Dissecting urban fragments - assembling the city
F.M. Wachter (TU Delft - Architecture and the Built Environment)
R.M. van der Schans – Mentor (TU Delft - Teachers of Practice / A)
A.B.J. van Deudekom – Mentor (TU Delft - Teachers of Practice / AE+T)
Leeke Reinders – Mentor (TU Delft - Situated Architecture)
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Abstract
The project focuses on the urban renewal of an abandoned postindustrial complex in Hoboken, southern Antwerp.
The meticulous process of observing a given site, understanding its identity and documenting findings through various media was inspired by referential artistic endeavors of the past and proves viable today in a time where spatial obsolescence including its potentials is at the forefront of architectural thinking.
Thus a new approach to sustainable use of existing spatial situations was worked out and applied in a final architectural design project assembling a new downtown in an area currently neglected.