ARCHITECTURAL PORTFOLIO bart van lakwijk
master of science architecture, urbanism & building sciences
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ir. Bart Cornelis Maria van Lakwijk 23 november 1987 +31 (0) 6 51 30 06 17 mail@bartvanlakwijk.nl www.bartvanlakwijk.nl http://nl.linkedin.com/in/bartvanlakwijk
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bachelor architecture - TU Delft (TU/d)
EDUCATION
EXPERIENCE
committee member - STYLOS TU/d studytrip Berlin studytrip China, Mongolia
studytrip Scan
HONORS and AWARDS Autodesk MAYA
SOFTWARE
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Autodesk Autocad 2D / 3D Adobe cs: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Dreamweaver, Premiere
Google Sketchup
2009
2010
2011
2012
UIC - Chicago master architecture, urbanism and building sciences - TU/d
ndinavia
bachelor degree board member - v.v. Ariston’80 trip United States of America internship DKV
master degree studytrip Morocco
3rd PRICE UfD-Strukton Master Awards - TU/d 2nd PRICE Vertical Cities Asia - NUS RUNNER-UP UfD-E.on Teamwork Award - TU/d
2nd PRICE Benn-Johnck Student Award - AIA Chicago TOP 15 Best-of-the-year - UIC
Vectorworks 2D / 3D, Artlantis
committee member - v.v. Ariston’80 studytrip South-East Asia studytrip East Europe guest-editor - Atlantis Magazine
Rhinoceros
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CURRICULUM VITAE Name bart cornelis maria van lakwijk Adress fabrieksstraat 64 City 2624 mt delft Mobile phone +31 (0) 6 51 30 06 17 Email mail@bartvanlakwijk.nl Website www.bartvanlakwijk.nl Linkedin http://nl.linkedin.com/in/bartvanlakwijk Date of birth 23 november 1987 Nationality dutch
EDUCATION faculty of architecture, university of delft (tu delft) Delft, The Netherlands Qualifications • January 19, 2007: Foundation degree • August 28, 2009: Bachelor degree • April 20, 2012: Master degree CUM LAUDE / WITH DISTINCTION
2005 – 2012
2009 school of architecture (soa), university of illinois at chicago (uic)
Chicago, United States of America
comprehensive school ’t rijks’ Bergen op Zoom, The Netherlands
1999 – 2005
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE internship, dkv architecten bv Rotterdam, The Netherlands Tasks • Design studies through 3D modeling • Working plans + detail drawings • Compile presentations (booklets)
August 2009 – December 2009
EXPERIENCE committee member of student football club ‘v.v. ariston’80’ Delft, The Netherlands Tasks • Advising the board • Hiring and contact with trainers/coaches
2011 – 2012
guest-editor atlantis magazine 22.3 (urban economy) by polis, tu delft Delft, The Netherlands Tasks • Interviewing Markus Appenzeller (KCAP) in view of the symposium ‘so you think you are an urbanist’ • Writing an article discussing the interview and the symposium
September 2011
board member of student football club ‘v.v. ariston’80’ Delft, The Netherlands Tasks • Contact with KNVB (Dutch Football Association) • Contact with TU Delft Sportscentre • Responsible for referees • Responsible for match days and training days (schedules, equipment)
2009 – 2010
committee member of student association stylos, faculty of architecture, tu delft Delft, The Netherlands Tasks • Organizing a study trip to Beijing and Shanghai (China) for 24 students
2005 – 2006
2001 official youth referee at knvb (dutch football association) Woensdrecht, The Netherlands
HONORS AND AWARDS June 2012 runner-up
– ufd-e.on teamwork award 2012 TU Delft + E.On Delft, The Netherlands Competition • Open competition for all teams that consists of students (and staff) from TU Delft • Teams are judged on teamwork 3rd price award – ufd-strukton master awards 2011 TU Delft + Strukton Delft, The Netherlands Competition • Open competition for all graduate/master students from TU Delft • Projects are judged on sustainability, city renewal, community, initiative and innovation December 2011
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June 2011 2nd price award – vertical cities asia 2011 National University Singapore (NUS) + World Future Foundation Singapore, Singapore Competition • International design competition for students of 10 universities (2 projects per university, 20 projects in total); ETH Zurich, TU Delft, NUS Singapore, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Tongji University, Tsinghua University, University of Tokyo, University of California at Berkeley, University of Michigan, University of Pennsylvania. • The competition seeks design solutions for a balanced environment for urban life in the congested cities of Asia. Holistic integration of urban density, verticality, domesticity, work, food, infrastructure, nature, ecology, structure and program and the quest for visionary paradigm are the challenges of the urban and architectural invention. 2nd price award – student design competition ‘benn-johnck student award’ 2009 AIA Chicago Chicago, United States of America Competition • This award has been launched to recognize and promote the pursuit of design excellence in architecture. December 2009
May 2009 top15 for ‘best of the year-end-show 2008-2009’
School of Architecture (SoA), University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) Chicago, United States of America Awards • Nominated for a competition of 24 best projects of the acadamic year 2008 – 2009 at SoA, UIC • Published during an exhibition of 24 best projects of the academic year 2008 – 2009 at SoA, UIC • Awarded Top15
PUBLICATIONS AND EXHIBITIONS publication ‘behind the image’ TU Delft Delft, The Netherlands Publication • Publication ‘Behind the image’; experimental research in Beijing and Shanghai during a study trip organized by student association STYLOS, faculty of architecture (July 2006)
August 2006
exhibition ‘behind the image’ RAP Architecture center Leiden Leiden, The Netherlands Exhibition • Exhibition of the experimental research in Beijing and Shanghai during a study trip organized by student association STYLOS, faculty of architecture (July 2006)
August 2006
exhibition ‘dutch architects in china’ TU Delft Delft, The Netherlands Exhibition • Exhibition of Dutch architecture in China as an introduction to the study trip organized by student association STYLOS, faculty of architecture (July 2006)
November 2005
SKILLS Language Dutch (native)
English (fluent)
Additional
Driving license B (2006) typing certificate Scheidegger (1997)
Technical drawing Graphic Office 3D Modeling Internet Operating system
Autodesk AutoCAD, Vectorworks
Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Premiere
Microsoft Office Word, Microsoft Office Excel, Microsoft Office PowerPoint
Autodesk MAYA (basics), Autodesk AutoCAD 3D, Sketchup, Rhino (basics), Vectorworks, Artlantis
Microsoft Office FrontPage, Macromedia Dreamweaver
Microsoft Windows, MAC OS
INTERESTS Professional life architecture, living environment, urban life Social life traveling, cooking, photography, movies Sports soccer, goalkeeping, cycling
TRAVELLING (linked to architectural study) May - June 2012 Latvia – Russia – Poland – Germany June - July 2011 Singapore – Malaysia – Indonesia September 2010 Morocco May 2009 United States of America June - July 2008 Denmark – Sweden – Norway June - July 2006 China – Mongolia November 2005 Berlin
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amsterdam zuideramstel, amsterdam my role and responsibilities
During my undergraduate studies at the faculty of Architecture at the University of Technology in Delft I mainly worked on individual projects except from this one. During the design of a new city hall for the district of Amsterdam Zuideramstel I worked with three other students on the design. All students had their own design task: architecture, building technology, facade design and climate design. I took responsibility for the building technology but also renderings and models of the final design were made by me. In cooperation with the architect I designed the main-construction in such a way that the overall concept of a sunken building with patios and flexible floorplans could be made possible. While designing hand-in-hand with the architect I dealt with the construction of columns, beams and floors as well as with the construction of the glazed patios. 1.009.076, when parking becomes a tool for urban reorganization
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chicago, united states of america my role and responsibilities
While living in Chicago for my exchange project I got fascinated by the public life in such a big city. Especially traffic attracted me. Cars driven or parked on either side of the road and also parking structures dominate streets that once were designed for different purposes, the automobile threatens to destroy the fabric by which cities are defined. Together with one fellow student we spent time together looking for innovative solutions to give streets back to the public life. In the early stage of the design we started with an in depth research together. After we set the concept we splitted up to finish our proposal. To make clear to others what our idea was I shot a movie of how the city can develop according to our ideas. Afterwards I made collages and a model, while my fellow student took responsibility for finishing the research and setting up diagrams and schemes. the wall, preparing for china’s urban billion
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chengdu, china my role and responsibilities
My graduation project contained two projects that were interlinked. Both are presented in this portfolio. The first project I worked on with two friends. We took part in a competition called ‘Vertical Cities Asia’. We worked together simultaneously on widespread research on the topics of China, urbanization, urban sprawl and sustainability. After we set a welldefined concept we splitted up and I worked on diagrams that were related to our research, but I also made line-drawings such as floorplans and sections of our design proposal. I also presented the project during a symposium in Singapore, where we won the second prize among nineteen other proposals during the competition. The second part was the individual part of the project, during this part I took responsibility of everything that belongs to architectural design: setting up a concept, diagrams, drawings such as floorplans, sections and elevations as well as details and renderings. Finally I had to present the project to graduate. my fascination, inspiration and imagination
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In this part of my abridged version of my portfolio one can find some images and explanations of what I am interested in. What are my fascinations, inspirations and imaginations? Why did I wanted to become an architect? I am fascinated by how cities work, but also buildings standing as individual elements within these cities are attracting me. How do cities and buildings influence public life, but also the people individually or the environment? Is there a way I can contribute to this in a positive manner? What kind of person am I? I am a goalkeeper in a football-team, what does that say about my character? And why do I love travelling so much? In this part of my abridged portfolio one can find answers on these questions.
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PROJECTS
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CITY HALL AMSTERDAM ZUIDERAMSTEL location theme term year
amsterdam, the netherlands
specialism
architecture + building technology
public building bachelor 4
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2008
summary
The design for a new city hall for the area of Amsterdam Zuideramstel deals with three keywords which stand for the democratic community: citizen, democracy and the government. The subdivision of these three themes provide a recognizable and readable design; typical houses which refer to the citizens, a public square that refers to the community and democracy and finally a set of offices for the government. A combination of these elements result in a building but no square, in other words in the loss of the democracy. Going underground results in a public square that is accessible from all sides. The simplified houses give the design its iconic appearance.
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De ligt op een stedebouwkundig knoopunt waar veel verkeersstromen samenkomen. Het Herkenbare onderverdeling van de functies gebouw kan d.m.v. integratie van deze openzorgen voor een leesbaarder ontwerp. bare zones een nieuw kruispunt creeren in relatie to het gebouw
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Door verzinking blijft op maaiveld niveau een interessante openbare ruimte gespaard. Bovendien zijn nu juist de ´huisjes´ die op een
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main construction level -1
inlets sunlight level -1
additional beams around inlets
span of hollow core slab
floor area per point of support
floor area level 0
additional structural grid
additional columns along facades and walls
additional beams level -1
span of steelplateconcrete floor
floor area per point of support
most heavily loaded column sets the norm
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location theme term year
chicago, united states of america
specialism
architecture + urbanism
PARKING
1.009.076, WHEN PARKING BECOMES A TOOL FOR URBAN REORGANIZATION urban reorganization master 2 2009
* 3rd * 2nd
price award price award
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ZONING
awards ufd-strukton master awards 2011 student design competition ‘benn-johnck
student award’ 2009
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top15 for ‘best of the year-end-show 2008-2009’
summary
The failure of modern urban planning is a direct result of the success of the automobile. The automobile threatens to destroy the fabric by which cities are defined. In spite of this fact the automobile is not something to fear, but rather must become a tool in the hands of urban planners. We must exploit the weaknesses of the automobile and use them to create new diverse neighborhoods that facilitate urban evolution.
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What if parking wasn’t an architectural afterthought? What if it was the most important structure within a community? We propose to use parking, the parking structure, and their manipulation to shape urban communities. We propose the relocation of parking to a central structure servicing the surrounding .25 mile community. We propose condensing the number of possible destinations within the city. We propose creating areas of heightene social interaction around these centralized structures. By changing the principles and characteristics on which the city has been defined in the past, we can lay the canvas for new urban structures, programs, and human interactions.
PROGRAM
OPEN CITY
ce Commercial Manufacturing Single Unit Housing Multiple Unit Housing
Typology Organization Form Density Aesthetics
Parking ratios and cost of parking can be adjusted to cause a reorganization of the urban environment.
Parking Garage
Building/ Parking Garage
Public Transit
The main proposal:
Condense Transportation Off-street Parking
1) Allows city to manipulate urban areas by adjusting the number and cost of parking spaces.
Surface Parking
Street Parking
2) Creates a hybrid transportation infrastructure that includes the car, bus, light rail, and the pedestrian. 3) Limited and carefully placed street parking help to create new areas of urban stimulus. The parking structure becomes more than a warehouse for the automobile. Various programs needed within the community are inserted and condensed into the parking structure. The parking garage becomes the source of community identity. Rather than an eyesore the parking structures help to define and unite the community around it.
Big Box Retail Coffee Shop Grocery Store Hardware Store Art Store
Parking
Gas Station Car Maintenance Rental Car Car Sharing
Police Station Fire Station Emergency Health Care
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Exercise Club Spa Gymnasium Sports Team
Bus Station Light Rail Station
School Daycare Community Center Garbage Collection Recycling Center
the car
A car spends 95% of its life parked A car occupies 200 sq. ft. parked For each car there exists 5 parking spaces.
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The car allows for infinite number of destinations, but substantially decreases the distance people are willing to walk and the amount of interaction that occurs between individuals.
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1/4 mile radius comfortable walking distance possible destination
the train
Area of Chicago: 227 sq.mi. Area of Loop (saturated): 1.1 sq.mi. Light rial system has 116 stops outside the Loop Each stop services 0.196 sq.mi. total:
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miles served
The train creates a limited number of destinations along linear corridors. The distance people are willing to walk and the amount of human interaction is increased.
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Rail services a much reduced portion of the city when compared with the automobile. 1/4 mile radius ngdist distance comfortable walking on possible destination
central parking structures
Area of Chicago: 227 sq.mi. Number of Parking Garages: 1158 Number of Parking spaces per garage: 2000 Number of Parking Spaces within the City:
2,316,000 2 total:
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miles served
Public transport and parking are condensed into centralized structures within the community. Distance people are willing to walk and the amount of human interaction increases. Eventually the entire city is within walking distance of parking and public transportation. 1
1/4 mile radius comfortable walking distance possible destination
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Lingotto
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Initial Parking Ratio: 1:1 Max Land Development: 75% Max Building Height: 150 Feet
Mulholland
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Initial Parking Ratio: 2:1 Max Land Development: 50% Max Building Height: 150 Feet 1
Schakelbord
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Initial Parking Ratio: 4:1 Max Land Development: 25% Max Building Height: 450 Feet
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Initial Parking Ratio: 5:1 Max Land Development: 20 % Max Building Height: 600 feet
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Initial Parking Ratio: 3:1 Max Land Development: 33.3% Max Building Height: 300 feet
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Hybrid
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Initial Parking Ratio: 6:1 Max Land Development: 16.7% Max Building Height: 600 Feet
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Initial Parking Ratio: 7:1 Max Land Development: 14.3% Max Building Height: None
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.022mi 613,735 ft
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parking structure light rail street parking
4000 sp max pr 1:3
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.013 mi 357,689 ft
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2000 sp max pr 1:1
.111 mi 2 3,101,303 ft
.010 mi 281,497 ft
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.075 mi 2 2.102,799 ft
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4000 sp max pr 1:5
2000 sp max pr 1:2
6000 sp max pr 1:7
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.041 mi 2 1,156,536 ft
4000 sp max pr 1:6
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.082 mi 2 2,285,868 ft
2000 sp max pr 1:4
land value
Number of available parking spaces and maximum parking ratio. Land value increases as property becomes closer to the central parking structure. Land value increases in the hybrid zones because less land is developable but the number of parking spaces, the number of parking spaces per unit, and the max building height are greater.
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Parking Demand
24:00
18:00
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Space for New Programs High Demand
M-F
S/S
Parking Demand
24:00
18:00
12:00
Space for New Programs High Demand
M-F
S/S
Parking Demand
24:00
18:00
12:00
Space for New Programs High Demand
M-F
S/S
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THE WALL PREPARING FOR CHINA’S URBAN BILLION location theme term year teammember specialism
finger model
chengdu, china urban reorganization + sustainability master 3 2011
Jasper Nijveldt, Herman Pel architecture + urbanism
awards
* runner-up – ufd-e.on teamwork award 2012’ * 2nd price award – vertical cities asia 2011 summary
The Chinese cities grew enormously last decades, spreading to almost infinity. Almost a billion people will live in the cities by 2025. A sharp, radical and significant course change to a new urban model is necessary to guide China towards a balanced future. The Wall can be this guide. The city of Chengdu forms the perfect study-case for this. If we would project the estimated population growth in Chengdu in the same space-consuming manner as the last decade, we would almost need to build a second city of a similar size by 2030. But the current fingermodel of the city will grow out of proportion, precious land will be eaten, resulting in urban sprawl and traffic congestion. Because of the growing distances the inhabitants become more dependent on cars and more ring-roads need to be built. Traffic jams and an increase of air pollution will be inevitable. Chengdu’s development will gradually slow down, become more congested and will decrease in livability and efficiency. The finger model is no longer sustainable. We have to look for a new urban model that cater to a greater population without compromising the quality of life.
doomsday
What if we stop the urban sprawl by densifying the current city edge? We propose a new urban ‘wall’ around the city. This ‘wall’ makes the transition between landscape and city manifest. Big openings and vistas make sure the ‘wall’ feels porous and open. The Wall can not only give the opportunity to further densify the city, accommodate the projected population growth, but it can also function as a framework for applying ideas in a larger context. The Wall will not be dealt with as separate masterplans or buildings with air purifiers, air conditioners or other building techniques, but it is an integral plan with a series of parallel strategies that truly can have the potential to tackle bad air quality (the competitions brief)! According to the Environmental Protection Agency of Chengdu (2009), the main contributors to bad air quality today are transport and industry (Streets & Waldhoff, 2000). Research (2009 shows that China could bring its cities to a Level III air quality standard (defined as China’s “safety level”) through a combination of transport and industry strategies.
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the wall
rendering in cooperation with teammember
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transport
DENSITY
URBAN SPRAWL
LOCALISED FEEDER SYSTEM
GREEN HOUSES
GROWING CITY RELIES ON CAR USE
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O2 CO2
DENSITY
URBAN SPRAWL
EXISTING METRO SYSTEM
GROWING CITY RELIES ON CAR USE
LOCALISED FEEDER SYSTEM CARBON CAPTURE
UNDERGROUND PARKING
GREEN HOUSES EXISTING METRO SYSTEM
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O2 CO2
INDUSTRY
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GREEN INDUSTRY UNDERHOUSES GROUND PARKING
DWELLINGS EXISTING METRO SYSTEM
industry
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CARBON CAPTURE
DWELLINGS EXISTING METRO SYSTEM
D O2 A
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WASTE
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CO2 C
COLD HEAT
CO2
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INDUSTRY
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GREEN HOUSES
DWELLINGS
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INDUSTRY
DWELLINGS
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WASTE
CO2 C
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potential
156km2 2010 12.2
2030 16.7
2050 20.3
potential the wall 27.5
312km
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the wall as holistic strategy
Can the Wall address the challenges that face China? The challenges will not be dealt with as separate tasks but, rather as a holistic strategy. Not only the flow of people, but flow of energy, waste, water, fauna and flora. Traffic congestion and sprawled industries are decreased therefore having a major effect on air quality. Water can be purified and used as drinking water or for other uses like the shower or toilets. Wast can be collectively dealt with trough out the whole Wall. Biodiversity and vegetation in the landscape can be untouched. Migrants from rural areas can move to the Wall, overlooking the farmland on one hand, and on the other hand see the opportunities of the city. Food can still be produced in the landscape and collectively transported in a short distance to the Wall. new chinese walls
The Chinese cities grew enormously last decades, spreading to almost infinity. The idea of the Chinese Wall can be projected at different cities. 350 million people will be added to China’s urban population by 2025. 40 billion sqm of floor space will be built. The urban Walls can accommodate this growth, making the urbanization more concentrated and sparing the scarce landscape. The cities would grow to dense super cities. This generates the most GDP per capita, is more energy efficient and it would contain the loss of arable land. Implementing the Wall as a new urban model could be easier than it might seem as the current dispersed model approaches its limits. In fact, the Chinese national leadership recognizes and implicitly supports a sharp, radical and significant course change to a new urban model; it calls for an industrial and economic rebalancing to achieve a more harmonious society in the 12th Five Year Plan. These new Walls can guide this rebalancing. They can be the second Great Chinese Walls to be erected, therefore preparing China for its urban billion!
RADICAL CHOICE energy water consumption (liter/day/capita) urban area (sqkm) migrants waste per capita income & expenditure (yuan) food consumption (kcal/day/capita) population private cars
water availability (liter/day/capita) biodiversity cars’ average speed (km/h) 1990
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THE WALL CREATING A NEIGHBOURHOOD location theme term year
chengdu, china
specialism
architecture + building technology
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urban reorganization + sustainability master 4 2011-2012
summary
The buildings within The Wall are based on Chinese building typologies, which were primarily based on the principle of enclosure and separation. Chinese always have had a place to meet, to come together, to commune in a secure atmosphere. That’s why the courtyard typologies are the basis for the urban infill of The Wall. But due to globalization, rapid expansion and mega-projects, cities in general are becoming increasingly homogeneous and soulless. It becomes an alien world for most people. It is little surprise that most withdraw from community involvement to enjoy their own private and limited worlds. And since cities can only be experienced through living, working, travelling and the like, I discovered it is important to add an extra scale to The Wall, the scale of the neighbourhood. Industries, public transport, museums, libraries and universities have been clustered within the so-called spine, the backbone of The Wall. This area supports global life. But for people it is important to have places where more local life can take place and people want to be freed from their isolated apartments. Therefore I want to create a public space within the high dense area of The Wall. A so-called communal living room, where children can play, where adults can practice sports, or where elderly can do their morning exercises. Or just do what they always wanted to do: karaoke.
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Therefore I looked for a building shape that supports this public life. By lifting up a part of the building, the inner courtyard becomes part of the urban life, while the building itself reacts on its surroundings; it orientates itself towards the landscape and gives the sun the possibility to enter the courtyard. By making use of hard and soft landscape, I created a variety of places. Trees create shadows and a sense of organism while a piece of art, like Alexander Calder’s Flamingo, humanizes the space. In this way, Chinese get there own communal living room within a high dense area like The Wall.
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60m 12
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rendering in cooperation with teammember
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rendering in cooperation with teammember
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ventilation
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master bedroom 15sqm
bathroom 7sqm
bedroom 11sqm
lobby 9sqm toilet 2sqm
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library 23sqm
living 23sqm
kitchendiner 20sqm
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MY FASCINATION, INSPIRATION AND IMAGINATION
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chicago
As a young boy I always answered the question of ‘what will you become?’ with ‘an architect’. No farmer, policeman or fire fighter; architect! I was fascinated by the way people behave and by public life, but also the built environment. As a young boy already my parents showed me a lot of the world and I got more and more fascinated by how the world looks like by people’s influence. The world looks so different on different places. What made this happen, and How can I contribute to this in a positive manner were questions that made me to decide to study architecture. And when I discovered I had the privilege to go to the university, I added an extra dream to my bucket list: studying abroad. In 2009 I went to Chicago for an exchange program and a dream came true. Still grateful I look back to this period. I lived on my own since the age of 17th, but living in a different culture far away from my own, secure, environment was a new, but great experience. That time still makes me believe that I don’t have to be afraid for new challenges and that inspires me a lot. I am not afraid to start new things, to take steps in a new direction and above all, I am not afraid to fail. I prefer to fail in the end than regret the fact that I have never tried a given opportunity, as long as I have done things well-considered. Next to that, also the city of Chicago is an inspiration for me. Not only the people but also areas within the city became an inspiration for my architectural thoughts. The area around the U.S. Post Office with Alexander Calder’s statue ‘Flamenco’ for example shows a one-storey high building block in the middle of high-rise-downtown-Chicago. Walking around in Chicago, enjoying the beauty of high-rise architecture, makes one feel very tiny and looking for open-air locations where one can catch a glimpse of the sun. It is this area where people come together and where I felt comfortable in a high dense city as Chicago, while knowing nobody but just enjoying public life.
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travelling
Architecture is more than just solving a design task. Designing a building or setting up an urban plan means thinking about its users, thinking about its direct context but also thinking about the community, environment and the future. Sustainability is more than just adding techniques to buildings, cars or factories. Being innovative and by thinking in terms of solutions, architecture can definitely play an important role in setting up a sustainable society. Looking at the community of now and the future, I think it is important to understand different cultures, different ways of living and different ways of solving problems that look the same in the first place. It is with this knowledge and experience that new architecture can contribute to the community and environment in a positive way, without losing comfort and user friendliness. In this way a link between people, building and context will be created for a long term. To understand architecture more and to be able to create a unique design that meets the requirements in the best way possible, I also get my inspiration from travelling. By travelling around the world, looking at different cultures and environments, but also by meeting new people, I add new experiences to my knowledge that I got from the study-books. Travelling to China, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia but also the United States of America as well as East- and West-Europe result in important knowledge that I take with me to think further than just architecture and its basic solutions of creating shelter and safety. Such experiences push me to think about improving existing situations, like for example the buslines in Jakarta. It creates openings for improvement all around the world. Nothing is better than making somebody’s life more comfortable with knowledge they do not have.
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being unique
design? Even the best plan is worth nothing if the story is not properly communicated. Besides that, presenting ideas to a developer is fundamentally different from presenting to an individual client, government or jury. This final step might be, or actually is the most important step during a design process: proudly and clearly presenting what the design proposal is about and try to convince the audience to Storytelling and presenting ideas are major tasks for architects. It is choose this proposal in the end. It describes perfectly my ambitious this part of the design process that fascinates me almost the most character and my mentality to win every competition I am in. and in which I try to stand out among others. Being innovative on any discipline possible, without losing quality of the final product is a Next to the task of designing solutions for urban and architectural great way to be unique. In depth research and a clear concept result problems, with which I can contribute to a sustainable society, it is in an idea that should meet at least the client’s requirements. As an this final step during the process that makes architecture a wonderful architect you know what the best steps are to come to the final profession: it gives me a great opportunity to be unique and show my solution, but how to convince others that it is truly the best passion for what I like to do. In a world full of people one can easily fall in the mass. To stand out and to keep one’s head above the water one have to distinguish themselves. Being unique is not that easy but it can be very fruitful and important some time. By being different from others new doors can be opened, new successes can be celebrated.
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read, listen and draw
goalkeeping
A design process as I experienced is not a linear process. Sometimes it happens the process looks to come to a standstill and one solution found earlier turns out to be slightly out of line with the concept in a later stage. Before getting the feeling of failing, being afraid that the design really stagnates, one of my gadgets, mostly Apple (it is their philosophy about why they do things not what they produce that inspires me), might help me out. Some feel-good-music as I call it can help me out and give me the feeling that nothing is unreachable, even not a next step in the design. One of my notebooks can also help me out with summaries of articles or meetings and sketches that I have read and made before. I will read and draw until I find something that can help me further, even when I need to make one step backwards to improve later on. Everything can be achieved, even when it seems far away. Feeling unbeatable, that is the way I love to be.
Playing soccer means being part of a team: set and reach goals together with others and show full commitment without letting your teammates down. All players have their own individual qualities and together they make a strong team. As a striker one can be important by finishing the teamwork: scoring goals. I once decided to stand on the other side of the pitch and became a goalkeeper. Describing my role as a goalkeeper means describing one of my fascinations: being important on the moments that others need me. That is my favourite role. On the other hand actually, as a goalkeeper I also once decided to take a risky role within a team, every mistake I make is mostly fatal and with that I take my own responsibilities, which I know. It shows my dedication to a team and I am not afraid to make mistakes, since I know that not every ball can be caught.
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