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Revalued Shelter: Botanic Archive and Research Centre
Heritage Intervention of Soesterberg Airbase
This project explores the reuse of the Cold War aircraft shelters at Soesterberg Airbase by transforming them into a Botanic Archive and Research Centre. Originally, these shelters were constructed for defense purposes due to the likelihood of war. They have strong concrete walls, a sealed system, and strict entry regulations, indicating a sense of protection and endurance. Although their military functions are no longer necessary, the architectural features still exist and are considered valuable heritage.
Instead of establishing a new use without careful consideration, the project reinterprets these shelters. Thus, it takes the heritage as an important basis for making design decisions. By changing the previous concept of military anxiety to that of ecological worries, the project alters the conception of defense to suggest continuity, preservation, and dedication.
Using a design approach based on research and referring to current seed archives, the project examines how the spatial layout, environmental control, and limits can benefit plant maintenance while keeping the original structures of the shelters.
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Instead of establishing a new use without careful consideration, the project reinterprets these shelters. Thus, it takes the heritage as an important basis for making design decisions. By changing the previous concept of military anxiety to that of ecological worries, the project alters the conception of defense to suggest continuity, preservation, and dedication.
Using a design approach based on research and referring to current seed archives, the project examines how the spatial layout, environmental control, and limits can benefit plant maintenance while keeping the original structures of the shelters.
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This project explores the reuse of the Cold War aircraft shelters at Soesterberg Airbase by transforming them into a Botanic Archive and Research Centre. Originally, these shelters were constructed for defense purposes due to the likelihood of war. They have strong concrete walls, a sealed system, and strict entry regulations, indicating a sense of protection and endurance. Although their military functions are no longer necessary, the architectural features still exist and are considered valuable heritage.
Instead of establishing a new use without careful consideration, the project reinterprets these shelters. Thus, it takes the heritage as an important basis for making design decisions. By changing the previous concept of military anxiety to that of ecological worries, the project alters the conception of defense to suggest continuity, preservation, and dedication.
Using a design approach based on research and referring to current seed archives, the project examines how the spatial layout, environmental control, and limits can benefit plant maintenance while keeping the original structures of the shelters.
Instead of establishing a new use without careful consideration, the project reinterprets these shelters. Thus, it takes the heritage as an important basis for making design decisions. By changing the previous concept of military anxiety to that of ecological worries, the project alters the conception of defense to suggest continuity, preservation, and dedication.
Using a design approach based on research and referring to current seed archives, the project examines how the spatial layout, environmental control, and limits can benefit plant maintenance while keeping the original structures of the shelters.
This thesis explores the intersection between Vincent van Gogh’s psychological struggles and his artistic expression, focusing on how solitude functions as both a personal affliction and a creative force within his work. While previous scholarship has often framed Van Gogh as a tragic genius overwhelmed by mental illness, this study challenges such romanticized narratives by situating his suffering within the broader sociocultural and medical context of 19th-century Europe. Through a detailed visual analysis of selected paintings, including The Starry Night, Bedroom in Arles, Wheatfield with Crows, and The Night Café, this research examines Van Gogh’s use of composition, color, and brushwork as tools to translate emotional solitude into communicable visual language. Drawing on both psychiatric interpretations and art historical perspectives, the thesis reveals how Van Gogh’s mental illness, social exclusion, and lack of adequate medical care collectively shaped his visual language of isolation. While acknowledging the very real psychological pain evident in his letters and actions, this study also highlights Van Gogh’s active engagement with solitude as an aesthetic and existential subject. Ultimately, the thesis argues that his art was not merely a reflection of madness but a deliberate confrontation with it, an attempt to reclaim control through creation. Van Gogh’s legacy thus compels us to rethink the complex relationship between mental illness, artistic identity, and social reception, offering a deeper understanding of how suffering and creativity coexist within the framework of historical context.
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This thesis explores the intersection between Vincent van Gogh’s psychological struggles and his artistic expression, focusing on how solitude functions as both a personal affliction and a creative force within his work. While previous scholarship has often framed Van Gogh as a tragic genius overwhelmed by mental illness, this study challenges such romanticized narratives by situating his suffering within the broader sociocultural and medical context of 19th-century Europe. Through a detailed visual analysis of selected paintings, including The Starry Night, Bedroom in Arles, Wheatfield with Crows, and The Night Café, this research examines Van Gogh’s use of composition, color, and brushwork as tools to translate emotional solitude into communicable visual language. Drawing on both psychiatric interpretations and art historical perspectives, the thesis reveals how Van Gogh’s mental illness, social exclusion, and lack of adequate medical care collectively shaped his visual language of isolation. While acknowledging the very real psychological pain evident in his letters and actions, this study also highlights Van Gogh’s active engagement with solitude as an aesthetic and existential subject. Ultimately, the thesis argues that his art was not merely a reflection of madness but a deliberate confrontation with it, an attempt to reclaim control through creation. Van Gogh’s legacy thus compels us to rethink the complex relationship between mental illness, artistic identity, and social reception, offering a deeper understanding of how suffering and creativity coexist within the framework of historical context.