14 April 2014 - Bouwkunde

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14 April 20142011
periodical for the faculty of architecture and the built environment | tu Delft
Alumni
Marc
Koehler
smallness
"I am more interested in
how you can bring the
qualities of the small, of the
personal and of the precise
to the large scale." Page 6/7
4/5 Review
8/9 Project
10/11 Master Event
On becoming an engineer for
Sustainability
Boatweek and the Technology in
Sustainable Development certificate (or
TiDO in dutch)
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SHORT NEWS
Mastervoorlichting
faculteit Bouwkunde
Noteer het in je agenda: 30 april
2014 is de mastervoorlichting van
de Faculteit Bouwkunde. Tijdens
deze mastervoorlichting kom je alles
te weten over de masterprogramma's 'Architecture, Urbanism and
Building Sciences' en 'Geomatics'.
Vanaf 15.00 starten de track presentaties in Zaal A en vanaf 18.00 kun je
in de Zuidserre de informatiemarkt
bezoeken, waar de studio's zich zullen presenteren. Voor meer informatie zie pagina 10 en 11.
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Dynamics of Making
Amsterdam
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met 24 april.
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ATTENTION TO DETAIL AND IMPACT
Shortsighted Architecture is a collaborative of four students: three from the Faculty of
Architecture in Delft and one student Water Science and Management from Utrecht
University. They believe that local relevance and resources are the foundation of sustainable
design. People tend to copy ways of building and designing that are created for different
habitats. Shortsighted Architecture adapts knowledge and expertise to the location and
they create and share resilient and accessible design solutions with local resources.
For half a year they are in El Rama, Nicaragua where they will create a blueprint for
sustainable social housing with bamboo that will be cheaper, healthier and better for the
environment, while organizing courses on building with bamboo.
We have grown! Jezabel (Canarian is-
city of El Rama. This made us think
spent drawing, but also with 1:1 models.
lands), Karin (Brazil) and Diana (Colom-
about the building location, since the
Bamboo is a beautiful material, but it re-
bia), all architects and friends have
finca is far away and remote, which de-
quires another way of thinking. A mind-
joined the team about a month ago after
termines to a large extent the impact of
set that uses the advantages of bamboo,
their trip through Central America, have
the project. We came up with an alterna-
like its huge strength, hollow shape, and
provided a fresh impulse! We have been
tive idea to build on a site in the city of El
easiness to work with, but at the same
occupied, amongst other things, with:
Rama.
time including that every bamboo has a
interviewing people about their living
We shared our concerns with our local
easily and does not like water or direct
get our tools imported, working on the
partners and in collaboration with the
sunlight. Furthermore, we are working
garden and compost system, organising
BICU we have decided that the function
on a design for social housing so every-
workshops about construction and cut-
of the building remains the same, but we
thing should be economical and easy to
ting of bamboo, working safely with
will now build the model house on the
build. Because of this we are experimen-
tools, designing , sustainability, and so
grounds of the BICU in the city centre of
ting with different details, a process in
on.
El Rama. And it is only fifteen minutes
which we are receiving amazing support
away from our Casa (that has been aptly
from a local carpenter, a Dutch guy who
Good stuff! And the growth of the team
named Bambu Social!).
This change
came to Nicaragua over ten years ago.
is a big help. As for architecture and de-
was well-received by everyone involved
He possesses a tremendous amount of
sign of the actual model house, two
and last week, together with the stu-
knowledge about working with wood
weeks ago we made an important choice
dents that are following the course of
and the physical properties and chemical
tial idea was to construct the model
house as a student residence on the finca
(farm) of the Bluefields Indian and Carib-
KARIN LAGLAS
Help Robots!
De Robots komen eraan en ze
gaan onze banen inpikken. Ineens is
het hot news. Is de komkommertijd
vroeg dit jaar of is er werkelijk iets aan
de hand? What’s new denk ik dan,
stoommachine-elektriciteit-lopende
band-computer-robot, steeds
bedenken we iets dat ons zwaar en
saai werk uit handen neemt. Robots
met slimme sensoren kunnen
fenomenaal auto’s assembleren. Een
paprika grijpen ‘met zachte hand’ is al
een flink stuk lastiger. Maar pas echt
moeilijk wordt het bij het opvouwen
van een onbekend handdoekje. Daar
schijnt een beetje robot toch zo’n 25
minuten voor nodig te hebben.
unique shape and thickness, that it splits
conditions, handling corrupt officials to
to change the building location. The ini-
Toronto – Delft
Collaboratie
"One of the most interesting parts of the building and
design process is working on the details. Not only during
the times spent drawing but also with 1:1 models."
Kilometers worden overbrugd en kennis wordt gedeeld: een groep Bouwkunde studenten reist wekelijks
virtueel de 52e breedtegraad af naar Toronto, Canada. Samen met studenten van Ryerson University
doen zij onderzoek naar Walkable and Cyclable Cities.
DOOR SOSCHA MONTEIRO DE JESUS
bean University (BICU). However, so far
our time here has taught us a lot. One
sustainable construction, we executed
processes involved, leading to great ide-
lesson is that not everything is available,
research on the building site. Research
as that can add to the use of bamboo
think of tools, connection pieces, trans-
such as soil test to see how the load bea-
around the world!
port, materials etc. Therefore the con-
ring capacity of the soil is. Next week we
struction requires a lot of improvisation
will start to dig the holes for the founda-
and experimenting. This practically
tion.
means: more trips to local craftsmen and
Greetings from Nicaragua!
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shops and more time. Besides that, we
One of the most interesting parts of the
com/shortsightedarchitecture or our
notice an incredible amount of support
building and design process is working
website:
and attention from so many people in the
on the details. Not only during the times
com
shortsightedarchitecture.
Begin maart 2014 ging de samenwerking tussen studenten van de TU Delft en Ryerson University in Toronto van
start. De studenten wisselen kennis met elkaar uit over
de beloopbare en fietsbare stad en werken intensief samen aan het maken van een Toolbox for Walkable and
Cyclable Cities. Deze Toolbox bevat mogelijke ontwerpen beleidsrichtlijnen die de walkability en cyclability van
een stad zouden kunnen stimuleren. De Toolbox wordt
samengesteld aan de hand van analyses van de steden
Toronto en Amsterdam. De resultaten worden vergeleken
en hieruit worden principes gedestilleerd die de basis
bieden voor de Toolbox.
De studenten menen dat Canada en Nederland veel van
elkaar kunnen leren en benadrukken het belang van internationale kennisuitwisseling. Ook stelt de samenwerking de waardering van onze eigen directe omgeving op
scherp: waarom fietsen we in Nederland eigenlijk zo
veel? Welke ruimte wordt er geboden aan fietsers en
voetgangers, zowel in ruimtelijk ontwerp als in beleidsvoering? Zaken die wij in Nederland voor lief nemen,
worden onder de loep genomen.
Overleg gebeurt elke zaterdag virtueel en het contact
wordt versterkt door individuele Skype-sessies en een
Facebook groep. Door middel van filmpjes al fietsend, lopend of met een ander transportmiddel onderweg in de
stad gemaakt, wisselen de teams heel direct ervaringen
met elkaar uit. Team Nederland bestaat uit Nina Kuipers,
Oswaldo Heinen, Jesper Menting, Heleen van Russen
Groen en Emily Frances Parry. Allen zijn Master of Bachelor student aan onze eigen faculteit.
Het initiatief voor deze samenwerking kwam vanuit twee
studenten van de groep ‘Passie Bestaande Woonomgeving’, Erik Dral en Jessica de Boer. Deze groep, kortweg
de Passiegroep genoemd, biedt een platform waar extra
kansen en kennis vanuit de praktijk wordt geboden aan
studenten die zich interesseren in duurzaamheid in de
bestaande woonomgeving. De Passiegroep is opgezet in
samenwerking met prof. dr. Ir. Anke van Hal, tevens een
van de oprichters van Parallel52. Parallel52 is een Nederlands-Canadees netwerk voor duurzame ruimtelijke ordening en bouw.
De Toolbox for Walkable and Cyclable Cities krijgt de
vorm van een klein boekwerk en een filmpje. In dit filmpje
komen bovengenoemde fragmenten van het reizen door
de stad, aangevuld met relevante informatie zoals straatprofielen of een plattegrond van de gefietste route. De
Toolbox zal gepresenteerd worden bij een volgende Parallel52 bijeenkomst in Toronto deze zomer. Team Canada zal de Nederlandse bijdrage presenteren.
Passie Bestaande Woonomgeving geeft regelmatig updates over het samenwerkingsproject via hun nieuwsbrief. Bovendien komen daar nog meer interessante projecten
voorbij
over
de
duurzaamheid
en
omgevingspsychologie in de bestaande woonomgeving.
Aanmelden voor de nieuwsbrief kan via [email protected].
Hoe zit het met robots in ons
werkveld? De tekenaars achter hun
schotten zijn allang vervangen door
AutoCad. Ok, geen robots in de
strikte zin, maar toch. En in dezelfde
lijn: we BIMmen wat af, waarbij het
trouwens interessant is dat er juist
nieuwe rollen – nieuwe banen - ontstaan voor ruimtelijk ontwerpers om
dit proces in goede banen te leiden.
Maar is de architect-robot al in zicht?
Als een robot kan schaken, waarom
dan niet ontwerpen? Stel je voor, alle
drie onze grondslagen-bundels in dat
robothoofd, een rekenmoduletje en
een mooi tekenprogrammaatje erbij
et voila, analyseren maar en de beste
oplossing rolt eruit? Zou dat de
ultieme gebouwen opleveren? Ik
betwijfel het sterk. Van Nigel Cross
weten we dat het juist de persoonlijke
‘framing’ is – inspiratie, creativiteit,
persoonlijke fascinatie – waarin
ontwerpers zich onderscheiden. Dat
lijkt me nog wel een tandje moeilijker
dan een onbekend handdoekje
opvouwen.
De robotisering in de bouw dan? In
de dagelijkse praktijk zie je nog altijd
bouwvakkers op steigers de boel in
elkaar rommelen. Fysiek zwaar werk
waarbij ook nogal eens wat misgaat.
Gaat 3D printen dat eindelijk definitief
veranderen? Is de 3D printer de
eerste échte bouw-robot? Of gaat dit
juist leiden tot meer complexe
vormen en daarmee meer ontwerp?
Juist CAD/CAM maakt dat we vormen
à la Zaha Hadid kunnen maken. En
worden gebouwen misschien zelf
robots, die gedeeltelijk met ons mee
gaan bewegen, zoals Hyperbody en
recentelijk ook T?F verkennen?
Kortom: het zou weleens kunnen zijn
dat de robots ons eerder meer werk
gaan bezorgen dan minder.
En dan moeten we ook die
handdoekjes nog zelf opvouwen.
4 rEVIEW
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B NIEUWs 08 14 April 2014
ON bECOMING AN ENGINEER FOR SUSTAINABILITY
Boatweek and the Technology in Sustainable Development certificate (or TiDO in dutch)
“No one knows,” twenty five students answer in unison when asked “what is sustainability?”. How do they know? Well they are
the lucky few who made it through to the ‘Boatweek’ and have just followed an intensive five day course on sustainable development and technology, as part of acquiring the Technology in Sustainable Development certificate. The TiSD certificate is an extra
accreditation you can receive when you graduate. It means you have achieved excellence on sustainability issues.
by brigitte o'regan
That ‘No one knows’ what sustainability is
might sound like a joke and well it is kinda…
However the reality is, according to Lawyer
Nienke Sassen, not even the European Union
has a legal definition of what sustainability
means. This absence of definition however,
has not stopped the European Union from
implementing many laws to encourage “sustainability”. It begs the question, “Are we in
wonderland yet Alice?” Jokes and absurdities
aside, just why is it so difficult to define sustainability? And if we are going to be engineers
for sustainability how can we know what that
means and how can we share these values
in common and with society? By taking part
in the course for Engineering for Sustainable
Development you are encouraged to follow the
white rabbit, dive into the rabbit hole and engage in deep and intelligent debate to answer
these questions for yourself, your colleagues
and our common future.
TiSD: How it works
To get the TiSD annotation when you graduate
you need to take 10 ects of approved elective courses that deal with sustainability in
technology and society. You need to find a TiSD
approved tutor to help guide your graduation
project. And it is compulsory to take part in in
the cross faculty, multidisciplinary ‘Boatweek’,
which is linked to a ‘back casting’ assignment.
This assignment takes the form of a 5000 word
group report and 3 page individual reflection
that you complete in two months following
the boatweek. There is a waiting list for the
Boatweek and only 25 people can take part
twice a year.
The skeptic
This March I was one of the chosen few. At
first I was skeptical. 5 days on a boat with 25
plus people, a chock full program from 8.00 in
the morning to 22.00 or even 23.00 at night,
didn’t exactly seem like a relaxing learning
experience. However, I must admit to being
passionate about the needless extinction and
degradation of all kinds of life, spaces, ecologies, cultures and habitats. I know for sure
we can do this better, and we can do that in a
highly rewarding way. My primary motivation
to study urbanism and architecture, was so
I could work together with others to build a
thriving, diverse, equitable and sustainable
future for our cities. As such, having this certificate seemed very important to me, important
enough to tolerate boatweek as it were. This
attitude meant that I was completely unprepared for the powerful experience that I, and my
group, would undergo.
The Boatweek is the vital component of
TiSD
In this we were also unanimous, Boatweek
turned out to be one of the best experiences of
our studies. There I was, (finally), with a whole
bunch of other students from many different
disciplines who were equally as passionate
about sustainability issues. For me my spirit
really lifted when I saw how inquisitive and
engaged the other students were. It made me
want to be better, sharper, clearer, it made me
feel like I belonged to something bigger. After
being immersed all day in excursions, lectures,
games and workshops, the balmy warm spring
nights on the spacious boat ‘Amsterdam’
were filled with laughter, debate and discussion. The intensity of the program and sharing
space the way we did was transformative, it
gave us confidence and trust in one another
and also in our work for sustainability. It also
felt good to be told that we will be the leaders
in our field, and to see how much the TU Delft
was willing support its students to develop a
commitment to sustainable development.
We, the students and teachers, by no means
agreed on every issue. We had so many different starting points for understanding and
engaging with sustainability. But that was the
point of being together. There didn’t have to
be a consensus, what we needed was a lively
discussion. By engaging in discourse on these
issues we transferred knowledge to one another and learned to critically reflect on our own
points of view. Some lectures were definitely
better than others, there wasn’t always a huge
learning curve. However the majority of the
content was engaging and inspiring. Like learning about how Amsterdam came back from
the brink at the end of the 19th century when
it salinized and nearly destroyed all its sweet
ground water. Visiting an urban farm with a
restaurant in Rotterdam and meeting a man
who explained how he had started a transition
to zero energy in his neighborhood.
What is sustainable development?
Probably everyone who reads this article had
heard some definitions of Sustainable development. One of the most commonly cited
definitions is that from the Brundtland report;
“Sustainable development is development
that meets the needs of the present without
compromising the ability of future generations
to meet their own needs.” This is a very broad
definition. Sustainable development also has
an opposite, like the use of fossil fuels or the
irretrievable depletion of ground water or the
imminent loss of a great deal of the world’s
food supply due to climate change. If the opposite is so concrete? Why is the definition still
so nebulous legally and in practice? How come
no one knows? Perhaps the answer lies in 3
primary reasons;
1.
The scale and complexity of the issue
and the unsustainability’s
2.
The harsh fact that taking care of our
needs now and that of the future is not always
in everyone’s economic or political interest.
3.
How we measure sustainability
Because there is a need to measure improvement we tend to take a reductionist view. Only
a couple of factors are considered in order to
measure performance, but this can mean that
we run the danger of ignoring impacts on the
complete system and the other costs these im-
"We already have all
the technology we
need to be 100%
sustainable today."
pacts might entail. Improvements will often be
called sustainable, but they may not actually
have achieved sustainability. If the car manufacturer Ford renovates one of its factories to
closed loop sustainable practice without applying that to any of their other plants, no one
can say that Ford has changed their practice
to become sustainable. This means that word
sustainability is often misused and freely
associated with unsustainable practices on
the basis of a few improvements. Poignantly,
Jaap Bosch one of the speakers at Boatweek
and wind farm engineer for Eneco, said, “We
already have all the technology we need to be
100% sustainable today. What we need is not
necessarily more technological solutions but
social change.”
Backcasting
To address these problems with definition,
the need to think holistically and the need for
social changes to help implement the techno-
logical solutions, the ‘backcasting’ method is
introduced. The beauty of backcasting, is that
instead of following trends into the future,
you begin with a future you would like to see
emerge and trace that back to the present. We
start with ground zero, we look at an aspect
and identify what makes current practice
unsustainable. Then we imagine what a future
might look like that is completely sustainable
and taking into account people, planet and
profit. For us as engineering students it was
very hard not to be solution orientated, to let
go in order to imagine such a future. However,
the future vision results I saw in the Boatweek
were highly creative and motivating. From
there we then define a research question and
focus in on a scenario in this future. Following
this we analyze the steps needed to get there
over a period of time. We learn in this way to
think outside of the purely technical and learn
scenarios instead and assess socio-technical
systems; tracking behavioral and legal changes alongside technical innovations. Gertjan
de Werk, who has run this course for the last
10 years gives the following advice, “Sustainable Development can be pretty easy – don’t be
over ambitious, do go for quick wins (to keep
motivation), but do not lose track of long term
goals.”
Epic change
On the last night of Boatweek a group called
Motiv came to give us a workshop on becoming a leader for sustainable development.
During the course of the workshop, what
became clear for my group is that we were not
satisfied with half attempts at sustainability
nor with green washing. We want to go for
epic change.
6 ALUMNI
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B NIEUWs 08 14 APril 2014
MARC KOEHLER
Behind the facades of the old merchant houses and buildings of Amsterdam there lie many successful architectural offices, one of the youngest among them, and arguably one of the Netherlands most ground breaking firms, is that of TU Delft Alumni and educator Marc Koehler. Marc Koehler has recently been selected as
one of the candidates of the longlist of the prestigious 2014 Prix de Rome.
In the last two years, since Marc Koehler decisively left his teaching
position at the TU Delft, where he incubated ideas and a research approach, his practice has tripled in size. The long tables in the office are
full of energized and completely engaged staff, precious, highly alluring
books, and exquisitely made architectural models. Among older and
more experienced architects there are many fresh faces. Interns one
would think? No. That’s not Marc Koehler’s approach he believes in
young talent and in giving excellence a platform. Two outstanding
recent graduates from the TU Delft, for example, are now being trained
for project architect positions. Despite the obvious intensity of the
workload, these young people seem to glow.
Intuition
Basically I have always been a very hands on person. I become inspired
by everything that comes across my path. If there is some kind of creative synergy I can become very quickly engaged. My partner is an artist
and choreographer and I realized this morning that we work very much
in the same way. We both become inspired by many different things
and mix many different influences in our work. He is highly intuitive
and in some mysterious way manages to connect many different things
into different projects. Art can be so rich and layered, but it seems that
architecture can’t, it has to be so conceptual and straight. I find the
richness that we sometimes lack in architecture, can be found again if
you can let yourself be influenced by many different things. This allows
you to break free from a top down design approach. To be inspired, be
intuitive, and shape your designs and ideas organically, intersecting
ideas and working across many different disciplines.
to follow your intuition, and to explore your interests.
I try to stay very well connected to the normal concerns of activities of
everyday life, and at the same time to special people and recent, extraordinary cultural developments that interest me, and then to interlink
them. So for example, we are now going to buy virtual reality glasses
so our clients can walk around in the buildings we design for them before they are built. I would never have come to the idea of this possibility if I had not had an earlier research project at the TU Delft on gaming
and online communities. Everything always informs everything else.
Everything is connected. I believe it is important to follow your instinct,
SUPERLofts
Though Marc Koehler’s projects are many and diverse one that is on the
tip of everyone’s tongues right now are the Superlofts. A project that
Marc Koehler is realizing in collaboration with the Hoofden*. The project
consists of 3 plots with a total of 70 lofts in the Houthavens of Amsterdam West. Next to that Marc Koehler architects are developing a third
Network
I think looking around in all the directions that fascinated me linked
me to people that I would in the end make architecture with. My network, because of these broad interests and connections of my mine, is
extraordinary at the moment. Real estate developers come to me and
tell me that my special quality is my network. I have always chosen
to do a lot of things for free, just because I found the work interesting,
because I could really learn something, and that through this work I
was able to meet people. You meet people who share your interests, or
are impressed by your enthusiasm. From these relationships something
positive always emerges in the end. Years later you may think, “that
person; I can call him or her because I know they are an expert on a
question I have for instance.” I would say having a good and diverse
network is very important.
Resilience
By working on many different things and not just a single direction
or product our practice is also more resilient. This is important for the
cross breeding of ideas, while it also brings flexibility which allows
you to continue as a practice when one or more projects fall through.
This broad level of attention also means you can always find work even
when other sectors are going out of business. On the other hand it is
also very important to find a common thread in everything you do. I
plot with 20 lofts in the Buiksloterham-area in Amsterdam-Noord. What
makes these projects so special? Well, outside of proving to be highly
desirable to people looking to buy a house in the city right now, it represents innovation in housing design and development. The Superlofts
project combines a recent CPO (Collectieve Particulere Opdrachtgeverschap/ Collective private commission) model with a new development
model set up by Marc Koehler architects and The Hoofden, based on
community building and crowdfunding. It is also a new mixed architectural typology, utilizing the type of the oversized, open 5 m tall lofts,
usually only possible in the redevelopment of old industrial buildings, in
combination with a multiple family housing complex.
In the office I stand before a 1:50 3D section of the Superlofts. A wide
variety of interiors and layouts boggle the imagination. Marc explains
that they needed to develop a new system for the installations and
services to ensure each loft could be unique but also part of the whole.
The idea is that a group of people collectively commission the casco of
the building, then each individual loft owner commissions an architect
to design their interior (or of course they can do that for themselves).
It is up to the client to determine the interior design, the setup of the
floorplan, the size and place of the floor intersecting the large space.
Marc tells me, that as a building community there are several advan-
think a portfolio can be very diverse from product design to interior
design to urbanism, landscape and even economic regions and models
but it all needs common thread that makes those projects meaningful in
relation to each other and to your practice. This is difficult to achieve.
I work very intuitively and often say yes to projects simply because I
like the challenge. I think the common thread in everything I do is the
need for creative exploration. We link this to a set of fascinations that
recur and are reformulated in each new project. The question of lasting
beauty in an age of throwaway culture, design-authenticity in the context of mass-culture, sustainability in a context of mass-production and
the power of design as a social instigator are repeating themes in every
project our studio takes on..
Smallness and Bottom Down development
Smallness is a change of strategy that comes with a different economic
mode than architecture is currently operating in. Before the crunch of
the crisis architectural projects were often based on a top down development model in which entire urban areas are redefined on a macro
scale with a macro investment, based on a single concept. In our current time after the crisis, and in the crisis. (I think we are in a post crisis
era and that there is no crisis anymore.) There is a new model, based on
micro investments, crowd funding, collaboration and something I’d call
a ‘bottom down’ process. Not bottom up, because I don’t believe in the
idea that by starting with something really small that this will become
bigger and bigger organically. What bottom down is, is thinking of a
tages: you can jointly buy building materials and housing equipment,
share a jaccuzzi, or a vegetable garden on the roof,. It makes a lot more
possible.
Of the 70 new loft dwellings in the first Houthavens complex, 22 clients
also choose for Marc Koehler architects also for the interior design of
their homes. It shows that Marc’s firm, by no means a merely conventional practice, has won the hearts, minds, imagination and confidence of
their clients.
Marc aims for his office to be capable of working across all phases of the
design and realization cycle. They work now as mediators connecting
different roles in the design and building process, uniting a strong and
diverse network to create innovative projects. On the back of this
ambition, and hybrid architectural ideas and development models, Marc
Koehler architects have hit on something completely new. The following
are excerpts from an interview with Marc Koehler where we discover
the mechanism and motivations behind his innovations and architectural practice.
* The Hoofden is a collaboration between architectuurcentrale Thijs
Asselbergs, ILA, De Architekten Cie. and Marc Koehler Architects.
// www.dehoofden.nl
grassroots approach that aims to influence things on a larger scale. ‘Bottom down’ processes are sensitive to small things but on a large scale.
It’s thinking from inside out, it’s thinking in a modular way. In systems
that are powered by individuals in order to influence the larger scales,
of the neighborhood, or the city etc. It is based on individual initiative
and the principle of collaboration and sharing. ‘Bottom up’ processes,
on the other hand, always have a sense of small thinking by traditional
players, in that they want to be small, that they want to oppose the
larger scale. I am more interested in how you can bring the qualities of
the small of the personal and of the precise to the large scale. Smallness
is about large impact by a multitude of precise, connected and coordinated small actions. There is a vacuum, an absence of investment and
initiative in the real estate sector today. We can use this vacuum as an
opportunity to re-invent the discipline of the architect as a social mediator and innovator to build the cities of tomorrow.
"Art can be so rich and layered, but it
seems that architecture can’t, it has
to be so conceptual and straight. I find
the richness that we sometimes lack in
architecture, can be found again if you
can let yourself be influenced by many
different things"
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Het was de afgelopen maanden hard doorwerken voor Roel Vogels (MSc, Hyperbody) en Bart Wolbert (Bachelor 6) van ‘Studio Olduvai Gorge’. Hun leven stond
na het winnen van de prijsvraag voor een StartUp Campus in Rotterdam in het
teken van dagen, avonden en nachten lang ontwerpen, detailleren, samenwerken
en uitvoeren. Maar met resultaat! Want op 1 maart 2014 is de StartUp Campus
officieel geopend door onze minister president Mark Rutte en is het interieurontwerp met groot succes in gebruik genomen. Deze oplevering is voor de twee
studenten een onverwachte mijlpaal en tegelijkertijd het startschot voor de
oprichting van een eigen bureau. “Het is bizar, je loopt rond in je eigen 3D-model!” aldus Bart.
StartUp Campus Rotterdam
VAN DE GROTE LIJNEN TOT HET KLEINSTE DETAIL
PRIJSVRAAG STARTUP CAMPUS
Het begon allemaal ongeveer een jaar geleden als een serieus grapje, toen de jongens na een
succesvolle afronding van de minor House of the Future vonden dat de samenwerking een
vervolg zou moeten krijgen. Toen de prijsvraag voor een StartUp Campus voor het Erasmus
Centre for Entrepreneurship (ECE) in Rotterdam voorbij kwam, besloten zij om de gok te wagen.
De opdracht betrof een kwart van de elfde verdieping van de Rotterdam Science Tower, een van
de drie Marconitorens. De vierhonderd vierkante meter zou een inspirerende en innovatieve plek
moeten worden voor workshops, vergaderingen en interactie tussen jonge, startende
ondernemers. Een uitdaging aan de opgave was de gesloten, massieve en constructieve kern
met alle dienende functies, zoals liften, opslagruimtes en toiletgroepen. Wel was er sprake van
veel ontwerpvrijheid; de perfecte opgave voor een jong en enthousiast bureau.
Toen het ontwerp van de twee eenmaal de tweede ronde haalde, werd het serieus en besloten
de jongens ervoor te gaan. Het harde werken en het maken van vele uren resulteerde in april
2013 in een winnend ontwerp en een ontwerp opgave die, door het succes en de groei van de
StartUp Campus zelf, een steeds groter oppervlakte omvatte. De opdracht groeide al snel van
vierhonderd naar vijftienhonderd vierkante meter en het ontwerp had aanpassing en uitwerking
nodig.
Start van de bouw
Foto’s door: ECE Startup Campus Rotterdam & Parallelgroep ETB Vos B.V
Toen in november 2013 het ontwerp na een lange zomer en veel overleg met alle verschillende
partijen klaar lag, kon de bouw beginnen. Roel en Bart hebben tijdens deze tweeenhalve maand
vaak als opzichters op de bouwplaats rondgelopen om het proces goed in de gaten te houden.
“Uiteindelijk kenden alle bouwvakkers ons en kwamen ze met hun vragen naar ons toe”, aldus
Bart. Logisch, want de jongens hebben het ontwerp in overleg tot in de puntjes uitgewerkt; van
het lichtplan tot de tegels in de toiletten. Hier lag volgens Roel dan ook meteen de uitdaging van
deze praktijkopdracht. “Als je met alle partijen om de tafel zit om het plan uit te werken, fungeer
je als architect als een soort bemiddelaar. Maar je bent wel twintig jaar jonger tegenover al die
"Als je met alle partijen om de tafel zit om het plan uit te
werken, fungeer je als architect als een soort bemiddelaar. Maar je bent wel twintig jaar jonger tegenover al
die ervaren vaklui. Dan is het makkelijk om toe te geven,
maar soms moet je gewoon een beetje arrogant zijn."
ervaren vaklui. Dan is het makkelijk om toe te geven, maar soms moet je gewoon een beetje arrogant
zijn. We hebben geleerd om ons mannetje te staan en overzicht te hebben op alle partijen.”
Interessante plekken voor samenwerking en interactie
Het ontwerp heeft, geïnspireerd op het weidse uitzicht over de stad en de haven van Rotterdam, een
industriële look gekregen met verschillende speelse elementen. De hinderlijke, gesloten kern is door
middel van twee kokers opengebroken en heeft een dienende functie gekregen met toiletten, trappen,
liften en zelfs een fitnessruimte. Rondom gaat een houten constructie met nisjes en intieme plekken.
Daaromheen bevinden zich ruime en lichte kantoren, een vergaderhoek en een flexibele collegezaal.
Onder andere schommels zorgen voor variatie in aanbod van ontmoetings- en vergaderplekken.
Kortom, alle faciliteiten voor een inspirerende samenwerking zijn aanwezig. Toen Bavaria de nog lege
vierkante meters op de elfde verdieping in het vizier kreeg, zagen zij dan ook niet voor niets de
mogelijkheden en namen zij contact op. Zo breidde het ontwerp zich opnieuw uit met een moderne
Bavaria StartUp Bar met een glijbaan naar de onderliggende verdieping en een prachtig uitzicht.
Theorie vs. Praktijk
Na een jaar vol praktijkervaring is het als student zijnde natuurlijk interessant om te reflecteren op de
aansluiting tussen de theorie en de praktijk. Volgens Roel is er sprake van een enorm gat. “In de
praktijk moet alles kloppen. Als je aan het detailleren bent, heb je altijd de volgende stap in je hoofd
zitten. Elke lijn die je trekt heeft gevolgen voor het eindresultaat. Ook het proces na het maken van
een ontwerp was nieuw voor ons. We spraken voor het eerst met bijvoorbeeld een opdrachtgever, een
aannemer, een installateur en een tegeladviseur over dingen als sprinklerinstallaties en brandroutes
waar we maar weinig kennis over hebben. We werden echt in het diepe gegooid. We hebben er enorm
veel van geleerd, maar toen hadden we wel wat hulp en advies kunnen gebruiken.” Gelukkig konden
de twee bij onbekende situaties altijd de vader van Bart, die ook architect is, bellen.
De toekomst
Ondanks dat Studio Olduvai Gorge een relatief onervaren bureau is, zijn zij toch erg populair bij
opdrachtgevers. Op dit moment zijn zij bezig met vijf verschillende opdrachten; de reorganisatie van
twee woonhuizen, het interieur van de faculteitshal van Bedrijfskunde in Rotterdam, het interieur van
een landhuis in Utrecht en een aanzet voor een ontwerp voor een nieuwe verdieping in de
Marconitorens. Een opmerkelijk succes, gegeven het feit dat veel architectenbureau’s juist hun deuren
hebben moeten sluiten. “We zijn jonge mensen met een frisse blik en een eigen visie. We zijn niet
conservatief en nemen de wens van de opdrachtgever mee in ons ontwerp. Dat spreekt mensen aan.”
Het gaat op dit moment zelfs zo goed met Studio Gorge Olduvai dat Roel en Bart opzoek zijn naar
studenten die zin hebben om te helpen. Heb jij het idee dat je een bijdrage kan leveren aan dit hard
groeiende bureau? Alle hulp is welkom! Mail naar [email protected]
‘Studio Olduvai Gorge’ dankt zijn naam aan de gelijknamige vallei in Tanzania ‘Olduvai Gorge’. Dit is de plek waar
de oudst bekende mensenresten zijn gevonden. Een metafoor voor de visie van Roel en Bart: leven in harmonie
met elkaar, met de ruimte en met de natuur.
DOOR JANE STORTELDER
B NIEUWS 08 14 APRIL 2014
Sustainable Design addresses the
challenge to contribute to a sustainable
built environment by means of
innovative technology for architecture
and urbanism. Students learn to
approach design in an integrated
manner. The emphasis lies on
sustainable design of structures, façades
and climate. The track balances applied
research and design and leads to a TiSD
annotation.
SUSTAINABLE
DESIGN
The Architecture of the Interior
focuses its attention specifically on
the architecture of large-scale public
interiors, their relevance and their social
impact. It offers a unique programme
whose pursuit follows scientific lines,
combining education in architectural
design, building technology and
detailed materialisation. Practise
oriented design studios are enriched
by academic research in architectural
studies, theory, culture and social
anthropology.
THE
ARCHITECTURE
OF THE INTERIOR
BY SOSCHA MONTEIRO DE JESUS
Architectural Engineering brings
together design and technical
innovation. In this studio façade,
structural and climate design are
an inspiration and an important
contribution to architectural design.
ARCHITECTURAL
ENGINEERING
Many districts in European cities face
complex social-economical issues
and demographic challenges. Making
a design in an urban regeneration
area demands a deep understanding
of this complexity trough practicebased research and interaction with
inhabitants, users and entrepreneurs.
Veldacademie provides live cases
in Rotterdam concerning the most
important societal questions on
health, sustainable renewal of existing
buildings, linking education with
employment and the user oriented
design of public space.
VELDACADEMIE
30 April
This studio focuses on the highly
relevant issue of management and (re)
development of housing. Graduation
projects encompass a wide variety of
topics and approaches, ranging from
(inter)national housing policies to
local housing strategies. All projects
have in common that they contribute
to sustainable housing solutions and,
ultimately, satisfied residents.
HOUSING
Flowscapes explores landscape
infrastructures as armatures for urban
and rural development. Through
landscape architectonic design of
transportation-, green- and water
infrastructures at all possible scales the
studio seeks for an articulation of the
dynamic between landscape processes
and typo-morphological aspects.
FLOWSCAPES
Architecture and Dwelling is concerned
with the architectural design of our everyday living environment and housing.
While investigating conditions of density, functional diversity and contemporary lifestyles, in its curriculum the Chair
of Architecture and Dwelling addresses
two diametrically opposed conditions:
the Netherlands on the one hand and
emerging economies worldwide on the
other.
DWELLING
A variety of urban interventions vital to
the city can be subject of graduation
projects in the UAD-lab. Students
are challenged to learn new ways of
thinking and working, be able to get to
the bottom of problems in their mutual
coherence and be able to provide
creative solutions.
URBAN AREA
DEVELOPMENT
At the Master Event you can orientate yourself about the Master studies offered at our
Faculty. When chosing your Master you first chose a track and depending on which track
you have chosen you select different studios or themes to specialize in. Information will be
provided during the presentations of the different tracks and at the information market.
Master Event
10 IN FOCUS
Explorelab is an exceptional thesis
laboratory for students with a unique
fascination which cannot be explored in
any of the ‘regular’ thesis labs. Although
Explore lab is open for students from all
tracks, it is aimed for highly motivated
students with an obsessive interest in
a specific question and an exceptional
ability to lead themselves and others in
theoretical and design research.
EXPLORELAB
* Currently only available in MSc1 or MSc2.
Methods and Analysis aims to be a
laboratory for students who want to
explore pioneering ways to analyse,
understand and intervene in the built
environment. Architecture is seen as
more than just problem solving or
a response to programme, but the
development of distinct approaches and
tools.
METHODS
AND ANALYSIS
Future Cities (by The Why Factory)
explore the future of urban life. Based
on current and upcoming urban urgencies the students make spatial scenarios
for the city of the future. The master
studios form an integral part of the Why
Factory’s on-going research. Argumentation, parameterization and visualisation lead to visionary designs, including
object, building and urban scale.
THE WHY
FACTORY
REM concerns the optimal alignment
between supply and demand for real
estate on three levels: society, organisation and individual. Graduation research
includes successful real estate strategies (offices, health care, education and
municipal real estate), the connection
between corporations and cities, and
how to cope with vacant buildings.
REAL ESTATE
MANAGEMENT
You can also specialize yourself or
broaden your horizon by becoming part
of one of the interdisciplinary student
projects, like Prêt-à-Loger (Solar
Decathlon), also featured in another
edition of BNieuws. More information
can be found in the Studyguide or
search for student-projects at tudelft.nl.
Next to this extensive master program
our Faculty also offers a wide range
of electives, from making an online
portfolio to delving into architectural
theory at the Architectural Theory
MSc2 elective studio. Check out
the course browser and search for
‘electives’ at www.studiegids.tudelft.nl
ELECTIVES
The work in the graduation lab/
studio represents the Dutch Urbanism
tradition that combines urban design,
urban landscapes and spatial planning.
Students learn to integrate social,
cultural, economic and political
perspectives with the natural and
technical conditions of the site
resulting in the physical form of the
city in order to shape and manage
the process of urban development.
In the studio students specialise
into a more specific topic within the
Urbanism Research Themes. This is
not a disciplinary specialization, but a
content-driven one, whose purpose
is to acquire further knowledge,
skills and experience dealing with
the chosen topics. Topics should be
part of the international oriented
research program of the department
and may include local trends such as
sustainable mobility, urban renewal,
shrinkage and densification; with an
understanding of global trends, such
as economic globalisation, the financial
crisis, climate change, demographic
and governance trends and the energy
transition. They may work on several
scales, from regional strategic visions
to neighbourhood redevelopment
projects.
URBAN TRANSFORMATIONS AND
SUSTAINABILITY
Non-standard and Interactive
Architecture (by Hyperbody) focuses
on the integration of advanced
computational design tools and
techniques with cutting edge design
thinking to produce fully performance
driven bottom-up architectural
formations. Opposed to modernist
mass-production principles, nonstandard and interactive architecture
illustrates the advantages of masscustomization and topological thinking.
HYPERBODY
General Presentation of Master Program
Building Technology
Urbanism
Real Estate & Housing
Geomatics
Landscape Architecture
Architecture
INFORMATION MARKET 18:00 – 20:00
Room A
15.00 – 15.30
15.35 – 15.55
16.00 – 16.20
16.25 – 16.45
16.50 – 17.10
17.15 – 17.35
17.40 – 18.10
PROGRAM WEDNESDAY 30 APRIL
The Public Building design studios
address the contemporary and future
meaning of the public domain as realm
of (ex)change in an urbanized society, as
‘place where strangers meet’. The focus
is on how new architectural models,
typologies, programmes, and design
strategies can be developed to meet
public needs on different levels.
PUBLIC BUILDING
Geomatics combines knowledge
from mathematics, computer science
and geography in order to better
understand and shape the built
environment. Students learn to use
advanced techniques in data collection
and analysis, spatial information
modelling and the visualisation of
data. Students apply their skills in
3D modelling, GIS, mapping, serious
gaming, simulation and visualisation to
a wide range of fields such as disaster
management, urban design and
planning, location based services and
land administration.
GEOMATICS
OF THE BUILT
ENVIRONMENT
Restoration, Modification, Intervention
and Transformation (RMIT) focuses on
the re-use of existing buildings where
there are demands for both continuity
and change. Students examine the
preconditions for re-use and create
designs that meet competing aesthetic,
cultural, historical, technical and
functional demands.
RMIT
Design & Construction Management
DCM targets the management of
complex design and construction
processes at the level of buildings.
Students look at innovative ways of
collaboration among the increasing
number of parties involved. You will
learn to develop and apply theories,
methods and instruments. Main topics
are integration, collaboration,
procurement, changing roles, design
teams, ICT tools and supply chain.
DESIGN &
CONSTRUCTION
MANAGEMENT
Cities are increasingly renewed by
large projects rather than by longterm visions and subsequent master
planning. Public-private partnerships
are organized to engage strategic sites
resulting in complex developments.
These developments are comprised of
multiple and often conflicting interest,
which have to be simultaneously
negotiated. The traditional tools of
architecture and urban planning are
simply not equipped to deal with
the conditions that arise. This critical
condition will be the focus of Complex
Projects.
COMPLEX
PROJECTS
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A CONVERSATION
ABOUT BUILDING LAW
"Graduates are often unable
to send in notices on time,
the formulation skills
(especially) in writing leave
a lot to be desired and quite
often they start working on
a project before there is even
an agreement."
Though architects often assume that it is their work that defines them, they forget that they operate within a legal
framework. A framework shaped by solicitors who can be found within the hallways of our faculty. Bnieuws spoke with
Monika Chao-Duivis, full professor of Building Law, and Fred Hobma, associate professor of Planning Law, about
integrating law into architecture education and the challenges that await us.
by daphne Bakker
But isn’t it mostly the RE&H students who study building law?
Don’t architecture students miss out on this?
MCD: This is partly true. Both Fred and I are from RE&H and our
students are steeped in knowledge concerning building law.
Architecture students do miss out on some essential legal knowledge.
In practice, there is a lot of case law concerning advisors law (i.e.
architects and consulting engineers). We notice the lack of knowledge
in practice. Graduates are often unable to send in notices on time, the
formulation skills (especially) in writing leave a lot to be desired and
quite often they start working on a project before there is even an
agreement. It is also very important to be aware of copyright laws. We
don’t need to make law students out of architecture students, but with
a few extra hours a lot of future stress can be avoided. Students could
really benefit from this knowledge when they set foot in the real world.
How is building law taught to the bachelor students?
FH: Our aim in the bachelors is to weave together building law with the
design project. There is no separate course devoted to building law. In
BK6MA3, a BSc6 course on management and redevelopment, the
students have to develop a plan for West Blaak. Many different plans,
such as master plans and land-use plans, are devoted to the area. We
ask the students to observe the plans. Is there a certain order to the
plans, how do the plans relate to each other, are the permits that an
architect needs weighed against the plans and what is the status of the
plan. This way the students can fully integrate the knowledge into their
design and to make it their own. We think this is what students want.
That we’re not immediately recognizable as building law within the
curriculum is a testament to our approach and that we have managed to
truly become one with the design project.
Does building law define the role of the architect?
FH: Definitely. The De Nieuwe Regeling (DNR) defines the
responsibilities of the architect, so in extension it defines the architect.
The architects task, obligations and rights. These are all defined by
these judicial general conditions.
MCD: Ideally lawyers try to capture the role of the architects within the
legal rules. The DNR was developed through dialogue with architects
and persons working in the world of civil engineering. Lawyers ask
“How do you work and how should we define it within the law?”
In other words, building law is derived from the architects own
definition?
MCD: Ideally, yes. Lawyers have the tendency, due to their strong grasp
of the language, to define how the world works. Again, it is the
multidisciplinary nature of this faculty that can help broaden the scope
of the lawyers. Here we can ask architects what it is that they want and
need and then see if we can help shape it or if it is contrary to the law.
Could you give an example of interesting graduation project based
on building law?
FH: One of my students is looking at monuments. Currently a lot of
monuments are now available on the market, due to the Government
releasing them to the municipalities and the need to transform them.
For example, an old house needs to be adapted in order to function as
an office. The question then arises - which role does the process of
obtaining a monument permit play and can this process be optimized?
The student will work via a firm and consult each and every player
involved in the transformation process in order to find out how much
time and money it will cost, the preliminary research required and how
it will tax the permit process. This is a very good example of how a
student can integrate building law in his or her graduation project.
MCD: The most interesting aspects of the graduation projects devoted
to building law is that students research how law works in daily life, in
the world for which the law was designed. They bring back insights on
how sometimes the rules can be improved as well as the other way
around how the use of the law can be professionalized. Very interesting
is the for example the development of BIM and what this means for the
law and vice versa.
Which challenges will both architects and solicitors alike have to
face in the near future?
FH: The financial crisis has brought many projects to a halt or forced
them to dial back their ambitions. This has resulted in us having to
reformulate how we have to work together in order to reboot the
development of the city. These new ways of collaborating, between
developers and architects, require new contract forms.
MCD: We need to think in terms of more flexibility. The contracts are
sometimes set in stone and are a weight around the neck of at least one
of the parties involved in the development. In general this might be a
problem, but for contracts entered into before the crisis and to be
executed after the world has changed, the problem of inflexibility is
even greater. Is it financially viable to hold a party to its original
contract while being fully aware that it will not lead to an economically
stable situation?
FH: Also cultural changes, for instance, the intercity development will
create new legal challenges. How will construction on a busy city block
deal with noise pollution or ground sanitation norms?
MCD: There is also a growing realization of the need to work in an
integrated way. Working in this way, where everyone is involved
resulting in complicated partenrships, does not raise new questions but
does require different answers to the classical legal ones, like copyright
and liability for instance.. Everything is linked and on top of that we
have come to realize that the choices we make can have long term
effects on the built environment. And that has to be taken into
consideration as well.
Image by Daphne Bakker
Have you developed a fascination for building because of working
in the field of building law?
MCD: Yes, the act of building is very physical and it results in
something you can perceive and experience. Something tangible is
created and it is wonderful that you, as a solicitor, have a role in its
realization. While building law does deal with liability and permits, that
is just a small part of the story. We’re also involved in the preliminary
phase in which you can see how the project develops and you can help
guide it towards a successful completion. That is the best part about
being in this faculty. Building law is also taught at the law faculties, but
they lack the input from architects and engineers.
Fred Hobma
Monika Chao-Duivis
Mr.dr. F.A.M. Hobma (Fred, 1961) studied Dutch law (private law and
public law) in 1979 and 1985 at the Rijksuniversiteit Groningen.
Obtained his PhD from Delft University of Technology (2000).
Dissertation 'Highways and spatial planning; integrating proposed
routes for highways in local planning in the Netherlands'. Currently
functions as Researcher, PhD student, lecturer, assistant professor.
Monika Chao-Duivis (born in 1953) has been a full professor of
Building Law at the faculty since 2004. In addition to her work as a
professor, she is a director of the Instituut voor Bouwrecht (building
law institute), that initiates and performs independent research in
the field of public and private building law. She is next to this work
include Arbitrator at the Arbitration Board and deputy justice in The
Hague Court.
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ARCHITECTS REGISTER OPEN FOR
STUDENTS OF MASTER TRACK
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE
ROBERT NOTTROT
Stedebouw
Twee grote, klassiek in vakken
verdeelde, witte deuren. De ketting
eraf, het slot linksom en ik sta in de
koele gang met granito vloer. Ruim
veertig natuurstenen treden en mijn
hand glijdend over een dito leuning
leiden mij naar de begane grond, een
hal met blankhouten deuren en
koperbeslag, altijd glimmend gepoetst.
De hoofdingang verzorgt een vertrek
met allure, maar de achterdeur brengt
mij in een hof, langs een Magnolia met
dikke knoppen, via een smeedijzeren
hek geflankeerd door kersenbloesem,
aan de straat. Ik steek over naar de
zonnige kant. Links een hoge schoorsteen, rechts de schuifdeuren van een
supermarkt, die ik vandaag open en
dicht laat zoeven zonder de uitnodiging
aan te nemen, want ik heb niets nodig.
Bussen, auto’s en fietsers dwingen
tot concentratie bij de oversteek naar
de grote brug. Ik vervolg mijn weg,
mild klimmend, terwijl ik een sigaretje
rol en opsteek in de luwte van mijn
handen. Ik passeer een paar van de
mooiste bomen van de stad, hoor het
aangename gestamp van een dieselmotor en het alarm van de slagbomen. Ik
verheug mij op het ritueel van het
kantelende wegdek, posteer mij aan de
leuning, volg de boot onderlangs en
wacht op het interferentiepatroon
veroorzaakt door de boeggolf van de
boot, die kaatsend tegen de parallelle
kades tot schering en inslag wordt.
An important decision about the Landscape
Architecture master track, starting September
2010, has been taken! After a long procedure
and a lot of efforts by many people, it was
decided and officialy published that the
MSc-diploma Architecture, Urbanism and
Building Science - track Landscape Architecture
gives acces to the Architects Register. This
means that graduates with this diploma will be
judged and treated in the same way as their
MLA colleagues from Wageningen University
and the Amsterdam Academy of Architecture.
European regulation however states that the total
curriculum (BSc and MSc) must contain a minimum of four
years of full time education in subjects that can be
regarded as a proper foundation for landscape architecture. Therefore the Deputy Minister of Economic Affairs,
who’s responsible for Landscape Architecture education,
has defined some important conditions in relation to
admission of Delft Landscape Architecture graduates to
the Register. These conditions were published in the
Official State Bulletin of last December 13th. It says that
you have to be able to present:
“… the diploma that certifies that you have
successfully passed the final exam of the track Landscape
Architecture of the Master Programme Architecture,
Urbanism and Building Sciences at Delft University of
Technology, acquired after the successful graduation from
the Bachelor Programme of Architecture (i.e. “Bouwkunde”) including the minor Landscape Architecture, leading
to a BSc-diploma of Architecture at Delft University of
Technology, or from a programme in which competences
are being taught that are equivalent to the knowledge and
abilities that can be expected from graduates from the
BSc-programme and minor mentioned above.”
Voorbij het tweede stel slagbomen
staat aan de balustrade van de brug
een trap. Mijn route verandert van
karakter als ik deze afdaal: een klein
grasveldje, een modderpaadje onder
een bloeiende boom door, de intimiteit
tussen gebouwen van een eeuw
geleden. Rechts, links en rechts. Onder
de kastanjebomen, wachtend op
verkeer van links, heb ik al zicht op ons
faculteitsgebouw. Nu recht op de
voordeur aan, mijn restje sigaret in de
asbak, een groet voor Leo, die de
peukjes naast de asbak verzamelt, naar
binnen, een groet voor de servicebalie
en dan in het geurspoor van croissants
richting goede koffie.
Ik heb altijd gedroomd van werk op
wandelafstand. Nu is deze droom
tweemaal dagelijks werkelijkheid.
Tienmaal wekelijks simpel geluk. Geen
galerij, geen lift, geen auto… Utopisch.
Landscape under control
Agate Kalnpure, masterstudent of Landscapearchitecture
However these special conditions will hopefully only apply
until the next review in November 2014 of an special
commission, send by the Architects Register, in order to
check the renewed program of the Delft Bachelor of
Building Science. In the new BSc program (that started in
September 2013) the faculty managed to include two years
of basic knowledge of landscape architecture (spatial
design, territorial analysis, history and repertoire, landscape
technique) to meet the ‘four-year’ criteria of the Minister.
For LA students, from 2010 onwards who have the wish to
register and don’t fulfil the demands of the Minister; the
chair of Landscape Architecture will provide a modular
programme of supplementary courses when needed. The
director of Education asked all the students if they were
interested in entering the register, not everybody was. That
might be, either because they already meet the requirements or because the MSc-diploma of the master track
Landscape Architecture from Delft University of Technology
is, both nationally and internationally, highly valuated and
well-appreciated certificate from a prestigious university.
The diploma meets all legal requirements related to the
Dutch Act on Higher and Scientific Education even without
the possibility of inscribing in the Architects Register.
Registration is needed if a student wants to establish her-or
himself as a self-employed landscape architect in the
Netherlands and wants to participate actively in major
(inter)national assignments and tenders. Another advantage of being registered in the Netherlands is that it also
applies to some other countries within the European Union.
Inge Bobbink, associate professor and coordinator of
Landscape Architecture education
Eric Luiten, director of education of the faculty of
Architecture and the Built Environment
Dirk Sijmons, professor of Landscape Architecture
ARCHITECTS AND LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS BY ANNA WOJCIK
Deep-rooted sentiments? Interesting
views? Use forum as your discussion platform! Send
your articles and letters to
[email protected].
streets of BK city 15
IN EVERY EDITION STUDENTS AND STAFF OF THE FACULTY OF
ARCHITECTURE ARE ASKED ABOUT THEIR OPINION.
THIS TIME BNIEUWS ASKED....
WHAT IS THE IMPORTANCE OF
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE?
Anntje Wong and Ferry Barnhoorn, Tools for Design, MSc2
Anntje: I’m sorry, but I don’t know what it actually is. I know
there is a new Mastertrack and I know it is about how you
shape the public space, but I don’t know enough about it.
Ferry: Like Anntje, I don’t really know what they actually do.
But I do think that is has relevance in the future. The Netherlands has a lot of constructed landscape. Everything is
constructed actually. In the bigger projects from the 90s and
before, there was a lack of coherence between architecture
and landscape. I think Landscape architecture can improve
that, but I’m not sure if that is something they are focussing
on right now.
Freek Bronsvoort, recent graduate
Dwelling
Personally, landscape architecture
enriches and complements my
architectural designs. Landscape
architecture is the first step towards
connecting your building to its
surroundings. That is my approach,
from the perspective of the dwelling. What is a garden? How do you
connect the building to the street?
COLOFON
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Machiel van Dorst, Associate professor Chair
of Environmental Design
It is very important because it not only connects
architecture and urbanism, but also nature and
the built environment, the two most important
environments of human beings. It is also so
important that Landscape is now within this
faculty, because it is more than just art, it is also
technology, underground sewage systems for
instance. It is about all those layers.
Egidijus Kasakaitis, Complex
Projects, MSc 4
The importance of Landscape
Architecture is defined by its
functional use in the certain
context. As an instance we could
compare golf courses, where
landscape is a crucial element of
that typology. While designing
in urban context the building
and its program already plays
the key role in relation with its
adjacencies.
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Editorial Board
Helen de Jager
Daphne Bakker
Jane Stortelder
Brigitte O'Regan
Soscha Monteiro de Jesus
Cover illustration
Elevation De Hoofden
Superloft Concept, Marc
Koehler Architects
Contributors
Karin Laglas
Anna Wojcik
Shortsighted Architecture
Robert Nottrot
Michiel Bosch, Materialisation, MSc4
To create pleasant surroundings between building
volumes which have a
positive effect on the
moods of the inhabitants.
Linde Jorritsma and Lieve Croonen, BSc 1
Linde: When you design a building, it has to fit within the
surroundings. The landscape should be one of your considerations.
Lieve: I agree. You always have to design with the surrounding environment in mind. But landscape architecture is very
broadly defined.
Editorial Advice Board
Marcello Soeleman
Sue van de Giessen
Inge Pit
Robert Nottrot
Linda de Vos
Pierijn van der Putt
Ivan Thung
Print
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B NIEUWs 08 14 APRIL 2014
Week 17
Lecture and debate
Super Humble
Week 16
Lecture
Cycle Space: a guest
lecture by Steven
Fleming
14.04.2014
Steven Fleming, author of the
book‘ Cycle Space: Architecture
and Urban Design in the Age of
the Bicycle’, came all the way
from Australia to talk with us
about Amsterdam biking culture
in contrast with other cities.
PDZ*Studio, Piet Heinkade 179
Amsterdam / 18:00 / RSVP
dezwijger.nl
Lezing
De huidige opgave in
de landbouw: Schaal,
Snelheid en Systeem
15.04.2014
Als laatste activiteit in het
programma rond de
tentoonstelling 'Mansholt,
Landschap in Perspectief' spreekt
Rob Hendriks van
architectenbureau DAAD over
actuele bewegingen in de
agrarische wereld. Enerzijds de
ontwikkeling van
schaalvergroting, intensivering en
monofunctionaliteit, anderzijds
oriëntatie op de stad en
combineren van programma’s.
Beide opgaven moeten als
ontwerpuitdaging worden
beschouwd.
Bureau Europa, Timmerfabriek,
Boschstraat 9 Maastricht /
22:00 -22:00
bureau-europa.nl
Capita Selecta
Arts & Architecture Filip Dujardin
17.04.2014
In de stilte die is ontstaan in het
architectonisch discours in
Nederland, nu de economische
drijfveer achter het bouwen is
weggevallen, kunnen we ons
weer richten op de culturele
aspecten van het vak. Herijken.
Architectuur als culturele daad, in
samenspraak met en ingebed in
de rijke traditie van de kunsten.
Waterlooplein 211-213
Amsterdam / 20:00
ahk.nl
spot !
light
22.04.2014
A humble generation of
architects is redefining the
architectural profession. Super
Humble is an ironic wink to the
Super Dutch that have
dominated the Dutch architectal
scene until the economic crisis.
Super Humble and Super Dutch
share a strong emphasis on
conceptual thinking in their way
of working and for both the
image is still a very prominent
element. This afternoon of
lectures and debate aims to
expose how this new way of
practicing architecture is
changing the profession.
BKCity, Room K / 13:00 - 15:30
bk.tudelft.nl
Event
Real Estate Career Day
23.04.2014
One of the biggest Dutch Real
Estate Career events for students
and businesses. With workshops,
case studies and lectures. In the
afternoon there is a large
business market and the day
concludes with a networking
reception.
BKCity
recd.nl
Conference
Interactive Landscapes
24.04.2014
Daan Roosegaarde’s professional
mission is to create the missing
links between bullshit and
beauty, between fantasy and
budget. He believes that The
Netherlands must lose its “yes,
but...” attitude and “look for the
missing links”. This link between
between ideology and
technology, is what Roosegaarde
calls “techno-poetry”.
BKCity, Oost Serre / 18:30 21:00
theberlage.nl
Week 18
Lecture
UU EXTREME lecture:
Antarctica
28.04.2014
Michiel van den Broeke will lecture
on his personal experiences on
Antarctica, the site of the next
EXTREME course. He will tell
about the research done on
Antarctica and some first hand
experiences being there.
EXTREME, MSc2 of Building
Technology Track, is a design
project about building in an
extreme situation, in respect to
climate, location and function.
Essence is the interaction between
the extreme circumstances, the
technical solutions, and the
architecture.
BKCity, Room F / 10:45
tudelft.nl
Event
Master Event
30.04.2014
Visit the Faculty of Architecture’s
Master’s information event on 30
April 2014. Find out all about the
Master’s degree programmes in
'Architecture, Urbanism and
Building Sciences' and
'Geomatics'. For more info see
pages 10 and 11.
BKCity / 15:00 - 20:00
bk.tudelft.nl
Capita Selecta
Arts & Architecture Antonio Ortiz
01.05.2014
In de stilte die is ontstaan in het
architectonisch discours in
Nederland, nu de economische
drijfveer achter het bouwen is
weggevallen, kunnen we ons
weer richten op de culturele
aspecten van het vak. Herijken.
Architectuur als culturele daad, in
samenspraak met en ingebed in
de rijke traditie van de kunsten.
Waterlooplein 211-213
Amsterdam / 20:00
ahk.nl
Lecture
Lecture
Dirk Somers:
Atmospheres
25.04.2014
Mirko Zardini, an architect, has
been the Director and Chief
Curator of the Canadian Centre
for Architecture since 2005. His
research engages the
transformation of contemporary
architecture by questioning and
reviewing the assumptions on
which architects operate today.
BKCity, Oost Serre / 13:30
bk.tudelft.nl
01.05.2014
The Architecture of the Interior
will present a public lecture by
Dirk Somers (Bovenbouw) on
Atmospheres. This lecture is part
of the Interior Elements lecture
series, in which a range of
speakers will each elaborate on
one of the elements defining the
interior.
BKCity, Room tba / 13:00 –
13:45
tudelft-interior-architecture.nl
Mirko Zardini
OASE 91: Zumthor,
Pallasmaa and Böhme
on Building
Atmosphere
Two European architects, Pritzker
Prize laureate Peter Zumthor and
Juhani Pallasmaa, have both
identified atmosphere as a core
theme of architecture. In
architectural journal OASE 91
Building Atmosphere, Zumthor and
Pallasmaa engage in a conversation
about building atmosphere. This
Week 19
Cinema
Design & Thinking
05.05.2014
Heb je een probleem waar geen
gemakkelijke oplossing is? Dan is
Designthinking het toverwoord:
benader je probleem zoals een
designer zijn ontwerpen en de
problemen verdwijnen als
sneeuw voor de zon. In Design &
Thinking zien we zakenmannen,
designers en maatschappelijk
ondernemers en de manier
waarop zij Designthinking
toepassen om de uitdagingen
van de 21ste eeuw het hoofd te
bieden. Op die manier wordt
duidelijk wat Designthinking
eigenlijk inhoudt, hoe het
bedrijfsprocessen beinvloedt en
wereldwijd tot veranderingen in
arbeidsconventies bewerkstelligt.
de Balie, Amsterdam / 21:15
debalie.nl
Cinema
Paul Smith, Gentleman
Designer
06.05.2014
Paul Smith heeft 400 winkels in
35 landen, 12 kledinglijnen, 400
miljoen omzet per jaar,
verkoopcijfers die Chanel
voorbijstreven, partnerships met
Evian, Apple, en Austin en
prestigieuze fiets- en raceautomerken. Maar Smith zit niet
stil en groeit door. De sleutel tot
zijn succes is het concept
Maximizing Britishness. Hij bouwt
een merk rond Engelse
popcultuur met briljante
marketing en ongeëvenaarde
verbeelding. Wie is de man die
miljoenen mannen geïnteresseerd
kreeg in mode?
de Balie, Amsterdam / 21:15
debalie.nl
issue of OASE also includes an
excerpt of the book Architektur und
Atmosphäre by German
philosopher Gernot Böhme, and his
reflection on the notion of
atmosphere in the work of Peter
Zumthor and Juhani Pallasmaa. At
the presentation of OASE 91 the
three men will continue the
conversation live on stage with the
editors of this issue.
Lina Bo Bardi (1914-1992) was een
Italiaans-Braziliaanse modernistische
architect, politiek activist, ontwerper
van meubels en decors, redacteur,
schrijver en curator. Bo Bardi is bij
uitstek een architect die in deze tijd
nieuwe generaties bouwers, gebruikers en architecten kan inspireren.
29.04.14 / 20:00
Pakhuis de Zwijger, Amsterdam
ARCAM / Amsterdam
18.04.14 - 25.05.14
EXHIBITION
LINA BO BARDI:
TOGETHER

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