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S.A. Stroux
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Buried Heritage
Transformation of Het Stedelijk
Het Stedelijk is a highschool which is situated in Zutphen, at the northern border of the neighborhood Nieuwstad. Due to its height, shape and materialisation, the building stands out of its contexts and function as a border between the neighborhood and the park, which is behind
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The Learner's Institute
A new educational typology
The educational system is outdated. This project focusses on a new educational system based on creativity as described by several modern educationalists. The project deals with multiple heritage aspects and answers not only to the question of conserving heritage, but also to a wi
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Reactivation of the Berkel River Side
Hospitality institute along the Berkel
A transformation of the building complex Dullaert & C&A along the Overwelving in Zutphen. Through architectural interventions the aim was to create a design that improves the meeting of different connections and traffic flows, and brings back the identity and purpose of
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Forgotten Heritage
Transforming the Klein Vaticaan into Dementia Care
This thesis focuses on the Klein Vaticaan area of Zutphen. The Klein Vaticaan was part of the Roman Catholic community within Zutphen, and consisted of an ensemble of buildings located in the neighborhood of the Nieuwstad. The Klein Vaticaan grew significantly throughout the year
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Rethinking Baudartius College
Education for the future generation
Redeveloping Baudartius College, a high school designed by Jan Rotshuizen in the '50 in the city Zutphen (the Netherlands).
Zutphen Sustainable City
Identity and Heritage in Urban Regeneration
As one of the medieval cities in the Netherlands, Zutphen has the most typical identity of a stronghold city: the inner city is surrounded by layers of the solid city wall, city moat and fortification. However, during inevitable city expansion, most walls were torn down and moats
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The Maassilo
A Concrete Excavation
Everybody knows concrete.... the building material that ones meant the future. Imagine it’s most extreme forms. I’m thinking of Sovjet concrete sculptures! Brutalist Architecture! And then think about what it would take to break parts of these adement concrete structures down. Th
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Revitalising the warehouse Santos in Rotterdam with a new function. Adding a mixed use of a public grand café and creative offices gives the building a new purpose.
Maassilo as a transshipment society
Establishing historical consistency
Today, the re-introduction of industrial heritage into the contemporary city, requires a parallel design process that equally involves thorough value assessments and addressing current social necessities. Looking at historic ports, the way this approach can consciously establish
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Katoenveem, Rotterdam
Redeveloping a former warehouse into the cultural hub of Rotterdam
Due to the departure of heavy industry towards the west, many industrial waterfront buildings have lost their function within the harbour area of Rotterdam. One of these buildings is the Katoenveem.
The building in question is a storage and transshipment facility design ...
The building in question is a storage and transshipment facility design ...
Design for adaptive reuse of the Maassilo in Rotterdam within the graduation studio of Heritage and Architecture. This design focusses on creating physical and social connections with an integrated sustainable design.
Music & Cultural center Katoenveem
The redevelopment of the former cotton warehouse Katoenveem into a cultural center
You can work with your building’s surroundings, characteristics and features by repressing them, hiding from them, celebrating them, juxtaposing them, making fun of them, uplifting them, supporting them, replacing them, improving them, or even changing them. But to make a decisio
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The former cotton warehouse of the Katoenveem, which is located at the end of a pier within the Rotterdam harbor area, is a listed architecture monument for the cotton industry in the early 20th century. However, the building is no longer in use and decaying in the strong winds a
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Santos, Rotterdam
From vacant to active monument, a creative office for Katendrecht
Santos is a warehouse from the beginning of the 20th century, that has been vacant for most of its existence. Located on Katendrecht, it is placed right in the middle of a future high-density plan for 'de Pols', which focuses on attracting urban creators. By turning Santos into a
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