Architecture Portfolio Elvira Jansen by Elvira Jansen

Portfolio Elvira Jansen Table of content.

Curriculum Vitae

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Pavilion for the European Quarter Young Architects Competition 2016 Graduation: dwelling for the 21st century Hybrid Buildings: a new identity for the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Parool Triangleâ&#x20AC;? Hybrid Theatre

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Bus Shelter Unec Pavilion Project Nepal Model studies Chair design Lamp design

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ir. Elvira Jansen Adress: Oude Delft 15 2611 BA Delft Mobile number: +31-611621454 E-mail adress: elvirajansen@hotmail.com Birth date: 02-04-1987 Nationality: Dutch EDUCATION 2012-2014 Study direction:

Technical University Delft, Delft MSc. Architecture, Urbanism & Building Sciences

Specialisation: Dwelling for the 21st century, Hybrid buildings & Materialization.

2007 - 2012 Study direction:

Technical University Delft, Delft BSc. Bouwkunde

2001 - 2006 Education:

Vrije School, Zutphen VWO Natuur en Techniek

Minor: House of the Future.

EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES 2007 - current

Interior, Furniture and Graphical design

2007 - 2009

D.S.R. Proteus-Eretes rowing club

The designing of e.g. a chair, bus stop, lamp, graphical patterns, flyers and posters.

President Axcie, activities committee

Tasks: organizing monthly parties and activities, acquisition, budget monitoring, preparing and leading of meetings en the graphical design of all promotion material.

CHARACTERISTICS Creative, social, analytical, problem solver, flexible and hands on, multitasker, good at working together and taking the lead.

“For me architecture is about people, the human scale. I would love to make this world a little better through design.”

PASSIONS Travelling, creating of products, graphical design, art and film.

WORK EXPERIENCE Feb. 2016 - May 2016

All Hands Project Nepal

Rebuilding houses and toilets in Nepal, as a volunteer, team leader and base manager with an US based NGO.

March 2015 - current May 2015 - Jan. 2016

Freelance projects. Inter IKEA systems, Delft Sales co-worker. Bus Unlimited Solutions, Hoorn

March 2015 - current

Working in foodtrucks at festivals all over the Netherlands.

Wiener Konditorei, Den Haag Hospitality assistant

Summer 2011

Serving of costumers, selling pastries, preparing sandwiches etc and bar duties.

2005 - 2008 Summer 2007

2001 - 2005

SKILLS Photoshop Illustrator Indesign Autocad Revit Maya Sketchup Microsoft Office Grasshopper

Café Camelot, Zutphen Hospitality and bar assistant Sensire thuiszorg, Zutphen Huishoudelijke en ondersteunde hulp.

LANGUAGES

Restaurant Ay Caramba, Zutphen Hospitality assistant

Dutch English German French

Support clients with their household, make their planning, shopping and companionship.

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Information Pavilion for the European Quarter

MSc 2 Materalization studio

The assignment was to create an information pavilion for the European quarter in Brussels. This pavilion should give visitors information about the new master plan for the European quarter and especially the Rue de la Loi. It should also house exposition space, two versatile meeting rooms (able to be joined to one), a kitchen for the staff, storage and toilets. There is a strong axe starting by the monument and the Jubilee Park, through the Rue de la Loi towards the city centre, this line has always been of importance in history. The design location of the roundabout on the Schuman square is right on that axe, making it a very important and visible spot. There are also four other axes coming to the Schuman square, therefore the roundabout is visible from many directions. I decided to honor the strong axe and thereby the monument and the Rue de la Loi by creating an arc at the roundabout over the line. This way the view getâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s framed even more. This arc is closed on the sides and completely transparent on the long edges. In this transparent volume the exhibition space is placed, making it perpendicular to the Rue de la Loi. I found it very important that the place for the model of the master plan would be in line with the Rue de la Loi, so it has a direct feedback to the reality while looking at it. To house all the facilitating functions of the pavilion, a second volume is created, which slides into the arc, parallel to the Rue the la Loi (thus perpendicular to the arc). This volume also creates a level floor, which is the space for the model of the master plan, giving it a 360 view. The second volume is enforcing the axe through the arc by guiding the visitors view. The materialization of this volume is different from the axe, although it also has two closed small edges, the long sides have wooden lamellae in front of the glass. This gives it a more closed impression, which is also wanted for the functions it houses. It also gives a good contrast to the open arc. The cladding of the closed surfaces of the two volumes is the same and made of wood. This gives the volumes a unity. The place where the two volumes overlap the entrance hall is situated, with the stairs to the level floor and an information desk.

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expo Rue de la Loi

entrance

meeting rooms monument

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A glass and wood arc is placed over the axe, containing the exhibition spaces. This arc captures the views towards the monument and the Wetstraat.

A second, more closed, volume is placed in the arc containing the facilitating spaces. This volume is parallel to the axe and enforces the view.

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masterplan

monument

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wood cladding plastic bearing, adjustable insulation on slant waterproof layer insulation breather foil Bubbledeck floor posts wood cladding

glass lamallea for structural support facade

waterproof breather foil insulation Bubbledeck floor insulation concrete layer with floor heating wood cladding

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wood cladding roofload layer waterproof layer insulation breather foil steel beam wood timber with isolation post and battens wood cladding

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wood lamellae connected to steel beam

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wood lamellae connected to steel beam

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detail 2

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waterproof breather foil insulation Bubbledeck floor insulation concrete layer with floor heating wood cladding

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glass lamallea for structural support facade

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Young Architects Competition 2016 - Green Academy

team member: Jasper Manders

The building is an Incubator for sustainable development. With flexible space for research, offices and production where green startups, scientists and students can work beside each other and benefit from sharing knowledge, equipment and resources. Spaces are multifunctional and a presentation can be seamlessly transitioned into drinks under the sunset. It includes a science exploration centre where state of the art technologies are displayed. The interactive workshop offers hands-on education on green technologies. Part of this is the routing through the various building components. During their exploration the visitors will be made aware of what it takes to generate resources for both the building and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s inhabitants. The technologies that do so will be presented and made explicit during this tour. User participation is key to create understanding, therefore users will be encouraged to contribute by activities such as gardening, farming and cooking. Even going to the toilet can be considered a contribution since the grey water provides the plants in the glasshouse with nutrients. A farm to table trattoria binds it all together by providing an eatery where produce and meats that are farmed on the building are prepared as honest food. This platform where authentic preparation meets conscious production this facility will exemplify the progressive heading of the region whilst honoring tradition.

urban infill

old building

1. the route starts in the incubator/ 1.test/explore/exposition the route starts in the incuspace bator/ test/explore/exposition space 2. up through the glass green 2.house/farm, up through withthe glass green house/farm, with views at at the spaces and views theincubator incubator spaces students at work and students at work

an exhibition of sustainable technology

3.3.over therooftop rooftop liveover the withwith livestock stock and plants, with a roof of and plants, a roof of pergolas pergolas andwith solar tubes and solar tubes 4. down through the glass green house 4. down through the glass green 5.house the past the farm

6.5. on to the rooftop of the the past the farm restaurant where there are views of the square and helyph6. filters on to the rooftop of the restaurant ite outside where there are views of the square 7. down through the solar chimand helyphite filters outside ney

8.7.over walkway with chimney views downthe through the solar into the kitchen and workshop spaces 8. over the walkway with views into kitchen spaces 9.thethen endand in workshop the workshop spaces where all the information that was seen can be fur9. then end in the spaces ther explained andworkshop put into use. where all the information that was seen can be further explained and put into use.

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climate

solar chimney

green house/farm

livestock farm

business & student centre

bar/restaurant

workspaces/lectures

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terrace

incubator/expo (kids) workshops

floor plans

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A hybrid building for the dweller of the 21st century. MSc Graduation; dwelling studio

The overall theme of the dwelling graduation studio is “at home in the city”. More specifically the design assignment focusses on creating a hybrid building at the Oostelijke Handelskade in Amsterdam for the dweller of the 21st century. The location is a complicated site, bordered between the river IJ and a busy street with a railway next to it. Aside from this it is named the “last gap” in the studio, indicating that the designed building will complete a very distinct string of buildings while also having to link two neighborhoods together. Next to this there is a lot of vacancy at the Oostelijke Handelskade, due to the uninviting character of the buildings and the loss of human scale, leaving it fealing more like a commercial area than a dwelling area, with no usable public space. The approach to the project consisted of multiple elements; different forms of research where conducted, consisting of literature research, a phenomenological research, site analysis and research through design. This led to the body of knowledge in which the design project could be placed. The research conducted about the dweller of the 21st century showed four themes for future living; the urban nomad, the want for living in more collectivity and the need for flexible and multifunctional dwellings. Transitions What makes Amsterdam (city center) so successful is the street life and the relation between dwelling and street. High rise is almost banned because the inhabitants always want to keep the connection between their dwelling and the street, be able to see what is happening in the public domain. The way the dwellings and the street are connected is therefore crucial for the vividness of the streets in Amsterdam. The dwelling tends to embrace simultaneously the intimacy of the private home with the collectivity of the city. The relation between the dwelling and the street of the typical Amsterdam canal house looks at a first glance very sharp and strict , without any transition from inside to the outside or vice versa. But looking carefully with more detail, the presence of subtle elements in the line between the door and the street can be recognized. These elements generates a certain sequence that offers the dweller a moment of preparation before entering the city. It offers a buffer between the private and public.. These transitions form a buffer in a dense urban context, which is getting more and more individual and where the step between the front door of the house and the urban life is very direct, the linking of two different worlds. A smooth transition is crucial to let the person adjust to the new realm he is entering. But next to that, more importantly, these transitions can be used to bring people together, by creating private and semi private zones in the building, which can lead to interaction, forming the sense of connectedness, community. The design task and location for the studio however makes it inevitable to create a vertical apartment building. In an apartment building, a very different transition is made through corridors and staircases, before the city is reached. Therefore the horizontal connections of the Amsterdam street need to be translated in a vertical building.

Hybrid: The true hybrid building consist of a high integration of different functions. These functions could either share common facilities or occupy the building on different times of the day. Therefore a hybrid building makes a maximal use of its building space, making it very relevant in dense urban contexts. Next to that a hybrid building should be able to also change its functions, be able to adapt to future needs. The mixing of functions however becomes more complicated as soon as dwellings are involved. The level of privacy wanted in a dwelling contradicts the often (semi)public functions of a hybrid. The mixing of functions is very important to make areas vivid, to bring people together. By a smart combination of programs a hybrid building can fulfill this demand. The different reference projects studied for this research however showed that the actual integration of functions is quite difficult, and a close look reveals often that the functions inside these famous examples are still quite separated, especially the dwelling function. A closer investigation lead to the assumption that the dwellings integrated in a hybrid building should have a physical separation from the rest of the functions in the building, a visual connection is however necessary. This of course leads to the question if a true hybrid can be created with these boundaries, if that not defies the essence of the hybrid. However, if a place can be created where the dwellings and the rest of the program of the building can still come together, if joint facilities can be created, if people are still able to meet, a visual connection should be enough to still create a true hybrid building.

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1. The urban dweller of the 21st century The beginning of the 21st century is marked by a turning point in human demographics. Since 2007 more than half of the worlds population live in cities. It is estimated that in 2030 eighty percent of the Dutch population will live in cities. Therefore the importance of the city is ever increasing. City life is characterized by a big diversity and freedom. It offers a wide variety of different lifestyles.1 This variety of lifestyles also attracts a wide variety of inhabitants of the city. Where cities used to be the domain of the under- and middleclass, city centers are now dominated by the creatives and the upper-class.2 But also elderly people and foreign workers are attracted to the city, where they can find all their needs in a close reach. Over the last decades developers and policymakers have strived to create the ‘perfect’ standardized dwelling. A dwelling that would supply in the most common needs of its inhabitants and is cost efficient to build. It is however questionable if this dwelling actually meets the demands and wishes of the ever more critical and diverse urban dweller of the 21st century. So what should a dwelling for the 21st century look like? What does the urban dweller of the 21st century need? What can make him feel at home in the city?

Reijndorp, A. (2007) Wenken voor de 21e eeuw. Reijndorp, A., Kompier, V., de Haas, L. (eds) Leefstijlen; Wonen in de 21e eeuw. 139-158. Rotterdam: 010 Publishers. p. 147. 2 Reimerink, L. (2008) Grenzeloos wonen. Europa verhuist. Wormer: Inmerc. p. 45. 3 VROM (2000), Mensen, wensen, wonen. Wonen in de 21ste eeuw. Den Haag: Ministerie van VROM. 4 Hamers, D, Nabielek, K., Sluchter, S. & van Middelkoop, M. (2007) Afgeschermde woondomeinen in Nederland. Rotterdam: Nai Publishers. 1

A frequently mentioned development that has changed society drastically in recent years, is the disappearance of ideologies. Citizens are now less driven by political ideologies and religious traditions than in the past . More than ever, individuals make choices suiting their own personality . Therefore, it is less easy to distinguish different groups and people are looking for customized products.3 These developments are accompanied by the pluralization of society . The present society is composed of diverse populations, each with their own customs, values and norms. Both the disappearance of ideologies as the pluralization of society are often associated with the phenomenon of individualization. In the context of housing , this means that there are more specific requirements for the home, based on distinct lifestyles.

Public, private and the in-between The themes that are elaborated in the previous chapter show variations in dwelling and dweller typologies. Flexible living and multifunctional living are focusing on the type of dwelling while the urban nomad and living in a community are themes that describe possible types of the urban dweller of the 21st century. Flexible and multifunctional living can therefore be an answer to the needs and preferences of this urban dweller. Naturally, cities are places where people live in high densities. But apparently, everyone also wishes to claim more personal space. Because there is often not enough space and opportunities for this in the city itself. Many families therefore leave the city to live in more rural environments, even if they are well devoted to the dynamics of the city life.29 A shift can be seen in the preferences of the urban dweller, on the one hand individuals make choices suiting their own personality, which leads to the individualization of society and customization of products and dwellings, on the other hand a countermovement can be seen to meet the needs of people to be part of a social group. Society changes rapidly and the amount of singles, elderly and urban nomads will increase which will encourage the rise of sense of community. People tend to embrace contact with their direct neighbors and the city around them. To the community dweller, sharing of products and thoughts and therefor regular encounters with their neighbors are important. The nomadic dweller needs to feel at home rapidly while they know that the dwelling will be for short stay. To achieve this, the direct neighbors are of big importance, as well as the possibilities of the direct environment of their dwelling. The zone between the street and the dwelling will therefore play a role in meeting the needs of the urban dweller, to shift between the public and the private. Jan Gehl explains the phenomenon of this in-between zone very carefully in the book Life Between Buildings: “Whether the public environment invites or repels is, among other things, a question of

Although the people that appreciate their individuality is increasing, there is also a countermovement that shows the downside of individualization. A negative effect is referred to, is narcissism and a lack of solidarity and social responsibility.4 Because of this, many neighborhoods show signs of detachment, the social cohesion is decreasing as well as the sense of responsibility for public space and community life. Therefore, more care is taken in the field of housing to meet the needs of people to be part of a social group, also called the need for ‘sense of community’. Another development in our society is the rise of the internet. In our new information society everything is in our reach, which is blurring the lines between work, leisure and living. Due to the new automation techniques even the lines between healthcare and living are fading. This is changing the way in which we live drastically. We are not bound to specific places anymore, information can be obtained anywhere. This makes us free to separate where we work and live, become an ‘urban nomad’ in a globalizing world. Next to that it also means that our dwelling will take over a lot of the functions which before would be experienced outside our home. Our home can become our workplace, our healthcare facility, our school or our place of leisure; a ‘multifunctional dwelling’. These phenomena that are happening in our society lead to four themes about living in the 21st century, which will be further investigated. The pluralization of society and the want for freedom of choice lead to the need for flexible dwellings, which is closely linked to the second theme, the multifunctional dwelling. The other two themes that will be addressed more into depth are that of the urban nomad and the want for more communal living.

Living in a community Over the past twelve years, the number of single-parent families increased in the Netherlands by 21%, the number of singles with 14% and the number of couples without children by 6%.19 In twenty years, 40 percent of the urban dwellers is single. Therefore, an increasing number of people will be in need for a housing and living environment where the sense of collectivity (interaction, encounter, mutuality, social cohesion) is organized and designed. Another reason for the upcoming trend of living within a community are the changes in neighbourhood composition. In the past, residents of the same neighbourhood usually knew each other, at least by sight and they certainly knew who lived where. This made them feel safe and secure. Rapid changes in the composition of the population have brought an end to such acquaintanceship in at least some neighbourhood. Misunderstandings about what used to be accepted codes of behavior can lead to conflicts and isolation. In the hope of rediscovering this acquaintanceship many houseseekers look for a dwelling in a neighbourhood where they expect to meet people like themselves and to find safety and assurance. 20 Quantitative data with regard to the demand for living in common-interest communities is not available. Nevertheless, a recent Dutch housing market survey shows that 19% of the potential homebuyers in the Netherlands prefer to live in a neighbourhood in which all residents have roughly the same income, age and behavior. 21 This indicates that there certainly is a considerable interest in living with like-minded people, with neighbours who enjoy similar activities 11 and subscribe to the same values as themselves. The emphasis on personal power and success makes way for a bigger “sense of community”. We, as a society, start realizing that we are all part of a greater whole. This can be seen by the increasing focus on corporate social responsibility and sustainability.22 The desire to live alongside like-minded people finds expression in different forms of housing revolving, for example, around ethnicity (elderly members of ethnic groups who live together in ethnic residential care complexes), life phase (families who live together around an inner courtyard), a leisure pursuit (e.g. horse-riding) or specific convictions (e.g. eco- friendly neighbourhood). 23

Collectivity manifests itself in and around the playground, football field, the tree house, an elderly hangout. It is the gray area between public space (public area) and family circle (private area). These are the facilities and services - the courtyard, tennis court and concierge - you share with people who are not strangers, but neither family members. The need for collectivity forces us to look with different eyes to dwelling. 24 During the past decade, architects, planners and developers have come up with new ideas for housing that can better meet household needs under the current conditions of social and demographic change. Those ideas respond to the new forms of households (like, for example, the single parent family), the need for greater affordability and to the desire for more flexible living. Many of those new designs use the shared space as an important link for the social and physical aspects of housing. As Sherry Ahrentzen, who is a researcher in the field of environment and behavior, emphasizes, these designs are unfortunately more often the exception than the rule because it is more common that developers downsize the homes, in order to make them more affordable than to rethink the housing design. In this way, instead of thinking about the possibilities of shared facilities, the conventional room arrangements stay intact while the floorplans shrink proportionally. 25 Reconfiguring the rooms could contribute to more flexibility and overlapping and shared use which can save space and thus money. A well-known type of common-interest housing is Collective Private Commissioning (CPC). It is a specific form of “participative planning”. Participative planning is defined by Lei Qu and Evert Hasselaar as “a planning process in which the participants (future occupants or people in the surrounding neighborhoods) are stimulated to become actively involved, are helped to form and express their ideas and eventually become co-producers of the neighborhoods and the city”. 26 Groups that start a CPC often share the same interests or beliefs. They are willing to invest big amounts of energy in a collective building process to realize additional functions that are often not present in standard housing projects. Workspaces, a communal garden with a playground, parking solutions and bike stalls, a multi-purpose room for parties, hobbies or guests, secure and/or accessible

19 Sociaal en cultureel planbureau (2008) Jaarverslag 2007. Den Haag: Sociaal en Cultureel PLanbureau 20 Reijndorp, A. (2004) Stadswijk; stedenbouw en dagelijks leven. Rotterdam: NAi publishers 21 NVB (2008) Huizenkopers in profiel. Voorburg: NVB 22 Reimerink, L. (2008) Grenzeloos wonen. Europa verhuist. Wormer: Inmerc bv.p.72 23 Boelhouwer, P., Hoekstra, J. (2011) New Trends in the Dutch Housing Market. Open house international, vol. 36, no. 4, p. 4 24 Leefbaarheid en de vraag naar collectiviteit, retrieved from: http://kennisbank. platform31.nl/pages/26836/Opinie/Leefbaarheid-en-de-vraag-naar-collectiviteit. html 25 Ahrentzen, S. in: Hemmens, G.C., Hoch, C., Carp, J. (1996) Under One Roof: Issues and Innovations in Shared Housing. Albany:New York press 26 Qu, L. & Hasselaar, E. (2011) Making Room for People; Choice, Voice and Livability in residential places. Rotterdam: OTB

Flexible and Multifunctional dwellings

how the public environment is placed in relation to the private, and how the border zone between the two areas is designed. Sharply demarcated borders – such as those found in multistory residences, where one is either in a completely private territory indoors and upstairs or in a completely public area outside on the stairs, in the elevator, or on the street – will make it difficult in many situations to move into the public environment if it is not necessary to do so. Flexible boundaries in the form of transitional zones that are neither completely private nor completely public on the other hand, will often enable to function as connecting links making it easier, both physically and psychologically, for residents and activities to move back and forth between private and public spaces, between in and out.” 30 A direct connection between the dwelling and the street will thus probably no longer meet the needs, an intermediate is desirable. This transition zone can encourage encounters and interaction but functions simultaneously as a gradual transition between the public to the private sphere. The transition zone can be designed in such a way that the urban nomad can integrate more easily, the residents can encourage the sense of community and even families can feel at home in the city. These opportunities of the zone in between the private dwelling and the public street, the transition zone, triggered us to further research this topic. Nieuw Australië, Amsterdam. Source:

http://www.dkv.nl/projecten/woningbouw/9810-australie-boston/9810-australie-boston2_nl.html

Reimerink, L. (2008) Grenzeloos wonen. Europa verhuist. Wormer: Inmerc. p. 126127. Reimerink, L. (2008) Grenzeloos wonen. 29 Reimerink, L. (2008) Grenzeloos Europa verhuist. Wormer: Inmerc. p.wonen. 127. Euro7 pa verhuist. Wormer: bv. p.51 Reimerink, L. (2008)Inmerc Grenzeloos wonen. 30 Europa Wormer: Inmerc.Buildings; p. 127. Using Gehl,verhuist. J. (2011)Life Between 8 Boelhouwer, P., Hoekstra,Island J. (2011) New Public Space. Washington: Press. p. 113 Trends in the Dutch Housing Market. Open house international, vol. 36, no. 4, p. 75. 9 Reimerink, L. (2008) Grenzeloos wonen. Europa verhuist. Wormer: Inmerc. p. 126. 10 Boelhouwer, P., Hoekstra, J. (2011) New Trends in the Dutch Housing Market. Open house international, vol. 36, no. 4, p. 78. 11 Boelhouwer, P., Hoekstra, J. (2011) New Trends in the Dutch Housing Market. Open house international, vol. 36, no. 4, p. 80. 5

The personal computer has only been a part of our lives for two decades now. In this period of time the use of the computer has changed rapidly from just work related use to a window to the outside world, due to the arrival of the internet. The computer has become an ever growing extension of ourselves. This phenomena also changes the way in which we use our dwelling.5 Because of the fact that we can be online for 24 hours a day, the line between work and our lives start to fade. We can check our email at night, change appointments, prepare for a meeting the next day etc. This fading line between work and private life also changes the relation between the living and working room in our dwellings. The computer can be brought anywhere so it is not necessary anymore to go to a separate room to work, the connection with the outside world can be made anywhere. We want to be in control of how, where and when we do things. Therefore the strong division of rooms with specific functions is fading, openness and transparency become more and more important.6 You want to be able to work in your living room, which is than visible from the kitchen. Our day is not determined by specific tasks anymore, therefore living in specific spaces is disappearing as well. The need for privacy will of course always stay, especially in families with children or elderly. However the demand for more open floor plans with less defined spaces is a growing trend for the future, especially with the growing numbers of oneand two-person households. Therefore it is very important that new dwellings are designed in a flexible and multifunctional way, this to make sure that the dwellings can fulfill our changing and different needs and demands.7 The dividing lines between living, working and leisure are nowhere near as clear-cut as they used to be.8 There is a growing trend to enjoy experiences at home which before required going outdoors. Our bathrooms have become small spa’s, our kitchens small restaurants.9 Next to this more and more specif-

research about the urban dweller of the 21st century. ic functions like working, learning and health care are becoming part of the dwelling. Especially health care is a very common and well-known function that is mixed with housing. This is demand comes from the need of an ageing population that wants to live at home for as long as possible.10 They want to stay independent and a part of society, preferably in their old dwelling. The combination of living and working is also a growing trend in our society. Due to ‘het nieuwe werken’ more and more people are working (part-time) at home. This combination of living and other functions asks for a different dwelling design. A home should be designed for future care, giving enough space to be used by disabled people. Spaces might have to be created where this other functions can take place, or the flexibility to be created when needed in the future. Next to this different levels of privacy might be needed in the dwelling. A home office should be able to be separated from the rest of the house in case clients or colleagues come over, a care home might have a separate room where the medical care can be received without somebody entering the most private parts of the home. The other way around is of course also possible. When receiving care or working at home a higher level of public-ness might be wanted, to dispel loneliness; be part of society. The mixing of functions is crucial for the dwelling of the 21st century. Therefore, as stated by Boelhouwer and Hoekstra: “Instead of concentrating on a one-to-one relationship between the problem and the solution, governments, architects and spatial planners should look for models that integrate housing, job creation, leisure and nature, that cater to different preferences and needs and that are flexible and transformable.” 11

Selection case studies Criteria

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For the selection of the case studies we have set the following criteria: • Visible transitions between street and dwelling • Residential building • Urban area (preferably in Amsterdam) • Built projects • Entrance facing the street • Different projects over time

Explanation of criteria

Transitions

Visual transition

By these criteria, we decided to compare the horizontal tranchange of sition and vertical transition directly and picked up six projects as case studies. Horizontal buildings refer pattern to residential buildings with a maximum height of 4 stories. The vertical projects contain a diverse program in addition to the dwelling purpose and they should have a height of at least 5 stories.

change of

We chose to analyze three horizontal and threematerial vertical projects. Because we wanted to see the differences in the transitions trough time, we selected the horizontal projects in Amsterdam over various periods. change of The vertical projects are high rise residential buildings that we pattern & compare to the horizontal projects. Also here is chosen to material compare buildings dating from various periods in time. We deliberately selected one foreign example, the Shinonome Canal Court in Tokyo, with the reason that we wanted to lawn know how the architect solves the transition in a more complex and dense city than Amsterdam ,where our site is located, in order to prepare for the future situation of Amsterdam.

plateau

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pole

step

colonnade

ramp

blocks

low stairs

underpass

one floor stairs

column

staircase

overhang

elevator

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door

Sources of right page 1. Google street view; https://maps. google.nl/ 2. Abacus; http://blog.abacusarchitects.com/blog-0/?Tag=Density 3. VMX Flickr; http://www.flickr.com/ photos/vmxarchitects/5763958191/in/ set-72157626691527569/ 4. Architectuurgids.nl; http://www.architectuurgids.nl/project/list_projects_of_ architect/arc_id/642/prj_id/358 5. My architectural Moleskine; http:// architecturalmoleskine.blogspot. nl/2011/10/toyo-ito-kengo-kuma-etc-shinonome-canal.html 6. Dirk Verwoerd architectuurfotografie; http://www.architectuur-fotograaf.eu/?media-tags=eigen-haard&paged=2

chain wall

Physical obstruction

entrance door vertical sliding door

Conclusion

research about transitions

The architectural elements that are being used to make the transitions can appear in both a physical and a visual way. The transitions that are being made can be very subtle, just a change of material can have the same psychological effect as an actual physical barrier.

Graduation studio Architecture and Dwelling – At home in the city

Hybrid with dwelling The mixing of functions becomes more complicated as soon as dwellings are involved. The level of privacy wanted in a dwelling contradicts the often (semi)public functions of a hybrid. Therefore “the function of living is the most difficult to insert into hybrid programs”14. This becomes apparent in the projects discussed in this essay and almost all the other hybrid building reference projects. There often is a good mixing of different programs in the building, but the dwellings are always separated from this functions, with often not even a visual connection, just volumes stacked on a hybrid plinth. In the example projects there is a bigger integration, but even in the sky village of MVRDV, which seems to have the highest integration between dwellings and other functions, taking a closer look makes clear that this is actually not the case. This raises the question of why this is happening? Why can’t the dwellings be integrated into the hybrid program? Of course there are very pragmatic reasons; first of all the difference in construction types, dwellings have different construction standards than for example offices. Secondly the issue of safety is very important, this often leads to different access cores, which are also needed because of the different opening hours of the programs. But this reasons still do not explain why there is such a hard division, different approaches are still possible with this limitations.

The “true” Hybrid Building

“a complex combining and interweaving of different functions, spacial types and structural systems”

The main reason for this separation seems to come from the need for privacy in the dwellings. The mixing of the dwellings with the functions, the public with the private “requires a consensus of shared interests, rules that allow diversity without endangering individuality” 15. But to adjust the program of the hybrid to the needs of the dwellers defies the notion that the hybrid building should be able to change its program and still function accordingly. Next to that it risks of becoming a social condenser. A social condenser is different from a hybrid building in the sense that the functions in the social condenser are just there to support the dwellings. An example of this is the Unite d’Habitation by le Corbusier. Although the building houses a variety of different functions, they are all there to support the inhabitants, not to invite the public inside the building.

Leen van Duin,

Hybride gebouwen en architectuur van de stad (2001), p. 9.

“Hybrid buildings leave room for any unpredictable changes in housing demands that might arise. The hybrid design task is not geared to an endpoint but to a strategy: the goal is to find an unambiguous motive for every situation.”

As described earlier in this essay, the mixing of functions is very important. Not only to create the true hybrid, but for city life in general. Next to that, as stated by Herman Hertzberger, when living in the city, after closing the front door of your dwelling behind you, you want to be part of the city life “to dispel loneliness, check out the action, see what is up for grabs, make arrangements.”16 Looking at the old Dutch city centers, there is a big mixture between dwelling and functions. In the Dutch tradition there is also a strong relation between the house and the street. The dwelling tends to embrace simultaneously the intimacy of the private home with the collectivity of the city17. Jan Gehl describes however, that a strong division between dwellings and the

Aurora Fernández Per, “Hybrid versus social condenser,” A+T Magazine Hybrids III 33-34 (2009): p. 6. Aurora Fernández Per, “Hybrid versus social condenser,” A+T Magazine Hybrids III 33-34 (2009): p. 6. Herman Hertzberger, Space and the Architect – Lessons in Architecture 2 (Rotterdam: 010 Publishers, 2000): p. 120. 17 Karin Theunissen, Dwelling as a figure of Thought, A Loggia Facing the City (Amsterdam: SUN publishers, 2005) 15 16

Studio Tutorial Dirk van den Heuvel

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Clemens Steenbergen,

Architectural Design and Composition (2002), p. 208.

research about the ‘true’ hybrid building.

transitions The relationship between interior and exterior, between the dwelling and the street, is an aspect of important relevance within the urban dwelling design, especially in a dense context. The privacy of a house is in close proximity to the extrovert public domain of the city. In this sense the space in-between the house and the urban realm becomes a turning point where it is expressed how much a house is protected or opened to the city. It is a point where the dwelling activity is stopped or it is given the possibility to merge with the public, to blend with the outside. It is the point where the sense of collectivity can be enhanced. In the Dutch tradition a strong relation exists between the house and the street. The dwelling tends to simultaneously embrace the intimacy of the private home with the collectivity of the city. In the typical Amsterdam canal house the relation between the dwelling and the street can at first glance be considered sharp and strict , without any transition from inside to the outside or vice versa. But looking carefully with more detail, the presence of subtle elements in the line between the door and the street generates certain sequence that offers the dweller a moment of preparation before entering the city. It offers a buffer between the private and public. The dwelling is extending Horizontal Case Studies: Haarlemmer Houttuinen 29 axonometry graduation to the outside. Transition zones These transition elements have been reof privacy searched by analyzing case studies.

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column

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26 1. Klinkers (Stone Tiles Pavement)

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Architectural elements

2. Klinkers (different pattern and color)

Architectural elements

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axonometry with different materials

4. Small open wall of open concrete block 5. Concrete band 6. Square concrete tiles

Haarlemmer Houttuinen door

change of material

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change of material

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case study Transitions path Haarlemmer Huittuinen, by Herman Hertzberger. Horizontal Case Studies: Haarlemmer Houttuinen 31

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“integration of various activities and functions in and around public spaces allows the people involved to function together and to stimulate and inspire one another.” Jan Gehl

Life Between Buildings (2011) – Using Public Space, p. 101

“These [functions] must insure the presence of people who go outdoors on different schedules and are in the place for different purposes, but who are able to use many facilities in common.“

Music/Dance/Theatre school Workspace & Meeting rooms Restaurant/(coﬀee)bar Mulitfunctional ‘theatre’ room Shops Medical Centre

Jane Jacobs

The death and life of great American cities (1961) , p. 152

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centre

work

horeca breakfast

elderly & unemployed working & meetings

lunch

children

students & parents & older children

dinner education & events

bar party event

public space To regenerate the neighborhood and make a qualitative living space a lot of (semi) public gathering space is created. On the ground floor a connection between the street and the water is created, as well as an inner street between the two buildings. A colonnade at the street ‘lures’ the people inside. At the second floor a public roof garden is created, connected to the glass volume. On the top floor of the glass volume a more private garden is created, connected to the dwellings of the other tower. This is all connected by glasshouses on each floor of the glass volume

street

roof garden

dwellers garden

glass houses

big hall conferences & meetings & rehearsals

performance cinema gathering big business meeting

program

shops

normal opening hours

extra?

colonnade roof garden

dwellers garden

transitional zones â&#x20AC;&#x153;flexible boundaries in the form of transitional zones that are neither completely private nor completely public, will often be able to function as connecting links making it easier, both physically and psychologically, for residents and activities to move back and forth between private and public spaces, between in and out.â&#x20AC;? music music

music

Jan Gehl

music

Life Between Buildings (2011) â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Using Public Space, p. 113

yoga

dance dance

the transition zones when the dweller moves towards their dwelling.

music

yoga

music

yoga

dance

yoga

dance

the view for the dwellers on the public program when they come out of the elevator.

music

yoga

dance

the view for the dwellers on the public program when they come from their dwellings.

music

ground floor

kitchen

theatre

bar kitchen

dance

entrance dwellers

restaurant info

velominck

shop

entrance dwellers

shop

floor plans

multifunctional room foyer

meeting rooms backstage

theatre

dance

1st floor

changing rooms

yoga

music

dance

cloackroom

coffee bar

changing rooms

flexible workspaces

exhibition

waiting

roofgarden

dance

2nd floor

office

fysio

psychologist

staff

music music

fysio

yoga medical centre

doctor

waiting room

desk

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doctor

back office

assistant

back office

lab

dance

doctor

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multifunctional room

outdoor terrace

foyer communal dwellers dance

6th floor

7th floor

the inner street

dwellings

“Although we have become fairly used to seeing the entire World as our territory, our space is principally that of the city. (…) Outside the city we expect to find the open space of the countryside, and there the less people we see the better. (…) The city is the model for society. (…) You shut the door of your house behind you to go into town, to dispel loneliness, check out the action, see what is up for grabs, make arrangements.” Herman Hertzberger

dwelling

Space and the Architect (2000) – Lessons in Architecture 2, p. 120

public program

66 - 140 m2

dwellings for all different households.

66 - 140 m2

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flexibility â&#x20AC;&#x153;If a dwelling is able to stand the test of time it has to be able to accommodate every imaginable kind of inhabitation and use. One solution lies in enabling certain parts to be changed, for instance the internal layout.â&#x20AC;?

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Bernard Leupen

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285

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different glass volume facades

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250

concrete slab isokorf bubbledeck floor insulation floor heating wooden floor

195

250

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325

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115

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340

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340

stone pavement (clinkers) sand layer floor heating insulation bubbledeck floor insulation waterproof breather foil

140

125

145

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110

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glass lamellea for structural support facade

980 300

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280

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glass ballustrade 300

300

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glass sliding doors

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glass sliding doors

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105

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230

wooden deck waterproof layer insulation breather foil bubbledeck floor insulation post and battens fermacell roof

105

105 340

60340

glass lamellea for structural support facade

10590 230

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9080

105

280

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glass lamellea for structural support facade

340

280

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wooden deck waterproof layer insulation breather foil bubbledeck floor post and battens fermacell roof

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300

glass ballustrade

glass lamellea for structural support facade 280

280

300

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glass facade glass lamellea for structural support facade

climate

glass lamellea for structural support facade

300

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Heath exchanger air to water

preheated ventilation

natural ventilation from glashouse

evacuated solar tubes on glass roof

340

evacuated solar tubes on glass roof

preheated ventilation

natural ventilation from glashouse

34060 340

winter

465

280

glass lamellea for structural support facade

980

250

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wooden floor floor heating insulation bubbledeck floor post and battens fermacell ceiling

summer

absorption cooling

MSc1: Hybrid Buildings - a new identity for the Parool Triangle

Hybrid Library - a new identity for the ‘Parool Triangle’.

Concept Concept A new square with an axes will organise and connect thesquare site. building A new with The an axes new will organise and connect the site. The new building as ato deﬁne border to define willwill act asact an border the spaces and ty thespaces buildings in together. the and ty the buildings together.

Scho

Wibautstraat

Paroo l Trouw

MSc1: Hybrid Buildings - a new identity The building is a continuation of the urban fabric, connecting the buildings on the Parool Triangle with the resedential neighborhood. An atrium at the heart of the building let’s the public space ﬂow through.

Parool

School Housing

The building responds to the diﬀerent scales on the site by a tower at the Wibautstraat and a lower part at the resedential area.

Scho

In the industrial time the need for transport increased, resulting in a railway in Amsterdam which junction formed the present Parool Triangle, then an empty rural landscape. The expansion of Amsterdam and the upcoming car needed space so part of the railway track was demolished and made into the Wibautstraat, an important connection between the south and north of Amsterdam. Only after World War II was the Parool Triangle completed with the new newspaper headquarters and a crafts school, designed in the modernist sixties style. The new buildings made no effort to connect to the urban context or scale, making it an island in its surroundings. When the newspapers left the site in 2004 and 2007 it left the Parool Triangle in an identity crisis in desperate need of a transformation. This transformation will be realized in the form of a hybrid building containing a district library, cultural center and dwellings for elderly people, this will be the starting point for further development. The design should connect the different areas and consider the different scales of the site, the big scale modernist buildings with a lot of open parking space, the small scale social housing and the altogether different boulevard running along. To counterweight the heavy concrete buildings and to be able to give the area a new impulse and lightness, the design should have an open and transparent character, inspiring its surroundings and generate activity. The most important aspect of the design will be an atrium at the heart of the building that will 1:1500 connect the different programs Situation and act as a collective square inside the building. Situated in the corner between the Parool Tower and the school the sides of the z-shaped building are a continuation of the lines from the residential building block behind it and the lines of the buildings on the Triangle. Doing this the building wants to connect and define the urban context, creating a visual line to the residential area and a square at the Wibaudstraat. The building consist of three heights, the lowest part of three levels is situated at the residential area, the middle part of five levels forms the main volume of the building and a tower of six more levels is situated at the Wibautstraat side. This forms a gradual transition from the residential height to the Parool Tower height. The aim of creating a second tower is to enforce the position of the lonely Parool Tower and bring extra attention to the area. The atrium in the middle of the building is a continuation of the public space, with the outside pavement coming in, creating a square inside the building which forms a connection to the triangle and the residential neighborhood. The program of the building consist of the district library, a cultural center, a restaurant and coffee bar, flexible workspaces for both students and professionals with private meeting rooms and the apartment tower. The program is flowing in to each other on every level and is wrapped around the atrium. In this way the atrium becomes a place where the different programs of the building are visible and able to inspire each other, as well as being a place of collectivity. To give lightness to the surrounding brick and concrete façades as well as creating an open and inviting building, the design of the façade and interior of the building is very light and transparent. The façade is made out of four generic frames in three different sizes, consisting only of glass and translucent panels. This gives the building a great flexibility in changing its appearance in the future and allows for the façade to be made off site. The façade panels are repeated as interior walls facing the atrium on the inside. This creates the illusion of being outside on the inside. Where the whole building is formed by the lines of the location and a strong grid, the floors around the atrium don’t follow these lines and are different on each level, creating a play of lines and vistas. The floor space around the atrium is kept for movement and free of walls, the horizontal lines of the changing floors are enforced by stark white lines and the balustrades. This will, hopefully, create a starting point for further development and a new beginning for the Parool Triangle with a ‘bright’ future.

MSc 1 Hybrid buildings studio

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MSc1: Hybrid Buildings - a new identity for the Parool Triangle

MSc1: Hy

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studio

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conference/ lectures

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studio

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theater studio

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studio

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restaurant

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Hybrid theatre Bsc 6 Hybrid buildings studio

The assignment for the Hybrid studio was to create a hybrid theatre that will act as a starting point for the development of the old harbor area. This area is to become a creative quarter for Rotterdam. Therefore the urban infill of the theatre is very important for the success of the neighborhood. The relationship between the theatre and the water was very important to me, to maintain the harbor heritage. Therefore the program of the building is all focused on the water and a big public gathering space is created on the ramp to the water. The theatre will offer a variety of programs and will be the home base for a permanent theatre group, whom will also give workshops and trainings to the public. Next to that an independently operating grand cafĂŠ will be added, which should be able to extend the theatre activity. Due to all this different programs all the rooms should be able to work together and be used in very different ways, to increase the use of the building and be able to make it a true hybrid building. The practice room for the theater group, the grand cafĂŠ and the foyer all blend into each other and viewing lines are generated between the spaces to make them all seem connected. Also the way light penetrates the building is essential for the design.

Rotterdam Harbor

hybrid infill

Repetitiezaal

kantoren personeel

Repetitiezaal

kleedkamer

Acteurslounge

kleedkamer

Acteurslounge

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kantoren personeel

kleedkamer

kantoren personeel

Kantoren gezelschap

kleedkamer

magazijn

Kantoren gezelschap

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Acteurslounge Kantoren gezelschap

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Technische ruimte

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Technische ruimte

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Back stage

Werkplaats

Grote zaal Technische ruimte

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Grote zaal

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foyer

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foyer

laden/ lossen

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laden/ lossen

foyer

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keuken/ opslag

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Bus Shelter Bus shelters are a place where we spent more time than we think, see more often than we realize. A lot of the time spent by a bus shelter is actually for waiting, where we have nothing better to do than wonder around, observe the world around us. The design for the bus shelters does not seem very well thought out though, instead of giving us something look at, they seem an unconsidered necessity. So why not give us something to enjoy our stay and make the world around us a little more beautiful? My design tries to realize this, give an other alternative to what we already know.

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Unec Pavilion BSc 6 Technology pavilion

The assignment was to design a temporary exhibition and conference centre for the UNEC organization. The pavilion must be able to be rebuild quickly as it will travel over the world. The requirements for the program where a bar/restaurant, conference rooms, a presentation room, a learning centre and a big exhibition room. The pavilion needs to be an example of sustainable building and when disassembled fit in trucks for movement.

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samengeperste bambootegel waterdichte melkpaklaag samengestelde kartonvloer funderingligger staal

stalen kolom vastgebouten paneel met doek geisoleerde kartonnen koker hellingleuning met staalkabels naar de ring

samengeperste bambootegel waterdichte melkpaklaag samengestelde kartonvloer funderingligger staal

stalen kolom vastgebouten paneel met doek geisoleerde kartonnen koker hellingleuning met staalkabels naar de ring

tensotherm doek glazen gevelpaneel

tensotherm doek gelamineerde houten boog in gebouten schoenverbinding

geisoleerd karton gebouten paneel met gespannen doek stalen kolom

tensotherm doek tensotherm doek gelamineerde houten boog in gebouten schoenverbinding

tensotherm doek met ritssluitingen en houtje touwtje verbinding bij nooduitgang

samengeperste bambootegel waterdichte melkpaklaag samengestelde kartonvloer funderingligger staal

tensotherm doek met ritssluitingen en houtje touwtje verbinding bij nooduitgang

samengeperste bambootegel waterdichte melkpaklaag samengestelde kartonvloer funderingligger staal

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gebouten ringverbinding met boorpaal

afstandhoudende ring gebogen houten schil

gebouten ringverbinding met boorpaal

afstandhoudende ring gebogen houten schil

terras

5000 mm

bar

restaurant terras

5000 mm 7000 mm 18.000 mm

bar

auditorium toiletten

restaurant 7000 mm 18.000 mm

technische ruimte

auditorium auditorium

6000 mm

expositie

toiletten toiletten

technische ruimte 6000 mm

expositie

auditorium

3000 mm

14.000 mm

5000 mm

10.000 mm 54.000 mm

3000 mm

14.000 mm

5000 mm

10.000 mm 54.000 mm

toiletten

5000 mm

14.000 mm

3000 mm

5000 mm

14.000 mm

3000 mm

climate ventilation

light

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12-28*

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Project Nepal, Sindipalchuk 50 homes, 50 toilets, 172 sites cleared

Model studies An example of model studies for a design in the concept face. These models where made for the Pavilion for the European Quarter.

Chair This chair consists of one single piece of folded aluminum of 360 by 3779 mm. The result is a very ergonomic chair with distinctive angles.

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12˚ 70˚

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first models

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seat

Lamp

Collage

Thank you for your time and consideration! Elvira Jansen 0031-611621454 elvirajansen@hotmail.com www.elvirajansen.com