Het Appèl - From Regiment To Residence
J. Overvelde (TU Delft - Architecture and the Built Environment)
W.L.E.C. Meijers – Mentor (TU Delft - Architecture and the Built Environment)
T.P. Bennebroek – Mentor (TU Delft - Architecture and the Built Environment)
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Abstract
This graduation report explores how Building 13 of the Kolonel Palmkazerne in Crailo can be repurposed into a contemporary civic anchor for the Kazernekwartier while extending the legibility of the barrack’s inherited order and discipline. Sitting at the head of an appèlplaats, the building belongs to a military ensemble where hierarchy, routine and controlled access shaped spatial logic. The building’s future, contradictively, lies within a residential, campus-like redevelopment that requires publicness, daily use and long term adaptability. The core dilemma thus becomes not whether the building should change, but how change can be made possible without discarding the order that grants the barracks its identity.
The research develops a design brief for the adaptive-reuse case of Building 13. Existing evidence such as cultural-historic reports, literature, technical inspections, building analyses and demographic readings, et cetera, is processed through a structured research-and-design methodology. Through thematic analysis, source material is translated into operational statements while iterative design testing gauges their architectural consequences. The analysis is guided by four project lenses: Program, Identity, Thresholds and Longevity.
In conclusion, Building 13 can achieve civic relevance through a layered strategy. Permanent public- and service-oriented functions anchor in the most durable parts of the building, while loose-fit uses occupy the more adaptable layers. The building’s ensemble position, chimneys, cellar, silhouette and traces of the demolished wings form primary identity carriers that must remain legible. Instead of uncontrolled openness, it should be staged, allowing public encounter without erasing spatial discipline. Finally, longevity relies on distinguishing permanent carriers from adaptive infill, allowing for fabric persistence and programmatic relevance throughout time. Consequently, the historically established order is not rejected. Instead, it’s rewritten into a civic sequence for everyday life in Crailo.