PRESENTATION 5 26.06.2014 _________________________________________________________________________ TUDelft · Dep. of Architecture · Design as Politics · Graduation Studio · “Follow the money” Student Name: Adamantios Tegkelidis, 4225015 Design Tutor: Salomon Frausto [main mentor] Building Tech Tutor: Bas Gremmen Research Tutor: Wouter Vanstiphout
Project Title: FEVER IN ROTTERDAM
TIMMERHUIS
VERSION 3.0
Research Question:
IN WHICH WAY IS PUBLIC SPACE AFFECTED BY CAPITAL FLOWS AND FINANCIAL ORIENTED DECISIONS (?) [In the context of neoliberal or conservative politics]
Follow the money:
THE NETWORK
Design Approach:
THE PUBLIC REALM
Building Technology:
CREATIVE REUSE
…since the violent insertion of the railway into the city center it was commonly accepted that Rotterdam’s growth would eventually get uglier… [Pedro Gadanho, 2009, “Post.Rotterdam, Architecture and City after Tabula Rasa”]