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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
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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. 30 april 2014 | Faculteit Bouwkunde
Meld je aan voor de Summer School Thinking City: The Dynamics of Making Amsterdam Deze zomer organiseren de Universiteit van Amsterdam en de Technische Universiteit Delft, in samenwerking met VMX Architects, een unieke interdisciplinaire Summer School over het plannen en maken van de stad. Aanmelden kan tot en met 24 april.
UU EXTREME lezing: Antarctica Michiel van den Broeke van de Universiteit Utrecht geeft een lezing over zijn persoonlijke ervaringen op Antarctica, de volgende locatie van EXTREME. Meer info: bk.tudelft.nl
Levenslang erelidmaatschap voor Andreas Faludi The Board of Trustees van het Royal Town Planning Institute in Groot BrittanniĂŤ heeft Andreas Faludi benoemd tot erelid voor het leven. Meer info: bk.tudelft.nl
Bachelor Open Dagen Kunnen steden in Nederland nog uitbreiden? Hoe hoog kan die nieuwe toren eigenlijk worden gebouwd? Is het materiaal dat we gebruiken voor dat huis duurzaam? En welke nieuwe functie kan dat leegstaande monument krijgen? Wil jij alles over deze vragen te weten komen? Kom dan op 8 en 9 mei 2014 naar de open dagen voor de bacheloropleiding Bouwkunde. 8 en 9 mei 2014 | Faculteit Bouwkunde
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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
unique shape and thickness, that it splits
conditions, handling corrupt officials to
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
to change the building location. The initial idea was to construct the model house as a student residence on the finca (farm) of the Bluefields Indian and Carib-
"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."
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! Follow us on Facebook: facebook.
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.
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TORONTO – DELFT COLLABORATIE 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.
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 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 passiegroep@gmail.com.
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.
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ON BECOMING AN ENGINE
BOATWEEK AND THE TECHNOLOGY IN SUSTAINABLE “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
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E DEVELOPMENT CERTIFICATE (OR TIDO IN DUTCH) 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.
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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,
SUPER LOFTS 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
7 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 De 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 explains, that as a building community there are several advantages: you can jointly buy building materials and housing equipment, share a jaccuzzi, or a vegetable garden on the roof, for example. 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 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. * De Hoofden is a collaboration between architectuurcentrale Thijs Asselbergs, ILA, De Architekten Cie. and Marc Koehler Architects.
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 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 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.and market level we are filling that vacuum by becoming initiators of community development.
"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 TO 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.
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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
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OT HET KLEINSTE DETAIL "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 apply@olduvaigorge.nl ‘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
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Master Event 30 April
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.
BY SOSCHA MONTEIRO DE JESUS
THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE INTERIOR
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.
SUSTAINABLE DESIGN
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, faรงades and climate. The track balances applied research and design and leads to a TiSD annotation.
VELDACADEMIE
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.
FLOWSCAPES
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.
HOUSING ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERING Architectural Engineering brings together design and technical innovation. In this studio faรงade, structural and climate design are an inspiration and an important contribution to architectural design.
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.
URBAN AREA DEVELOPMENT
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.
DWELLING
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.
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PROGRAM WEDNESDAY 30 APRIL 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
General Presentation of Master Program Building Technology Urbanism Real Estate & Housing Geomatics Landscape Architecture Architecture
INFORMATION MARKET 18:00 – 20:00
COMPLEX PROJECTS
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.
DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT
HYPERBODY
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.
THE WHY FACTORY
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.
METHODS AND ANALYSIS
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. * Currently only available in MSc1 or MSc2.
EXPLORELAB
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.
ELECTIVES
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 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.
REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT
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.
URBAN TRANSFORMATIONS AND SUSTAINABILITY 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.
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.
RMIT
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.
GEOMATICS OF THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT
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.
PUBLIC BUILDING
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.
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A CONVERSATION
ABOUT BUILDING LAW 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 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. 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.
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Image by Daphne Bakker
"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."
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
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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?
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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.
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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 ! T LIGH
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
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. 29.04.14 / 20:00 Pakhuis de Zwijger, Amsterdam
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
EXHIBITION LINA BO BARDI: TOGETHER 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. ARCAM / Amsterdam 18.04.14 - 25.05.14