Students: C. Aalders, N. Verboven Tutor: T. van Druenen This report describes the investigation into the causes of mould growth in a 1960s house in Eindhoven’s Vaartbroek district. The problems included mould growth, cracks in walls, broken joints, and broken bricks in the façade of the house. As the authors are mainly focused on building […]
Students: C. Aalders, N. Verboven Tutor: T. van Druenen The client had a request to do research on the moisture and humidity problems at his home. Previous reports on the issues in the client’s home attributed the issues to the fact that the basement is constantly wet which leads to a constant wet concrete floor […]
Students: S. Cenalia, B. Ghadri, M. Grbovic Tutor: H. Schilpervoort For this assignment, the group was commissioned to work on a facelift of the entrances of the building Residentie Overspore in Eindhoven. It is a building complex accommodating expensive dwellings in one of the perfect locations in Eindhoven. It was of great significance to freshen up the entrances […]
Students: L. Trávníková & R. Spoelstra Tutor: T. Veegeer In this project the students explored the possibilities to make RCN Holiday Park ‘Het Grote Bos’ more sustainable. A wide variety of topics are covered, including energy generation and savings, water collection and consumption, material use, food forests, visitor travel modes, and sustainability certifications. However, the […]
Students: L. Matal, J. Beurskens. Tutor: F. van Schie Two feasible options are suggested for the roof terrace on top of the bridge between Vertigo and Zwarte Doos. It creates an outdoor space where people can meet, relax and gather. In the future, a deeper investigation can be done about the exact costs and the […]
Students C.T.H. Boons, C.H. Wong. Tutor: A. Koopman, S.N.M. Wijte Railway vibrations can be well experienced in the vicinity of a railway. The vibrations can be felt in different heights, which can also be experienced as a nuisance at different times. In the specific case, the clients experienced nuisance from railway vibrations in their home […]
Students A. J. M. van Loon, J. J. T. M. Tutor: Sophie Rousseau In the Netherlands there is a lot of discussion whether the high-voltage lines should be laid underground or above ground. The connections that lie above the ground are often towering masts with bundled cables, which disturb visibility. In the Netherlands, there are […]
Students: A. Alexandrov and T.S. Luinenburg. Tutored by ir. M. H. P. M. Willems The goal of the project was to create a coffeehouse for a community initiative garden in Eikenburg. The project was to be made on a piece of land that did not allow for permanent construction. Visitors of the garden, and therefore […]
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: Alex van Eekelen, Da Sol Lee and Yanjun Li. Tutored by Wouter Hilhorst Last quartile, three students worked together on the design of Villa Benoit. The client asked them to work on a design for communual living by means of container construction, additonal to the transformation of an existing office-building. A clear relationship was […]