelopments in the Metropolitan area of Amsterdam. The terrain is located at the intersection of the North Sea Canal and Zijkanaal G and functioned as the logistic heart of the Stelling van Amsterdam. The former military terrain consists of many buildings, including 50...

Houses are more than containers for Humans: The design brief with and within a cohousing group

As part of my graduation within Architecture, Explore Lab, I want to develop a method to help future residents and other involved parties of a collaborative housing group, to compile a clear and plenary design brief in order to create a coherent architectural design. After developing and applying this method I will redesign a former school...

A Framework for Constellating Bandung

In the Shared Studio Lab, the focus lies on the translation of the design in the city of Bandung, Indonesia. The city of Bandung was once established by the Dutch as an important transport hub, governmental &amp; military base and travel destination for the Dutch colonial society. After Indonesia became officially independent in 1949, the city...

Transformation by Ruination: Activation of Centro Gaitán in Bogota, Colombia

Cities are becoming places for Instagramable experiences and Disneyfication. People are moving as fast as possible to get from one place to the other. We often forget to really look and be aware of our surroundings. I believe that some parts of the city should be dedicated to a more slower, more enjoyable, experimental way of moving through and...

Social inclusive Hembrug: Creating a community center for elderly with a physical care demand

On the Hembrug terrain one can find a variety of buildings and combination of buildings (ensembles). The Changing zone ensemble is located on the Hembrug terrain in Zaandam. The Hembrug terrain was the heart of the military industry in the Netherlands around the twentieth century. It is a very divers ensemble, with different buildings of...

Transformation of 'Het Plofbos': The Beauty of Dealing With Explosives

The Plofbos has a strong character that is defined by the presence of a young forest that springs from the remains of a decomposing military structure. This new growth is dynamic. It continuously changes the light, smells, sight-lines and experiences throughout the seasons. Together with the diversity of open and enclosed spaces and the sense of...

Inhabitable Ruin: Transformation of Abandoned Roman-Catholic Churches in Post-Colonial Casablanca

The development of Casablanca can be understood through two major shifts in its history; colonization and de-colonization. During the first shift, city divided into culture specific urban areas in which new alien urban structures built to control and satisfy the needs of diverse cultural groups. During the second shift, these culture specific...

Het verval gekoesterd: Hergebruik ruïne steenfabriek "De Liesbosch" - Utrecht-Zuid

In de Utrechtse wijk Hoograven (Utrecht-Zuid) staat al decennialang een ruïne van een steenfabriek, vlakbij de splitsing van de Vaartse Rijn en het Merwedekanaal, even ten noorden van de A12. De steenfabriek, met de naam "De Liesbosch", stamt uit 1916, maar sinds 1983 resten er slechts vier muren. Tijdens dit afstudeerproject is een studie...