CRAFT
Public Condenser
Oscar von Claer (TU Delft - Architecture and the Built Environment)
Paul Kuitenbrouwer – Mentor (TU Delft - Architecture and the Built Environment)
Nathalie de Vries – Mentor (TU Delft - Architecture and the Built Environment)
Gilbert Koskamp – Mentor (TU Delft - Design of Constrution)
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Abstract
The specific study of multi functionality within the realm of public architecture is a niche which has had to invent itself relatively recently to cope with increases in both demands and limitations of available space. I consider this discipline to have more potential than simply forcing functions together under the same roof. The Public Condenser offers a research platform into the investigation of what makes a cohabitation of functions into a ‘single’ project. This investigation has the aim to demonstrate that non-complimentary functions can co-habitate together if the element of multiplicity is showcased. In doing so, the aim is to not only challenge the idea of a multi-functional building, but also use such an approach on other projects which could benefit from being a part of a whole rather than systematically kept apart. The single-use building is an increasingly unlikely scenario in an architectural context where rising demand requires increasingly complex solutions to meet rapidly changing contexts.