Pjotr van Noesel
Selected Works Portfolio 2015 | 2022 Architecture Graduate
Dear Reader, My name is Pjotr van Noesel, in June 2022 I obtained my master’s degree in architecture from the TU Delft Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment. In between studies I gained field experience, working as an intern and architectural designer, at two different architectural firms. This portfolio contains a selection of both academic and professional work and will give you further insights into my skills and interests within the field of architecture and the design of the built environment.
Curriculum Vitae Contact
Education
Pjotr van Noesel (+31) 6 36518403 pfhvannoesel@gmail.com Hugo de Grootstraat 171 2613 VS Delft 28-05-1997 Nederland
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Master:
Onze Lieve Vrouwe Lyceum VWO Natuur & Techniek
Bachelor: Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment Minor House of the Future
Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment Master Architecture
Archicad Rhino Autodesk Autocad Autodesk Revit Google Sketchup Adobe Photoshop Adobe Indesign Adobe Illustrator
TU Delft Student Mentor
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TU Delft
Native Fluent Basic
Faculty Promo Team
Powerhouse Company
Publications De Architect Schetsen als Ontwerptool TU Delft Stack and Connect 2
Breda
2015 - 2018 TU Delft
2019 - 2022 TU Delft
Work Experience
Model making Handdrawing
Dutch English French
2009 - 2015
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2017 - 2021 Delft
Architecture Intern
2018 - 2019 Rotterdam
TU Delft
2019 - 2020
Student Assistant Internships Bachelor 2021
2017 - 2018 Delft
Studio Nauta Architecture Intern Architectural Designer
Delft
2020 - 2021 Rotterdam
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Urban Architecture
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The Paper Factory
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Urban Proposal
06-2022
Cabin on the Boschplaat
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Shelter
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Embassy to Art Institute
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Transformation
01-2020
Studio Nauta
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Varying
08-2021
Powerhouse Company
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Dwelling
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Cultural Center in a Paper Mill Graduation project | Maastricht
Through its layers of brick and steel, contemporary and historic architecture and spaces of obsolescence neighbouring spaces of production, the Maastricht paper mill sets and engaging stage for an exercise in redesigning its built environment. The proposal for a cultural center within a redeveloped urban plan for the factory grounds carefully evaluates the existing situation to appropriate some of its valued pieces and add to the architectural collage that occurs here. The cultural center becomes a presence on the waterfront, a visual character through a redesigned urban context. An invitation for a place to come alive. Hosting a public program by day and night. Always in close vicinity, acknowledging the presence of operating industry: the urban site and architectural program opts for a coexistence between the city of man and the city of the made. Through scale, formal language and materiality, the atmosphere and history of the factory environment remains. Collage then is both a tool and retrospective result. It reappropriates a theme present in this industrial context long before and hopefully long after the cultural center. Layers of different time periods get stacked and new layers are added. It is about holding on to the spirit of a place and fitting in something new. The design takes from its surroundings it re-depicts the factory typology whilst the paper mill becomes slightly demystified in the process. In the end it introduces a new chapter for this area, rebecoming part of the city.
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The proposed cultural center consists of four built volumes. Three of them are for the larger part reused structures: a former paper machine hall, two sheds north of it and the warehouse building on the waterfront. There’s one new addition in the middle housing a foyer which connects the separate elements. The machine hall part of the ground floor houses workspaces/makerspaces getting access to the street using large sliding doors within the façade. Close to the entrance there is a room for the neighbourhood or passerby. The former sheds house a small theatre venue or auditorium, the warehouse becomes exhibition space and a café/ restaurant. In the middle we find the foyer with a cloakroom and stairs leading to the upper floors of the machine hall. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
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The upper floors offer classrooms and workspaces accessible to the institutes making use of the building. The second floor houses a double heigh auditorium meant for lectures and performance. The design avoids the corridor wherever possible, to make most out of a narrow space, allowing for cross ventilation and having light enter from both north and south directions. 8. Classroom/Workspace 9. Auditorium
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Northern facing skylights through a sawtooth roof allow for natural light to enter the foyer (right). It mimics the typology of the neighbouring warehouse building. The wooden structure and openings within the roof allow for a play of light on the surfaces of the foyer. The wardrobe or information point and staircase become a central element within the space. Multiple levels, the roof structure and a connection to the machine hall volume make for an interior with interesting spatial relations and various viewpoints and visual connections.
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The staircase, already clearly visible on entering leads the visitor up to the first floor. The brick wall and arched opening guiding them to new interior space. The first floor (above) functions as a third place within the institute. It is marked by the existing vaulted ceiling and the arched openings, the latter having a sharper curve, so that old and new are distinguished. They reveal an interesting play of shapes in between the arches, widening towards the sides, suggesting weight and structure.
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Wall construction PM2 (U = 0.20 W/m K): 5 mm Stucco 500 mm Brick existing Vapour barrier 140 mm Pavatherm woodfiber insulation Waterproof layer 40 mm Ventilated air cavity 100 mm Reused brick 2 Floor construction: 100 mm Existing vaulted brick structure on I-beams (200 x 580) 310 mm Existing cast concrete 90 mm insulation 60 mm cast concrete on floor heating system 20 mm floor finishing 3 Ventilation joint 4 2 x Precast concrete lintel 150 x 250 mm 5 Powder coated steel slat sunscreen on prefabricated steel element RAL 6011 6 Sunscreen in powder coated aluminium casing RAL 6011 7 Powdercoated aluminium windowframe RAL 6011 Tripple glazed window (U = 0,6 W/m K) 8 Windowsill pinewood 30 mm 9 Precast coloured concrete sill 10 Stainless steel wall tie 1
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Roof construction PM2 (U = 0.24 W/m K): 60 x 80 mm Timber beam 60 mm Cross laminated timber Vapour barrier 140 mm Isoroof woodfiber insulation Waterproof layer 20 mm horizontal wooden battens 20 mm vertical wooden battens 10 mm plywood 4 mm zink plating Floor construction: 40 mm floor finishing t.b.d. 30 mm insulation 140 mm Cross laminated timber Vapour barrier 170 mm Isoroof woodfiber insulation Waterproof layer 30 mm cement-bound woodfiber panel Glue layer for brick strips 20 mm Glazed brick strips dark red Wall construction PM2 (U = 0.21 W/m K): 160 mm Cross laminated timber Vapour barrier 140 mm Isoroof woodfiber insulation Waterproof layer 40 mm ventilated air cavity 100 mm Brick dark red Floor construction: 100 mm Rigid insulation 180 mm Cast concrete 60 mm Rigid insulation 50 mm Cast concrete on floor heating system 10 mm Mortar 20 mm Granite tiles Powdercoated aluminium doorframe RAL 6011 Tripple glazed window (U = 0,6 W/m K) Concrete lintel (500 x 190) Fixture for led light strip
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The Paper Factory Graduation project | Maastricht
Bordering on the river Maas, on the northern edge of Maastrichts inner city, the site of a slowly vacating paper mill offers unexplored territory and potential for use on both the small and large city scale. Explorations on the built fabric of the paper mill reveal a layered structure of architectural collage. It tells a successive story of a hundred and seventy years of built history. Through the tool of modelmaking the mill is deconstructed and reconfigured defining its layout, architectural characters, historical layers and valued elements. The factory grounds form an inaccessible island becoming obsolete space within its urban context. However, the potential of the site allows for new citywide (green) connections and it fits into the cities network of cultural meeting spaces and hotspots, certainly when keeping the northwards expansion of Maastricht in mind. The proposal for an urban plan on the grounds of the paper mill combines existing architectural qualities with new additions to form a neighbourhood that mixes housing and public program. It connects the site to the docks, the westbank of the river , the neighbouring Sphinxquarter and a nearby green structure. A phased plan develops the former paper mill into a newly accessible part of the city that responds to both its industrial past as well as its other neighbours. The urban plan was created in collaboration with Jolien Streng and Fenna Regenboog.
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Cabin on the Boschplaat MSc 2. design project | Terschelling
A shelter is a building to be found, discovered, somehow almost earned. It is the resting place or destination on a journey and needs to be recognisable as such. As a temporary residence, it should offer a warm and homely environment. Yet it can be minimal, four walls and a roof will take you a long way. Through memories of huts on hiking tracks during an exploration of the rougher parts of New-Zealand, the cabin on the delta landscape of the Boschplaat became what personal reference would determine to be an archetypical shelter. The gable roof provides the wanderers of Terschelling with a recognizable sight. It will shelter them from wind, rain, and sun. Whilst its nooks and crannies offer them retraction and solitude, the gaps and openings break out into stages to explore from. The building divides itself into three zones. Both ends have a communal and spacious nature. The double height allows for space to share. In the center, individual atelier spaces and a first floor with private bedrooms offer space for solitude and individuality if so desired.
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Embassy to Art Institute MSc 1. design project | The Hague
The redesign of Marcel Breuer’s U.S. embassy takes a central position within the creative city of the Hague. As a modern centre for art and culture it creates a platform that invites the Hague’s multitude of cultural organizations to co-create and showcase their work. It provides a space for changing exhibitions, allowing the public to connect to the cultural scene within the city. It also provides them with the opportunity to participate in it. Besides respecting the qualities that are found in multiple elements of the original design (amongst others the patterned facade, and quality materials) it builds on it by creating spatial variation, a more approachable street corner and by reducing the interior to its essentials. Within the courtyard area, a new addition, is constructed using cross laminated timber with a wooden cladding. It respects Breuer’s design by creating a clear distinction. Through minimalistic forms and shapes it avoids conflict with the busy existing facade. Yet through using this aging material and by copying the principle of a cladding on a strong wall element, it becomes a fitting addition to its concrete and stone counterpart.
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The design offers a varied ground floor plan. It combines multiple public functions to create both a vibrant day- and nightlife. The centrally positioned addition serves as an entrance point for the exhibiting section. It also allows space for showing artworks made by those currently occupying the institute. In this way it tries to bring the public and private functions of the institute together. 1. Entrance 2. Café/Bar 3. Restaurant 4. Entrance Art Institute 5. Auditorium/Film 6. Exhibition Space 7. Workspace institute 8. Courtyard 9. Performance Space 10. Water Bassin 11. Kitchen/Storage 12. Installations/Storage 13. Ambassadors Room/Reading Room 14. Artists in Residence 15. Shared Kitchen 16. Shared Lounge
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Work experience Studio Nauta Professional work | Varying
During a seven-month long internship, followed by four months of experience as an architectural designer, I’ve had the pleasure of working on several private housing projects as well as a research model for the Dutch rijksbouwmeester and a study for the municipality of Rotterdam concerning the redevelopement of industrial heritage in the Rotterdam harbour. Studio Nauta relies on modelmaking as an important tool for design and communication. The model built for the flex-wonen research commisioned by the Dutch rijksbouwmeester: illustrates the potential and concept of radical intervention within the existing structure of the WILMA-appartment block typology that can be found throughout the country. The model was constructed in wood, paper and cardboard using various techniques. It shows an ensemble of scenes and interiors challenging the standard infill ideas. The model was on display within the main exhibition of the Rotterdam Architecture month.
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For the design of a reconfiguration and extension of a house in Arnhem I worked on the sketchdesign, preliminary design and definitive design phase. The project involved the design for a large wooden extension on the garden side and a total reconfiguration and redesign for the interior and rematerialisation of the existing exterior. Working together closely with the contractor and clients, we accomplished an architectural proposal that is elegant as well as grounded within its urban context and neighbouring green structure. Above all it breaths fun and character on the inside. Fitting a young family of creative and ambitious minds. Working on the project included preliminary and conceputal design tasks, drafting of the definitive design, architectural detailing, modelling of the interior redesign and furniture elements whilst maintaining contact with the clients and contractor. The house is currently under construction and expected to be delivered in the second half of 2022.
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Work experience Powerhouse Company Professional work | Dwelling
During a five-month internship at the Dutch architecture firm Powerhouse Company I got the opportunity to work on a variety of projects but was mainly involved with Lead: a housing project in the city of Leiden. Lead is an ambitious project combining a public plinth with a range of different residential types into a three-tower structure. With building heights ranging from sixty to one hundred and fifteen meters, Lead responds to the municipalities high housing ambitions and tries to bring a high-rise solution to the housing shortage problem in Leiden. Whilst working on Lead I got involved in a multitude of subjects ranging from design work on a main staircase to new massing studies for parts of the building. One of my bigger tasks was the redesign, remodelling and refitting of a large part of the floorplans into the model for the preliminary-design phase. As a large-scale project with “high” ambition Lead caused quite a bit of controversy within the city of Leiden and its direct neighbours. During the time I was involved with the project, Lead was in the middle of a participation process between the municipality, neighbourhood, developer and architect. This proved to be a great learning opportunity, interacting with the many parties involved and experiencing the politics of an architectural project.
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