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Zimmer frei!

A housing complex liberated from normative usage Z端rich, Switzerland (2007-2008) Graduation project Academic Eindhoven University of Technology Graduation committee: dr. ir. Jos Bosman (chairman) dr. ir. Michiel Dehaene dipl. arch. ETH SIA Martin Schneider (ETH Z端rich)

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The design for a housing complex in Z端rich questions to what extend the usage of space on the boundaries between public and private life should be determined or set free by the architect, in order to prevent standard solutions and to create a completely unpredictable, non-normative usage of space. An unconventional distribution from the city towards the many apartments inside the housing complex makes the homecoming process unique. Confrontations between especially private and public atmospheres are emphasized. Both are making way for new habits and rituals to get used to.

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above: morphological map of z端rich: in light grey the master plan of kcap (kees christiaanse and partners); the red line frames the location

below: organisation and the homecoming of six inhabitants in exploded view 3

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layer 00 floor at Âą0 m apartments (south side) at 0.8 m

cut 10 section long side looking in southern direction, cutting the internal alley of the western block layer +01 floor at +3.8 m platforms (in blue) at + 3.0 m

layer +04 floor at +13.0 m

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cut 11 section long side of the western block looking in southern direction, just outside the internal alley

two neighbouring apartments at layer +08; on the right image a possible configuration of rooms 5

Zimmer Frei! is the conceptual idea of finding a balance between determination and freedom of usage: A filling-in of the ‘missing’ ninth piece of the puzzle would lead to a fixed, motionless usage. A totally blank field without any pieces at all will not be seen as a puzzle, avoiding variety as well.

The housing complex should be a creation that deliberately does not answer the question “How will you use living space when there is no ‘ought to’ or ‘should’? Will you expand your domain into the public, or will you retreat in privacy?” Zimmer Frei!

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above: the public domain is privatized by short lines of view, small dimensions and homely materialization of the stairways, and peep-through views into almost every apartment, that are most likely covered with curtains and other highly personal furniture.

left: principle of the public stairways that are interwoven with the apartments. at the right he floor plans of two layers. on the left sketch A oers the view seen at the right side of the dark grey line; sketch B offers the view seen at the left side. a glass wall separates the small area where the apartment crosses the internal alley.

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Panel house Production and parts Fictive location (2008) Semester course Academic Eindhoven University of Technology Teachers: prof. ir. Jan Westra ir. Maarten Willems

The taskmaster of this design, a Dutch manufacturer of water resistant plywood panels, wanted a nice exemplar project to display the qualities of the material.

The design is a small simple house situated in the Dutch countryside, consisting of some basic rooms meant for short holiday stays. The material plays the key role in the design. Construction, floor, facade and roof is built up with the 1220 x 2440 mm panels with a with of 22 mm.

Only simple saw operations are applied, and almost every rest material has been used.

The building, that is divided in two volumes, has an elongated form. A veranda and the continuing structure of beams unify the two volumes and generate courtyard atmospheres. In this way inside and outside are interwoven, making the sensation of living in the countryside even more rural.

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left: the construction of the building in 3 steps: 1: the columns and main beams are placed on the concrete floor. internal, stairs and floor panels are added.

2: the secondary beams are connected to the construction. the facade panels are mounted to the columns and contribute to the stability.

3: the roof panels are attached to the construction. at the south side shutters are added to bar out sunlight.

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Calcestruzzo a vista Project unit materials Fictive location (2006)

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Semester project Turin Polytechnic Teachers: prof. arch. Gianfranco CavagliĂ arch. Stefano Pujatti

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The starting point for this dwelling, in a fictive abstract location along an arterial road and with a dilatation towards a footpath, is the material concrete in sight. For this design two types of concrete are used: a light, flat and smooth kind, and a darker version with a strong horizontal structure due to the placement of wooden laths with relief in the formwork. The inhabitants of the house are fictive as well. Centrally in the design is the track crossing the plot. By heightening parts of the garden a clear routing is made. The horizontal structure in the darker wall accentuates this rout-

ing. Besides that the heightened terraces play an important conceptual role. They are lifted, aboveground foundations, in robust and tight forms. Hereby residential spaces are created both under as above these foundations, each having their specific character. The alternative elevations of the terraces and the heightened parts of the garden invite to making contact. The track continues inside the dwelling, where you enter the main point of the total design, and where one - because of the geometrical game of the corners and terraces - is in serene balance.

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LUIK / LIÈGE > grey, ugly, decline, pauperized…

BUT ALSO > graceful, surprising, lively!

The design for this Media Markt consumer electronics store and shoe shop in one is situated on the angle of a closed building block, along the Meuse river and next to the Pont des Arches bridge. The facade is literally lifted a little. The building is giving a striptease show. The strict barrier between public and private is abolished and an exciting game between public, semi-public and private spaces is created. The contours of the building block remain sensible due to the lifted facade: the building is allowed to keep its hat on…

The new design gives the building block a strong corner. It therefore immediately draws the attention.

A little stubborn and cheeky. Inside the building you experience the building block since some parts of the facades of the existing building block are still visible.

The design is totally based on the terms seduction, attraction, exposure, veiling and peeking.

Januskop Liège Sexy Liège, baby!

Climax of the strip show is de cd/ dvd path in the roof (where you finally are allowed to go in the sweater…) This path follows the sharp boarders of the lifted roof and varies in altitude. This results in always changing looks on the plateaus, which make nice and exciting contacts possible.

Liège, Belgium (2006)

Trimester project Academic Eindhoven University of Technology Teachers: ir. Sjef van Hoof dr. Jacob Voorthuis 12

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STRIPTEASE!!! SEXY LIÈGE, BABY!

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Philips Museum Eindhoven Eindhoven, the Netherlands (2006) Trimester project Academic Eindhoven University of Technology Teacher: ir. Huub Smulders

The core of the building is a prominent monolith cube of approximately 25 x 25 x 25 mÂł.

It forms the missing cornerstone of the frame of about just as high buildings around it: the TPG Post building, the apartment building and concert hall the Eenaar. With this the main structure is laid.

The surroundings become clear and readable. The three secondary parts form a subtle barrier between public, semipublic and private. Between the core and the secondary buildings footbridges of substantial distance are placed.

This distance is made as big as possible to harm the core as less as possible and to define the external in-between space in the situation clearly.

The permanent exhibition rooms in the monolith core are divided in small halls. Between the halls little footbridges are placed that make a continuing route possible. In addition, for the spectators on the ground floor it makes an interesting image of fragmented pieces of the route piercing through the massive monolith. The core is covered with wooden laths in vertical direction. Wood is a warm, manual and traditional material. It is chosen to make a link with the rich history that is housed in the Philips museum. The secondary parts are covered with stainless steel plates on the outside. It gives the building a chic expression that fits the museum and rightly characterizes the modern, innovative side of Philips.

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M&M’s house Bergamo, Italy (2008-present) Current project Professional

carlorattiassociati - walter nicolino & carlo ratti, Turin, Italy Involved in: Executive design from January 2009 to present Images and info: http://www.carloratti.com

A medieval building in the old city of Bergamo.

Natural light is provided only form the south, while the floor area on the north is carved into

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the mountain and too deep for daylight entry.

Our proposal demolishes all recent interior partitions. The old ‘crociera’ vaults are revealed and

the spaces underneath treated with thoughtful minimalism. A luminous spine is added to the north side of the apartment - a kind of digital

counterpoint to the windows that face south and the glorious countryside of Lombardy.

view from the inner courtyard

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view from the kid’s bedroom

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