Infinite mining for structural composites

A wastewater treatment plant is redesigned as an ‘infinite mine’, from which the residues are used for a structural composite. The goal of the project was to make a construction material of uniform and consistent biomass waste streams, giving an impulse to reindustrializing Parkstad Limburg, former coal mining area in the south of the...

Tile manufactoring in Biskupia Górka

The Parkstad (Care) Hotel

TRANSCENDING THE THRESHOLD _ transformation of the 'Artilleriemagazijn' in Delft into a market for natural local products

The problem stated through this graduation project can be defined within the overall spectrum of the objectives and research framework of RMIT, which namely is the adaptive re-use and re-designation of existing building heritage. In particular, the posed problem is represented by the case of the building complex of the former artillery...

Rethinking the Spatial Impact of the Olympics

The amount and size of the Olympic facilities have outgrown the needs of host cities. Most Olympic venues cannot be used after the event and maintenance is extremely expensive. Therefore cities cannot optimally benefit from the catalysing effect that mega-events, such as the Olympics, can have on host cities. An over-production of sport venues...

E-Motion Pictures

Graduation at ExploreLab 16 Topic: "E-motion Pictures - culture for attachment" Research: An exploration into the addoption of culture in depopulation policies by local governments of shrinking areas, in order to promote attachment of local inhabitants. Design: The design of an art cinema in Heerlen, Parkstad Limburg (NL), as an examplary case...

Trondheim warehouses: Past - present - future

Graduation at ExploreLab 12 Topic: "Trondheim warehouses - past, present & future" Research: An exploration of the reusability of the wooden warehouses in Trondheim, Norway. (The uploaded research is only part of the work done, please contact me form more information about the full research.) Design: A masterplan for the warehouses and the area...

Op zoek naar een nieuw ruraal ideaal

De titel ‘Op zoek naar een nieuw ruraal ideaal’ staat voor een strategie met als doel een zelfstandige en duurzame dorpsgemeenschap te scheppen bestaande uit oorspronkelijke bewoners en nieuwkomers. De strategie is toegespitst op het aansporen en betrekken van de lokale bevolking en omvat drie elementen; een reizende kermis als initiator, een...

Eyecon, re-use of an offshore oilrig

This MSc-dissertation is the result of a fascination for industry and its impact on society. Industry is something that has inspired me for some time now. Industrial elements have something magical about them: their size, the way the structures are tangled together, the design, the process, the production, the products they create and the image....