De Wadloper

Master thesis (2024)

Authors

S. Hermans Architecture and the Built Environment

Contributors

G. Coumans History, Form & Aesthetics - Architecture and the Built Environment (mentor)
C.N. van Leest Architectural Technology - Architecture and the Built Environment (mentor)
P.A. Koorstra History, Form & Aesthetics - Architecture and the Built Environment (mentor)
Faculty
Architecture and the Built Environment
Climate Change Architecture Wadden Sea Groningen Landscape and Architecture Water Resilient Climate Change Adapation Technologies & Aesthetics Form Studies Lauwerslake Demountable buildings Moving buildings
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Published Date

01-07-2024

Language

English

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Faculty

Architecture and the Built Environment

Abstract

This graduation report explains and illustrates the graduation project of Simone Hermans, entitled De Wadloper. The graduation project is part of the Technologies & Aesthetics graduation studio, a studio of the Form Studies chair. The graduation report consists of three parts: the research, the design and the technical foundation.

The Wadloper is a project focused on landscape-based design, with a focus on the implementation of technology and aesthetics. In the research, the landscape of Groningen was analysed, after which a master plan was designed for the region. This master plan includes space for a new research and visitor centre, located in the restored Lauwerszee. This centre, De Wadloper, consists of two parts: the visitor centre positioned against the Zoutkamperdijk, and the pavilion, placed in the Wadden Sea. In particular, the design focuses on the pavilion; a unique and innovative structure. De Wadloper innovatively relates to the effects of tides and rising sea levels by allowing it, like its visitors, to walk across the mud flats.