‘TURNING THE TYPICAL ROWBOAT UPSIDE DOWN’

from Portfolio Jaap Koopmans - Selected Academic Works 2016 - 2023

‘CREATING A NARRATIVE FOR A PLACE WHERE YOU FEEL AT HOME’

Design studio 2: Rowing Club in Amsterdam | 2016

The title of this design studio was: ‘‘Designing and engineering.’’ This already suggests that this project is more focused on the combination of designing with the technological aspect of it.

We were asked to design a small utilitarian building, in this case a rowing club, at a given location in Amsterdam with special attention for the spatial- as well as the material design. During the design process, we came across different disciplines. From planning in urban context to detailing of connections in the building structures and calculating the supporting structure.

By integrating these different disciplines, an overall plan is formed. Always taking the environmental aspects into account. Also, the climate design is part of this overall plan. The overall plan had to be presented with posters and some supportive scale models.

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