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A small selection of projects I have worked on during my education at the Universities of Eindhoven and Delft

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In this portfolio I will show keyacademic projects, finished overthe past three years. These proj-ects vary from large, regionalstrategies to small scale inter-ventions. It will give an insight inthe skills I have acquired as adesigner, as well as my compe-tence with different computerprograms.I have finished the bachelorprogram Architecture, Buildingand Planning in 2010. In mysecond and third year the courseI followed focused on Architec-ture and Urbanism. I also did aminor in Architectural Detailing.At this moment I have completedthe first year of the masterprogram of Urbanism at the Uni-versity of Technology in Delft.

As I am not yet sure whichgraduation studio I would like tofollow in the final year of mymaster program, experience at aprofessional firm would be veryuseful. Currently I am looking foran internship to orient myself onthe profession that I will practicein the future.

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The main goal of this quarter projectwas to derive a spatial strategy for thegreater region of the Haarlemmer-meer. At this level global impact isvisible and sensible, in terms ofurbanization, economic powers andenvironmental impact. This results inthe inability to fully control the regionor metropolis meant that this regionaldesign was more about steeringdevelopments in the right direction.The infrastructure is a strong axiswithin this scheme. The area is dividedin different scenes, from local impor-tance in the South West, to interna-tional importance in the North East. Allthese scenes are aligned along therailway axis. From the railwayoutwards the density of the area fadesout, illustrating that the focus point ofthese areas lie at the highway andrailway. All these scenes have adifferent strength that they contributeto the bigger Haarlemmermeer region.In that way the rhythm of differentareas is best experienced. In myindividual design I have focused onthe vacancy of office districts. Follow-ing our group strategy, I have devel-oped a scheme that all these differentoffice districts, from small estates inNieuw Vennep, to the internationalhub of Schiphol, would cooperateinstead of compete.

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>>> FACTS & FIGURES

Program:net transformationurban area 42,2 ha.residential 5,2 ha.commercial 20,1 ha.re-used offices 8,8 ha.landscape mixed 12 ha.water 2 ha.houses Onehundredjobs Flexible amount

Stakeholders involved:Municipality HaarlemmermeerMunicipality HillegomNS real estateFOX Vacations

Aimed effect:Revive the local economy of NieuwVennep by regenerating officedistricts, making them cooperatinginstead of competing.

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Office parks provide the Netherlandswith 35% of its Gross National Producton only 4% of the total land surface ofthe country. They are important for theDutch economy. Almost one in everyfive inhabitants works on such a officearea. Then why are these workingenvironments of such poor quality?

In the recession we are in now, I seethe opportunity to change and improvethe quality of office areas in NieuwVennep and surroundings. By relocat-ing business to well accessible plots,reusing vacant land for differentpurposes, and creating a pleasantwork environment in the vicinity of thecenter and the train station, the localeconomy can be strengthened. Ibelieve that, by giving a office district astrong character, connecting it with itslocation, and making it good acces-sible, an office area can become morethan a concrete slap on the peripheryof a city. This office area will be astepping stone for starting companies,and there for flexible in use and costs .Abandoned warehouses will betransformed with public facilities thatwill be shared, making them flexibleand cheap in use.

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This project was organized by the chairof Urban Design in Delft, assisted byGeomatics (Research Institute OTB)and the Fieldacademy in Rotterdam.The focus of this projects was todevelop analysis techniques in the fieldof people movement, pedestrian flow,and public space. It uses state of theart analyses techniques such aspattern analyses and spatial researchby GPS and GSM tracking, and com-bines this behavior with cultural habitsand the cultural meaning of publicspace. By combining field work, datacollection, urban analysis, question-naire data, and literature study weanalyzed the city, designed interven-tions and presented recommendationsto the municipality of Rotterdam.

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By using the data of more than 600participants to analyze 5 differentaspects: Diversity of function, Appre-ciation, Density, Spatial quality andConnectivity provides the group a cleartask for the next step of designing. Weaimed to choose clusters which havepotentials and would contribute a lot forthe whole structure of Rotterdam citycenter.

It can be seen on the density map thatbased on the movement behavior ofthe participants, the densest route isKorte Lijnbaan – Lijnbaan – Hoogstraat– Binnentotte, main shopping street inRotterdam center. Despite of upgrad-ing the entire structure, we concentrateon this route, create new public spacesand upgrading low quality ones. Thiswill result in destinations that wouldmeet the requirements of users, guidepedestrians to better experiences,improve sub-destinations indirectly andcreate a unique environment forRotterdam center.

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The crossing of the Binnenrotte andthe Meent is the furthest destinationpeople visited from the analyzed park-ing garages. People watching plays animportant role in making this destina-tion attractive to stay. This is, accordingto J. Gehl, one of the most importantpeople attractors and these conditionsmake the destination an overall enjoy-able place to be. The feedback fromthe questionnaires however gives usinsight in what could be improved here1. The first condition to attend to isconcentrating people where theactions is. People enjoy being aroundeach other and this could be achievedon the Binnenrotte by focusing sittingelements at the new Markthal, and theintervention area, the crossing with theMeent. 2. Zooming in on the crossingof the Meent and the Binnenrotte wesee a chaotic traffic situation. Theconflict points between car and pedes-trian create a situation where peoplewould rather cross fast, than stay awhile. By using a part of the parkingarea as a pedestrian area, passersbyand people who want to stay havemore space. I also believe that bymoving the pedestrian crossing moreto the south the pedestrian flows would

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also promote contact. To persuadepeople to stay here, pleasant physi-ological conditions should be met. Thismeans that people should have thechange to sit in the sun, out of the wind,and near the action. By creating apublic resting place on the north side ofthe square, the shadow of the southernbuildings would not block out the sun.The windscreen around these publicspaces would also contribute to a moreattractive environment. There is a bitmore room for the private terraceslocated around the square, this willalso attract people. 4. To increase thelegibility new pavement is used on theBinnenrotte to guide visitors to theMeent. The lighting will accompany thisroute, making it more safe at night.Looking from the Meent the sittingelements peak around the corner. Thiscan make people curious andpersuade people to walk a bit further tothis newly designed area.

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This project focuses on the scale of thecity, and challenged us as urbanists tointerpret and tackle its unique prob-lems. The love/hate relationship DenHelder has with the sea provides anunique opportunity to create innovatedesign solutions for the future defenseof the coast. In cooperation with theStudio Coastal Quality, an attractive, aswell as realistic solution was created.The city has developed itself as animportant marine city. The populationhowever, is declining. In the master-plan these changing conditions whereour main focus points. We believed thata shift from marine to offshore harborwas crucial. The interaction betweenthe city and its harbor has always beenimportant for Den Helder and hasshaped the image of the city. Theposition of Den Helder on the ‘energy-belt’ in the Northsea is ideal for anoffshore harbor. By changing the focusof the harbor and letting Den Helderpropagate this offshore image the citywill get the chance to grow and to beput back on the map. This could in itsturn the decline and aging populationaround into a thriving offshore commu-nity. This means that the harbor needsspace to grow, the new employeesneed housing and the city should showits new identity. To keep the city safeagainst the changing weather, thewater defenses should also berenewed. We combined water safetywith water quality by using softdefenses such as dunes wherepossible.

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My individual project mainly focuses oncombining new housing with the needfor a sustainable coastal defence. Bydesigning this part of the route DenHelder will reveal its identity, at theedge of the city and the harbor. Thedistrict consists of separate sections,each of which will have its own density,connection with the water, and atmo-spheres. By creating a ‘catalogue’ ofdifferent design conditions a variedliving environment with these condi-tions can be met. My opinion is that thisunique position in Den Helder sould beemphasized . The design shouldemphasize the transition, between city- harbor, and Willemsoord - dwellings.The interaction between Den Helderand its harbor has always been impor-tant and has shaped the city. A problemis that the activity in the harbor can beseen nowhere. By replacing largescale warehouses with lower housesthe visual connection between city andharbor is restored. The physicalconnections between harbor and city isadded by using the dike as an accessroad for both maritime and local traffic.

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Water is the main quality of the area.So this is the main focus point for thedwellings in the district. In the districtthe main concept is to Work / Live /Play with the water, meaning that allthe activities have a strong relation withthe water that they are near to. Livingwith water will be facilitated by dwell-ings in, on, or next to the water. Work-ing with the water means that all theindustry is harbor related program.Playing with the water means that themain public space should have strongconnections with the water. Theconnections between the dwellingsand the water will all be made throughdifferent urban patterns. The type ofurban pattern will depend on theposition in the district. The immensevariation provided with the design cata-logue will ensure that monotonousliving areas will be out of the question.On the south side of the district thedwellings will be organized along thebank, making a dense ribbon of build-ings. The rest of the district will beorganized on a spit and on jetties. Bothare narrow strips giving a very privateimpression. The water can be glimpsedbetween the buildings while the transi-tions from the dwellings to the water isoften formed by gardens. On the moreurban spits in the northern part theentire plot is build up with open water inthe middle. On all these spits andjetties there will be a pedestrian pathalong the coast, own parking facilitiesand an access road.

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Team members & specializationBram Willemse UrbanistRuud van Gool ArchitectureDaniël Hurulean ArchitectureBart Chömpff DetaillingSebas Smits Real estateFrank Schijns ConstructionFreek van Lier Management

The graduation project from theUniversity of Technology in Eindhovenconsists of a multidisciplinary team thattogether, had to develop a design. Thegoal in my graduation year was todesign a hotel/student housing in theinner city of Rotterdam using anintegrated approach. The team inwhich we worked in consisted out ofseven students with varied specialism,with myself, trained as an urbanist.This final product we deliveredconsisted out of a thorough analysis ofboth surrounding and market, a designof building and public space, aconstruction plan, building site man-agement plan, and the total costs andrevenues. This six month project taughtme to take other interests into account,communicate and collectively, come toa complete design.

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In the hectic and diverse environmentin the center of Rotterdam an importantaspect of the design was the embed-ding of the building into its surround-ings. To ensure a pleasant walkingenvironment the physical conditions,such as wind and the feeling of shelterare met by separating the first threefloors with the high-rise. This lower partwill follow the building line of thesurrounding low-rise. The connectionbetween East and West Rotterdam hasbecome somewhat problematic due tothe intensity of traffic on the Kruisplein.By widening the pedestrian area boththe physical and visual connection isstrengthened. The high-rise will beadded on the west side of the building,this will not prevent sun onto thesquare. This high-rise is then alignedwith the other high-rise in the surround-ing, such as the Codart building.

The layout of the tower revolve aroundthe skycourts. These skycourts arecommunal areas which the interactionbetween inhabitants will mostly takeplace. Both the hotel area of the build-ing and the student housing will haveskycourts. The skycourts in the studentarea will facilitate the shared kitchenand sitting area. The collective use ofthese courts will be important to stimu-late interaction between students livingaround this public space. This willensure a pleasant living environmentand a feeling of ownership of thatskycourt. In the hotel these courts willhave a different layout, and will mostlybe used as place to sit and enjoy theview over the city of Rotterdam.

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In addition to the collective design ofthe building, each of us had an owndesign project corresponding to yourspecialism. As my interest lies in thedesign and use of public space, I havemade a redesign of the Schouwburg-plein. The design of public space isbased on three topics, identity, use,and accessibility. This square in theheart of Rotterdam is used by bothvisitors and inhabitants. Therefore Ibelieve that the square should repre-sent the city of Rotterdam entirely. Byslightly tilting the square the lower areacan be used as a basin to bufferrainwater in, this will contribute to thewater management challenges Rotter-dam faces. As far as identity goes, oneof the most significant events is thebombardment of the city during WorldWar 2. To illustrate what once stoodhere, the old parcellation of the buildingbefore the bombardment is used asstructuring element. The old structurewill remind visitors of the turbulent pastRotterdam has faced. These height-ened elements will be used to sit onand to differentiate the large area.

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The bachelors program at theUniversity of Technology in Eind-hoven strongly focused on theuse of models as a design tool.The models I have made differ inscale from 1:10.000 to 1:5. Ma-terials used vary from cardboardto laser engraved and cut wood.

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