Workshop ‘Open Building’ with John Habraken and Jo Coenen City Hall Amsterdam March – June 2021 University of Hong Kong TU/e Eindhoven University of Technology Recently, there has been a growing interest in a number of themes in architecture that can be traced back to the ideas of Professor John Habraken and the SAR. John […]
Students: Samuel Slezák and Timo Damoiseaux. Tutored by Wouter Hilhorst For this Bouwkundewinkel assignment, the goal was to provide a conceptual solution for the storage of the outdoor toys of daycare center Korein. The proposal is based on three concepts: multifunctionality, modularity, and openness of interpretation. With regard to the materials, the students chose to […]
I am Marianna, a Bachelor student in Architecture coming from Italy and I am the Communication Manager of VIRTUe. VIRTUe is a multidisciplinary student team participating in the Solar Decathlon Europe competition. We are building a house and designing an urban concept that transforms the built environment and inspires people to adopt a sustainable lifestyle. […]
Header image: a courtyard creates room for the application of TDI (urban scale level). Students: Ferdy van Brussels, Michelle Moonen, Chanachai Panichpattanakij, Arjan Verhoef. Tutored by ir. L.A. Bert van Schaijk. In this Bouwkundewinkel assignment, students attempted to create a new view on the modern-day issue of sustainability, by focusing on TDI (Transparent Dynamic Insulation). […]
Korein Kinderplein provides childcare for children between 0 and 13 years. They have more than 110 locations in the eastern part of Noord-Brabant and thus there is always a lot going on. Now they want to look into a pop-up daycare which they can use at certain specific moments when there is a sudden demand […]
Student: Simone Marzorati, Tutoring: prof. Paul Diederen, ir. Bram van Kaathoven For this project, the client, a middle school in Eindhoven, presented five problems to the student: the renovation of the roof, the refurbishment of the art class, the refurbishment of the drama class, the refurbishment of the entrance of the theatre and the renovation […]
The company Lux-Nova is designing and making glass art. During a graduation project from the School of Monumental Art for the Building Environment, an artwork was made from Dalle-glass and concrete. Unfortunately, after two year, the concrete artwork started to burst. During two Bouwkundewinkel assignments, students of the TU/e did research on the optimal solution to […]
This assignment is about the reorganization of an historic building in ‘s-Hertogenbosch. Especially the interior of the building does not meet today’s needs. The new function for this building is a home and office for GGZ. GGZ is a foundation providing specialist mental health care for people with a personality disorder, often in combination with an […]
The accomodation of student association Amphitryon is planned to be demolished. Before this will take place, a new accomodation should be realized. Where the old location only had room for parties, drinks and aperitifs, the new building should be able to facilitate also a board room, conference rooms and an archive. This to extend the […]
The client of this project was a former student at the TU/e and now member of an owner association – he questioned himself how beneficial it could be for owner associations to share a large database in which all financial documents can be shared, so that they could compare their expenses. The research of Silvijn, […]