Someone // Somewhere
the European Union, a Home for so many differences
S.C. van Riel (TU Delft - Architecture and the Built Environment)
S. Milinović – Mentor (TU Delft - Urban Design)
R.R.J. van de Pas – Mentor (TU Delft - Architectural Engineering)
J.A. van de Voort – Mentor (TU Delft - Architectural Engineering)
K. Havik – Mentor (TU Delft - Situated Architecture)
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Abstract
As of the 31st of January 2020, the United Kingdom separated from the European Union. This event caused an uproar in the preceding years throughout the Union, forcing everyone to consider what the benefits are (or not) of taking part in the European project. For us the benefits are clear. We can easily cross borders to experience and learn from others with whom we share many of the same historical, geographical and cultural values, yet have differences we can appreciate. We simply believe that the sum of the parts is bigger than the whole. So, the uproar made us wonder how we, as future architects, could contribute to the European project in a positive manner. Although we know the scope is ambitious, we have aimed for a project which works through scale by touching local places, while also setting out new lines for a route at the European level that connects the different places. By working from the local to the European scale we aim to expose how the European Union can be a home for its vast range of inhabitants. To execute our research, we organized a field trip over a period of 5 weeks that covered the ground from the Netherlands to Romania.