Back to the future at the NDSM Amsterdam by Igor Mikitišin

Back to the future at the NDSM Amsterdam

Designing evocative scenographies by reconnecting the authentic shipyard's spatiocultural identity to future space-time concepts and imageries

Master Dissertation by Igor MikitiĹĄin

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Back to the Future at the NDSM Amsterdam

by Igor MikitiĹĄin

Special gratitude to | My family for endless love, support and above all belief. Without you, this thesis will never become possible. | My academic promoter Marc Dujardin, for his enthusiasm and consistent eagarness which guided me to think out of the box. | My uncle. I hope you have found peace. Adio. | Owl | My few true friends who were there when I deeply needed them. | and finally to faith and truth. I believe !

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This publication presents a combination of research and analysis to build up my project, with a reflection about e architectural project itself. It is an attempt on showing what the affordances and opportunities of the site are and how the proposed architecture utilizes these elements. Brought as a coherent story, tis publication offers an insight into the progress and outcome of my master dissertation project.

This project was developed for the master dissertation project, within the project of '' Diversity, vacancy and demolition; Towards spatial strategies that provide handles to rethink both hopeful and hopeless vacancies'', proposed by prof. dr. arch. Marc Dujardin

from arCsus in cooperation with Architectural studio RAAAF from Amsterdam.

following people contributed and guided the development of this project and publication: academic supervisor:

prof.dr.arch. Marc Dujardin consults:

RAAAF STUDIO AMSTERDAM layout & editing: Igor Mikitišin printed & bounded by: Igor Mikitišin proofreading: Marc

Dujardin

All rights reserved under International Copyright Conventions. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or by any information storage retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher or specific copyright owners. Work and publication made during the course of a personal master dissertation project. c 2017 by Igor Mikitišin igor@4mind.rs International Master of Science in Architecture KU Leuven Faculty of Architecture Campus Sint-Lucas Gent Class Year 2016/17 June 2017 www.arch.kuleuven.be www.internationalmasterofarchitecture.be

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Table of Contents

3 KU Leuven

Gratitude

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1. From my point of view Personal vision and research question of the project

2. Prologue

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3.The city on/of water General information about Amsterdam

4. History is stored in this landscape

Historical framework

5. The place has a story to tell Contextual framework

6. What the ‘place’ told me

Personal haptic experience

7. Affordances were found / RAMP Chosen site explanation

8. A pathway through the unknown

Experimental design process

9. Solid & Void Atmospheres Structure and materials research

10. References

Prominent architectural examples

11. Back to the future Architectural intervention

12. Conclusion

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1. FROM MY POINT OF VIEW Personal vision and research question of the project

GENIUS LOCI: In Roman mythology a Genius loci was the protective spirit of a place, the presiding god. In contemporary usage, "genius loci" usually refers to a location's distinctive atmosphere and the prevailing character, or a "spirit of place". The concept of "genius loci" has been discussed in modern architecture, but still is much underestimated.

The attitude towards industrial architectural legacy nowadays, has this anxiety to bring a building back into being. Reusing of everything that building was in the new 'shiny' way. Consequently, there is no room to let a building breathe. Heritage present on site is becoming an object, only as a shell that must be filled with functions, instead of a subject. By considering inherited remnants as a material with which we can work with, this current crack of cultural knowledge could be reconnected. 1The building is no longer in servitude to certain function. The spirit has come back.

As stated in the definition people sometimes forget that it is not only about buildings but about evoking its stories and memories as well. The main observation in the NDSM area is that this man-made landscape has a greater impact on the city of Amsterdam. History is stored in this landscape. Important for me is to be in a constant dialogue with our environment and surrounding background. As Mario Botta stated: ''Architecture allows you to read context.2'' Furthermore, to connect ourselves as human beings moreover integral part of nature, although in this case artificial, to its culture.

This uniform use of archetypes in the past used to give this area a structure, but it is no longer possible today to build industrial structures of this kind and scale in an urban context. An infrastructure that had been detached from its industrial context has been used to give grid to Amsterdam's new city fabric. Presently it is a dispersed area where this lost activity of industry is noticeable. A sense of scale is missing. Having in mind physicality as the reference point in architecture in the relation with the former shipyard that was there the awareness of space that addresses then and now should be restored. The coherence between corporeal state and the qualities of space represents one of the crucial elements of atmosphere for me.

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Tim Ingold, Making. Mario Botta, Guest lecture KU Leuven Architecture Faculty Campus Sint Lucas Gent, May 2017

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By exploring atmospheres from what we inherit on this specific area I would like to try capturing these by translating and relinking them to the current sense of the place. But how to search for atmospheres when this has to do with the immediate experience when you first visit the NDSM. My impression is that you cannot divide any particular sense, but that you are overwhelmed with all senses simultaneously. It is this haptic experience of being in the world in a specific place and moment. The very existence and own connection with what you feel is the essence of the atmosphere I would like to achieve.

In this area you are confronted with a natural environment that is represented in water and artificial legacy of the shipyard that coexisted together in the past as present. This can enforce the relationship between heritage, as well to be both physical and metaphysical, more spiritual phenomenon that can be experienced with all your senses.

CAN WE RETRIEVE AND RECONNECT THE MEMORIES BETWEEN NOW AND THE PAST, RECONSIDERING THE RELATION TOWARDS CONTEXT AS AN EXPRESSION THAT ABSTRACT FROM ITS LANDSCAPE ? HOW THE SPACE PROVIDE WITH MOST FLEXIBILITY FOR ITS USERS ?

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Fortis est qui se vincit. Veritas. Ancient Roman Proverb

*English Translation: He conquers who conquers himself. Truth.

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Metaphorical juxtaposition of past and present. Conflict between old shipyard and new real estate development in the neighborhood.

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2. PROLOGUE

+ STUDIO maig42

The Master Dissertation studio group maig42 2016/2017 of promoter Marc Dujardin aims to approach and explore the relationship between Architecture and Sustainability from the perspective of Culture and Society (arCsus). Accordingly, it is not surprising the connection and close cooperation with RAAAF Office from Amsterdam. RAAAF is the multi-disciplinary and experimental architecture office that operates at the crossroads of Architecture, Art and Philosophy, which made this atypical architectural studio an ideal option for an associate in this master dissertation. In accordance with the given thesis theme of Diversity, Vacancy and Demolition: Towards spatial strategies that provide handles to rethink both hopeful vacancies, my attitude towards the design is first based in understanding the theme title and subtitle. I will be stressing the rethinking of the vacancies at the NDSM site in Amsterdam in my research and design project. Three AAA in the abbreviation of RAAAF stands for Art, Architecture and Affordances. The last, affordances, is the most intriguing. It stands for the conscious design of spontaneous interactions3 that you can find in physical surroundings that always have something to offer to the user. This relation between contextual aspect and ability that every vacant building contains some kind of positive possibility (affordance). An affordance has an economical connotation also, as something that can be afforded or able to do in certain financial means. This is related to the theme of temporariness, which is related to the nowadays site situation and my way of thinking about the given project research area. The RAAAF way of designing the vacancy is also through specific strategic interventions, which they use as a typical design approach. It is a kind of methodology in design that is rethinking the vacancy in the innovative way. Nonetheless, my goal in this master dissertation project is to catch and learn as much as I can of this philosophy of designing and to try to reconsider the whole NDSM site, having in mind present time vacancy and huge potential with all its affordances and possibilities for redevelopment. Shortly, to think in a different way, to think out of the box.

Vacancy Studies, Experiments & Strategic interventions in Architecture.

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Words are water in this city. One drop of rumor could drown us. Jessie Burton, The Miniaturist

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3. THE CITY ON / OF WATER General information about Amsterdam Amsterdam is the capital and most popular city of Kingdom of the Netherlands. Its name derives from Amsteldamme, indicative of the city's origin as a dam on the river Amstel. Originating as a small fishing village in the late 12th century, Amsterdam became one of the most important ports for shipment of goods in the world during the Dutch Golden Age (17th century), as a result of its innovative developments in trade. Consequently, the city was the leading center for finance and diamonds as well as transshipment of merchandise of Europe and World. Amsterdam is a compact city, which you can cross within an hour even by bike. It has got a solid settlement pattern, no sprawl and a restrictive policy towards building in green areas. The green wedges penetrate far into the inner city and connect to the surrounding metropolitan landscape. Amsterdam is often called as the ''Mirror of the Sea''3 due to the picturesque sight when seen from the seaside. 3

Joseph Conrad, brief description of Amsterdam, 1906.

AMSTERDAM AREAL PHOTO

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As a relatively small city with less than 800.000 inhabitants with a long tradition in planning due to the fight against the water. The river Amstel ends in the city center and connects to a large number of canals that eventually terminate in the IJ. Amsterdam is about 2 meters below sea level. The surrounding land is flat as it is formed of large polders protected by dikes. The city is connected to the North Sea through the long North Sea Canal. The port of Amsterdam is the fourth largest port in Europe. Amsterdam has more than 100km of canals. In the middle Ages it was surrounds by moat, called Singel, which now forms the innermost ring in the city and makes the city center a horseshoe shape of concentric canal belts. The city's moto is except living on water, living with water in more sensitive urban design and management. Amsterdam is a delta city rooted in a robust and resilient water management. All building developments make water value instead of a threat. Climate change is used as a trigger for further accelerate, economize and innovate water sensitive urban design and management in the existing city and new future developments.

AMSTERDAM MAP OF CANALS AND RIVER IJ

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L'histoire se répète jamais. L'homme fait toujours. Voltaire

*English Translation: History never repeats itself. Man always does.

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4. HISTORY IS STORED IN THIS AREA NDSM historical framework The NDSM story does not start at the NDSM, but further east in the city at the Eastern Islands, where ships have been built since the times of the East India Company in the 17th century. In 1894 the struggling shipbuilding industry gets a new impulse when the Dutch Shipbuilding Society (NSM) is founded. Building bigger and bigger steamships, the company quickly outgrows the small eastern islands and looks to the north side of the river IJ for more space. In 1916 work begins on a patch of land in the Noorder IJ polder. The ground is raised with sand and three large slopes are built. In 1922 the NSM finally leaves the East Islands and settles in the north of Amsterdam. At the new site there is space for ambition and the NSM quickly becomes the biggest shipyard in the country. To accommodate the workers and avoid having a construct a costly river crossing, the city of Amsterdam builds working class neighborhoods north of the IJ, such as Tuindorp Oostzaan. The area starts developing its own particular NSM culture. The workers form a tight knit community and are proud of their work at the booming of NSM. Soon talks are underway about a merger with Dutch Dock Society (NDM), which has settled to the west of the shipyard in 1920. Its machine factory would be a great asset to production at NSM. Shortly after the end of World War II the two companies join forces and form the NDSM in 1946.

NDSM NORDERN IJ POLDER DEVELOPMENT

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TIMELINE

1894. Foundation of the Netherlands Shipbuilding Company (NSM) at Amsterdam's Eastern Islands

1916. The NSM got hold on the southeast corner of the Northern IJ polder which until then has been used as a agricultural land. The company moved to the new location due to the space shortage at the old place.

1920. The Netherlands Dock Company (NDM) specialized in the renovation and repairing of ships was founded and got the leasehold property on the Western part of the area.

NSM

NDM

1946. The two companies merged into one under the name of NDSM. NDSM

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NDSM MAP

1960. Ramp 2 and 3 where merged into one big ramp to construct large cargo ships. The big portal crane is built over the two ramps.

1984. After a big economic crisis the NDSM went into bankruptcy. The ship repairing part of the company was however still workable and went on under the name of Ship dock.

1990. The big portal crane collapses after a heavy January storm.

Nowadays After closing down a period of decay, drugs and prostitution began on the abandoned site. Until at one point few artists merge their forces to act together with the municipality to create a space for creative people. The new breading ground.

Future Recovery. Reactivating fragmented area.

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The merger and post-war reconstruction are together very beneficial for the NDSM. It specializes in the production of large freighters and tankers that are in high demand. Due to the global competition and rapid growth, NDSM adapted its strategy to changing markets by shifting the focus of production several times. It produces parts for the National Delta plan and constructs complete refineries for the Botlek area. During 60s the company dedicates itself to the production of massive 210.000 ton tankers. Most other European shipyards lack slopes big enough to produce these enormous vessels. In that period the NDSM was one of the biggest shipbuilding companies in the world. Unfortunately, this pragmatic approach couldn't help the NDSM to compete with mounting international competition. In financial difficulties, the pride of Amsterdam shipbuilding started to crumble. Dutch shipbuilding industry has fallen too far behind and despite government support it couldn't no longer survive. The end of NDSM is a major lost for the community in the area. The company finally fallen into bankruptcy in 1984.

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SHIPBUILDING AT THE NDSM

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SHIP CONSTRUCTION AT BIG RAMP

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SHIP CONSTRUCTION ON 'Y HELLING

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TANKER MELANIA AT Y HELLING

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TANKER MELANIA AT Y HELLING

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SHIP ONSTRUCTION AT BIG RAMP

http://www.ndsm.nl/werf/

SHIP ONSTRUCTION AT Y HELLING

http://www.ndsm.nl/werf/

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LAUNCHING | RITUALITY

http://www.ndsm.nl/werf/

LAUNCHING OF MELANIA TANKER

http://www.ndsm.nl/werf/

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WORKER HIGH IN THE SHIP STRUCTURE

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LAUNCHING OF THE SHIP

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N9 N8

N2 N1

N4 N6

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NDSM FUNCTIONS IN THE PAST

N1 Shipbuilding N2 Lasloods N3 Carpentry building N4 Forge building N5 Slopes I-IV N6 Engine building N7 Cantine N8 Demolition buildings N9 Crane track / Assembling place

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From the mid-60s the NDSM built the supertankers in two parts. It could be made of the existing ramp capacity utilization so that no new investments were needed. Moreover, it would allow water from ships over 300m in length to make extra demands on the stiffness of the ship.

Over the slope a gantry crane was placed by which the sections that were build elsewhere on the building site could be put in place.

Firstly, the stern was built. While the engine was fitted to the outfitting quay for the ship was built on the slope. The NDSM developed a new method for the two halves, in the water, to be welded together. As a result it was not necessary to drag the ship to a dock in which the operation could be carried out.

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SHIP ASSEMBLING

In total, the NDSM built 16 supertankers. The Melania Shell tanker was the first.

SHIPBUILDING ROUTE AT THE NDSM

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There's always room for a story that can transport people to another place. J.K.Rowling

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5. THE PLACE HAS A STORY TO TELL NDSM contextual framework

NDSM | DURING THE MOST OF THE YEAR

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NDSM | DURING THE FESTIVAL TIME

http://www.ndsm.nl/werf/

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The NDSM extends to the built environment where once was the location of an old shipyard with its monumental buildings and large open spaces. The shipyard's industrial past is still visible and tangible, even as new developments threaten to polish away remaining rough edges. Moreover, precisely this rough character is so valued by residents and visitors. At the beginning of this century an architectural idea competition was made for this area and the concept that proposed the development of the shipyard into an Amsterdam's cultural hotspot. The ambitious plan was and experimental, multidisciplinary, bottom-up approach in which the end-users will determine what will happen. The initiation derived from the philosophy '' the city as a framework''. The people have gathered and founded the organization that took over ownership of one building from the city municipality - the largest warehouse. There, they made different studios for artists with various occupations. ''Everything of value is defenceless3'', still with enormous persistence people can change things and make a vacancy into affordance. Vague and seemingly endless space and unlimited freedom has been shifted into a socio-cultural area with a profitable economy that has given a new influx of possibilities. 3

Dutch poet Lucebert quote.

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NDSM | MOBILITY MAP

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NDSM | FESTIVAL ATMOSPHERE

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NDSM | FESTIVAL ATMOSPHERE

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NDSM | FESTIVAL ATMOSPHERE

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Kraanspoor

IJ River

Botel Hotel

URBAN SECTION

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Residental Area

Small Canal

Kunststad

Y - Helling

Hilton Hotel

Crane Hotel

LONGITUDINAL SITE SECTION | TOPOGRAPHY

LONGITUDINAL SITE SECTION | FUNCTIONS

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NDSM EVENTS 2017 AMSTERDAM

NDSM

NDSM 5D

WATER FESTIVAL

SHOWCASE

FESTIVAL

OUTSIDE

NDSM SUMMER

24H NORTH

AROUND

FESTIVAL

NDSM FESTIVAL

WEEK OF

UNFAIR

DGTL

FREEDOM

AMSTERDAM

FESTIVAL

NDSM

ENCORE

AMSTERDAM

VRIJHAVEN

FESTIVAL

BOILS FESTIVAL

TECHBASE

TIM ON THE

HISWA

FESTIVAL

RAMP FESTIVAL

FESTIVAL

AMSTERDAM

PORT

LOCKDOWN

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WINTERCIRCUS

FESTIVAL

MY GOODNESS

DAZZLE VILLE

VELTIFEST

FESTIVAL

OVER HET IJ

NDSM REVIVES

STORYTELLING

FESTIVAL

VOLTT

SAIL A GREEN

A PLACE BEYOND

FESTIVAL

OCEAN FESTIVAL

BELIEF FESTIVAL

NDSM OPEN

DOCKYARD

PITCH

PROGRAM

FESTIVAL

WORKSHOPS

NDSM

WINTERS INSIDE

KINDERATELIER

FESTIVAL SOURCE

WORKSHOPS

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CONCENTRATION OF PEOPLE | SHIPBUILDING

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CONCENTRATION OF PEOPLE | FESTIVAL

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NDSM | FUNCTIONS TODAY 1 Ferry 2 MTV HQ 3 Redbull 4 Empty Warehouse 5 Kunststad / Artcity 6 Slope 7 Noorderlicht Cafe 8 Empty Warehouse / Future StreetArt Museum 9 Student Housing 10 Small Car Repair Companies 11 Afbramerij 12 Media School ROC 13 HEMA Headquarters 14 Kraanspoor Office Building 15 IJ Kantine 16 Small Business in Shabby Warehouses

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If we look the NDSM location as a flat. We can divide the flat in four different areas. The biggest areas are working and living, two parts where we spend most of the time during the day. Then we need corridors, which are connecting all the part together. Finally, there is a terrace, which represents a link with outdoor space or lungs of every flat. This arrangement is associated with modernistic approach of flat designing where all the parts are clearly divided and there is no overlapping and mixing. In the second model image it can be seen that the functions are spread out through the whole flat (that in this case represents a NDSM location) gradually.

Recreation-Cultural Area / Terace Offices Area / Working Room Approach Area / Corridor Residental Area / Living Room + Bedroom MODEL | by the author

CONCEPTUAL URBANISTIC MODEL

Recreation-Cultural Area / Terace Offices Area / Working Room Approach Area / Corridor Residental Area / Living Room + Bedroom

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CONCEPTUAL URBANISTIC MODEL

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NDSM | MAP OF FUTURE DEVELOPMENT

3 5 2 1

NDSM | AREAS OF FUTURE DEVELOPMENT

1 Approaching Part 2 Harbor Part 3 East Part 4 North Part 5 West Part

Housing Offices Culture

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Future vision for the NDSM location corresponds to the structural vision of the Amsterdam 2040 and the future developing plan of the Amsterdam city authorities which includes the expansion of the popular city center to the edges of the city, dynamic changes at the waterfront, international developments and more intensive recreational use of green spaces. Since the number of major developments will take place in Northern parts of the city, it is obvious that NDSM will be included as one of the most attractive sites, both commercially and strategically. Especially at the NDSM site, vision ''suggests'' an intensive development of the western part of the wharf with high density and multifunctional program which will be supplemented by a comprehensive maritime functions. On the other hand the eastern part of the area, the shipyard, which represents a listed landmark, can thus be kept as free of additional non-cultural orientated activities. The real estate companies are claiming that the NDSM will have the ability to transform on daily base (day & night) and at weekends when it's necessary for festivals.

NDSM | FUTURE DEVELOPMENT

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Throughout the eighties Amsterdam's shipbuilding industry located along the river IJ closed down. Dozens of hangars and warehouses were left behind empty and the areas surrounding them deteriorated quickly. As one would expected in any metropole a mixture of city nomads, prostitutes and refugees soon arrived followed by artists and young people who were seeking creative free space outdoors. All of these off the grid activity was the welcome spark for the lively subculture that Amsterdam is often celebrated for. At the beginning of the century a project called ''Manhattan on IJ'' arises for the redevelopment of the IJ shores. It would entail the demolition of the industrial heritage. A group of artists united in a guild to offer resistance to this plan. The guild was promoting the idea of the city as a framework which was based in its essence on using the existing buildings and structures for redevelopment. The new plan for NDSM was chosen to be realized after it passed the city authorities who said that they will oppose as long as money will be made in the building not on the building. Meanwhile, the warehouse was declared a monument. During the following years the NDSM became a breeding ground for art and cultural activities. In the largest warehouse a framework was built which allowed over 240 artists to come and build their own creative workspaces in this ''Art city''. Furthermore, the NDSM developed a reputation as a cultural hotspot of Amsterdam.

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KUNSTAD | PLAZA VIEW

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web designers draftsmen

graphic designers

architects craft-workers

inventors

wedding planners

sculptors

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painters photographers

ART CITY| FUNCTIONS

decor makers

product designers

musicians

filmmakers

theatre makers

lighting specialists

furniture designers

local community

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SOURCE

INTERVIEWS

http://www.ndsm.nl/werf/

NDSM Kuntstad

Marjanne design researcher & textile designer

Marta graphic designer & art director

Judith graphic designer

Louise textile designer & art director

Lyangelo story designer & historian

Luca toy designer

Tim 3D designer

What made you decide to want to work at the NDSM Kunststad ?

What is it you like about working at the NDSM Kunststad ?

1.It was love on first sight. 2.The first time I came it was winter and raining and I said to myself no way until I saw the place. I was convinced right away. 3.There’s a very nice vibe here. 4.It’s lively, dynamic and politically interesting because it’s an institutionalized space for artists in a commercial environment. 5.It was an ultimate dream location. 6.Raw environment, creative energy and uniqueness of the area in relation to the city center. 7. Amazing. Good atmosphere.

What’s it like to work in a building with so many other creatives ?

1.Being surrounded by art and design is so important and inspiring. 2.It is amazing, refreshing and pumps your energy up. 3.The possibility to work together and to learn from each other. 4.It is motivating to see so many people creating things every day.

What is it that the NDSM Kunststad contributes to your work ?

1.It’s an inspiring space where I can get involved in some really nice projects. 2.The possibility to get in touch with the people working here. 3.The place is very photogenic and pleasant. 4.I am looking forward to meeting new, interesting people. 5.At the NDSM you are part of a very special network of creatives. It can result great collaborations.

What is your ideal image of the NDSM in 5 years from now ?

1.More people. NDSM is a beating heart for art, it could pulse the entire city. 2.No more corporate building or companies. 3.The artistic and playful side of NDSM should be protected. 4.I’m missing a common space, a place for both the people from the studio’s and visitors. 5.I hope the NDSM will maintain its unique character. 6.As a dynamic cultural and artistic incubator, but also hopefully as a sustainable habitat for innovation.

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1.I like the fact of crossing a river by boat to arrive to my office. 2.The roughness and the fact that you can breathe, look to the sky and have space to look far away. 3.Working in a community with many different creatives in an interesting postindustrial urban public space. 4.The space, the view, the people, the dynamics and its uniqueness. 5.Because it is a place for work, a tourist destination and small village all in one. 6.That you can work in a place where the history is so tangible.

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Audi nos omne quod non est iudicium. Quae videmus perspective non est verum. Marcus Aurelius

*English Translation: Everything we hear is an opinion not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective not the truth.

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6. WHAT THE PLACE TOLD ME Personal Haptic Experience

A place where you can think. Where you can wander. Lose your thoughts. Dream up. Feel. Breath. Hear. Smell. Decide to see or not to see.

SITE IMPRESSION

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The best thing is exploring the site by act of walking, so you can easily adapt your own pace to your needs. There is time to listen and reflect. Looking the connection between heritage, daily activities, nature, present industry (if there is still to see) and above all river IJ. By not having a clear route and exact destination where to walk to, you can create your own reference to relate yourself on. When visiting the site the first thing I oriented myself to, was the river. I started at the ferry dock and quickly get attracted towards the river side. This whole area was new for me, so the first thing I noticed were these remnants of huge buildings spread along the site. I started to get a second reference point closer to the inland though always having in mind not to lose the river.

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SITE IMPRESSION

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Although the shipbuilding industry is not present anymore the transport using the river still remained, so you are forced to go further inwards. Many places are carryng an important value and rich history, they are telling us who we are and the connection with the past that formed our environment and community. By analyzing the general space, we can develop a specific SENSE OF PLACE. Furthermore, by understanding the place linked with its tangible and intangible values, we, as designers, can interpret those and create a more conscious vision on how we incorporate heritage into the DAILY ACTIVITIES AND STRUCTURES OF NOWADAYS.

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The fact that we are on the shipyard where they used to make such a huge tankers and cargo ships, instantly puts me in the position INSIDE the ship, more precisely in the perspective of the worker - shipbuilder. The small man, which represented a screw in the bigger system, worked hard for several months, inside the belly of the ship having no connection with the SCALE that can be seen from the outside. These people especially assigned to work on the inside of the ship had the link with the surroundings only through WINDOWS that were often framing the sea. This amazing VIEW, from specific height on the sea and ships that were constantly in motion and other side of Amsterdam was the privilege worth an effort.

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IMAGINABLE PERSONAL FEELING

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MAP OF PEROSONAL HAPTIC MOMENTS AT THE NDSM MAP | by the author

A selection of sketches were made to visualize these fragile yet specific qualities from the area. The analysis is done through the four movements in urban space of haptic experience of the anthropologist Jan Pieper.

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Approaching to the site. All relevant elements that are seen at the first glimpse where spotted and sketched. You can access the area by boat, car, and bike or by foot.

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Immediately the Big Ramp ('Y Helling) brought attention to me as something that has most potential in the spatial configuration in the eastern part of the NDSM site. Its circumambulate postition centered the whole relation to the surroundings.

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The most memorable moment when I left the NDSM site was when I arrived again to the Amsterdam Central Station. The specificity of that building stays in people's mind. The same thing should happen with the architectural proposal and intervention at the NDSM shipyard.

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The relation between the water as the essential natural element and artificial concrete steel surrounding of the shipyard is dominant. This contrasting effect WATER - LAND is key juxtaposition at the NDSM site. More juxtapositions can be find in the close relation between 2 MAN-MADE RAMPS ( 'Y and 'X Helling) and 'Y HELLING and KUNSTSTAD (Art city) warehouse. Comparing their heights, sizes, positions and functions are used to define similarities and diversities between them.

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Relics are being claimed, broken down or reused. The fractions are strongly visible and scattered around the site. They are still holding on to the rich history of the region. Now and then you can stop, close your eyes and STILL FEEL THE HISTORY.

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With a bit imagination we can return time in history and feel the place still carrying an important value and rich symbolic. This place is telling us who we were and what we have been doing here. Moreover, the link with the past that formed the surroundings and shaped the community that has been living/working here. This area can only be fully understood when we figure its GENIUS LOCI.

BEHAVIOROLOGICAL RITUALISM

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Do not ask. Act! Action will define you. Thomas Jefferson

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7. AFFORDANCES WERE FOUND / RAMP HELLING Y Chosen Site Explanation

Y HELLING RAMP

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The structure of the ramp consists of a grid of columns and beams, reinforced in the middle, along the longitudinal direction, where the keel of a ship was placed. The spine is the most bearing part, since it has supported the weight of an entire ship. We can see that the ramp has three spines. Originally, there were two twin ramps, but in 50s the factory joined them into one in order to build bigger ships. The spine of the 60s is then bearing part of the whole structure. Foundation typology: Pales of 20 meters

Y HELLING RAMP - SRUCTURAL FLOORPLAN SCHEME

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Y HELLING RAMP - COLUMNS DISPOSITION

Y HELLING RAMP - LONGITUDINAL SECTION

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RAMP TODAY - RIVER ELEVATION

RAMP TODAY - PERSPECTIVE

RAMP TODAY - LONGITUDINAL SECTION

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RAMP IN PAST - RIVER ELEVATION

RAMP IN PAST - PERSPECTIVE

RAMP IN PAST - LONGITUDINAL SECTION

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RAMP IN PAST - SHIPBUILDING ATMOSPHERE

RAMP TODAY - FESTIVAL ATMOSPHERE

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RAMP DECONTEXTUALISATION

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Sloboda da se prave gluposti je privilegija za koju sami treba da se izborite. Valja se grešiti i praviti gluposti jer kako bi inače znali da smo na dobrom putu? To nas jača i čini boljim. Duško Radović

*English Translation: The freedom to do stupid things is a privilege for you to be alone to deal. How else would we know that we are on the right track if there are no mistakes and nonsense? It makes us stronger and better.

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This chapter explains more about the design process that I have followed, or better to say, was driven by during this master dissertation. Designing through vision sketches and utopian concepts. Trying to find an own path through the unknown and to come to the best possible solution for the final architectural proposal.

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8. A PATHWAY TO UNKNOWN Experimental Design Process

HEIGHT AND MONUMENTATION EMPHASIS. LITERAL RAMP CONTEXT ROTATION.

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Tryout drawing no. 1: represents the plate and a tower that emerges from the plate. The skyscraper is going really high acting as the new landmark in the waterfront landscape. Its ephemeral form slowly unites with the clouds. AXONOMETRY |SINGULAR

LONGITUDINAL SECTION | SINGULAR TOWER

MONTAGE | SINGULAR TOWER

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Tryout drawing no. 2: represents two structures that are wrapping up the void in between. The buildings are faced one to each other, while the people are spread out in the vertical system as well as in the fundamental plate that again remains on the same spot where the ramp was.

AXONOMETRY | SIDE BUILDING

MONTAGE | SIDE BUILDING

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Tryout drawing no. 3: represents the moving plate in the vertical direction. The four main cores are holding the ramp horizontal plane fixed. The movability of the structure and the feeling that you are up and in other moment down explains the experience of the worker who was there building the ship in the past. There is a pool on top of the structure that can be ice-skating in winter.

AXONOMETRY | POOL

MONTAGE | POOL

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Tryout drawing no. 4: represents two conceptual sections. These sections shows the idea of the harshness and extreme complexity of the structure along the sides of the 'Y Helling. The super structure full of concrete wouldn't be a good example which will adapt to environment around the ramp. Helped a lot to sense the place again and to realize in what direction I mustn't follow.

LONGITUDINAL CONCEPTUAL SECTION | FLEXIBLE SKYSCRAPER 1

LONGITUDINAL CONCEPTUAL SECTION | FLEXIBLE SKYSCRAPER 2

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Tryout drawing no. 5: represents the idea of a panoramic open space on top of any design that I will make in the end with my architectural proposal. This crucial element should be incorporated in the final intervention. On the other drawing the influx of greenery is tested because the area is in the shortage of green spaces. There is a place next to the ramp where various plants can be planted so that the ramp can be left open for another conceptual solution.

MONTAGE | PANORAMIC PLATFORM

MONTAGE | GREENERY INFLUX

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Tryout drawing no. 6: represents the big step towards the final conceptual decision. The framing of the inner void where the ship was in the past, was actually the crucial move for moving on with the design. In this and drawing that will follow in next pages the idea of having two side structures emerges as the core of the project. The possibilities where discussed and analyzed after which the resolution was made to continue further: MORE DIRECTLY INTO THIS CONCEPTUAL IDEA.

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STRUCTURE AXONOMETRY

STRUCTURAL ELEVATION

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RELATION BETWEEN TEMPORARY AND PERMANENT PARTS

COLLAGE | INSIDE STRUCTURE

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INSIDE STRUCTURE ATMOSPHERE

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Guardare con attenzione per quello che vedrete non Ă¨ quello che hai appena visto. Leonardo da Vinci

*English Translation: Look carefully because what you are going to see is no longer what you just saw.

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9. SOLID & VOID ATMOSPHERES Structure and materials research

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MESH SCAFFOLDING STRUCTURE | ALMOST LIKE A SPIDER WEB

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These two sketches represents the structure that was there in the past. Huge steel vertical trusses were holding the temporary scaffolding around the ramp necessary to build big tankers and cargo ships. The ramp was whole from reinforced concrete structure consisted of columns, beams and walls.

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Scaffolding is easy adjustable, flexible and above all temporary. With this research I tried to catch most important things in scaffolding constructions as, for example, is the intertwining of elements (pillars, beams, diagonals and stairs) for stability reasons.

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Sketches of the inside ship void structure.

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Cargo ship types and characteristics.

1. Type: 3rd and 4th Cargo ship generation Year: 1980 Lenght: 260-295m Width: 13.5m Weight capacity: 3000-5000 TEU

2. Type: Post Panmax Cargo ship Year: 1992 Lenght: 284-318m Width: 14.5m Weight capacity: 5000-6000 TEU

3. Type: 5yh and 6th Cargo ship generation Year: 1997 Lenght: 263-350m Width: 14.5m Weight capacity: 5000-8700 TEU

4. Type: Diskussion Cargo ship Year: Nowadays Lenght: 380m Width: 14.5m Weight capacity: 12000 TEU

*TEU - Transport equivalent unit or number of containers

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Conceptual proposal of moving glass panel. Flexibility and openness.

Cargo ship Cube container structure.

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Materials used in the project.

Grey Fabric

ETFE Membrane

Stainless Steel

Rusted Corten Plates

Cobblestone Pavement

Natural Concrete

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Life is a game of inches, so find a good example. Al Pacino

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10. REFERENCES Prominent architectural examples

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BUNKER 599

In a radical way this intervention sheds new light on the Dutch and UNESCO policy on cultural heritage. At the same, it makes people look at their surroundings in a new way. A seemingly indestructible bunker with monumental status is sliced open. In addition, a long wooden boardwalk cuts through the extremely heavy construction. It leads visitors to a flooded area and to the footpaths of the adjacent natural reserve. The pier and the piles supporting it remind them that the water surrounding them is not caused by the removal of sand but rather is a shallow water plain characteristic of the inundations in times of war.

http://www.raaaf.nl/en/projects/7_bunker_599

The sliced up bunker forms a publicly accessible attraction for visitors of the NDW. It is moreover visible from the A2 highway and can thus also be seen by tens of thousands of passers-by each day. Paradoxically, after the intervention Bunker 599 became a Dutch national monument. http://www.raaaf.nl/en/projects/7_bunker_599

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AFTER IMAGE

After Image allows people to experience an aspect of The Netherlands that is normally hidden from view: cities are built on millions of pillars. After the radical demolition of the Sugar refinery only a desolate concrete area remained. RAAAF discovered that beneath the surface of the site - around which in coming years a new neighborhood will emerge a colossal city of pillars is hidden.

http://www.raaaf.nl/en/projects/976_after_image

The intervention reveals this underworld of the former sugar silo seven years after the demolition. By excavating the foundations a concrete cathedral appears 30 feet below ground level.

http://www.raaaf.nl/en/projects/976_after_image

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TO DWELL ALCÁCER DO SAL BETWEEN A PILLAR FOREST

The theme Habitar Alcácer do Sal entre uma Floresta de Pilares comes from the first characteristics attributed to the new market space in the city. All ideas and present analogies in a forest space, such as informality, timelessness and freedom, be set on the world of architecture, deserving to be the subject of study and reflection.

https://divisare.com/projects/345547-francisco-pestana-da-silva-to-dwell-alcacer-do-sal-between-a-pillar-forest

It is therefore intended to propose a new form of inhabiting the city, by the creation of a new market typology, which seeks to enhance the numerous and diverse conditions of the place.

https://divisare.com/projects

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CENTRE GEORGES POMPIDOU

The Centre Pompidou houses the Musée National d'Art Moderne, which is Europe's largest museum for modern art. Also located in the vast open interior is the Bibliothèque publique d'information, a huge public library, and a center for music and acoustic research known as IRCAM. The flat open site upon which it is located is a constant exterior stage for urban events. The centre was officially opened on January 31, 1977 and has since then integrated hightech architecture and urbanism as a movement and spectacle for the city to experience every day.

http://www.archdaily.com/64028/ad-classics-centre-georges-pompidou-renzo-piano-richard-rogers

Their concept, depicted in one of their competition drawings as a collage, was portraying the museum itself as movement. The other concept in their design, and perhaps the most obvious, was exposing all of the infrastructure of the building. The skeleton itself engulfs the building from its exterior, showing all of the different mechanical and structure systems not only so that they could be understood but also to maximize the interior space without interruptions.

http://www.archdaily.com/64028/ad-classics-centre-georges-pompidou-renzo-piano-richard-rogers

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URBAN RIGGER

By designing a system of concrete pontoons and stacking nine containers in a circle, 12 studio residences are formed around a central, protective glass shell-covered courtyard, used as a lively meeting place for students. It may be easily replicated in other harbor cities experiencing industrial decline in search of affordable accommodation, but where space is limited. Considered messy and dirty, these ports can thus be revitalized and converted into desirable residential areas. Ingels explains, “Most major post-industrial cities in the world are experiencing some sort of a transformation and decline of their port industries. You’re seeing cities all over the world where you have increasingly available port areas that can be transformed and could be the home for alternate forms of urbanization.

https://www.big.dk/#projects-con

Bjarke Ingels states, “In terms of sea level rise, this is the most resilient form of housing because it moves with the water. It’s the only building type that will never flood.”

https://www.big.dk/#projects-con

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PRINCIPLES AND VISONS OF ARCHITECTURE

proposed by Yona Friedman in Copenhagen, Denmark. Realized 2016.

Flexibility is the key concept in Mobile Architecture. It serves to enhance the freedom of choice for the individual, the flexible use of city space, and to offer the city dwellers grip to give meaning to their environment as described in Ten principles of Lâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Architecture Mobile (1960). The architect in the future would just be instrumental to work out the wishes of the user. The personalized units formed the architectural expression.

https://www.google.be/search?q=yona+friedman+architecture&source

When these units would be incorporated into large supporting structures or space frames, the networks of span-over blocks. The structures were to be supported by tall columns so that they have little impact on the ground. Cities could therefore continue to grow without any increase in land use or the need to demolish existing buildings.

https://www.google.be/search?q=yona+friedman+architecture&source

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SERPERTINE PAVILION

The combination of translucent architecture, a terrain that encourages people to explore the site in new and diverse ways. Within the pastoral context of Kensington Gardens, the vivid greenery surrounding the site merges with the constructed geometry of the Pavilion. A new form of environment has been created, where the natural and the man-made fuse.

http://www.archdaily.com/384289/serpentine-pavilion-sou-fujimoto

The inspiration for the design of the Pavilion was the concept that geometry and constructed forms could meld with the natural and the human. The fine, fragile grid creates a strong structural system that can expand to become a large cloud-like shape, combining strict order with softness.

http://www.archdaily.com/384289/serpentine-pavilion-sou-fujimoto

A simple cube, sized to the human body, is repeated to build a form that exists between the organic and the abstract, to create an ambiguous, soft-edged structure that will blur the boundaries between interior and exterior.

http://www.archdaily.com/384289/serpentine-pavilion-sou-fujimoto

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IT UNIVERSITY COPENHAGEN

The IT University is arranged around a large central atrium. In the atrium, a number of group and meeting rooms, designed as corbelled boxes, are placed in a dynamic composition – like extracted drawers of various sizes. A digital art installation by the American artist John Maeda creates a dynamic and interactive visual composition in the atrium, projecting words and images onto the white meeting boxes.

http://www.henninglarsen.com/projects/0400-0599/0538-it-university.aspx

The ground floor comprises the common facilities; lecture halls, students’ café, canteen and library. All research and teaching areas are located on the upper floors. There are teaching facilities in open study areas surrounding the atrium and research departments in the calmer zones at both ends of the building. The building stands elevated above terrain. A metal clad frame folds around the entire volume in one singular dynamic movement. The glass facades inside the frame are divided into horizontal ribbons of glass of varying color and character – powerful green-colored glass, translucent glass and clear glass.

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WATER CUBE NATIONAL AQUATICS CENTER

The design of National Aquatics Center combines modern technologies with Chinese traditional values. In tradition, Chinese conceptualized a square Earth and a round Heaven, and this formed the design's central theme. Moreover, the cube shape dominates ancient urban buildings. Its design is of traditional style to meet all its functional requirements.

https://www.dezeen.com/2008/02/06/watercube-by-chris-bosse/

The ETFE (the ethylenetetrafluoroethylene copolymer) membrane insulates it. This advanced membrane structure is formed by 3,065 bubblelike pneumatic cushions of all sizes. It becomes the first large-scale public project coated with the membrane, and it also has set up a new world record for its massive deployment.

https://www.dezeen.com/2008/02/06/watercube-by-chris-bosse/

The National Aquatics Center looks like a huge blue box, from which it takes its nickname: the Water Cube. It is blue in order to reflect sunlight. It shines in the sunlight like a pearl in water. From the inside, you may discover that the pneumatic cushions of all sizes are just like sea bubbles. https://www.dezeen.com/2008/02/06/watercube-by-chris-bosse/

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The entering gate of Taj Mahal inspired me to think about the ramp as the essential part of the entering zone, the part that you need to go into in order to get the feeling of place hugeness and materials harshness. Cadre thorugh the dark tunnel on the Taj Mahal monument with its landscape behind influenced on the frame and what is framed moreover on how the exiting effect should be felt and experienced.

https://www.google.be/searchq=taj+mahal&source=lnms&tbm=isch&s=X&ved0ahUKEwj2nKqI8cXUAh

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In every job that must be done, there is en element of fun. Merry Poppins

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11. BACK TO THE FUTURE Architectural intervention proposal

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As it can be seen from the CRUCIAL PICTURE, that served as a starting point in my architectural design, THE HISTORICAL NOTE OF THE SHIP CONTRUCTIONS were held on and around the shipyard, more precisely Y-Helling, is playing one of the most important roles at the NDSM context.

At one side, the juxtaposition between the massivity of these large cargo boats and the structure around that seems so light and fragile is something that intrigues me the most. This EVOCATIVE IMAGERY immediately reminds me what was there and what the key focus at this place was. Nonetheless, as the secondary thing, but not less valuable are the CROWDS OF PEOPLE, the workers that were needed to build such enormous floating fortresses. These people are the soul of the ritual everyday work at the NDSM shipyard. They are the crucial ingredient to the contextual GENIUS LOCI that has to be uncovered, both visually and feelingly.

The MIXTURE of the evocative imagery of the past introduced in the SYMBOLICAL ARCHITECTURAL ABSTRACTION plus the mob of people during the festivals as users, which has its roots as metaphorical shipbuilding rituality in the past, will make a SCENOGRAPHY that will be imprinted in the memory of visitor's space. These expressive SOLID-VOID ATMOSPHERES symboliclly designed for NEW FUTURE-TIME CONCEPTS is the soul of the idea that represents the RECONNECTION to the authentic fundamental architectural experience of former spatio-cultural identity of the NDSM shipyard.

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Container Void

Idea

Ship Void

Shipyard Void

Context Void

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Basmenet Floor Plan - Exhibition Space

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Montage - View from Crane Hotel

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Collage - Stage Festival Entrance View

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12. CONCLUSION The end of one journey

To sum up very briefly, In this thesis the formal design path towards industrial architectural heritage legacy was tested. I have tried to understand the context and its past. The tensions between Solid and Void, Reality and Imagery, Water and Land were all triggers to think in a different way. To think out of the box more flexible and multi-disciplinary, more experimentally and innovatively about vacancy and by that act according to what I felt will be the best solution for this location. This thesis came as the final project of these five-year studies. Now, at the very end, I think the goal that I set to myself in the beginning of last year, is fulfilled. I tried to catch as much as I could and to learn as much as I can of the design methodology and philosophy of designing all wrapped in sustainability approach in architecture. Especially focusing on cultural pillar of sustainability and resilience.

After this studies I have learned that The Architect plays a vital role as an innovator, negotiator, facilitator and a representative of voices that would otherwise go unheard. Spatial/Cultural mediating is at the core of this approach to create new alternative possibilities and affordances with a very clever strategy and solution.

The Master Dissertation is finished. One period in life is finished. The professional challenges are starting. But learning will never stop. USTAJ, Ĺ˝IVI, BORI SE, NE KLONI.* UVEK.

*English Translation: Get Up, Live, Fight, Do Not Quit. Always.

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13. BIBLIOGRAPHY Books, Articles, Web Sites

BOOKS: | Schultz C.N., Genius Loci, Towards a Phenomenology of Architecture, Edinbourgh, College of Art Library, 1971. | Zumthor P., Atmospheres, Basel, Brikhauser, 2006. | Pieper J., Ritual Space in India: Studies in Architectural Anthropology, London, Flexiprint Limited, 1980. | Wang Shu, Ged F., Pecheneart E., Construire un monde different conforme aux principes de la nature, Paris, Editions des Cendres, 2012. | Matta Clark G., Experience Becomes an Object, Madrid, Ediciones Poligrafa, 2016. | Rietveld E., Rietveld R., Vacancy Studies, Experiments & Strategic Interventions in Architecture, Rotterdam, nai010 publishers, 2014. ARTICLES: | Jenks C., Architecture Becomes Music, The Architectural Review, architectural magazine, 2013. | Hall S., Perez Gomes A., Questions of Perception, Essay Article, A+U architectural magazine, 1994. | Habib F., Exstential Space and C.N.Schultz, International Journal of Architecture and Urban Development, Phd article, 2012. | Mak G., Forgoten History of Amsterdam, historical article, 2009. | A Green Metropole, Amsterdam Definitely Sustainable, Choosing for the city, Program Agreement for Amsterdam, city agenda, 2010 - 2014. | The Newspaper NDSM OPEN, Third Edition, initiative of the Open NDSM Foundation, 2015-2016. WEB SITES: |Yona Friedman Architecture http://www.yonafriedman.nl/ | Gemeente Amsterdam, "Documenten, plannen en notities NDSM-werf" https://www.amsterdam.nl/projecten/ndsm-werf/documenten-plan-nen/ (last accessed March 11, 2017) | Gemeente Amsterdam, "NDSM" https://www.amsterdam.nl/projecten/ndsm-werf/english-engles/ (last acessed March 11. 2017) |Gemeente Amsterdam, "Port City - Three prospects for the Western IJ banks" https://www.amsterdam.nl/portofamsterdam.nl/docs/ik/Port-City%20final%20report.pdf (last acessed February 10, 2017) | New Docks Activities Stories Members. "Mediawharf" http://www.ndsm.nl/en/bedrijf/mediawharf/ (last acessed March 11, 2017) | New Docks Activities Stories Members. "About NDSM" http://www.ndsm.nl/en/over-ndsm/ (last acessed March 12, 2017)

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FINISH ! I'm Architect.

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