KATERINA a.KROMMYDA
Dipl. Architect Engineer NTUA | MSc TUDelft
TUDelft Graduate with an MSc (“cum laude/with honors”) in RMIT [Research in Restoration/Modification/Intervention/Transformation of Historic Buildings] (2 years) and an MArch in Architectural Engineering [NTUA/School of Architecture, Athens] (5 years). Specialized in both Architectural Design and Preservation/Reuse of Historic Buildings. With two directional expertise, concerning both refurbishment and restoration treatments applied on existing materials and constructions, as well as re-design strategies for the conversion and reuse of existing buildings and contexts. Fluently able to reciprocate efficiently within a pressing working environment and in line with the terms and restrictions of demanding legislative frameworks. “Through my deeply creative, challenging and persistently laborious path, over the last ten years, idealism and imagination, realism and patience, have both equally hammered my personality as a student and a self-being architect. My ability to reciprocate successfully under a demanding and pressing working environment, has revealed a strong inherent value of organizing my goals and being naturally integrated within a specified time schedule. Having, also, generously contributing to a series of efficient partnerships all these years, cooperativeness has undoubtedly designated my work and my individual position over my beloved profession.” K. A. Krommyda 16/03/2016
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Wagenhallen | Stuttgart
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Gruene Erde | Germany
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Armamentarium | Delft Arts, Crafts and Science Laboratory:
Student Projects Vacant churches | The hague area Redesigning Religious Heritage in The Hague
De Utrecht | Amsterdam Timeless values in Re-use:
De sodafabriek | Schiedam Conservation Assessment Course
De witte kerk | Katwijk // De oude kerk | Delft Conservation Assessment Course
// Professional work Felix Meritis | Amsterdam Reconstructing Atmospheres
World of Experiences
Boholt | Germany
01 ARMAMENTARIUM Delft
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the new balance
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01 ARMAMENTARIUM Delft
Arts, Crafts and Science Laboratory: “From the isolated enclave to the place of social life and creativity, history and innovation� MASTER GRADUATION PROJECT TUDelft 2014 Individual Work Introduction Located upon the traces of the old historical entrance of the city of Delft, the former representative warehouse for military equipment for the States of Holland and West Friesland (1601), has over the centuries incarnated the spirit of a crossroads, the converging place of old and new, history and innovation, setting at the same time, the terms of the dialectic relationship between the two opposing worlds.
BORDERS OF INTROVERSION RESPECTING and REVERSING
Progressively revealed to the senses of the visitor, remnants of a deeply impregnated value of intimacy and introversion still exist behind the walls of the ensemble, seeking for a crucial and decisive response. The new life incorporated in the notion of the new function posits the dual objective of both erasing the borders of isolation between private and public, and at the same time perpetuating the continuity of introversion, as the still most durable memory of the structure.
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URBAN | context Tracing back the changing interrelations witnessed between the Armamentarium Complex and the space around it, a reciprocal offering process, engages the terms of a synergetic relationship and an indisputable dependence of one on the other. Primary concern of the intervention strategy is therefore to encounter the complex as the stimulating piece of life that activates the wider urban domain, perceived not as the ultimate revitalizing function but more as the matrix of redevelopment that is just about to be initiated and continued in the future. The intervention approach envisions consequently, not only re-establishing the lost vitality of the complex, but also framing the terms and conditions upon which the environment around it will ponder its role and participation to the vigorous everyday life of the city. For all the aforementioned reasons urban planning is designated as one of the fundamental objectives of the current project.
ARMAMENTARIUM
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URBAN | context Imposed by the unique setting of the building standing in the middle of water as a non approachable object and claiming its introvert identity, circulation follows an extended route before reaching the complex. By means of this gradual approach, a story about the mutual interaction between the complex, the final destination of the path and the surrounding city can be narrated, proving the dynamic influence of the access path on the way the visitor experiences the city. Visual connections with the historical centre along the north-south axis intensify the importance of the experience and suggest a new perception of the complex, as an element strongly anchored to the history and the importance of the place.
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the CONCEPT the exposition promenade The demand of re-establishing the strong connection of the intimate life of the ensemble with the surrounding environment becomes the ultimate objective of the intervention approach, suggesting a new access route on land instead of the old water path responsible for the first extrovert identity of the composition. A public route is now introduced, integrated to the exposition promenade, in purpose of anchoring both north and south, old and new parts of the city within the intimate life of the complex.
The Oude Delft axis penetrates the composition passing through the northern transition courtyard, and is progressively unfolded within the volumes, as a fundamental component of the interior introvert experience of space. The power of the new identity is demonstrated on the south, representative view of the composition, where the path extends beyond the boundaries of introversion (the walls) and constructs the extension of the Oude Delft axis and promenade, to the south part of the context area.
the PUBLIC ROUTE
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A public route penetrates intimacy_ introversion/extroversion in a new balance
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Proposed Design Views [physical model]
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MASTERPLAN 1. open air performance space 2. mooring pier 3. connecting bridge 4. main entrance space 5. “Drawing and Painting” studio 6. “Sculpture and Ceramics” studio 7. flexible auditorium space 8. Architecture and Industrial Design studio 9. public exposition area 10. Construction and Material Sciences studio 11. cloakroom 12. cafe/restaurant 13. second main entrance area 14. public green courtyard
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Strategy Structure and geometry, instead of form have been used as the primary connecting language between the new additions and the existing building. The interventions made receive in that sense the meaning of a more generic architectural expression, aiming only to illuminate values and potentials traced upon the monument, born to host the new experience of space. Although appearing in a great extend, the new generic structure, demonstrates lightness and transparency, suggesting a respectful new perception of the monumental buildings, in line but not competing at the same time the heaviness of the existing volumes.
The bridge A pole structure lying above the water experienced as a sequence of public territories forms the bridge, composed with the purpose of suggesting different views and interrelations between the existing building and the city. Acting as a transparent screen, infiltrates the view to the monumental volumes, constructing through spatial variations and circulation an experience of intimacy and interaction with the urban context. The spatial gap appearing between the building and the public street becomes, this way, the territory of a strong, creative dialogue, activating the relation of the two poles.
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The bridge construction DETAIL in section | scale 1.5
Cross section | scale 1.20
1. I-beam steel profile [300x100x7.5 mm] the main supporting element of the structure 2. suspension node composed by: - stainless steel tube 100 mm thick - pair of flat steel straps welded to tube and screwed to I- beam - suspension cable 20 mm thick - metal plates 7.5 mm for the stiffness of the node 3. double U steel profiles of decreasing height [300x100x10 mm_the maximum] welded with in between spacers 4. enhanced intersection point [stiffness plates ensure the stable rigid connection between the vertical I-beam and the horizontal U steel profile] 5. steel flooring construction [weather resistant laminated wooden planks_the finishing layer] 6. stainless steel suspended bench [stainless steel metal grid_the finishing layer] 7. composite mooring pile structure composed by: - wooden piles 100x100 mm think - stainless steel floor construction [one side suspended] 8. diagonal tensile bracings for the stability of the pile structure 9. tensile cable ensuring the stability of the frames [I-beams and U profiles connected]
DETAIL in section | scale 1.5
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in between courtyards By means of lightweight interventions that hardly touch the existing the new elements penetrating the open courtyards appear as the infill added among the solid volumes. Although now modified to serve the identity of the new enclosed assembly zones of the complex, the atrium spaces hardly lose their original outdoor space qualities. Reversibility of the new additions is thus regarded as one significant aspect of the envisioned demand for sustainable existence and respect to the existing values.
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Proposed Design Views [physical model]
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enclosed courtyards
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section A
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main atrium space Crucially placed in the heart of the complex, the central atrium space envisions to form the most communal enclosed gathering space of the laboratories but also holding the qualities of an outdoor courtyard. Lightweight interventions essential for the articulation of the circulation paths enhance the essence of transparency, without increasing the solidity of the atrium volume.
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Main atrium space | Longitudinal section | scale 1.50
Main atrium space Construction
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Detail 1 1. coated double glass panels fixed to the pre-stressed stainless steel construction with Quattro-nodes 2. compressive tubular steel element 3. tensioned cables 4. custom made steel base adjusted to the suspension cable’s demands of space underneath 5. double U steel profile [400x110x14 mm] welded by means of in between spacer plates [bearing the load of the suspended ramps construction underneath]
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1. main steel column_I-beam profile [300x150x7.1 mm] 2. anchoring structure consisting of: - reinforced concrete base 850x330 mm - stiffness steel angles 8 mm welded on both the I-beam profile and the steel footing - steel frame consisting of double U pro files in between 3. new floor construction: - 12 mm flooring cement - double 5 mm bitumen felt waterproofing layer - 60 mm polystyrene thermal insulation 4. double glass openable blinds
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interior space qualities Carefully decided, regarding the authentic qualities of the interior space, slight interventions satisfy the demands and requirements of the new function. Lightness, reversibility and respect to the existing colors and materiality convey the peaceful balance between new and old parts. Even further, both by means of new light sources introduced around the atrium space and the organization of the new function, the already traceable value of introversion can be now substantially revealed to the experience of the visitor.
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3D INTERIOR SPACE QUALITIES IMPRESSIONS
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Construction The new elements added, by means of a stainless steel construction unfolded from the outside to the inside of the complex, form easily removable lightweight structures sensitively adjusted within the existing materials. Under structural order and geometrical principles instead of form, old and new appear as a well bonded interwoven fabric.
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cafe/resetaurant
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museum entrance
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Construction
detail 1 reversible suspension from existing
cable tensioner metal cable
The new elements added, by means of a stainless steel construction unfolded from the outside to the inside of the complex, form easily removable lightweight structures sensitively adjusted within the existing materials. Under structural order and geometrical principles instead of form, old and new appear as a well bonded interwoven fabric.
U profile 200x75x8.5 existing timber beam
detail 2 old and new beams co existing
suspending beam existing timber beams suspnding beam
detail 3 new suspended balcony
steel profile 40x30x3 perforated metal grid double I steel profile
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lightweight glass roof construction main I beam steel profiles prestressed tensegrity trusses quatro nodes
detail 5 suspended steel ramp construction timber boards 30mm I steel profile 100x55x41 U steel profile 300x100x10
metal spacers
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double U profile 400x110x14 steel anchor plate concrete bedding mortar
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old and new relations
Detail 1 | new attic skylight 1. existing rafters of the roof construction 2. metal strap 3. double glazed skylight 4. window hydraulic dumper 5. new gutter construction 6. lightweight concrete layer 7. existing brickwork [600 mm thickness] 8. openable blinds 9. double steel U profile [200x100x10 mm] insulated used for the support of the blinds structure and shaping the gutter space 10. atrium roof beam penetration area 11. steel U profile [200x100x10 mm] 12. existing floor beam
Detail 2 new gutter adapted on existing wall 1. new gutter construction 2. lightweight concrete layer 3. existing brickwork [600 mm thickness] 4. openable blinds 5. double steel U profile [200x100x10 mm] 6. atrium roof beam penetration area 7. double steel U profile [400x110x14 mm]
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Detail 3 2 directional suspension system 1. Environmentally upgraded roof existing roof construction 2. lightweight concrete layer 3. existing brickwork [600 mm thickness] 4. existing wall penetration intersection point 5. existing render: - 10 mm coat of lime plaster - 3 mm paint coating 6. double steel U profile [300x100x10 mm] welded by means of in between spacer plates 7. flat steel strap 10 mm 8. suspension cable 10 mm thick 9. existing timber planks 30 mm thick 10.double steel U profile [300x100x10 mm]
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Detail 5 Detail 4 Detail 5 new floor and bench construction new tensile exposition structure 1. existing brickwork [600 mm thickness] 2. existing wall render 3. corten steel sheet 5 mm thick on screwed on the existing stone sill 4. supportive steel edge 7 mm thick 5. custom made bench composed by - vertically placed timber slats 30 mm thick - steel L profiles with vertical spacer plates welded in between them every 500 mm [where the slats are anchored and stabilized - double U steel profiles 50x25x5 mm 6. main floor construction composed of: - 12 mm flooring cement - 73 mm cement screed with underfloor heating pipes integrated - 0.4 mm separating plastic foil - double 5 mm bitumen felt waterproofing layer - 60 mm polystyrene thermal insulation - 120 mm leveling concrete layer - 0.4 mm separating plastic foil 7. corten steel sheet 2 mm thick covering the gap space between the existing rendered masonry and the new floor construction
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1. stainless steel suspension cable 5 mm thick 2. tensioner clamp 3. U steel profile used for anchoring of the cables [200x75x8.5 mm] integrated into the lightweight concrete layer 4. existing floor clay tiles 5. lightweight concrete layer 6. 0.4 mm separating plastic foil 7. double 5 mm bitumen felt waterproofing layer 8. 60 mm polystyrene thermal insulation 9. 120 mm leveling concrete layer 10. 0.4 mm separating plastic foil 11. main floor construction 12. electricity channel and led light installation
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02 VACANT CHURCHES THE HAGUE AREA
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Research 02 VACANT CHURCHES THE HAGUE AREA
MASTER RESTORATION PROJECT TUDelft 2013 Individual Work Particular transformations in social forms and the prevailing attitude of the societies, regarding their tendency to religion the last forty years, have resulted to a constantly inclining depreciation of the church building. In the Netherlands, approximately 100 churches, monasteries and convents are closing their doors each year over the past three years. The current RMIT project focuses on The Hague Area, records the vacant religious buildings and poses the crucial question: “How to deal with our religious built heritage, this huge available amount of empty large buildings that hold, not only historical and cultural values but sometimes a strong architectural identity.
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THE RELIGIOUS MEANING Before assessing any possible transformations of the church building and the limits of the new accommodated function, analysis and comprehending of the religious space from every tangible and intangible aspect, within its overall context (urban/ cultural/ historical/social) is attempted. Therefore, no consideration of the structure, the materiality, the architectural essence of the structure can be made without regarding the meaning behind.
Recording and analysis
First objective of the project is a joint documentation and analysis of the physical religious landscape of the Protestant church buildings in The Hague, illustrating the urgency of finding strategies for a sustainable transformation of church buildings and identifying generic and particular features of the different church buildings.
the Research question
An individual research at the same on the religious meaning of a typical church building formulates the Research Question from which the analysis and understanding perspective of the examples can derive. For that purpose, various case studies of the building type have been analyzed from the scope of the research question, supported on relative theoretical background.
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3 case studies Abdijkerk Maranathakerk Ontmoetingskerk
Ontmoetingskerk | The hague, 1969
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Abdijkerk | The hague, 1250
Maranathakerk| The hague, 1949
Urban Construction
Abdijkerk | The hague, 1250
Architecture The research concentrates on all urban, ar-
Research deducted on three representative examples of religious buildings in The Hague, aims to approach the identity of vacant church buildings as physical structures, within their urban and architectural context. Changes taken place since those buildings were erected are also investigated, in relation with the changing position of society over the meaning of a protestant religious space.
chitectural and technical aspects involved in the growing need for the preservation and transformation of those buildings, including those of cultural significance. Particular attention is paid to the relevant values as regards architectural history and the various grades of architecture, urbanism, construction and interior. In contrast with new development projects, existing buildings have their own architectural and structural substance, which has gradually been translated into current existing functionality, materialization and emotional experience of space.
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THE HAGUE AREA
THOMASKERK | G. Westerhout 1951 Redesigning Religious Heritage in The Hague MASTER RESTORATION PROJECT TUDelft 2013 Individual Work
music/dance/theatre Performance Centre The celebration venue
Introduction Based on the findings of the Research Theme the redesign concept aims to reconstruct the religious path as the communal path, building the new interactive life within the community. A sequencing of art events along a certain route forms the performance venue unfolded from the neighborhood to the church and the opposite.
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performance venue | concept
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Legenda routing water THOMASKERK | G. Westerhout 1951
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the Religious path The starting point of the redesigning process is the research on the intangible meaning of space reflected and experienced behind every church building. Tracing behind the spatial memories independent and resisting on time, even when the religious function is gone, the strongest anchoring with the past can be fundamental basis of every future transformation.
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The religious path is a sequence of places articulated along a clearly defined route. Directionality, expressed architecturally by means of rhythm, repetition and the cadence of light and scale, forms the principal component of a coherent spatial experience. The path, divided in four segments represents the spiritual journey starting from the calling dynamics of the archetypal “ekklisia�, the power of attracting and assembling the community, up to the intimate, individual worship of sacredness, the soul oriented purification and completeness.
Seg men ts find ing prep era tion jour ney dest inat ion
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The new function envisions to interpret the path as a vital memory of the experience taking place in a religious space. The four segments of the path (finding-preparation-journey-destination) form a sequence of places along the specified route. The performance venue hopes thus to address a wider interest during celebration events (in collaboration with the Parkpop Festival of the Zuiderpark or regular performance happenings). A centre of music, dance and theatre envisions to activate the neighborhood in terms of a new spiritual experience (incorporating different human senses), but also as a place of expertise and innovation in a broader sense.
The new design derived from the potentials of the church envisions to convert the building from a typical enclosed religious space to a multi-functional performance centre, where teaching and performing are constantly intermingled. According with the philosophy of the new function, interrelation of music, dance and theatre as one constructive union, aim to encourage cultural collaboration and interdisciplinary connections. The church is thus interpreted more than a place for religious events, the symbol of social and cultural vitality, the assembly node of the neighborhood.
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theatre studios
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Preparing for the upcoming journey, the first part of the composition forms a boundary between the intimate life of the building and the neighborhood. At the beginning of the path the visitor is invited by the entrance part of the building, inscribed as a filter of the open courtyard towards the exterior life. Visual contact with the destination point, encourages the following experience without yet allowing a real access to it.
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The section final reveals life generated in two levels, along the main axis of the composition. Preparation and journey are diffused into one another, trying both to encourage a blending in between the privacy of the interior life and the exposure of the neighborhood. The whole composition reveals the extrovert identity of a communal life, but achieving at the same time a gradual access of places, before reaching the final destination.
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The journey, articulated as a transcending route climbs on the wall of the existing building, envisioning to create an experience of contrasting views, light and scale, interacting with the intimate performance action of the studios, as well as allowing visual connections with the side road and the life of the city. The ascending composition detaching from the ground level not only forms space above, but also encourages accessible functions in the void created underneath.
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Construction
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connection detail | scale 1.50
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Timeless values in Re-Use
“Restoring and converting a monumental office building into an experimental urban housing unit” MASTER RESTORATION PROJECT TUDelft 2012 Individual Work
Introduction
Indispensable part of a historical urban fabric, “De Utrecht” complex is crucially located in the centre of Amsterdam, inextricably associated with the history of one of the most representative streets of the monumental city. Designed and built in 1905 by Kropholler and Staal, the former office building holds also the features of the Chicago architectural movement in the Netherlands, constituting a priceless masterpiece of its kind. Responding to the demands of the new introvert function, as an urban housing complex, the redesign approach faces the tangible structure as a composition of faded but still evident immaterial values posing the need for a challenging adaptive reuse in the future.
de Utrecht | Amsterdam, 1905 3DIMENSIONAL SOUTH IMPRESSION
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tracing values
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Composing values As primary concern of the project, a thorough recording of both tangible and intangible monumental values forms the fundamental base of the intervention design. Urban, architectural and construction aspects are observed and analyzed, under the structure of a strong hierarchy of importance, within which every future choice of the re-design can be justified and documented.
Longitudinal section [Kropholler and Staal, 1905]
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Concept Upon the perception of sustainability in restoration practice as the consequence of a continuous necessity for existence, main objective of the intervention strategy is the reconnection of the monument with the public life of the city, in line with the requirements of the new private function. Monuments that fall into isolation and consequent depreciation are usually buildings that have gradually totally lost their relationship with the urban life. It is also without doubt, that every monument belongs partly to the experience of the city and it should be that way treated as an indispensable part of the public domain.
By means of a prolonged esplanade extended from the monumental front facade and lying above the street level and connecting the building with the experience of the water, a unique exposition path of books is introduced right in front of the eyes of the passerby. Behind the active participation of the water, the idea for a more extrovert identity can be realized, alternating completely the previous appearance of privacy and enclosure.
The new book flea market promenade is the new public function, penetrating through the communal areas of the complex and envisioning to become part of the wider network of book markets taking place in diverse areas of the city centre. By that simple gesture, not only a new dialogue between the building and the city is activated but also the clear demonstration of a new inviting monumental core of urban life is attempted.
the Book flea market book flea market esplanade book flea market pavillion
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semi private exposition platforms
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MASTERPLAN 1. book flea market pavillion 2. book flea market promenade 3. private apartment space 4. main circulation core 5. book flea market continuation 6. semi-public courtyard 7. greenery 8. fire safety staircase
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Restoration in detail In purpose of a respectful intervention on the existing structure, thorough recording of the materials, their current colors, state and durability, as well as comparisons with their original features, precedes every restoration choice. Insulation improvements of the existing masonry, windows and floor construction aim to upgrade environmentally the building and respond efficiently to the new functionality requirements. Besides tangible objectives and regulations, detailing envisions reinstating the original essence of space, and recompose values and qualities currently lost within previous violent alterations.
main staircase impression
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detail 2 new and existing floor construction
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Location Map of Damage
Moisture content diagrams Material damage Considering the damage appearing on the different materials, we can be quite certain of the main damage types: salt damage, biological growth and the combination of chemical conversion and soiling. Moisture content measurements, possibly linked with the source of decay have been used as a fundamental tool of the research.
Material damage
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Conservation Assessment course
“Investigation on the north-east wall of the Coerland building”
A structural damage can be generally described as a deviation in shape, caused by loading imposed on the construction and subsequently leading to certain types of deformation. Cracks represent symptoms of the mechanical damage occurring on the existing structure. Along with deformation (lack in stiffness) and tilt (lack of stability), cracks (lack of strength) illustrate the three main symptoms of structural defects. (De Vent, 2011, page 31)The main source of cracks can be directly connected with the tensile forces, imposed on parts of the building, when a distortion takes place, causing the stretching of the construction.
MASTER RESTORATION PROJECT TUDelft 2013 K. Krommyda, M. Kelepera, T. Bennebroek In this research deducted in groups, students and professors, with the cooperation of the association “De Sodafabriek” and Restauro Architecten, have investigated structural and material damages having affected the building over the years, their causes and suggesting through scientific documentation possible solutions for the ‘Sodafabriek’ complex in Schiedam. The dominant function of the complex as a soda factory during the last two centuries has evidently left its traces upon the structure, including composite and severe types of damage.
Methodology The first part of the research conducted involves thorough inspection, measuring and recording, as well as scientific documentation through the MDDS software of the damages observed on the building. Observations lead to a further investigation of the possible causes of the damage, up to the final objective of advising upon the appropriate treatment of the problems in the future. Serving as the fundamental springboard of the process, a careful value assessment of the building proceeds and guides research from the beginning to the end.
Types of damage Diagnosis of the causes Advice and interventions Mechanical damage observations
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Main damage patterns (interior wall face) damage pattern A (rising damp)
damage pattern B (leakage)
damage pattern C (crucial joints)
Location map of damage (interior wall face)
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plaster (substrate) sanding crumbling loss of adhesion craquele delamination exfoliation
plaster (finishing) loss of adhesion craquele chalking moist spots
tiles crypto-florescence pealing
brick powdering scaling exfoliation alveolization spalling effloresence
damage pattern A (leakage)
damage pattern B (splash up water)
mortar sanding crumbling voids alveolization hair cracks
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Conservation Assessment course MASTER RESTORATION PROJECT TUDelft 2013 K. Krommyda, M. Kelepera, T. Bennebroek Both projects constitute part of the Conservation Assessment master course aiming to give a thorough insight on the building survey and documentation methodology and techniques, when the recording of the current state and pathology of a building structure is demanded. MDDS software has been used in both case studies, as the database of the observation results, referring to the damage processes affecting the structure. In collaboration with the program, diagnosis for the possible damage sources is attempted, while appropriate intervention treatments are suggested be implemented during the following restoration work.
Location map of damage (exterior facade)
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Reconstructing atmospheres COMPETITION ENTRY MATH Architects 2014 Assistance Work Introduction The conceptual drawing captures the vision for the Felix Meritis building re-design as defined by the MATH Architects in purpose of the open vendue organized by the Stadsherstel (City Restoration Council) of the city of Amsterdam. The Felix Meritis building was built in 1788 as a matrix of cultural life and creativity for the people of Amsterdam, composed by separate rooms able to accommodate concerts, literary and science meetings, debates and other communal functions. Concept Regarding the original identity of the building among the main goals of the intervention approach is thus the restoration of the intangible content both in terms of space and function. By slight interventions on the historic fabric, a re construction of the original diversity in spatial experience demonstrated upon the different atmospheres of the building is primarily attempted..
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STUTTGART
"Re-establishing traces of history" Restoration and reuse of a 1895’s Historical Industrial Building IN PROGRESS RESTORATION PROJECT Atelier Brückner 2015-2016 Client: City of Stuttgart Area(sqm): 11000 Budget(euros): 30000 Tasks: Building Survey|Concept and Design| Detailing|Visualizations http://wagenhallen.de/ueber-uns/ The project concerns the restoration and expansion of an old historic train locomotives station(1895), related with an also historically meaningful location in the city of Stuttgart. The old industrial fabric, currently occupied as an Events Venue and Art production Space, is being refurbished and expanded in order to serve better its already established purpose.
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Underneath the several layers of alterations, a diligent process of investigation aims to re-trace and bring back to life, the still existing memories of the old function. Railway lines and large openings are now reused by the new independent volumes [containers/living unities/ateliers, which form an interpretation of the previous locomotives]. Movement -defined as the strongest memory of the past- becomes the underlying feature of every new addition in both interior and exterior space.
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08 GRUNE ERDE "World of experiences" Restoration and reuse of a 1930’s Industrial structure COMPETITION ENTRY Atelier Brückner 2015 Client: Grüne Erde GmbH Area(sqm): 29000 Tasks: Concept|Design|Detailing|Visualizations http://www.atelier-brueckner.com/en/projects/ gruene-erde-erlebniswelt Concept Fundamental goal of the intervention design is the philosophy of the “Grüne Erde”, Furniture Clothing and Accessories Firm, translated into values of the tangible, three-dimensional space. Recognizing the values of the concrete -frame structure, the new function, demanding simplicity, optimal utilization of the space and variant atmospheres at the same time is being naturally integrated in the modern industrial shell. Built upon the narrative of Discovery and Involvement the redesign experience aims to make the visitor a vital part of the production process. From the natural raw materials, the production steps up to the final exposition of the products, the world of “Grüne Erde” is above all an adventure path through nature and human craftsmanship. The symbol and logo of the company, the tree is placed in the heart of the experience defining that way the core of the new identity, as well as the starting point of the firm’s philosophy and notion at the same time.
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Gruene erde | The central space
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Gruene erde | Exterior impression
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Gruene erde | Interior impression
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Gruene erde | The entrance
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Gruene erde | The path of senses
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Gruene erde | The fields
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Gruene erde | The recreational park
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09 LERNWERK
BOHOLT
"Re-establishing traces of history" Restoration and reuse of a 1895’s Historical Industrial Building IN PROGRESS RESTORATION PROJECT Atelier Brückner 2015-2016 Client: City of Boholt (Germany) Area(sqm): 8400 Tasks: Concept consultancy|Visualizations A historic spinning mill is now converted into a Centre for Encounter, Education and Culture, in the city of Boholt. A new volume added next to the existing structure forms the extension of the complex and defines the new public identity of the monument.
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