After years of practice I will present my experience with Open Building, based on the design principles of the Foundation for Architectural Research, SAR.12
I start with the project “Molenvliet” in Papendrecht, the Netherlands.
The township of Berkel Rodenrijs is part of a larger municipality called Landsingerland. It is now the location of a large urban development named Westpolder Bolwerk.
The plan discussed here is part of that development. It offers an urban environment with 1500 dwelling units and two primary schools. The already executed part of it comprises more than a thousand inhabited dwelling units while the last phase is in the preparatory stage.
We were asked to realise a “village – like” environment within a growing middle large town.
“Village – like” meaning: Small scale. Identifiable as a particular location. Making people feel secure. Showing coherent variety.
I want to show a design study for a high density low-rise field based on the geography and related house typology of Ladakh, a province of Northern India sharing boundaries with Tibet, Pakistan, and China.
The design study was done by Solomon Benjamin student at MIT at the time and presently at the faculty of the Humanities and Social Sciences Department of the Indian Institute of Technology Madras, in India. (more…)
This Masters thesis proposes the transformation and extension of the Warehouse District in South Boston as a live / work neighbourhood. (more…)
This Masters thesis proposes the transformation and extension of the Warehouse District in South Boston as a live / work neighbourhood. (more…)
Everyday environments always have been highly thematic. We immediately recognise a Venetian Gothic Palace, an Amsterdam Canal House, A Georgian London Terraced House, or a Pompeiian Courtyard House as members of particular form families, inseparable parts of the urban fabrics that where shaped with them. (more…)
The Grunsfeld Variations
How do you organise a design team for a big project in and efficient manner while using fully the creative ability of the team members? This question led to a demonstration of six weeks in a summer workshop made possible thanks to a donation from the Ernest A. Grunsfeld Memorial Fund.