FEVER IN ROTTERDAM Timmerhuis V3.0

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”]