The Schiekadeblok as an Urban Machine

The Urban Theatre

Master thesis (2020)

Authors

C. Ada Architecture and the Built Environment

Contributors

R. Cavallo Theory, Territories & Transitions - Architecture and the Built Environment (supervisor 1)
M. Parravicini Building Product Innovation - Architecture and the Built Environment (supervisor 2)
Maurice Harteveld Urban Design - Architecture and the Built Environment (coach)
A.S. Alkan Theory, Territories & Transitions - Architecture and the Built Environment (coach)
Faculty
Architecture and the Built Environment
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Published Date

08-07-2020

Language

English

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Faculty

Architecture and the Built Environment

Abstract

How can the design of a physical space be adaptive? Especially now that we are in a time in which our environments get less and less permanent and more changeable, as a result of the digital era. (How) Can the design of a physical space adapt to this phenomenon? How can we create a space that is less permanent and able to adapt to different times, trends, activities or events? We as human beings have been extremely adaptive to the changes that the digitalization has brought to our way of life; so why not the built environment? Why should the physical environment and architecture remain so permanent, in a time so changeable and a time which is characterized by temporality? These are questions that triggered me during my graduation work and resulted in a design that elaborates through multiple scales on the theme of ‘adaptability’ and more specific on the ‘movability’ of physical spatial settings; an 'urban machine' that is able to adapt, respond and adjust to different times, events or activities.