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Laura van Santen Architect MSc
g l o b a l o r i e n t a t i o n
international education humanitarian open source material sustainable
r e u s e r e n e w a b l e
product prototyping craftl a n d s c a p e
des i gn p u b l i c
s p a c e
Work Experience
2011 Internship Model Building West 8
2009 Internship Industrial Ecology 2012
2007 Internship Wood Architecture Onix
Education
2010 MSc Architecture TU Delft
2007 BSc Architecture TU Delft
2003 I B P Rijnlands Lyceum Oegstgeest
International
2009 Research Cordaid Bangladesh
2008 Erasmus Exchange Helsinki UT
2005 Propedeuse Leeds Met University
Language Software
English Adobe SuiteDutch CADFrench Microsoft Office
Laura van Santen Architect MScborn on 22.04.1985
past / temporary / current
learn / work / travel
p r i m a r ys e c o n d a r yb a c h e l o rm a s t e r
IBP
BScMSc
Onix
Delhi
LeedsLeiden
Melbourne
Delft
Groningen
Dairy Bakery
Pearlship
Helsinki
Dhaka
2012Bangkok
West 8
Waitress
RyadhRome
Preparation
Graduation project on the topic of extraterritorialism.
Methodology of field research in refugee camps.
Site analysis through mental mapping
Serving
The image shows an endless flow of refugees.
Once across the border, the refugee is stateless.
The urban camp life is funded by humanitarians.
Diagram
security
sanitation
shelter
livelhood
healthcare
ngo support domestic
education
community
legal aid
$15,000,000 anual aid
Nomads in NomanslandMSc graduation 2010
Ingredients
2 months field research Thai Burmese Border
3 x interviews Refugee Camps
6 x intrerviews NGOs and academics
Language Software
English Illustrator
Thai sketching
Burmese photography
Preparation
Migration to Thailand is political and economical.
Migrants cannot live in Thailand or work in Burma.
To live between the borders both must be provided.
Serving
A grid is designed dictated by sanitary facilities.
The humanitarian organizations can sponsor these.
Floating dwellings can attach themselves to the grid.
Diagram
Ingredients
potential taxfree labor
growing mobile slums
increased humanitarian detention
Utensils
English IllustratorThai sketchingBurmese photography
Nomads in NomanslandMSc graduation 2010
Preparation
An extraterritorial garment factory is proposed.
The bamboo factory hangs under friendship bridge.
Migrant workers dwell in a humanitarian floating grid.
Serving
At night the Burmese goods are illigegally brought in.
The workers have natural light with textile facade.
The finished goods are illegally exported to Thailand.
Diagram
Ingredients
bamboo textile factory
floating renewable housing
rigid core facilities
Utensils
English IllustratorThai sketchingBurmese photography
Nomads in NomanslandMSc graduation 2010
Preparation
A border becomes more flexible when it is used.
The ethnic cultures of Burma are trapped between.
Nomads in Nomansland.
Serving
The ethnic cultures are very crafted weavers.
Both textile and bamboo are locally available.
Economic stimulus can complement humanitarians.
Diagram
Ingredients
urban plan grid floating
architecture contemporary bamboo
detail lowtech culture
Utensils
English bambooThai textileBurmese cardboard
Nomads in NomanslandMSc graduation 2010
border barrier
LLOOCAALLLLREGIONALNATAA IONAL
INTERNATAA IONAL
60%energy
money
food
water
material
72%
20%
20%
52%
80%
60%
50%
100%
100%
70%
75%
50% 48%
60%
60%10%
10%
10%
10%
10%
10%
20%
5%
30%
30%
20%
25%
2%
80%
40%
10%
GGOUD
energy
money
food
nature
water
material
LOCALREGIONALNATAA IONAL
INTERNATAA IONAL
Preparation
Research methodology for industrial ecology.
Building up contact network for varied research.
Projection of research into case study.
Serving
Sao Paolo biennale entry 2012Architects.
Competition entry Goudse Poort bedrijventerrien.
Research methodology Ministry of Spatial Planning.
Diagram
Ingredients
creating actor network
conducting expert interviews
recycling material flows
Utensils
English Office
Dutch Adobe
Recyclicity CAD
research 2012internship 2009
20% evaporation
RIOOL
WARMTE
WARMTE
WARMTE
ELECTRA
WATER
WATER
AFVA
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VOEDSEL
VOEDSEL
VOEDSEL
AFVA
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1295460 m3/yr
3239 MWh/yr 41437 MWh/yr
1943 MWh/yr
38198 MWh/yr
Underground heat storage
Office building as residences with neighborhood facilities
Helophyte filter as neighborhood park
Caterer of food from the Goudse Cyclus
WATER
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WWWWAWWAAAWWAWAWWWWW TTTTEREREAAAAAA
3180547 tonnes/yr
4180 ML/yr
3344 ML/yr
280 tonnes/yr
7300 tonnes/yr
750 tonnes/yr
746 tonnes/yr
746 tonnes/yr
1816 tonnes/yr
Materials
1740 ton/yr
8,5 tonnes/yr201 tonnes/yr
7,5 tonnes/yr 4 tonnes/yr
Combined Heat and Power in greenhouse
Transfer nodes with food production
Biogas production at waste collection point
836 ML/year
7300 tonnes/yr
CO2 CO2
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T f d i h f d d i
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MEST
2470 tonnes/year 105 tonnes/year
AFVA
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177 tonnes/yr
AFVA
L
MEST
Greenhouse
3
4P
GELD
ENERGIE
PARTICIPATORY COOPERATIVE
NEW INVESTORS
GGOUD
GGOUD
GGOUD
GELD
INFRASTRUCTUUR
AFVA
L
HANDEL
KANTOREN
KASSEN HUIZEN
NEW PROGRAM
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Rasheda, housewife
My husband is a day laborer on other farms. He earns 150TK (1,50E) per day. The NGOs call us hardcore poor. I work in the household. Other women in the village think I’m crazy. We don’t have any money to repair our house, or make it stronger.
Razia, shrimp farmer
I used to live in a bamboo house but now we have built a brick and concrete house. Our relatives helped us with the costs. We do not own this land, and we work on our landlord’s land. In the wet season we cultivate shrimp and in dry season collect salt.
In the 1991 disaster I lost my parents and 6 siblings. It took us two years to repair the fields. We also migrated here 30 years ago due to river erosion. We never received any help from NGOs to build back as this is considered a high-risk disaster area.
Mumtaz, teacher
I work as a primary teacher in the cyclone shelter and receive training from an NGO. We have a lot of space. Children start school at age 4. School is free for girls and 50TK a month for boys. During a cyclone warning we evacuate furniture and books.
We would like a megaphone here to sound the alarm but we don’t have it. Our main problems in the shelter after a disaster are with water and sanitation. There are no separate toilets for men and women. We would like to store rainwater on the roof.
fresh water broken bricks
bricks
clay
palm tree
Preparation
A three month field research after a month of prep.
Bangladesh is extremely densely populated.
Cyclones and floods are a cyclical spatial disaster.
Serving
The research was presented as four sections.
Interview, theme, space and material was shown.
An Urban Emergencies exhibition was held in 2009.
Diagram
Ingredients
density 1100 people / km2
disaster millions homeless / year
poverty low human development
Utensils
English GIS / GPSDutch Space SyntaxBangla blogspot.com
UE Bangladeshpilot studio 2009
Preparation
The research showed a lack of top down planning.
Bangladesh has more than 5000 NGOs operating.
An interdisciplinary platform can provide new media.
Serving
The knowledge is all available, but must be funneled.
A technological leap, as mobile internet, is needed..
An Urban Emergencies symposium was held in 2009.
Diagram
UE Bangladesh
pilot studio 2009
Ingredients
NGO parallel projects
government corrupt planning
designers no access
Utensils
English IllustratorDutch sketchingBangla open source platform
Preparation
Architecture is not able to solve complex issues.
Building in Bangladesh has many challenges.
There is relief, rehabilitation, and preparedness..
Serving
A game was designed to communicate issues.
The aim of the game is to build a house and keep it.
Bangla Roulettes is available as open source game.
Diagram
Ingredients
3 disasters floods / cyclones / disease
4 regions salt / harbor / delta / tourism
6 materials pucca / katcha
Utensils
English cardboardDutch corkBangla textile
UE Bangladeshpilot studio 2009
Preparation
A pilot studio for architectural engineering in Delft.
Design process integrated with software training.
Two designs combined (partner N. Grammatikou).
Serving
The drawers contain the material samples.
The wall is entered to smell, feel, hear and touch.
To enjoy there are heating elements, furniture, LEDs.
Diagram
Ingredients
wall defines space
drawers create adaptability
experience sensual materials
Utensils
English AutoCADDutch RhinoMEL Maya
Material Pavilionpilot studio 2008
Preparation
The design was carried out in a physical prototype.
A part of the wall, the S beam was constructed.
The design was tested for acoustics, heat, stress.
Serving
The beam was built as a steel foam composite.
The foam was glued to the metal and drilled.
The steel plates (1mm) are bolted with C-profiles..
Diagram
Ingredients
testing material properties
adapting design elements
building physical prototype
Utensils
English iDIANA
Dutch TRISCO
Welding BOA
Material Pavilionpilot studio 2008
pond
maintenanceplayground
terrace
pavillion
pine forest
pine forest
rose garden
Preparation
G Eckbo and JA Stein redesigned Lodi Gardens.
The tombs were adapted as British colonial garden.
After Indian Independence it became an urban park.
Serving
continuity : conservation and maintenance.
regionalism : native planting and local tradition.
humanism :urban escape and modern facilities.
Diagram
Ingredients
site Lodi Garden
analysis Stein Eckbo
critique critical regionalism
Utensils
English History
Dutch American
Finnish Landscape
Landscape Architectureerasmus Helsinki 2008
Preparation
A hybrid function in a site in Rotterdam.
An urban analysis called for reclaimed public space.
Infrastructure is public space, a bridge is a podium.
Serving
A viaduct was redesiged as a public bridge.
A place where street art, dance, theatre is possible.
The podiums light up with the energy of movement.
Diagram
Ingredients
hybrid contradicting program
urban creative flows
public social space
Utensils
English AutoCAD
Dutch Sketchup
Hybrid Function Photoshop
Urban Agorabachelor project 2007
west
blaak
Preparation
Creating a landmark is a neolithic concept.
The stones from the ice age are marking stones.
A building, as a piile of stones, represents this.
Serving
Light is brought in through glass and a central void.
The outer surface is rough cyclopean concrete..
The inner surface is smooth, beautfiul like a crystal.
Diagram
Architecture Onix
internship 2007
Ingredients
competition marking stone
design model sculpture
reference critical dolmens
Utensils
English VectorWorksDutch InDesignWood Models
Preparation
Three weeks : suburban housing scale 1:750.
Three weeks : park competition scale 1:500.
Three weeks : park competition scale 1:1500.
Serving
Planning model for the city counciol of Enschede.
Urban park for corniche Beirut.
Oilfield reclamation park Tulsa.
Diagram
Ingredients
sawing wood veneer
cutting foam board
sanding epoxy resin
Utensils
English sawDutch cutterSpanish sanding
model West 8internship 2011