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Master thesis (2019)

Authors

Q. Li Architecture and the Built Environment

Contributors

W. Willers Heritage & Design - Architecture and the Built Environment (supervisor 1)
G.Y. Warries Teachers of Practice / AE+T - Architecture and the Built Environment (supervisor 2)
M.F. Asselbergs Architectural Engineering - Architecture and the Built Environment (coach)
Faculty
Architecture and the Built Environment
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Published Date

03-07-2019

Language

English

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Faculty

Architecture and the Built Environment

Abstract

The graduation project is a transformation and reuse design of a previous office building, De Beurs, in Almere Stad. De Beursgebouw was designed by E.D. Partnership of architects and engineers Amersfoort in 1979 and finished in 1981 as the first building constructed in this area (Fig 1), and Almere is a New Town established around 1970s in Flevo Polder. De Beursgebouw located on the north of Almere Central Station, surrounded by two high speed main roads on the south and east side. The Almere center is in the south side of station. http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:092be184-361d-4a14-8b3c-5c59612659e4
De Beursgebouw has been empty for around 10 years since economic crisis in 2008. Because it was one of the city growth witness, citizens of Almere share a common memory of it, especially about its unique façade form, iconic big metal machine on the roof and the unusual ramps and stairs at entrance. In my case, the building, together with its neighbor abandoned office building on the north, are transferred into an amateur art center as a citizen gathering place with creative entertaining and catering venue.