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Colofon
Editors:
dr. ir. Susanne Komossa,
dr. ir. Tom Avermaete,
ir. Filip Geerts, ir. Marc Schoonderbeek
Layout and editors of illustrations:
Sejla Lagumdzija, Nina Aalbers
Cubicle Design: Miritte Ben Yitzchak
Delft University of Technology
Faculty of Architecture
Sector Architecture, Public Building
Julianalaan 134
NL-2628 CR Delft
Postbox 5043
NL-2600 GA Delft
www.bk.tudelft.nl
http://www.tudelft-architecture.nl/chairs/
public-building
Publisher: Publicatiebureau Bouwkunde, Delft
Edition: fall 2011
Cover: Cubicle Design/ Miritte Ben Yitzchak
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MASTER BOOK
Master of Science 1/2/3/4
Context and Modernity
Faculty of Architecture
Delft University of Technology
Edition: spring 2011
Coordinator MSc programme 1/2
Coordinator MSc programme 3/4
dr. ir. Tom Avermaete
dr. ir. Susanne Komossa
(015) 27 85999
(015) 27 84048
[email protected]
[email protected]
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contents
Introduction
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The Object of Public Building
10 Research Portfolios
Public Realm
Border Conditions &Territories
13 Relation Research Portfolios
15 Introduction Staff
Recommended Literature
79 Public Building
80 Public Realm
82 Border Conditions & Territories
General information
85 Research Documentation
86 Syllabus
87 Guide for Academic Writing
93 Course Policy Specifications
100 Contact Information
MSc 1 Education Programme
28 Studio Public Realm, AR1Ap011
30 Student work Studio Public Realm
32 Studio Border Conditions & Territories
studio 1, AR1Ap011
studio 2, AR1Ap011
studio 3, AR1Ap011
studio 4, AR1Ap011
38 Student work Studio Border Conditions &
Territories
40 Architectural Reflections, AR1Ap040
41 Architectural Studies 1, AR1Ap030
42 Architectural Design, AR1A060
43 Architectural History, AR1A065
44 Delft Seminar on Building Technology, AR1A075
45 End Terms MSc 1
MSc 2 Education Programme
48 Studio City Foyer, AR0480
49 Seminar City in Literature, AR0485
50 Studio Architectural Body, AR0310
51 Thesis Architectural History, AR2A010
54 Student work MSc2
55 End Terms MSc 2
MSc 3/4 Education Programme
57 Studio Public Realm Rotterdam, AR3Ap130-1
59 Studio Public Realm UtopiAnkara, AR3Ap130-1
61 Student work Studio Public Realm
63 Studio Border Conditions & Territories, AR3Ap130-2
65 Student work Studio Border Conditions & Territories
68 Studio Territory in Transit, AR3Ap130-3
69 Technical Building Design, AR4Ap100
73 Research Methods and Design Practice Lectures, AR3A160
74 Seminar Research Methods, AR3A170
75 Tutorial Research Methods, AR3A180
76 End Terms MSc 3/4
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Introduction
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Public Realm, Composition, Border Conditions, Public Territory Msc 1,2,3&4
Context and Modernity - Public Building
Res Aedificatoria – frammenti di una riflessione
emiritus prof. S. Umberto Barbieri
In the age of Modernity and
Postmodernity, we can no longer speak of ‘De
Re Aedificatoria’, that is, of a monolithic entity
of knowledge, methods and instruments with
respect to design and construction. We can,
however, speak of ‘Res Aedificatoria’, namely
a diffuse system of approaches to the design
and construction process of which architecture
has become one of the many components.
This fundamental shift in the cultural
and social position of architectonic formulation
is the result of, amongst other things, a
‘democratised’ pedagogy in the construction
process whereby architecture and culture,
technology and economics, politics and
society have become equal components of
an all-embracing strategy which gives rise
to transformation, construction and spatial
reorganisation.1 The discipline’s present-day
‘nomadic’ nature, which has developed from
a monolithic entity (classicism) to become the
splintered entirety it now is, is characterised by
the absence of unified theoretical reflection.
To be able to fulfil this historical
role optimally, architectonic formulation must
meet two conditions: namely, a complete
programmatic and formal limitlessness (or
openness), and a technological and financial
exactitude (or restraint). It is thus within these
disciplinary preconditions that the future of
architecture lies: it is on this basis that the
conceptual pillars of ‘De Re Aedificatoria’ must
be subjected to revision in order to function in
‘Res Aedificatoria’. Architecture hovers as a
variable component of the building process:
its formal and programmatic features are
– literally and figuratively – sustained by a
strong technical apparatus and a mandatory
1 See (1) M.Tafuri, L’architettura dell’Umanesimo,
Bari 1969, (2) A. Bruschi, Introduzione, in AAVV.
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Scritti Rinascimentali di Architettura, Edizioni Il
Polifilo, Milan 1978, (3) E. Garin, La cultura del
Rinascimento, Bari 1967, and (4) M. Tafuri, Progetto
materiality.
The revision of the form and content
of architectonic formulation is accompanied
by the changes in the role of architect and
architecture in the construction process. The
20th century, after the Avant-gardes’ razing of
the holy temples in which truth and character,
style and society, tradition and modernisation,
composition and history were debated, has
been characterised by architectonic quest
for new foundations for the discipline. The
pioneering work to find a suitable stronghold
for architecture in the fields of technology and
art is not yet complete.2
This gives rise to exceptional
architecture, architecture which at a conceptual
level is comparable with quantum physics.3
How fascinating is that world of subatomic
quantum particles that seem to possess their
own will and taunt researchers with their
random motion in space. At the same time,
how frustrating, since they resist any attempt at
description or organisation and are not subject
to universally applicable laws. It is in this light
that architecture, too, operates. The era of do’s
and don’ts, of rules and pointers, of methods
and techniques, of stable and recognisable
situations and especially of the grand synthesis
lies far behind us. The foundations of the
disciplinary house have hereby been swept
away, yet the building still stands; indeed,
it appears, more than ever before, to be
resistant to storm and tempest. If the classical
pillars of architectonic formulation, namely
form, function and construction, are no longer
inextricably intertwined, no longer dependent
of each other, and form as true monads the
new stuff of design, then it is finally possible
to demolish the myth of architecture as the
grand synthesis, a myth that has survived two
thousand years of architectural history and that
at long last is being subjected to major revision.
The consequences of this are gigantic
and unfortunately insufficiently recognised.
Despite the facts that the signs of the upheaval
2 Compare for example the attempts of Vittorio
Gregotti in V. Gregotti, Il Territorio dell’architettura,
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Milan Public
1966. V.Building
Magnago Lampugnani, Modernitá e
durata Proposte per una teoria del progetto, Milan
1999.
are becoming ever more apparent and that
the reorganisation of the profession is already
insidiously in progress, insufficient conceptual
instruments have as yet been developed and
no explicit scientific attention has been turned
to this ‘devastating’ phenomenon. We may
offer the lack of manifestos and declarations
of intent as an excuse, or the lack of loud and
clear positioning or outspoken opinions from
the architectonic culture. We can also hide
behind the fact that everything will not go
that quickly because present-day architecture
can still be disembarked in the safe haven of
the old paradigm and that there is no talk of
a revolution, rather of a more-or-less gentle
evolution in the spirit of these times.
And yet it is in my view precisely
a scientific challenge to amplify the signals
being emitted by this discipline and to subject
them to laboratory research. At the same time
it is useful to despatch straight to the virtual
museum of architecture that component of
architecture that poses as a synthesis of
construction, function and form, or in other
words as a synthesis between technology,
ideology and culture. There it may provide
some pleasure for historians of architecture.
On the assumption that the
development of architecture has reached
a point of no return and that the contours of
the future discipline have already become
apparent, we ask ourselves what might be the
place and the role of education and research in
this new context.
<1>��
See (1) M.Tafuri, L’architettura dell’Umanesimo, Bari 1969, (2) A. Bruschi, Introduzione, in
AAVV. Scritti Rinascimentali di Architettura, Edizioni
Il Polifilo, Milan 1978, (3) E. Garin, La cultura del
Rinascimento, Bari 1967, and (4) M. Tafuri, Progetto
e Utopia, Architettura e sviluppo capitalistico, Bari
1973, English Edition, Architecture and Utopia,
Cambridge, MA 1976.
<2> Compare for example the attempts of Vittorio
Gregotti in V. Gregotti, Il Territorio dell’architettura,
Milan 1966. V. Magnago Lampugnani, Modernitá e
durata Proposte per una teoria del progetto, Milan
1999.
<3> R.P. Feynman, QED, The Strange Theory of
Light and Matter, 1985.
Fragments from the ‘Inaugural Address’ given
by Prof. S. Umberto Barbieri in the Aula of TU
Delft on 21 May 2003.
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Research Portfolios
for public building. Panoply of research
Three themes of the research portfolio:
and design methods, as well as drawing
techniques –ranging from experimental to
I. The Public Realm: Composition and
more conventional, like typological, typo-
Tectonics
morphological
and
plan
analysis—
developed to address these issues.
Theme:
Public buildings play a paramount role in the
built environment: they organize and structure
the city and act as points of orientation –not
only due to their physical presence but also
because of their important social, cultural,
economic, political and symbolic role.
Practice:
Within the theme of architecture, context
and modernity, the Studios Public Realm
address the contemporary meaning of the
public domain as realm of (ex)change in an
urbanized society, as ‘place where strangers
meet’. Specifically, they focus on the question
of how new architectural and urban models,
typologies, programmes, and design strategies
can be developed to meet a diverse and open
society’s cultural, social and political needs in
the beginning of the 21st century.
Method:
The Studios Public Realm consider the
architectural project as the basic unit for
research and design. The architectural project
is held to be the entity that reflects theoretical
knowledge (savoir) and practical skills (savoir
faire) and forming the working material and
craft of architects.
The
Studios
Public
Realm
combine
theoretical investigations into sociological and
philosophical notions of the public realm with
reflections upon the physical implications
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II. Border Conditions and Territories
environment, the architectural object does
An Experimental Studio on Socio-Political
not stand in isolation nor has it emerged
Territorial Contexts.
out of architectural considerations solely.
Fundamentally, architecture operates in an
‘in-between’ field that is unstable, complex,
Theme:
fragmented and non-hierarchical.
Architecture in Socio-Political Contexts within
the Territory; a new form of contextualism
Practice:
The BC&T program focuses on the study of
Experimentation in Research and Design
complex spatial mechanisms and systems
within the contemporary city and territory, as
The research into the specific characteristics of
they constitute the theoretical and contextual
contemporary border conditions and territories
basis of architectural interventions. The urban
is seen here as relevant for architecture,
and territorial conditions are considered the
since it gives a very consistent insight
prime forces of influence for contemporary
into contemporary spatial practices, while
architectural reflection and production. The
simultaneously providing tools to question
understanding of the underlying philosophical,
the positioning of our discipline. Architecture
cultural, political and aesthetic systems that
can thus rediscover also its instrumentality.
influence the production of architectural form
Throughout its history, architectural vision
is considered of vital importance. The ‘Border
and creation have managed to escape the
Conditions & Territories’ group aims to chart
controlling instruments of planning by avoiding
this ‘field’ in order to establish the rules for and
the ‘application’ of architecture to ‘problem-
the reasons behind architectural conjectures
solving’ exclusively. In this context, borders are
in the context of the emerging territory and
a means to define the territory but also one of
the spatial conditions around borders and in
the most important instruments that determine
territories.
our perception of space. Borders can be
Within this program, the specific, at times
physical, psychological, socio-economic, and/
emergent,
or political.
spatial
contemporary
cities
conditions
and
found
territories
in
are
The ‘Border Conditions & Territory’ studios
considered to be a rich field in need of
provide the means and the adequate context
exploration and ultimately comprehension.
for students to pursue in-depth architectural
Metropolitan city-regions as well as specific
investigations,
urban border conditions will be investigated
encouraging
in order to determine the rules and minimal
possible relations between developing projects
preconditions underlying their construction,
and the contemporary questions of the
which is simultaneously considered essential
discipline. In order to establish such a platform,
for an informed operation of design practice
the BC&T studios adopt a broad inclusive
in this context. Within the contemporary built
perspective toward the notion of design, with
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simultaneously
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a strong emphasis on process-oriented (in
a spatial element that implements segregation
contrast to object-oriented) investigations. The
and division into a space of encounter within
primary emphasis is on navigating a specific
a territorial setting. The in-between is that
course while remaining open for unforeseen
temporary, complex and dynamic space in
discoveries. By mapping and exploring the
transition, a space that is ‘shared’.
various overlapping entities and modalities
of spatial conditions, the BC&T studios
We encourage students to search and cross
emphasise the critical inclusiveness of adjacent
the border between objective and subjective
and peripheral ideas rendered material for the
knowledge, between rationality and intuition,
design process. This approach stresses the
between theory and design. This means
importance of projecting the design process
going beyond the inventory act towards
into tectonic and spatial constructs, all of which
interpretation or even speculation about the
form an important basis in the understanding
spatial context. We thus hope that the architect
of a project.
(and architecture) will rediscover the meaning
of the expression within the design.
Programme:
The in-between in architecture
Mies van der Rohe once defined architecture
as ‘the spatial expression of a spiritual
commitment’.
Mies’
definition
beautifully
describes the intrinsic relationship within
architecture between reflection and theory
on the one hand and design and practice on
the other. Without an attempt to reflect on the
knowledge, tools and design strategies of
architecture, any proposed design process or
intervention would be mere formalistic play.
Each architectural project is measured by
both its spatial aspects and its theoretical and
critical intent.
The ‘Border Conditions & Territory’ program
regards
architecture
as
an
in-between
condition. Architecture operates in-between
design and theory, in-between art and science,
in-between the rational and irrational, inbetween logic and intuition. The space of the
in-between is where the border transforms from
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The Relation between Research Portfolios
consideration. If a student changes portfolio,
and Design Studios
he or she is expected to have knowledge of
the preliminary literature. If not, it has to be
The
research
formulation
program
of
problems
determines
and
the
caught up.
design
assignments of the Master studios 1, 2 and 3/4.
The MSc2 studio is a free-choice project
The choice of the individual assignments within
without any additional program obligations,
a collective site is preferably also connected to
except the history paper. It has a special
the fascination of students for current events.
character: the organization of the studio and
In the design studios research is carried out by
design assignment is more experimental
small groups of students in order to achieve
and directed to a multidisciplinary approach.
more depth and width. Offering the same
The MSc2 program of the Public Realm is a
themes, program and sites during a longer
collaboration with Urbanism, Public Territory
period of time offers the possibility for students
cooperates with the department of Landscape
to continue the research of their predecessors
Architecture and Border Conditions with
and to be able to truly develop new methods
Urbanism. In the MSc2 studios of Public Realm
and insights.
and Public Territory students write a scenario
as a preparation for a program of demands
Choice of Studios
and finally, a design. They can expect (inter)
The section of Public Building offers two
national visiting critics at their midterm review.
Master’s series starting with MSc1, then Msc2
Studying abroad during the Msc2 semester
and ending with an MSc3/4 studio. They run
is also an option. Public Building defines the
parallel to the two research portfolios Public
graduation projects carried out within the
Realm (PR), Border Conditions (BC) / Public
MSc3/4 studios as ‘Research by Design’, i.e.
Territory (PT). Students can choose one line or
research that consists of a written and a drawn
jump from one portfolio to the other; but note
part. As research by design the projects should
that a MSc3 studio is always connected to a
be interesting, clear enough in their problem
MSc4 studio within the same portfolio.
statement and designed consequently in order
The development of one continuous theme
to contribute to the contemporary architectural
throughout a complete Master’s series enables
debate and the research programme.
students to specialize, for example on the
theme of border conditions. Studying outside of
this theme is also possible by choosing studios
of other portfolios of public building, dwelling,
urban architecture, interior, R-MIT or any other
architecture mastertrack of the faculty.
The portfolio themes are also subject of
the seminars of architectural reflection and
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Introduction Staff
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Michiel Riedijk (1964)
Tom Avermaete (1971)
Professor
Associate Professor
Michiel Riedijk graduated from the Technical Uni-
Tom Avermaete is associate professor of architec-
versity in Delft in 1989. He started his own office
ture at the Chair of Public Building with a special re-
with Juliette Bekkering. In 1992 he and Willem Jan
search interest in the public realm and the architec-
Neutelings established Neutelings-Riedijk Architects
ture of the city in Western and non-Western contexts.
.The practice operates as a studio of some 30 archi-
His PhD (KU Leuven, 2004) focused on the work
tects in varying combinations.
of the French contributors to the Team 10 group:
After a monographic publication in El Croquis in 1999
Candilis-Josic-Woods. He was an external lecturer
they published their second monographic book ‘At
at Copenhagen University (1996-2005), researcher
Work’ (2004), which was distributed in a special pa-
at the Catholic University Leuven (1997-2003) and
perback version around the world in 2006. Projects
coordinator of the Centre for Flemish Architectural
like the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision
Archives (2003-2006). He is the author of ‘Another
in Hilversum, the Shipping and Transport College in
Modern: the Post-War Architecture and Urbanism
Rotterdam,
The Walterboscomplex in Apeldoorn,
of Candilis-Josic-Woods’ (2005) and editor of ‘Wo-
Minnaert Building in Utrecht and the Sphinxes in Hui-
nen in Welvaart’ (2007), ‘Architectural Positions:
zen have been published in numerous architectural
On Architecture, Modernity and the Public Sphere’
magazines around the world.
(2009) and ‘Colonial Modern: Aesthetics of the Past,
Michiel Riedijk was a guest professor in Aachen in
Rebellions for the Future’ (2010). He is an editor of
2002. He gives lectures and workshops at universi-
OASE Architectural Journal and one of the initiators
ties and museums worldwide among which Beijing,
of the research and exhibition project In the Desert of
Moscow, Princeton, Los Angeles, Quito and Seattle.
Modernity: Colonial Planning and After (Berlin 2008,
In September 2007 he accepted a professorship at
Casablanca 2009). He currently prepares the follow-
the Faculty of Architecture at Technical University
ing publications: ‘Making a New World? Re-Forming
Delft.
and Designing Modern Communities’, ‘Hotel Lobbies: Anonymous Domesticity’ and ‘Public Discretion
and Structuralism Reloaded’.
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Susanne Komossa (1956)
Marc Schoonderbeek (1965)
Associate Professor
Assistant Professor
Susanne Komossa graduated from the Delft University
Marc Schoonderbeek is the coordinator of the re-
of Technology, Faculty of Architecture. After working as
search group ‘Border Conditions’ and is currently
an architect in offices in Rotterdam and Amsterdam she
working on a doctoral thesis within this group, on
started in 1991 her own Rotterdam based firm Komo-
the relationship between architectural theory, rep-
ssa architecten bna. As an associate professor of Archi-
resentation and design. After graduating from the
tectural Design she coordinates, teaches and lectures
TU Eindhoven, he has practiced architecture in the
since 2004 in the masters program of Public Building
Netherlands, Germany (Studio Libeskind (pre-9/11)
at the Delft Faculty of Architecture. Her research and
and Israel. In 1998, he founded with Pnina Avidar
teaching focus on Public Realm: composition and tec-
‘12PM-Architecture’, an Amsterdam-based firm for
tonics that form a part of the AP-2 research portfolio ‘Ar-
architecture and urban design. In the work of 12PM,
chitecture and the City’. She is co-editor and author of
the rationality of a theoretical position is mixed with
‘Atlas van het Hollandse bouwblok’ (2003). The English
the intuition of a vivid architectural practice through
edition ‘Atlas of the Dutch urban block’ was published
the mapping and tracing of the hidden layers of each
in 2005. It was accompanied by a traveling exhibition
project. At present, he is editor of Footprint, lectures
and lectures. In 2009 the D/E edition of ‘The book Color
at a regular basis at several architecture institutes,
in Contemporary Architecture, projects, essays, time
and is a regular contributor to architectural maga-
line and manifestoes’ (2009) was published. Her PhD-
zines. In January 2004, he co-founded 66EAST-
thesis ‘The Dutch urban block and the public realm;
Centre for Urban Culture in Amsterdam and pub-
models, rules, ideals’ (2010) was presented in October
lished, in 2008, the book ´Houses in Transformation:
2010, also available in a Dutch edition. Recently she
interventions in European gentrification´ together
researches the possibilities for the transformation of
with JJ Berg, T Kaminer, and J Zonneveld.
Dutch elementary schools within the framework of the
Old School / New School project and urban hybrid buildings as examples of extremely densified urban blocks.
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Klaske Havik (1975)
Filip Geerts (1978)
Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor
Klaske Havik is assistant professor at Delft Univer-
Filip Geerts graduated cum laude from the Delft
sity of Technology. She studied architecture in Delft
University of Technology in 2001, with an airport
and Helsinki, and literary writing in Amsterdam. She
as final thesis design. Since then, he has been as-
writes regularly for various magazines in the Neth-
sociated with UFO-architecten, collaborating with
erlands and Nordic countries and is editor of the
S.U.Barbieri on various projects and competitions,
Dutch-Belgian peer reviewed architecture journal
including Wiener & Co., an apartment project in Am-
OASE. Her architectural and written work combines
sterdam in co-operation with Giorgio Grassi. Previ-
an experiental reading of the city with an academic
ous practical architectural work includes internships
and theoretical approach. As an architect and critic,
at STUDIO, architecture and interior architecture,
she has been involved in a number of harbour rede-
Amsterdam (September - December 2000) and Cun-
velopment projects in Amsterdam, The Hague, Hel-
ningham Architects in Dallas (TX), USA (1999). Dur-
sinki and Tallinn. At Delft University of Technology,
ing his student-years he was one of the organisers of
department of Public Building, she currently teaches
the manifestations Indesem1998 in Delft and EASA
the master diploma studio Public Realm alongside
20(00) in Antwerp/Rotterdam. He has been working
master courses in architectural theory and literature.
at the faculty of Architecture (TU Delft) since January
Recently, she co-edited the anthology ‘Architectural
2002, at first as a research fellow, later as assistant
Positions: Architecture, Modernity and the Public
professor, teaching studio and seminars and he is
Sphere’ (2009). Her current PhD research, entitled
intensely involved with the development and co-ordi-
‘Writing Place’. Scriptive explorations in architectural
nation of undergraduate and graduate programmes.
research and design, aims at developing a literary
He also taught at the Academie van Bouwkunst, Am-
approach to architecture and urban regeneration.
sterdam. He initiated his Phd research ‘Architecture/
Territory’ in 2003 under prof. S.Umberto Barbieri.
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Nicola Marzot
Henriette Bier (1967)
Assistent professor
Assistant Professor
Nicola Marzot obtains his degree in Architecture in
Henriette Bier’s expertise is in computer-based sys-
Florence, with a thesis on Ferrara’s building history.
tems and methods applied to architectural design.
He has taught as a lecturer at the Faculty of Architec-
After graduating in architecture [1998] from the
ture of Firenze, Ferrara and the Faculty of Engineer-
University of Karlsruhe in Germany, Henriette Bier
ing of Bologna, where in 2000 he obtains his PhD in
has worked with Morphosis [1999-2001] on inter-
‘Building and territorial engineering’. Since 2004 he
nationally relevant projects in the US and Europe.
is Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Architecture
She has taught computer-based architectural design
of Ferrara, teaching Urban and Architecture design.
[2002-2003] at Universities in Austria, Germany and
His research activity mainly focus on theory and
the Netherlands and implemented a PhD research
method of architecture and urban design strategies,
at TU Delft [2008]. Her research focuses not only on
in close relation to Urban Morphology and Building
analysis and critical assessment of digital technolo-
Typology. He has been visiting professor at Hosei
gies in architecture, but also reflects evaluation and
University and Lund University. Since 2006 he is cur-
classification of digitally-driven architectures through
rently visiting professor at TU Delft Politecnic, as an
procedural- and object-oriented studies. It defines
associate professor. He is going to obtain his second
methodologies of digital design, which incorporate
PhD at TU Delft Politechnic in Architectural Design.
Intelligent Computer Based Systems proposing de-
Vice director of the international journal Paesaggio
velopment of prototypical tools to support the design
Urbano and member of the Editorial Board the in-
process. Her research has been published in books,
ternational magazines Urban Morphology, Opera/
journals and conference proceedings. She regularly
Progetto and Rassegna. He has been member of
leads workshops at universities in Europe and lec-
the organizing committee of the Italian Pavilion, X
tures in Europe and the US.
International Venice Biennale of Architecture. Since
2005 he is member of the Council of ISUF, International Seminar on Urban Form. He runs his own firm
PERFORMA A+U.
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Stefano Milani
Hans Teerds (1976)
Researcher/Tutor
Researcher/Tutor
Stefano Milani, Architect. He graduated cum laude
Hans Teerds studied Architecture and Urbanism at the
from the I.U.A.V. of Venice. From 2001 till 2005 he
Delft University of Technology. He graduated in 2003
had worked as project architect at Nio Architecten in
with a proposal for an intervention in the environment,
Rotterdam. Since 2004 onwards he has been part-
urban position and buildings of the Suikerfabriek in
ner at the architectural firm Ufo Architects. He has
Halfweg, the Netherlands. After graduation, he was
been also carrying out a research on architectural
invited to take part in the ‘‘Meesterproef 03’’, a Master-
drawings at the Faculty of Architecture at Delft Uni-
class organised by the Dutch and Flemish ‘‘rijksbouw-
versity of Technology. Assuming drawings as the
meesters’. He works currently as an independent archi-
privileged field of architectural knowledge, the re-
tect and urban designer on a wide range of projects.
search attempts to enhance the role of architectural
At Delft University of Technology, he was one of the
drawing within design research and theory. At the
organizers of the project Architectural Positions, which
same faculty, he has also been teaching within the
included a series of lectures and debates on architec-
Territory in Transit Research Program. In 2006, he
ture, modernity and the public sphere in the spring of
was invited to take part in the 10th Architecture Bien-
2007. He also was one of the editors of the anthology
nale of Venice. He recently curated the publication,
‘Architectural Positions: Architecture, Modernity and the
Franco Purini, Drawing Architectures, 2008 and, with
Public Sphere’ (2009). His current research focuses on
Filip Geerts, the Symposium Ideal/Real City.
an architectural reading of the work of the philosopher
Hannah Arendt, in particular focussing on her notion
of the Public Realm. During the fall of 2009, he was a
Visiting Research Fellow of the Hannah Arendt Center
for Ethical and Political Thinking of Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson (NY/USA). He writes on architecture, urbanism and landscape for several newspapers
and magazines, and is editor of the architectural journal
OASE.
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Niklaas Deboutte (1963)
Sang Lee
Tutor
Tutor
Niklaas Deboutte graduated in 1988 at the Henry
Sang Lee received his M. Arch. degree from the
van de Veldte institute in Antwerp. In 1992 he started
University of Pennsylvania. Prior to his appointment
his own office “META Architecture” together with Erik
at TU Delft, he was engaged in independent design
Wieërs.
practice in New York. From 2000 until 2003 he was
In their office they design and built various projects
Lecturer of Architecture and the coordinator of the
from experimental urban scenario’s to practical resi-
US-EU exchange program at the University of Penn-
dental and public buildings.Deboutte tought at the
sylvania, where he taught advanced research studi-
University of Brussels (2003) at the Lucas Academy
os as well as core design studios. He also served as
in Brussel (2005-2006) and since september 2007
a visiting lecturer at the Bauhaus Summer Academy
he is guiding graduate students at the Technical Uni-
in Rome in 1999, 2000 and 2003, and as a guest crit-
versity in Delft.
ic at Columbia University, Pratt Institute, Temple University, UCLA and Sci-ARC. Sang’s design and research interests emphasize the relationship between
architecture, media and performing arts toward a
means to assemble, reframe and project spatial and
narrative qualities as an organization of experience.
At the same time, based on his experience working
with William McDonough, Sang has been engaged
in sustainable design and previously taught a sustainable design studio at the TU Eindhoven.
In 2007 he co-edited and published a volume of essays and conversations, ‘The Domestic and the Foreign in Architecture’. Currently he is editing a volume
entitled ‘Aesthetics of Sustainable Architecture’.
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Micha de Haas (1964)
Oscar Rommens (1968)
Tutor
Tutor
Micha de Haas is involved in the master programme
Oscar Rommens, graduated at the Hoger Architec-
‘Border Condition’ en teaches Msc1 projects and
tuur Instituut Sint-Lucas Gent in 1994.
graduation projects.
After living in various metropoles (Barcelona, New
Studied both at the Bezalel art and design academy
York , Chicago, Rotterdam) he completed a post-
in Jerusalem and the Technical University in Delft.
graduate programme Urban Design (’95-’97) and
The design approach he advocates is a combination
worked at several architecture offices. (Douglas Ga-
of the poetic and intuitive with a fascination for the
rofalo, USA / Kas Oosterhuis, NL / Dirk Coopman,
building process itself. Art and technology, poetry
Ghent) Currently he is a teacher in the research
and building-law, economy and social evolvement
group ‘Border Conditions’ in the TU Delf and in the
should be naturally interwoven in an overall spatial
PHL Architecture Diepenbeek, master 3 programme.
architectural concept.
In 1999 he founded Import Export Architecture (IEA)
After starting his own Amsterdam based office in
together with Joris van Reusel. IEA is a network office
1997, Micha de Haas won several architectural
with its headquarter in Antwerp that operates from
awards and competitions and his work has been ex-
various urban biotopes and from the in-between situ-
tensively published in and outside the Netherlands.
ated public and private opportunities. IEA is not only
Since 2008 he runs, together with Angie Abbink, the
active as the day-to-day architecture practice, but is
office Abbink X De Haas architectures
also engaged in the development of theoretical concepts, models and prototypes and has participated in
various selections for the creation or transformation
of furniture, buildings, landscapes or areas.
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Alper Alkan
Sien van Dam (1961)
Tutor
Tutor
Alper Semih Alkan studied architecture at METU
Sien van Dam graduated at the Delft University of
in Ankara (cum laude), where he also received his
Technology, Faculty of Architecture. She is now a
MArch degree in 2004 (magna cum laude). 2003-
teacher of Architectural Design at the same faculty
2007, he worked as a research and teaching assist-
and co-organiser of the Master courses of the sec-
ant at METU. As architect he worked with Exhibition
tion Public Building. She has been working as an
Design Workshop, and designed several small mu-
architect at the office of Emilios Chlimintzas since
sea, temporary exhibitions and some civic buildings.
1986 and participated in several housing projects,
He conceives representation as the key mediator
of which the most recent is a housing block of 103
of architecture at different levels of both conceptual
houses in Leerdam. She is particularly involved with
and practical production. The transformations of the
the detailing of the projects.
cognitive paths in architectural design in the last dec-
She is a co-writer of the book ‘Musea: idee en ar-
ades are his main research course with a special fo-
chitectuur’ and wrote about two museum projects by
cus on visual design media. Since September 2007,
the architect Renzo Piano: Centre Pompidou in Paris
he’s been working as a PhD researcher at TU Delft.
and the Menil collection in Houston, U.S.A. The book
He teaches design and theory courses at the chair of
is part of the education programme of the Faculty of
Public Building.
Architecture and it is intended to be translated into
English by SUN publishers.
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Jorge Mejia
Sanja Jerkovic (1977)
Tutor/PHD
Tutor/PHD
Jorge Mejia had his education as an Architect at
Sanja Jerkovic, (1977, Labin, Croatia) graduated at
the Universidad del Valle (Cali, Colombia) where he
the Faculty of Architecture, Venice University IUAV
graduated in 1996. He holds a Master in History and
in 2004. Starting 2001 - 2003 she is a Senator of the
Theory of Art and Architecture (2002) as well as a
Student Senate. With the research project ‘Housing
Master degree in Architecture (2008), both from the
in Sarajevo’ in 2000 starts her activity in the Depart-
Universidad Nacional de Colombia.
ment of architecture at IUAV, where from 2001 till
His Teaching includes Architectural Theory, History
2004 works as assistant professor at ‘Laboratorio di
of Architecture and Design Studio at the Universidad
progettazione urbana e architettonica’. From 2003
Nacional de Colombia since February 2005, where
works as a freelance in different studios. In the pe-
he became Profesor Catedratico Asociado in 2007.
riod between 2004 - 2006 she was Responsible for
Aside from receiving a Honorary Mention from the
the public competitions at Zagreb Architects’ Society,
Colombian National Natural Park System - Ministry
Croatia. From 2005 / 2006 an Assistant professor at
of the Environment in 1998, and a Colfuturo Schol-
the Faculty of Architecture of the Zagreb University.
arship in 2009, he is the author of ‘Enrique Triana:
In the same year develops the research activity with-
Obras y Proyectos’ (2006) and co-author of ‘Vivi-
in the program MATRA, Berlage Institute.
enda Moderna en Colombia’ (2004) and ‘XX Bienal
In 2005 she is elected for the member of the edito-
Colombiana de Arquitectura’ (2006).
rial board of CIP / Man and Space, monthly maga-
His research interests include architectural form,
zine of the Croatian Architects’ Association and still
modern architecture, contemporary conditions and
now holds this position. Since 2006 she is a PhD
architectural principles and procedures.
student at TU Delft, Faculty of Architecture. Thesis title ‘Project Europe. Mobility and European Territory’.
She received the Honorable award at Zagreb Salon of Architecture in 2003. In 2004 enters the final
selection of the Festival of Architecture Under 33,
Parma (It),
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Ioana Moraru (1981)
Ana-Maria Pătroi (1981)
Tutor/PHD
Tutor/PHD
Ioana Moraru (1981, Bucharest, Romania) gradu-
Ana-Maria Pătroi graduated from “Ion Mincu” Univer-
ated at “Ion Mincu” University of Architecture and
sity of Architecture and Urbanism, Faculty of Archi-
Urbanism in Bucharest, the Faculty of Architecture,
tecture, Bucharest (2008). Her graduation project,
in 2006. As a student she spent the academic year
entitled Kids Academy of Art, selected on the faculty
2004 – 2005 at the University of Karlsruhe, Faculty
website from 2008 projects, has been the beginning
of Architecture with a Socrates Scholarship.
of her individual research concerning architecture
After graduation she completed her internship in
for children. Since 2005 she has been participating
several architecture offices in Bucharest. Currently,
in several housing projects in Bucharest, rehabilita-
she works as an independent architect.
tion projects for churches and school extensions in
Since 2009, she has been a PhD candidate with a
other cities in Romania. In 2006 she won the first
doctoral grant and a tutor at “Ion Mincu” University
prize with a proposal for the concept of rehabilita-
in the Department of Basics of Architectural Design.
tion of the City of Deva. Since March 2009 until July
During the academic year 2010 – 2011 she will ac-
2010 she has been tutor at the Department of Basics
tivate as a visiting doctoral student at the Technical
of Architectural Design, Basis of Design Chair, Fac-
University of Delft, Faculty of Architecture under the
ulty of Architecture, U.A.U.I.M.. She started her PhD
guidance of dr. ir. Tom Avermaete. Her research fo-
in 2009 at U.A.U.I.M., Bucharest, receiving a Euro-
cuses on topographical architecture, especially on
pean scholarship. Her research focuses on develop-
the different concepts that generate this kind of ar-
ing a design system for helping the cities to become
chitecture.
child-friendly. She has participated at some session
of communications organized by the Department of
Basics of Architectural Design, with presentations on
different themes. Since October 2010 she has been
a visiting doctoral student at TU Delft.
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Julien Merle (1979)
Tutor/PHD
Julien Merle was born in France, graduated Architecte D.P.L.G at the ENSACF and received a master
degree in Philosophy from the BPUCF. He worked for
several offices in the Netherlands, including Karres
en Brands Landscape architects, Maxwan, Bureau
B+B, UN Studio, Dick Van Gameren and Mecanoo.
He is currently working on a doctoral research on
Georges Bataille’s Formless as a critical tool for assessing contemporary architecture.
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Studio Public Realm MSc 1
which tools, instruments and approaches
architects have available to operate within
these conditions.
This studio is a collaboration with the Schools
of Architecture in Casablanca and Rabat
(Morocco). Students from Delft will analyze
(during a study trip) the city of Casablanca
and design a project for this city, students from
Casablanca will likewise elaborate a project
for the city of Rotterdam. Both cities have
undergone vast transformations in the last
decades and can therefore be regarded as
true laboratories of modernity. This studio has
three foci:
/the new program of mediatheque/
The Médiathèque epitomizes the coexistence
of two different layers of the public realm: a
layer of traditional urban public space and a
more recent layer represented by the worldwide
web. As such the program of the Médiathèque
raises questions as: what is the meaning and
role of architecture in relation to a public realm
that is composed of electronic addresses,
network connections and virtual inhabitants
of invisible cities? Which architectural
typology corresponds to the program of the
Médiathèque? Does the enticement of several
layers of the public realm offer new possibilities
for centrality within the city and thus for new
public buildings?
Studio Mediatheque Casablanca/Rotterdam
/public building in a changing urban
condition/ First, it attempts to reflect upon the
role, the capacity and the characteristics of a
public building within the contemporary city.
The studio holds that profound architectural
knowledge can only be based on an
awareness of the changing character of the
city. Contemporary conditions provoke a
loss of central coherence of the city towards
a development in clusters, described by
philosopher Peter Sloterdijk with the metaphor
of ‘foam’. This urban condition influences
strongly the character of the public building
and simultaneously affects the relation of
public buildings to the scale and the identity of
the contemporary city.
/working
in
a
condition
of
displacement/ This studio is an investigation
into the instruments and tools that architects
have available to work within a cultural
context that is not their own. With growing
internationalization of architectural practice
(international competitions, assignments,etc)
architects are increasingly working in nonfamiliar cities and territories; they are working
in a condition of ‘displacement’. Nevertheless
they are asked to offer accurate design
solutions that comply with specific cultural
conditions. This studio wants to investigate
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Rem Koolhaas has described a
mediatheque as: “a laboratory open to the
public to investigate the elusive connection
between art, architecture and technology”
(Rem Koolhaas)
The Médiathèque can be regarded as an
important transformation of the traditional
museum and library:“ While subsuming the
former functions of library and art museum
into a new system, it composes a sum of
intellectual mass, which may be used to create
new emblematic ideas” (Sendai Médiathèque
Brief). Out of this perspective questions arise
as: Is the traditional museum able to respond
to the new challenges of our world, or has the
very idea of museums become obsolete? In
what way does a Médiathèque differ from a
traditional museum or library?
Different moments of exchange
between the Schools of Architecture in
Casablanca and Rabat, and the TU Delft will
be arranged during the semester. At these
occasions public debates will be organized
on ‘approaches and instruments’ to work in a
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condition of displacement, as well as on the
character and role of a public building in the
contemporary city. Students must be motivated
to join on a study trip to Casablanca, engage in
the different public debates and be interested
in exchange with international colleagues.
Practical info
Program code
ECTS AR1Ap011
12
Time
Tutors Coordinator Week 1.1 - 2.10
dr. ir. Tom Avermaete, ir. Sien van Dam, ir. Jorge Mejia
[email protected] (01+.Oost.700)
Sejla Lagumdzija [email protected]
SA
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Student work: Studio Public Realm
Studio Mediatheque
Casablanca, Morocco, is a city of differences;
differences in culture, architecture and its
public. To design a successful mediatheque
for Casablanca and its public, we have to
be aware of these differences. After our visit
to Casablanca, we could define three social
typologies, namely traditional, traditionalmodern and modern social groups - from
lower class people living in the old Medina to
people living in luxurious gated communities.
To make the mediatheque a building for the
public of Casablanca, we make use of the
border condition of the design location - a plot
in front of the train station of Casa Port. The
train station works here as an urban attractor;
everyone uses the train. By connecting the
mediatheque directly to the station, people
from all social layers of the Casablanca public
will pass through the mediatheque.
‘The mediatheque as a marketplace of media.’
Therefore, we defined that the mediatheque
should function as a filter, and filter the public
on their way to the train station. By filtering we
mean attracting and fascinating the passing
public and therefore activate them to use the
mediatheque, as a marketplace of media.
To improve accessibility from all sides to the
station, and thus the mediatheque, the station
is lowered and the mediatheque is lifted up.
Underneath the mediatheque different spaces
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are created by pushing through parts of the
overhanging slap. These spaces function
according to different temporalities and
accommodate the diverse program. Some
parts of the slab are psychically connected to
the ground plane; others only ensure a visual
connection. This structure of temporalities
is based on the everlasting structure of the
Medina, the urban structure that adapted
through time, and where private, collective
and public spaces overlap each other.
Loet Smeets, Ferdi Koornneef, Rajiv Sewtahal
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Practical info
images text Exploded axonometry of mediatheque
Loet Smeets, Ferdi Koornneef, Rajiv Sewtahal
Studio
Msc1 Public Realm fall 2009
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Studio Border Conditions
Territories MSc1 - studio 1
&
Surface, Measure, Modification
The design studio deals with ‘the large
dimension’ of territory through the lens
of architecture. What seems often to be
considered the exclusive realm of planning and
landscapism, becomes the site for architectural
experiment: the city-region is understood as
consisting of architectural strategies with a
certain autonomy and peripheral conditions
are seen as privileged sites for meaningful
modification.
Infrastucture Architecturally Reconsidered
The coming semester deals with the ‘territory’
produced by something far greater than the
average infrastructuralised periphery of the
city-region: a territory that IS infrastructure. – a
man-made exclamation mark to a man-made
landscape. The architectural project needs to
go beyond celebrating, lamenting or qualifying
this man-made condition, it needs to give
measure, modify and signify. The territory in
question provides the material for geographic
reinvention by means of architecture and is
at the same time the site of the architectural
project.
Maasvlakte, Port of Rotterdam
The creation of the Port of Rotterdam’s
Maasvlakte 2, extending the area of reclaimed
land jutting out in the North Sea by another
2000ha, is well underway (since 2008). What
started with planning, environmental impact
studies, submarine archaeological survey
teams, and a selection of the fine-fleur of port
businesses to relocate to it, will soon become
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reality: new land, the port increased by 20%
literally high ground (NAP+) on which a series
to 6000 hectare, capable of handling three
of architectural projects can be inscribed in
times more containers by 2013. A 750ha
the tradition of man-made modification of the
nature compensation plan accompanies the
landscape.
plan: even nature is made. The port’s dynamic
environment always inspired architects. In
1997 OMA/Rem Koolhaas suggested to
make the Maasvlakte a special-economiczone, detaching it from Rotterdam (50km
away) administratively: a freestate not unlike
the 1998 plan for Schiphol airport in the sea.
The port’s post-war modernization and growth
towards the North Sea out-scaled the city’s
dimension: city and port moved apart. The
port activity abandoned the old docks near
the city one by one, giving rise to Rotterdam’s
regeneration on the waterfront since the
1980s: the ‘stadshavens’ are the latest
generation of reshaping the land of stevedores
into the post-industrial home for the ‘creative
class’. Not just confirming this development,
but
understanding
the
possibilities
for
architecture in the margin of the largest project
in the Netherlands since the Delta Works is
at stake. Maasvlakte 2 is the sine qua non of
this development, the peripheral other side
of the coin of the urban project, the territorial
project. The port of Rotterdam is considered
to be a territorial artefact of great diversity,
Practical info
Program code
AR1Ap011
ECTS 12
Time
Week 1.1 - 2.10
Tutors Filip Geerts
Coordinator Filip Geerts
SA
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Territories Msc 1/3 - studio 2
&
Experimental Architecture in a Socio-Political
context
1. Theme: Architecture in Socio-Political
Contexts
Architecture can be regarded as
discourse on the making of space. In this
context, borders are means to define space
but also one of the most important instruments
that determine our perception of space.
Borders can be physical, psychological, socioeconomic, and/or political. We consider an
investigation into the specific characteristics
of contemporary border conditions important
for architecture, since these analyses give an
insight into contemporary spatial practices,
while simultaneously providing tools to
question the positioning of our discipline.
Throughout its history, architectural vision
and creation has managed to escape the
controlling instruments of society by avoiding
the ‘application’ of architecture to ‘problemsolving’ exclusively. Architecture is essentially
transgressive. Precisely because of its capacity
to transgress, it has developed knowledge and
experience. Architecture is capable of not only
dealing with social and technological problems
by presenting functional solutions but also
especially creating a place that does justice
to the depth and richness of human culture by
providing an intellectual milieu.
2. Practice: Experimentation in Research
and Design
The Border Conditions graduation
studio provides the means, environment, and
dialogue necessary for students to pursue
in-depth architectural investigations, while
simultaneously encouraging critical reflection
upon possible relations between developing
projects and the contemporary questions of the
discipline. In order to establish such a platform,
the BC studios adopt a broad inclusive
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perspective toward the notion of design, with
a strong emphasis on process-oriented (in
contrast to object-oriented) investigations.
The primary emphasis is on navigating a
specific course while remaining open for the
unforeseen discoveries. By mapping and
exploring the various overlapping entities and
modalities of spatial conditions, the BC studios
emphasise the inclusiveness of adjacent and
peripheral ideas into the design process. This
approach stresses the importance of projecting
the design process into tectonic and spatial
constructs, all of which form an important basis
in the understanding of a project.
3 Method: Notations & Mapping
In order to capture the complexity
of contemporary urban border conditions and
to relate them to the socio-political contexts
in which they are situated, we will use tools
and techniques of sampling, cataloguing,
cartography and navigation. The map is
a means to investigate the local (situated
within the global) as a field in which various
elements and forces on various scales
exercise their influence. Mapping introduces
a specific technique of urban analysis that
engages the multiplicity of conditions that
surround the architectural object. It also
reveals different levels of complexities from
conventional analytical architectural drawings.
The technique of mapping is being developed
especially for this purpose.
This mapping technique introduces
a set of rules and instruments that permit the
exposure of “invisible actualities” and hidden
processes behind the object-oriented reading
of the city. By mapping the objective and
the subjective, relevant conclusions can be
formulated with respect to spatial conditions.
As such, the critical and operative function of
mapping offers a typical spatial ordering that is
developed through a system of notations.
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4 BC Courses, Spring semester 2011:
MSc. 1 AR1Ap011 (max. 2 x 15 students/studio)
Design studio’s: Micha de Haas and Sang Lee
MSc. 3 AR3A130-2 (max. 21 students)
Instructors:
Oscar
Rommens,
Schoonderbeek, Henriette Bier
Marc
Practical info
Program code
ECTS Msc 1: AR1Ap011, Msc 3&4: AR3A130-2
12
Time
Tutors Week 1.1 - 2.10
Sang Lee M.Arch. RA / ir. Micha de Haas / dr. ir. Henriette Bier / ir. Oscar Rommens / ir. Marc Schoonderbeek
ir. Marc Schoonderbeek, [email protected] (01+.Oost.700)
Nina Aalbers & Sejla Lagumdzija [email protected]
Coordinator SA
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Territories Msc 1 - studio 3
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52°21’48, 4°50’15 – ARCHITECTURE AS A
SOCIAL CONDITION
This semester, The Msc1 Boarder
Conditions studio offers students the chance to
measure up to a recent professional challenge:
The Prix de Rome competition.
Boarder conditions
The Border Conditions (BC) graduation program encourages experimental architectural design projects based on investigations of socio-political contexts. The key notion
of the ‘border’ is interpreted in a deliberate
open way: the work in the studio tries to seek
new meanings, locations and urban phenomenon instead of confirming or testing preconceived and precisely defined borders.
The aim of the studio is to trace contemporary phenomenon and conditions in cities and to chart the specific characteristics of
the build environment. This strategy attempts
to understand the contemporary workings of
architecture within defined urban contexts and
should result in an engaged, meaningful architectural design. This Msc 1 studio is a limited
BC graduation project in a nutshell. It comprises both the analytical research phase of the
contemporary city context, and the reflection of
relevant socio-political issues.
The assignment
The recent assignment for the Prix
de Rome (due to conclude in April 2010) fits
perfectly into the socio-political scope of the
Boarder Condition studio.
A quote from the competition brief:
“… How could architects contribute to
an open society ? How can architecture stimulate
people with diverse ethnical, cultural and socio-economical backgrounds, to participate in a respectful,
self-aware manner in the public realm? Can this intervention become part of the radical changes within
the discipline in a time where Engagement, idealism
and optimism are being re-accepted as a fundamental reference point for design? ...”
The location, August Allebeplein, is in the middle of the Overtomse Veld neighbourhood –
which is part of the large post-war Amsterdam
West district Slotervaart.
What used to be a typical, clear functional square in the modern post-war tradition,
has been - in the course of the last years –
transformed into an ambiguous, disordered
space; Parked cars, temporary buildings, and
a collection of new buildings (mosque, church,
police office etc) make this space exemplary
for the contemporary social EN special conditions of Amsterdam.
At the beginning of the projects the
student (group wise) will use experimental
methods to analysed the location and come up
with special strategies and a concrete building
program. This program for a public building will
be individually developed during the second
part of the project.
Practical info
Program code
ECTS Time
Tutors Coordinator SA
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Msc 1: AR1Ap011
12
Week 1.1 - 2.10
Micha de Haas
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Territories Msc 1 - studio 4
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THEATRICAL SPACE: Bodies in Motion
This studio consists of investigations on
the expression of urban interaction and its
boundaries in both reality and fiction. The
studio will be conducted in two major sections
of assignments that are designed to promote
the use of drawings and models as a means
of investigation, experiment and trials. The
overall objective of the design is to produce
a public place in Rotterdam with the idea of
contingency.
The first stage of the exercise will involve
the construction of index models. The index
models will be constructed based on the
images captured by custom-made pinhole
cameras. The students are expected to explore
the city and capture the moments of many
different situations that will provide the pretext
to certain formal expressions. Such situations
include many types of buildings and places
where the social encounters occur. These
encounters may be planned (appointments
and schedules: a congress center or a
movie theater) or by chance (serendipity and
spontaneity: a market, a bar or a club). Or it
could simply be a transient place: intersections
and passages where we just pass by (strolling
or passeggiata: streets, malls and squares).
Resulting from this stage are various models
as fragments that inform the indexicality and
the contingency of situations.
In the second stage, students shall investigate
the formal qualities of the index models from
the first stage and the programmatic nature
of a theater as a location of fictitious events,
which expresses the potentiality of movement.
Using the outcome of the programmatic
investigation of the building type the students
will be eventually asked to develop an
architectural composition that reflects both
the programmatic components and the index
models. Major emphasis will be given to the
architectonic processes and techniques.
Studio Activities
•
Documenting contingent moments
using pinhole cameras
•
Photographing and mapping of urban
conditions in Rotterdam
•
Diagrams, notations and index
models
•
Programmatic and thematic
investigation for an 800-seat theater
•
Investigation and analysis of the site
•
Design of a cultural complex
containing a theater, in- and outdoor
landscape, social space and support
facilities
Practical info
Program code
ECTS Time
Msc 1: AR1Ap011
12
Week 1.1 - 2.10
Sang lee M.Arch. RA
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Student work: Studio
Conditions & Territories
FROM
EDGE
TO
Border
BORDER, A CONCRETE
LANDSCAPE
Fatih_Istanbul
The conceptualization of the urban and
with the rigid, through a brutalist architectonic
architectural
virtual
manifestation, as reality itself. A poetic open
thinking model needs to be addressed in its
field
through
the
space that does not posses clear boundaries
contemporary form by the spatial practitioners
between the strategic and the tactical, but on
considering the city as emergent and dynamic
the contrary blurs these borders in order to
phenomenon capable of both acting and being
induce the encounter of differences. A space
acted upon. The city can be seen as an adaptive
of wonder and refuge, that poses the same a
system where the relation of different parts
different. Is this a park? Is this a building? Is
to the whole is made by topological surfaces
this a shelter? Is this a Landscape?
and relationships through an assemblage
of heterogeneities. To understand through
Alejandro Elias Garcia Marta/ Border Conditions
intensive model of thinking the urban condition,
based on populations, singularities, traces,
and so on, might improved a better reading of
a ‘site’ as sensitive to time, where the specific
shape of the space is less important than its
visibility, continuity, closure and its attractors
and attachment points.
The idea of a landscape as piece of natural
territory that has been shaped and manipulated
by the human hand in order to be domesticated
for its inhabitation is intrinsic to the project. This
ambiguous object, is placed at the border zone
of the highway system, engaging the flexible,
informal substance of the city of Istanbul. A
completely open space, a permeable system of
voids and matter that facilitates spatial tactical
practices by marginal groups (homelessness,
alcoholics, urban farmers, etc.) found at these
border areas. The architecture of the invisible
projects virtual concrete matter into the space,
articulating the hard with the soft, the flexible
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>project: Bart Lans
>project: Bart Lans
Practical info
Images Student text Studio
MSc Public Building
different student material of the previous year
Alejandro Elias Garcia Marta
Msc 3 & 4 Border Conditions fall 2008
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Seminar Architectural Reflections
Msc 1
Examination:
Students will write an essay in which
theories of architecture and modernity will be
The seminar Architectural Reflections offers
confronted with architectural oeuvres related
an introduction to the relationship between
to the research portfolios Public Realm, Public
architecture, modernity and the public sphere.
Territory or Border Conditions. The essay
The changing public sphere is one of the
trains writing skills and critical formulation.
crucial themes of contemporary architectural
Submission of essay has to be done in week
debate. Contemporary thinkers such as Lieven
9. See ‘Course Policy Specifications’ for more
De Cauter, Michael Sorkin, and Bruce Robbins
information.
argue that urban diversity is now giving way
to
growing
worldwide
uniformity.
Public
Literature:
life is gradually moving from the squares
»Avermaete Tom, Havik Klaske, Teerds Hans
and the streets to hotel lobbies, shopping
(red.), Architectural Positions. On Architecture,
malls,
Modernity and the Public Sphere,
and
entertainment
centres.
What
are the implications of these developments
Sun, Amsterdam 2009
for architects and other actors in the built
environment? The seminar presents the views
of 36 international architects who, over the
past 50 years, have made their voices heard in
the debate on the public sphere. They include
Aldo Rossi, Rem Koolhaas, Mathias Ungers,
Daniel Libeskind, Luis Barragán, and Peter
Eisenman. The seminar aims to offer students
a scientific attitude within the architectural
debate.
Note: Students who don’t finish their essay on
time are obligated to subscribe and follow the
Seminar again the next Semester.
Practical info
Program code
ECTS Time
40
AR1Ap040
3
Week 1.1-1.7
ir. Jorge Mejia, ir. Julien Merle, ir. Filip Geerts, Ir. Nicola Marzot,
ir. Alper Alkan
[email protected]
MSc Public Building
Seminar Architectural Studies
Msc 1
The seminar Architectural Studies is the
continuation of the seminar Architectural
Reflections. It offers an indepth study of the
relationship between architecture, modernity
and the public sphere.
Examination:
Students continue to work on their essay
started
during
the
seminar Architectural
Reflections. The seminar should enable them
to make short statements about the most
important theoretical notions of the field of
research. They should also use these notions
for a better definition of the themes worked
on in the essay. Submission of essay has
to be done in week 21. See ‘Course Policy
Specifications’ for more information.
Literature:
»Avermaete Tom, Havik Klaske, Teerds Hans
(red.), Architectural Positions. On Architecture,
Modernity and the Public Sphere,
Sun, Amsterdam 2009
Note: Students who don’t finish their essay on
time are obligated to subscribe and follow the
Seminar again the next Semester.
Practical info
Program code
ECTS Time
AR1Ap030
3
Week 2.1-2.7
Tutors ir. Jorge Mejia, ir.Julien Merle, ir. Filip Geerts, Ir. Nicola Marzot
ir. Alper Alkan
[email protected]
Coordinator SA
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Lectures Architectural Design
Msc 1
under a global, multi-cultural condition
- the relative autonomy of the discipline vis-avis the project of the avant-garde, the role of the
The Delft Lectures on Architecture Design
media, authorship and re-conceptualisations
highlights current issues of the architecture
of perception and meaning
discipline against the background of the larger
- the re-thinking of building processes and the
societal conditions that have an inevitable
interrelations between structure, cladding and
impact on the practice of design
ornament
- the multitude of interrelations between the
Contemporary
positions
in
architecture
everyday, public space and design practices
practice and theory will be discussed against
the background of the larger modern era (1750
Key questions concern:
- 2050) as characterised by the conditions
- where do architects stand and what can they
of (post)modernity, the modern tradition in
do?
architecture and its various moments of crisis
- which positions and practices are developed
and critique
by architects?
- what strategies and approaches were and
Full professors, associate professors and
are relevant?
researchers of the Delft Faculty of Architecture
will address key contemporary topics, and
investigate historical models and theoretical
arguments
while
discussing
the
latest
architecture projects as well as seminal cases
Main issues are among others:
- modernity and its related issues of mass
society, democracy, capitalist development
and consumerism, mobility and migration
- constructions of identity and community
Practical info
Program code
ECTS Time
Coordinator 42
AR1A060
3
Week 1.1 - 1.10
Susanne Komossa
MSc Public Building
Lectures Architectural History
Msc 1
Even modernity developed its own tradition.
Attention will be paid to the art of travelling,
the reading of the genius locus and to
In fourteen lectures, dr. Herman van Bergeijk
several contemporary architectural positions
and Hans van Dijk will focus on several key
(Eisenman, Forster, Gehry, Sejima, Bow Wow
moments, periods, ideas and persons that has
a.o.) of which the historical genealogy will be
been of seminal interest for the history of 20th
unravelled.
century architecture and urbanism.
In general, many consider ‘modernity’ as
Examination:
the liberation from ‘tradition’ in architecture.
Test, based on the contents of the Reader
Modernization of the economy, technology,
‘Moderniteit en Traditie’ and, for the Dutch
urbanization and society was considered as a
students, the book by of H.P. Berlage,
disruptive factor to inherited traditions. A new
Italiaanse Reisherinneringen. Other students
history was believed to have started. And it was
will have to read the texts on the blackboard.
initially seen as the achievement of the ‘heroic
moderns’ - later more defined as the ‘Modern
Literature:
Movement’ - that seemed to have provided a
»Reader ‘Modernity and Tradition’, second
new, suitable answer to this new conditions.
edition, English only, Fall 2007
In the lecture series, we will see that this
»H.P. Berlae, Italiaanse reisherinneringen, 010
conceptual
Publishers, Rotterdam 2010
framework
is
far
too
rigid.
Historically, the lost traditions of handicraft,
rural or small-city social life or the medieval
and classicist architecture were not only
heralded in ‘traditionalism’ - a specific 20th
century phenomena - but also recycled and
re-interpreted in the work of architects that
preceded the Modern Movement, and by those
who were part of it and by those that followed.
Practical info
Program code
AR1A065
ECTS 3
Time
Week 1.1 - 1.10
Tutors dr. Herman van Bergeijk, ir. Hans van Dijk,
Coordinator dr. Herman van Bergeijk
[email protected]
MSc Public Building
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Delft
Seminars
Technology
Msc 1
on
Building
article illustrated with diagrams and technical
drawings. A selection of the articles will be used
as material for publication in the new Magazine
of Delft studies on Building Technology and as
source material for a new series of books ‘Delft
Structures, facades and climate design
Books on Building Technology’.
During the seminar, students will study the
Examination:
three main subjects in Building Technology
The study will culminate in a report consisting
design with the help of a series of Case Studies
of a critical article illustrated with diagrams and
from practise. In a series of lectures, specialists
technical drawings.
of the department of Building Technology will
discuss the case studies in the context of their
profession. In the companied study groups
the continue discussing the findings in the
lectures and the provided documentation.
We will work on alternative designs studies
related to the individual research question
that focus the students work to a certain
topic. The tutorials are intended to raise
technical and construction-related questions
in an investigative and creative manner, and
to find re-designs that may contribute to the
discussion and development of the fields of
building technology. This exercise aims to
provide a structural design approach for your
own MSc1, and can be seen as preparation
for the Master 4. The study will culminate in
a final work assignment consisting of a critical
Practical info
Program code
ECTS Time
Coordinator 44
AR1A075
6
Week 1.1 - 2.11
ir. B. Gremmen
[email protected]
MSc Public Building
End Terms MSc1
End Terms Design Studio
End Terms Architectural Design
- The ability of making architectural design that
- An adequate knowledge of the history and
meets technical and functional demands.
theories of architecture and the related arts,
- Adequate knowledge of history and theory of
technologies and human sciences.
architecture, of related forms of art and human
- An understanding of the relationship between
science, and of social and cultural movements
people and buildings, and between buildings
as far as they influence on the practice of
and their environment, and of the need to
architectural design.
relate buildings and the spaces between them
-
Understanding
the
relation
between
to human needs and scale.
people and architectonical structures and
between architectonical structures and their
End Terms History
surroundings, as well the necessity to conform
architectural structures and spaces to human
needs and criteria.
- Understanding the profession of an architect
- A knowledge of the fine arts as an influence
and the role of an architect in society.
on the quality of architectural design.
- Ability to explain a design to others in images,
End Terms Building Technology
writing and words.
- Understanding problems on the level of
End Terms Architectural Reflections
the structural design and the main bearing
- An understanding of the relationship between
structure relating the design of a building.
people and buildings, and between buildings
- Technical ability as a designer to satisfy the
and their environment, and of the need to
demands of the users within the restriction set
relate buildings and the spaces between them
by the budget and building regulations.
to human needs and scale.
- Understanding problems within the field
of structural design, construction and civil
engineering, related to the design of the
building.
- Proper knowledge of questions of physics
End Terms Architectural Studies
and technology, as well as the function of a
building concerning comfort and protection
against weather conditions.
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End Terms Technical Studies
- Understanding of the structural design,
constructional
and
engineering
problems
associated with building design.
- An adequate knowledge of physical problems
and technologies and of the function of
buildings so as to provide them with internal
conditions of comfort and protection against
the climate.
End Terms Technology and Construction
building.
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MSc2
MSc Public Building
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MSc 2 Studio City Foyer
importance of the urban public sphere and its
relation to and impact on the concrete public
The goal of the designstudio City
space. Giving shape to these spaces remains
Foyer is to bridge the gap between urban
a crucial issue in architecture at the start of the
theories and architectural design. It starts
twenty-first century. Even though a new web of
with a research on urbanity and especially
virtual public spaces has emerged, architects
the contemporain urban condition of the
still face the task of shaping public buildings
European city in relation to trends of modernity,
and public space, and are therefore compelled
globalisation and the transformation of the
to find links among the various forms and
public sphere. This research will lead to an
gradations of the public sphere that exist today.
essay on these developments, with a focus on
the impact of it on the urban public space and
the role of architect within these developments.
The personal point of view of this essay is the
startingpoint for the second part of the studio,
the design of a public intervention (building)
in the city from planning and concept to
materialisation.
One of the backgrounds of this studio
is the famous text of Rem Koolhaas ‘Generic
City’, in which he states that public life in
the city of the future will take place indoors.
Squares and streets have had their day and
real public life will unfold on private property.
The Spanish architect Manuel de SolàMorales also identifies a new kind of urban
space, in which the line between the public
and the private is blurred: a collective domain.
These changements leads to questioning the
Practical info
Program code
AR0480
ECTS 12
Time
Week 1.1 - 2.10
Tutors ir. Hans Teerds
Coordinator dr. ir. Tom Avermaete
SA
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MSc 2 Seminar City in Literature
senses than the visual, and moves from the
observational to the imaginary when the design
The course City & Literature offers
projects come into play. In this way, writing
ways to use writing as a tool in site research
becomes an act of critical reflection of and
and design. As such, it aims to broaden the
within the project. By means of such writing
student’s understanding of urban experience
exercises, students in the course gain critical
and to critically reflect on design practices. The
knowledge about their own design, and are
use of literary exercises allows heightening
able to alter or sharpen their design decisions.
students’ perceptual receptivity and awareness
of spatial experience.
seminar group starts to function as an editorial
The City & Literature course consists
board of a magazine. The group decides
of two parts exploring the potential of a literary
how to collect the theoretical reflections and
approach in site research and architectural
the results of creative writing exercises in a
design. Part 1, which takes the form of a theory
magazine, which is presented to visiting critics
seminar, introduces a selection of key texts on
at the last session.
At the end of the semester, the
cities, written from a literary perspective, such
as texts by Walter Benjamin and Italo Calvino.
Also more theoretical texts on the relation
Please note: this course will start again in spring
between
2011.
architecture
and
literature,
like
Bachelards ‘Poetics of Space’ are discussed.
Also the work of a number of contemporary
architects, who use literary influences in their
work, is analysed and discussed. In part 2 the
possibilities of creative writing are explored.
By looking at the city and architecture from
various (literary) perspectives, the student is
encouraged to develop new methods in both
site analysis and design. The creative writing
exercises begin with drawing attention to other
Practical info
Program code
AR0485
ECTS 6
Time
Week 1.1 - 2.10
Tutors Klaske Havik
SA
MSc Public Building
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MSc 2 Studio Architectural Body
is organized. During the phase of the predesign research, the landscape department
Urban Surfaces and Contours
will provide guidance in the investigation of
This studio deals with the relationship
chosen urban conditions and in examining the
between the tectonic making of surfaces and
surfaces and contours as central to the design
their application in an architectonic construct.
of urban places.
Within the scope of the exercises, the studio
deals with a syntactic approach that consists
Methods & Activities
of aggregates organized and arranged in order
a.
Detailed description of the situation
to reflect and register tectonic transformations
[where, when and how] using
vis-à-vis the site and the programmatic
diagrams and notations
variables.
b.
Construction of index models of
urban situations
studio is the relationship between the tactile
c.
Programming and composition
consideration of making and how it can be
d.
Site & building design
The
primary
component
of
the
further implemented as an articulation of
surface conditions. The initial process will
be focused on the physical construction of
the tactile units as a pretext to architectonic
configuration that is expected to facilitate
certain activities. Subsequently the design
work will be focused on how the tactile units
are assembled and permutated according to
given variables derived from the site and the
program. This will primarily involve transcoding of urban conditions into architectonic
elements using the units organized within a
syntactic structure.
As a part of the studio activities,
collaboration with the landscape department
Practical info
Program code
AR0310
ECTS 12
Time
Week 1.1 - 2.10
Tutors Sang Lee, M.Arch. RA
Coordinator Sang Lee, M.Arch. RA
SA
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MSc 2 Thesis Architectural History
work on the same topic in a group under
the guidance of a tutor. The result, however,
The thesis on architectural history
remains an individual piece of work.
is a report concerning research, which is
comparable with a lengthy article in the
professional press. The argumentation has
of the history department. For the Architecture
to be verifiable and the editorial set-up must
and Modernity course, dr. Otokar Màčel
be logical. It concerns designing, in the
responsible for building and architectural
broad sense of the work, but then only as its
history, Kees Vollemans is the teacher for art-
perception or appraisal instead its production.
related topics. Dr. Reinaut Rutte is responsible
Principally, it concerns the same field, yet it
for themes on urban planning history, for
requires a different attitude. In contrast to, say,
subjects on metropolitan issues or twentieth-
an explanation of your own design, where your
century urban planning; you should turn to
own opinions, choices and preferences can
prof. dr. Bollerey or dr. Cor Wagenaar. For
or must be advanced, in this piece of work
Interior Hans van Dijk will give a different
you assume the position of an observer, who
course concerning current and controversial
shows proof of an objectifying and critical
architectural issues, organize excursions and
attitude towards the subject.
discussions. The general co-ordinator is dr.
Otokar Màčel.
The theme of the thesis can lie in
The guidance of the thesis is a task
is
the field of architecture and building, urban
The required literature depends on the chosen
planning, pictoral art, design, photography,
subject; practical information is presented in
film and literature. The last theme implies a
the ‘Writing Thesis’-reader, which is available
connection with ‘building’. The thesis is an
in the faculty bookstore.
individual obligation, it is permitted to write it
in pairs, but tuition will remain individual. The
Note: please make sure to hand in your
staff will sometimes offer a subject that will
thesis before P2. Starting on the thesis before
be studied in a group workshop. The possible
entering Msc 3 is obliged.
advantage of such a workshop is that you
do not have to work by yourself, but that you
Practical info
Program code
ECTS Time
Tutors
Coordinator AR2A010
6
Week 311 - 2.10
dr. Herman van Bergeijk, Hans van Dijk, dr. Reinout Rutte
dr. Herman van Bergeijk, [email protected]
MSc Public Building
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Schedule History Thesis
the first drafts of texts can already be made.
Quotes, considerations, notes etc. have to be
Week 1.1
formulated already, so they can be placed in
The First week of the semester, there is an
the texts of the thesis later on.
introduction to this course given by a member
of the History department and a member of
Week 1.4 - 2.5
the Library of Architecture. In this lecture there
The coming weeks the student can make
will be explained how to formulate a research
appointments with the teacher if he needs
question and develop instruments for this
them. The content and texts of the thesis
research, also more information about the
can be adjusted precisely and details can
thesis workshops will be given. Afterwards, this
be discussed. The list of literature has to be
lecture is available on blackboard.
completed according to the regulations.
Week 1.2
Week 2.6
In the second week of the semester, the student
The student hands in his thesis before the
has to formulate a few research proposals
end of the semester. The teacher can decide
which he discusses with one of the history
himself if he wants to read more draft-versions
teachers. With this proposals, the student has
of the texts. If there are problems with this
made a small start for the list of literature.
deadline, the student has to inform his teacher
Before the student starts his research for
in time.
his history thesis, the subject and research
Please note that the teacher need at least 4
question has to be approved by one of the
weeks to grade the thesis and administrate this
history teachers. Then the process starts and
grade!
the student can make appointments to meet
the teacher several times for discussion about
Week 2.8 / 2.9 / 2.10
the development of his research.
A debriefing can be planned and the student
For the first meeting the student works on his
can look into the examined thesis. The
proposal: elaborate the list of literature and
examined thesis stays in receipt of the faculty.
study, as well as the schedule for the research.
Temporary grades are not given
Week 1.3
In the third week the student has a definitive
global structure for his thesis. In following
appointments, difficulties can be discussed
with the teachers. The student has to be
confident with the topic and has already
gained a lot of information about it (by visiting
it several times or via literature etc.). Because
it is best to write parallel with the research,
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Student work: Studio City Foyer
TRUE IDENTITY
Amsterdam
Within the studio city foyer you
research an urban context in relation to
your specific interest. This interest is further
explored by literature and analysis. This
becomes the argumentation for your design.
The architectural challenge is to transform the
personal theory into an actual design.
The red light district is known for its
tension and conflicts; it offers a dense and
diverse society, a life of awareness, but also of
acceptance; of possibilities to choose your own
path and identity. The city foyer is a catalyst
for people with different backgrounds, cultures
and opinions. Architecturally this manifested
in large open spaces on the ground floor. The
exhibition volume is superimposed above a
square; this volume is both a dividing line and
attractor for people due to its open spaces. The
square offers activities for tourist, homeless,
citizens, prostitutes and business people. A
place of difference, tension, conflict and thus a
place of debate is created. In the middle of the
red light district the debate for the public realm
is to be held, because areas where people can
show their true identity are becoming rare.
Christiaan van Hegelsom/ City foyer
Practical info
Students masterplan Student design & text Studio
MSc Public Building
Christiaan van Hegelsom
Christiaan van Hegelsom
Msc 2 Studio City Foyer spring 2008
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Student work: City in Literature
ES/Experience
of
Space.
the
magazine of the space in words. Journal
produced by students as a result of the master
course City&Literature 2007-08.
Beyond the Surface. Architectural
Reflections
of
Body
and
Mind.
Journal
produced by students as a result of the master
course City&Literature 2008-09.
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End Terms MSc2
- The ability of making architectural design that
meets technical and functional demands.
-
Understanding
the
relation
between
needs and criteria.
- Ability to explain a design to others in images,
writing and words.
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MSc3/4
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MSc Public Building
Msc 3/4 Studio Public Realm
Urban redevelopment in relation to public
realm: new programmes and strategies
Within the theme of context and
modernity in the 21st century we will focus
on
‘public
building’ in
the
Netherlands.
The research and design studio of Public
Realm Rotterdam/The Hague will explore
the meaning of public realm in architecture.
The site is part of a after war reconstruction
area in the city centre and will most likely
be facing urban redevelopment in the near
future. New programmes and strategies have
to be developed to meet the city’s social,
political and economic problems and needs
in the 21st century. Innovative concepts and
typologies that address the search for a new
public realm and accommodate these new
programmes are also important. They can
only be reached by understanding the crucial
moments in urban and architectural practice.
(such as sustainability, stacking of functions,
public safety, accessibility etc.) Theory and
practice together form the ground on which
architectural discourse and the discourse of
studio Public Realm is founded.
studio public realm is apt to result in projects
and visions on a larger urban scale, as well as
Rotterdam
of cultural and spatial exchange. Thus the
Studies and design proposals for this
site can provide new programmes in relation to
the cities’ future development, for example the
reinforcement of the creative infrastructure. On
the one hand, these sites can accommodate
social, cultural and educational institutions
that function on the level of the city region as
a whole. On the other hand, solutions can be
generated for local problems, such as the lack
MSc Public Building
in site-specific interventions.
The literature study is directed at
notions of modernity, identity, public realm,
public domain, junk space, place and ‘non
place’. Through the analysis of precedents
and more on-site experimental workshops we
will develop tools in order to judge designs in
relation to the research theme. The analysis of
the site not only shows the location of the design
assignment in its historical, contemporary
and future context but also includes spatial,
social and economic aspects, like migration,
distribution of income, et cetera.
In fall term 2011, the research and
design studio of Public Realm will explore the
meaning of public realm in the light of current
urban redevelopments in the city centre of
Rotterdam and The Hague. Students will be
invited to develop different programs based on
thorough research and own insights. Basically,
the site can house offices, dwellings and
shops but also social-cultural facilities. Mixed
programmes and new strategies have to be
developed to meet the social, cultural, political
and economic problems and needs of the city
centre in the 21st century. Such strategies
can involve themes such as a public realm
for a diversity of city inhabitants and visitors,
densification, stacking of programs offering
facilities
for
specific
groups,
integrating
production and consumption, working and
dwelling, and so forth. Innovative concepts and
typologies, like the urban hybrid building that
address the search for a new public realm and
accommodate these new programmes are thus
important. Through the analysis of precedents
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and on-site fieldwork we will develop tools in
René Boomkens and Arnold Reijndorp will
order to understand and address the issue of
offer a more in-depth understanding of the
public realm in relation to actual urban spaces.
public realm.
The
architectural
design
assignments resulting from these programmes
and strategies can involve the public realm
on several levels. On the one hand, they may
accommodate social, cultural and educational
institutions that can function on the level of
the city region as a whole. On the other hand,
solutions can be generated for local problems,
such as the lack of space for the small-scale
urban economy in the city centre of Rotterdam.
Thus the studio public realm can result in
projects and visions on a larger urban scale, as
well as in site-specific interventions that take
into account the character of the Dutch city.
Theory and practice together form
the ground on which the discourse of studio
Public Realm is founded. The newly released
book Architectural Positions: Architecture,
Modernity and the Public Sphere will be used
to discuss the position architects have taken
towards their responsibility towards the public
sphere. Next to this, theories from a more
sociological and cultural-political background,
as for example works of Richard Sennett,
Henri Lefebvre, Jane Jacobs, Edward Glaeser,
Practical info
Program code
ECTS AR3Ap130-1 & AR4Ap100
15 + 20
Time
Week 1.1 - 4.10
Tutors ir. Nicola Marzot, dr. ir. Susanne Komossa
Coordinator dr. ir. Susanne Komossa (01+.Oost.700)
[email protected]
SA
Nina Aalbers [email protected]
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a large city of 600,000 people in the middle of
Msc 3/4 Studio Public Realm
Anatolia, which now holds more inhabitants
“UtopiAnkara”
Utopia
has
than 4 million and reached an immense size
peculiar
associations
and
connotations alive in time spanning from
Platon’s Republic through Thomas Moore’s
projection. It’s been a recurrent theme in
spatial design vis-à-vis social and political
organization of communities. From Ebenezer
Howard’s “Garden City” to Frank Lloyd
Wright’s
“Broadacres
City”,
Superstudio’s
“Continuous Monument” or Constant’s “New
Babylon”, the notion of an ideal has been
almost a temperament for designers, both as
an aspiration for paragons and also serving
as a radical critique of the human condition
as a dystopian fiction at its limits. It can be
said that last century has also been prominent
for various spatial visions which converged
multi-variate imageries of space, politics and
technology and translated them into reality in
different geographies of the world. From the
visionary Ville Radieuse of Le Corbusier after
WWI’s Europe, the notion of utopia has come
into existence in the image of capital cities in
several examples as such in Brasilia in South
America, Canberra in Australia and Ankara
in Anatolia. The convergence of different
ambitions translated into the organization of
human environment especially requires a new
outlook when even the humblest contemporary
metropolis exceeded the limits of those “bold”
design gestures remarkable with their aging
Modernism. Within this framework, one of the
early examples of Modern utopian capital of
early 20th Century and its indispensible role
in building the nation of Republic of Turkey
is a potential case. Being one of the early
not only the founding fathers but also initial
designers did not anticipate. The gross attitude
of the planning schemes’ visionary incentive
at every level of realization caused a generic
character probably as early precedents of
contemporary urban condition.
Having been the centre for the republican
revolution against Ottoman Empire centred
in Istanbul, Ankara became the capital city of
the new nation state in 1923 just two weeks
before the declaration of the republic. The first
quarter of the republic portrayed its ambition
for modernization by building its capital inviting
many foreign architects, planners, designers
and sculptors. Although foreign designers
had been invited to prepare schemes and
alternatives for Istanbul in the period of Ottoman
Empire, none of those former initiatives reflect
the ambition of the young republic in 1930’s.
Carl Chistopher Lörcher’s (1884-1966) plan
in 1924-1925 laid the foundation of the city
plan in 1932 by Herman Jansen (1869 Aachen
– 1945 Berlin), which gave the city its core
layout first in the north-south and then eastwest axes. The basis laid out by Lörcher’s plan
was stabilized by Jansen’s proposed scheme.
Meanwhile, the political figures of the republic
lead by the first president M. Kemal Atatürk
were in search/endeavour to draw the frame of
the modern identity for the new nation. Many
Austrian, German and Swiss architects like
Bruno Taut, Clemens Holzmeister, Ernst Egli
were part in the projection and construction of
that ideal image of the new capital.
incentives of the state, it’s been envisioned as
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This is as much a pragmatic as an ideological
about the potential roles of architecture not
decision; the case of Ankara allows us to
only as a delicate instrument in the production
contemplate on the capability of the disciplines
of urban environment but also as a cultivator
of architecture and urbanism to frame and/or
and catalyst for design strategies.
mediate the contemporary issues of the city
This studio will focus on the skills and tools
and its emergent desires.
of the architect. Through plans, sections,
The failure of another “utopia” in Ankara
perspectives,
provokes radical thinking and by focusing on
materializations or other specific evocations
its contemporary condition with all the failures
the architect should be able to convey his/her
and potentials we aim to focus on a debate
true intentions.
but
also
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ECTS AR3Ap130-1 & AR4Ap100
15 + 20
Time
Week 1.1 - 4.10
Tutors Prof. ir. Michiel Riedijk, ir.Niklaas Deboutte, Alper Alkan
Coordinator Prof. ir. Michiel Riedijk (01+.Oost.700)
[email protected]
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through
details,
Student work: Studio Public Realm
EDUCATION CENTRE ROTTERDAM
The topic is to design a public building nearby
music recording studio and an art and crafts
the Delftsestraat in the Stationsquarter of
lab which are activating a persons different
Rotterdam. The main questions are how
senses. The goal is to create a pleasant,
to the design and improve the public realm
durable
(urbanism) and how to the design a new
the building. Therefore there is a spatial
public building (architecture) at this location in
separation between the noisy an de silent
Rotterdam?
functions in the building. The noisy functions
and
comfortable
world
inside
are related to the industrial street. The silent
The goal or my social ambition is
functions are connected to the square. Due
to design a public building at the location
to the contrast between the different ‘worlds’,
(the Delftsestraat in the Stationsquarter of
one experiences the different rooms very clear
Rotterdam) which will improve the interaction
because the senses are frequently stimulated.
between
The central atrium or the ‘inbetween space’
the
business
world
and
the
educational centres in Rotterdam.
has to stimulate social interaction between the
consumers.
My architectonical ambition is to
design a public building which stimulates and
Also in materialization the two worlds
improves the public realm at the location.
are different. The noisy mountain is robust and
The building has to be recognizable for the
heavy, it’s façade consist bricks, some are
user and passer-by. In my essay I have
sticking out. The silent world is more open,
written about the façade of a public building in
there is a connection with the square and the
relation with its public realm. The expression
façade admits light. Here the façade consists
of the façade has an affect on our senses to
of different layers. Where an office for example
understand the building in its public space. A
meets the façade there are louvers which can
‘good looking’ façade enhances the quality of
regulate the sunlight. Between the offices there
the public space it surrounds and encourage
are open spaces, which are also visible in the
people to walk inside the building on the other
exterior façade, here there are no louvers, the
hand a ‘bad looking’ façade deters people.
view is totally free. In the central atrium stairs
The relation or connection between the interior
are connecting the different floors of the heavy
and exterior of the building plays an important
mountain. By bridges and platforms you enter
role for the quality of the contemporary public
from the noisy functions the silent functions.
domain. The central hall and the collective
spaces in the building have to be an extension
of the street. So the building is no lobotomy.
Laura van Dullemen
The design brief contains three
different study disciplines a cooking studio,
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different student material of previous years
Laura van Dullemen
Msc 3 & 4 Public Realm spring 2008
MSc Public Building
Msc 3/4 Studio’s
Border Conditions & Territories
Studio 2
MADRID PERIPHERIES
The Madrid-studio will focus on the peripheral
urban areas of Madrid. The ongoing colonization and appropriation of the landscape around
Studio 1 BEIRUT
In cooperation with: American University Beirut
Urban Asymmetries, DSD, TUD
The Beirut-studio will develop architectural
research and design projects that are related
to and situated in urban conditions as well as
embedded in the larger scale of the territory.
The exploration of the urban border conditions
in Beirut will be combined with the (slow yet
dynamic) time-related processes of the landscape as well as contemporary developments
with respect to connectivity, infrastructure and
the pre-war intense planning activities (during
the golden years of the banking development
before the war) and the post-war city reconstruction. Even though the studio will touch
upon issues related to landscape urbanism,
the increased attention to environmental and
sustainable concerns and issues of conflict
and post-conflicts, the main focus will remain,
as in all BC&T projects, on exploring the specific spatial conditions to be found in cities and
territories and how these conditions can inform, determine or result in architectural interventions and forms. Important will be to stress
the threat the city is suffering from the building
development of the years of the reconstruction
and in its wildest dimension now.
Madrid, partly through commercial housing
projects, has resulted in a fragmented periphery where specific urban border conditions
have emerged in a vast territorial setting and
as a result of this seemingly ever-expanding
urbanization in, around and of Madrid. As a
consequence, the marginal is (nowadays)
situated in unexpected locations within the
city. As part of this BC&T studio, the contemporary debates in Spain and Europe, involving both social, ethnic, religious, societal and
economic (‘post-capitalist’) developments, will
be analyzed, as well as the specific forms of
resistance that have an influence and effect on
the spatial configuration of the city. Via several
dérives of a to-be-determined zone in Madrid,
collective and thematic explorations and mappings will be developed, also in this case with
the specific aim of informing the architectural
project.
After an initial phase of investigating the nature
of borders as ‘spaces of encounter’, the second phase of the project explores the use of
digital and analogue techniques as both pragmatic and conceptual instruments employed to
explore complex systems of urban and architectural organization around borders as well as
techniques of representation and specific tools
for generating designs. It furthermore, investigates the potential and limitations of technology- and art-driven approaches to architecture
with respect to their implications on design.
This studio focuses special attention on the
technique of photography, film, and animation.
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MSc3/4 projects:
territories. Rather than a means to produce
The studio BC&T graduate projects will focus
striking representations, different techniques
on the ‘mapping of the city’, which means both
and methods of drawing and mapping will be
the uncovering of the invisible aspects of the
developed as a way to ‘scan’ the urban field(s),
city and an unveiling of different dimensions
investigating it via a specific apparatus.
‘besides the obvious’ will form the starting
Within these projects, several relevant theoret-
point of the studio. The mapping survey of
ical and philosophical texts will be discussed
marginal urban areas and the periphery of the
and several experts will be invited to lecture,
designated cities are proposed as a means to
discuss or give a workshop on the themes of
inquire into urban spatial border conditions and
the BC&T studio.
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Program code
ECTS Time
AR3Ap130-2 & AR4Ap100
15 + 20
Week 1.1 - 4.10
ir. Oscar Rommens, ir. Marc Schoonderbeek,
Henriette Bier, ir. Stefano Milani
ir. Marc Schoonderbeek (01+.Oost.700) [email protected]
MSc Public Building
Student work: Studio Border
STORING TIME; THE NATIONAL ARCHIVE OF
UKRAINE, KIEV
Kiev is the capital of Ukraine, a young nation
In the labyrinth the path is more important than
with a long history of foreign dominance. The
its destination, by the mere longevity of the path
remains of the past and signs of the future
one enters a meditative state of contemplation.
exist in extreme proximity to one another. The
The manipulation of the classical labyrinth
tension between what was and what will be
resulted in a circulation model of one
can be felt throughout the city and makes the
continuous route of 2.5 km through 53 different
passing of time almost tangible.
functional and spatial conditions depending on
On the outskirts of the city the spatial
the artworks and objects stored. The sequence
developments are more rapid but also more
and rhythm of spaces became the focus of the
temporary. In an area dominated by storage
design.
facilities and factories on the edge of the city
By designing 53 spaces in sequence and
and the forest I designed the new national
bringing this line back to the compact form of
archive of Ukraine. Here the collective memory
the box by folding it as a labyrinth new spatial
is organized and stored. But unlike a museum,
and visual connections emerge.
the archive still offers the possibility to find your
Distances
individual reading of the past. The organization
adjacencies in plan and sections. Fullness
of historic objects became the first point of
creating emptiness, in the form of patio’s
investigation.
providing the possibility of natural light and
The following text and the drawing of Piranesi’s
connections of spaces. While walking the path
Rome led to the connection between the
one is simultaneously confronted with spaces
organiza¬tion of knowledge and organization
that have been passed and ones yet to come.
of space.
The path of the archive, like that of the mind
in
the
sequence
generate
creates the possibility to open up to your past
“Foucault’s view of knowledge as a collection
and your future to reveal your presence.
of col¬liding and intersecting grids offers this
kind of place. We can wander here; we often
Carolien Schippers
return to familiar points, familiar intersections,
Juni 2009
which give pleasure. This is the mythical
labyrinth, which we enter and from which we
have no desire to emerge”
Jennifer Bloomer, Architecture and the Text: The (S)
crypts of Joyce and Piranesi, Yale University Press,
New Haven,1993
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Carolien Schippers
Msc 3 & 4 Border Conditions spring 2009
MSc Public Building
Student work: studio Border
PARADISE REGAINED– THE WATCHMAN,
THE SLEEPER, THE DREAMER, AND THE
CITY
linear cities, yet superimposes all program
onto the dike in a linear succession of artifacts,
maximizing the relation between infrastructure
and
architecture.
Maximum
metropolitan
density is combined with the proximity of
landscape in a scheme of linear congestion.
The city combines a morphological system
The Hondsbossche Zeewering at Petten
and a functional one. The first consists of the
Architecturally Reconsidered
found form of the dike modified in plan and
section; the second consists of artifacts that
ONCE there was a land called Doggerland. It
are modeled within the specific constraints
was a rich habitat, where the first men quietly
left by first, thus belonging to the spirit of the
roamed on endless sloping meadows. It was
site. The new city is a combination of programs
the garden of Eden as imagined in paintings.
found at coastal sites that are transformed and
Then, by the end of the last iceage, Doggerland
modified to fit the specificity of the site. The
disappeared under the rising waters. In the
dike becomes a city by manipulating the linear
south, this new sea was called Helle, a name
proximity of urban artifacts, each of these the
from which Christianity took the word for the
synthesis of the restraints imposed by the site
archetype of all fear and terror–hell–originating
and their formal individuality. Dike and city
in the belief that the sea was the resting place
are a continuous artifact, with not a singular
for the dead. Further north the sea was referred
center, but a continuous centrality between
to as Holle, from which came Holland (A.
sea and land—the extension of which makes
Cornelis, Amsterdam, 1997). With Doggerland
the occupation of the whole seaboard of the
drowned, this paradise was lost.
Netherlands a theoretical possibility.
ARCHITECTURE / Is it possible to reimagine
PANORAMA / The endpoints of the city, where
the model of the terpen: zones of absorption
the dike meets the dunes, feature on one side
instead of one single defense line and
The Lab (of Rijkswaterstaat) and on the other
instead of a detached dike-infrastructure,
side a panorama—articulating respectively
an architecture where means and ends for
the technical and the poetic premises framing
construction merge? The modification of
the project as a whole. The function of the
the Hondsbossche Zeewering into a zone of
panorama doubles as an empty space an sich
coastal protection reinstates the three dikes
and as a screen emitting a representation of
present: The Watchman, The Sleeper and
Doggerland.
The Dreamer. This modification is making the
main dike available for the construction of a
Ilmar Hurkxkens
new city. The village of Petten will find its final
destination on the dike. The new city does not
organize itself by means of parallel functional
zoning, as is often the case with
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Ilmar Hurkxkens
Msc 3 & 4 Public Territory fall 2009
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Msc 3/4 Technical Building Design
not lost in everyday issues, but is reinforced
and enriched by interaction with and influence
The subsidiary subject Technical building
from physical considerations. After all, even
design forms an integral part of the final year
physical considerations can provide a source
(MSc 4) course leading to a master’s degree in
of architectural inspiration.
architecture. The course is mainly concerned
The student’s final design, as presented orally
with technical building elaboration and the
and visually, must show that he or she has
conceptual
knowledge and understanding of:
interaction
between
building
technology and architectural design.
- The interaction between an architectural
Design is an iterative process, dealing with
concept and the building technology applied in
ambiguity, stratification, mutual relationships
its development
and interdependence. A preliminary phase, in
- Technical and physical considerations.
which inspiration can be provided by literally
Thus the student must present reasoned
anything, is followed by the preparation of a
solutions and demonstrate skill in incorporating
spatial concept and a physical concept. These
the technical building design effectively in the
concepts can be developed more or less in
design process as a whole.
parallel, and so benefit from mutual interaction.
Choices are based on philosophical, spatial,
Point of view
functional and physical considerations, taking
It is possible to distinguish in broad outline
into account what is structurally, physically and
a number of fields bearing on a the design
climatologically possible (or impossible).
process:
In
practice
multidisciplinary.
the
All
design
process
manner
of
is
different
- Social, cultural and historic context
- Geographical context, urban or rural
specialists (structural engineers, installation
- Space and shape
consultants etc.)come up with partial solutions
- Function and use
which need to be designed and fitted into the
- Material, climate and structure
spatial plan. Different levels of information,
The position the designer adopts in these fields
e.g. load-bearing structure (columns, girders,
will be affected by the task, the personalities
floors etc.), climate control (heating, cooling,
involved and the relevant society or culture. The
lighting etc.), partitions (elevations, roofs,
position on materialisation can range between
inside walls etc.) and a dimensioning system
somewhat neutral to extremely individual. But
(grid lines, sizing etc.) all need to be designed.
the process of developing an original concept
All these elements need to be integrated and
into an actual building will always involve the
coordinated and be given their place in the
materialisation of a particular space.
spatial plan.
For the final design the student must determine
The aim of materialisation, the process of
his or her position in the design process on
integrating technical features, is to develop the
a number of different aspects (specialties).
initial concept into an actual physical building,
More specifically, the student must show the
in which the quality of the initial concept is
relationship, in this particular design, between
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the materialisation (the technical building
emphasis on these different aspects to suit the
design) and the architectural concept.
particular design involved.
Research and investigation
Consultation
Regardless of the position adopted and the
Each student will also have access to guidance
method
putting
from specialists in the fields of load-bearing
questions to oneself and carrying out research.
structures and climate control installations
The designer must prepare, substantiate and
in the form of two 30-minute consultations
support a list of alternatives. Ultimately a
on each subject. While such consultations
multitude of design decisions must fit into a
can in principle be individual, students are
consistent whole, with the chosen solutions
encouraged to consult in groups of two or
expressed more clearly and in greater detail.
three and indeed to run separate consultations
There is a multitude of questions that can
together.
be asked. The most interesting questions
It will also be possible to hold an introductory
affecting the design are those involving mutual
or instructional session for a whole group
relationships.
of final year students at the beginning of the
The student must set himself or herself
semester.Students will need to organise group
questions, devise alternatives and select
consultations or instruction for themselves.
arguments,
chosen,
design
present
involves
and
Students are recommended to prepare a list
disadvantages. The need to maintain the
advantages
of questions in advance, to ensure that time
consistency of the whole must be kept in mind
is used efficiently. of questions in advance, to
each time a choice is made.
ensure that time is used efficiently.
Supervision
Presentation / Products
Each student will be supervised throughout the
A discussion on progress, a go/no go
year (MSc 4) by a lecturer in technical building
assessment and the final presentation will take
design. This will involve one daily period a
place at various points in the year.
week for each group of 15 students for 2 x 7
Discussion on progress
weeks.
- Load-bearing structure in diagrammatic form,
The lecturer in question will not only provided
floor plans and cross-sections
supervision but will also act as examiner
- Basic principles of climate control in
and will guide and examine students in all
diagrammatic form
aspects of building technology. Each of the
- distinguishing details
three aspects of building technology already
mentioned – load-bearing structure, climate
control and facade – need to be considered
in connection with space, appearance and
function. The student, in consultation with the
lecturer, will be able to place his or her own
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Final presentation
- Highly characteristic details from elsewhere
The following list of products gives a good
in the design.
indication of the kind of information and the level
The quality of a design is determined by the
of detail required. All the information listed must
degree of integration of its physical, spatial and
be available, but an attempt should be made
functional characteristics.
to find the most suitable way of presenting the
This quality is demonstrated by the choice of
particular plan. Drawings can be supplemented
the correct drawings, diagrams and texts.
– or replaced - by diagrams, plans, threedimensional drawings, materialisation models,
Literature:
pictures of the materials applied etc.
»Klimaatinstallatie - Integratie van gebouw en
General
installaties
- Concept in words and pictures; a description
»Jellema (ed.) – Hogere Bouwkunde, deel 8:
of underlying design ideas with keywords,
woningbouw bouwmethoden
arguments, analyses and outline sketches and
»Kamerling, Jellema – Hogere Bouwkunde,
diagrams.
deel 9: Utiliteitsbouw
- The relationship between the architectural
»Gerritse et al. - Dictaat Draagconstructies
concept and its physical development, and
Basis
between appearance, function, space, load-
»Verver
bearing structure and climate control.
Materiaalkunde, 3rd edition
Load-bearing structure / Climate control
»Hulsbos et al., Folder of drawings Birkhauser
- Floor plans and cross-sections of the whole
(publisher):
building including the elements making up the
»Roof construction manual
load-bearing structure (on a scale of 1:100 or
»Steel construction manual
1:200).
»Concrete construction manual
- Floor plans and cross-sections of the part
»Masonry construction manual
of the building that has been developed
»Glass construction manual
architecturally, on the scale of 1:50 or 1:20.
»Timber construction manual
- A three-dimensional representation of the
»Facades Atlas
structure.
More information can be found on the
Facade
Installation and Structural Design website
&
Fraaij,
Wolter
Noordhof
–
- Views, cross-sections and floor plans of a
part of the building which contributes to its
characteristic appearance, including a corner
(on a scale of 1:50 or 1:20).
- Horizontal and vertical details of the facade
fragment in which joints are worked out in full
detail, and demonstrating ability to exclude
water, dimensions, materials, clearance, joints
etc. (on a scale of 1:5 or 1:1)
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Program code
AR4Am100
ECTS 10
Time
Week 1.1 - 4.10
Tutors Prof. ir. M.F. Asselbergs, ir. E.J.G.C. van Dooren
Coordinator Prof. ir. M.F. Asselbergs
[email protected]
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Msc 3/4 Research Methods and
Design Practice Lectures
This lecture series deals with the intricate
Study Goals Against the aforementioned
relation between architectural research and
background this lecture series has a threefold
design approaches. It holds that there exist
goal:
certain “episteme” in the field of architecture
a) to offer an insight in the intricate relationship
in which a specific analysis of the built
between research and design as two aspects
environment
of the same architectural episteme.
resonates
with
a
particular
architectural design approach. It focuses on
b) To delineate and analyze some of the
the ways that architectural research can offer
key episteme in the field of contemporary
a basis for the delineation, formulation and
architecture
composition of architectural projects. Out of
c) To illustrate the operativity of the episteme
this perspective architectural research is not
within contemporary research and design
considered as a value-free venture, but rather
approaches
as an activity that reflects a clear frame of
reference and intentionality.
The lecture series consists of six twin lectures.
The first two twin lectures focus on the modi
and instruments of architecture.
The four remaining lectures are composed
of a) a theoretico-historic lecture in which an
episteme is delineated and b) an evaluation
of the operativity of a certain research method
and the related design strategy.
Practical info
Program code
AR3Ap160
ECTS 6
Time
Week 3.1 - 3.10
Tutors dr. ir. Tom Avermaete, ir. Henk Engel
[email protected]
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Msc 3/4 Seminar Research Methods
Part of the work in the Master 3 studios consists
of research on the theme of the studio
During the first weeks of the semester a
parallel lecture series is organized (AR3A160),
to support the work in the studio. The
lecture series highlights various aspects of
architectural research, focusing on methods
and media.
In this seminar (AR3A170), the student learns
about the different facets of carrying out
scientific research in the field of architecture.
Next to the lectures, and as part of the
studio work, the student makes an individual
contribution to the research field of the studio.
Each studio will give instructions concerning
the specifics for the assessment
Practical info
Program code
AR3A170
ECTS 3
Time
Week 3.1 - 4.11
Tutors Marc Schoonderbeek, Nicola Marzot, Klaske Havik, Susanne Komossa
Coordinator dr. ir. Susanne Komossa
[email protected]
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Msc 3/4 Research Methods Tutorial
Tutorial structure:
RESEARCH
TOPICS
AND
METHODS
(APERTIS VERBIS)
The focus of the presentations will be on
the research choices (the why) and on
methodology (the how) adopted by the
This msc3 course on research topics and
researcher. More precisely, each researcher
methods presents current (PhD) research
will attempt to address and share with the
work carried out at the Department of
students the reasons and the difficulties, limits,
Architecture, and shows how researchers deal
and domain of legitimacy of their work. Last
with questions such as how to address their
but not least, the way in which their specific
topic, to limit their field, to frame their work and
research can be re-generalized and contribute
how to find an appropriate methodology for
to a redefinition of the general topic.
their project.
Each session consists on one research
statement followed by a collective discussion.
Students are requested to actively participate
in the discussion. In the last session (usually
near the end of the semster), the students will
present their studio research. In this occasion,
external visiting critics will be invited to
comment on the student work.
Indications on the individual assignment will be
given at the end of the first meeting.
Practical info
Program code
AR3A180
ECTS 6
Time
Week 3.1 - 4.11
Tutors Stefano Milani
Coordinator dr. ir. Stefano Milani
[email protected]
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End Terms MSc3/4
End Terms Research Methods
- The ability of making architectural design
that meets technical and functional demands.
Adequate knowledge of history and theory of
-
Understanding
the
relation
between
- Understanding of and skills of the methods of
research and the preparation of a project.
For more information about the reglementation
needs and criteria.
around graduation, you cab find a elaborate
document on the website of TUDelft:
- Understanding and skills of the methods of
http://studenten.tudelft.nl/nl/bk/onderwijs
research and the preparation of a project.
> afstuderen/examens > bouwkunde >
handleiding afstuderen
End Terms Technical Building Design
- Understanding problems on the level of
http://studenten.tudelft.nl/en/a/ > regulations
the structural design and the main bearing
> graduation manual > graduation manual
structure relating the design of a building.
- Technical ability as a designer to satisfy the
demands of the users within the restriction set
by the budget and building regulations.
building.
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Recommended Literature Public Building
»Avermaete T., Havik k., Teerds H. (red.), Architectural Positions. On Architecture, Modernity and
the Public Sphere, Amsterdam, Sun, 2009
»Berman, M., All That Is Solid Melts Into Air; The Experience of Modernity, New York: Simon and
Schuster, 1983
»Boomkens, René, Een drempelwereld. Moderne ervaring en stedelijke openbaarheid. Rotterdam
(NAi Uitgevers) 1998
»Borges, J. L., De Aleph en Andere Verhalen, Amsterdam: Bezige Bij, 1998
»Cache, B., Earth Moves: the Furnishing of Territories, Cambridge: MIT Press, 1995
»Calinescu, M., Five Faces of Modernity. Modernism, Avant-garde, Decadence, Kitsch,
Postmodernism, Durham: Duke University, 1987
»Dal, F. Co, Figures of Architecture and Thought. German Architecture Culture 1880-1920, New
York: Rizzoli, 1990
»Castex, Jean., Jean-Charles Depaule, Philippe Panerai, De rationele stad. Van bouwblok tot
wooneenheid. Nijmegen (SUN) 1984. Oorspronkelijke titel: Formes urbaines. De l’ilôt à la barre
(1977)
»Foucault, M., De Bibliotheek van de Verbeelding, Nijmegen: Uitgeverij SUN, 1986
»Frampton, K., Studies in tectonic culture: the poetics of construction in nineteenth and twentieth
century architecture, Cambridge: MIT Press, 1995
»Ghirardo, D., Architecture after Modernism, London: Thames and Hudson, 1996
»Kwinter, S., Architectures of Time; Toward a Theory of the event in Modernist Culture, Cambridge/
London: The MIT Press, 2001
»Nesbitt, K. (ed.), Theorizing a new agenda for architecture, an anthology of architectural theory
1965-1995, New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 1996
»Rosenberg, H., The Tradition of the New, New York, MacGraw Hill, 1965
»Tafuri, M., Ontwerp en Utopie. Architectuur en ontwikkeling van het kapitalisme, Nijmegen:
Uitgeverij SUN, 1978
»Venturi, R., Scott-Brown, D. and Izenour, S., Learning from Las Vegas - the forgotten Symbolism
of Architectural Form, Cambridge: MIT Press, 1972
»Virilio, P., A Landscape of Events, Cambridge: MIT Press, 2000
»Ahrendt, H., The Human Condition, Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1958
»Certeau, M., de, The Practice of Everyday Life, Berkeley: University of California Press, 1984
»Gideon, S., Wege in die Öffentlichkeit, Aufsätze und unveröffwentliche Schriften aus den Jahren
1926-1956, Zürich: Ammann, 1987
»Habermas, J., The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere, Cambridge: Polity Press,
1969
»Kofman, E., Lebas, E., Writings on Cities, Henri Lefebvre, Cambridge: Oxford, 1996
»Komossa, S., The Dutch urban block and the public realm; models, rules, ideals, Nijmegen:
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Vantilt, 2010
Dutch edition: Hollands bouwblok en public domein, model, regel, ideaal, Nijmegen: Vantilt, 2010
»Lefebvre, H., The Production of Space, Blackwell: Malden, 1991, 1st French edition,1974
»Lefebvre, H., The urban revolution, University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, 2003
»Negt, O. and Kluge, A., Public Sphere and Experience: Toward an Analysis of the Bourgeois and
Proletarian Public Sphere, Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1972
»Robbins, B., (ed.), The Phantom Public Sphere, Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press,
1993
»Simmel, G., “The Metropolis and Mental Life” (1903), in: Neil Leach (ed.), Rethinking Architecture:
A reader in cultural theory, London: Routledge, 1997, pp.69-79
»Simmel,G., Aufsätze und Abhandlungen 1901-1908, Frankfurt a.M.: Suhrkamp, 1995
»Warner, M., Publics and Counterpublics, New York: Zone Books, 2002
»Plannenmappen, A variety of architectural precedents, for example schools, musea, libraries,
DUP, Delft, Public Building
»Rowe, C., Koetter, F, Collage City, Cambridge: MIT press, 1984
»Jacobs, J., The Death and Life of great American cities, New York: Vintage books, 1961
Recommended Literature - Public Realm
MSc1/2
»Augé, M., Non-Places. Introduction to an Architecture of Supermodernity, London: Verso, 1995
»Avermaete T., Havik k., Teerds H. (red.), Architectural Positions. On Architecture, Modernity and
»Boyer, C., Cybercities, New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 1996
»Gehl, J., Life between buildings: using public space, Copenhagen: Danish Architectural Press,
2001
»Hajer, M., Reijndorp, A., In search of new public domain, Rotterdam: NAI publishers, 2001, in
Dutch: Op zoek naar nieuw publiek domein, Rotterdam: NAI uitgevers, 2001
»Hayden, D., The Power of Place. Urban Landscapes as Public History. Cambridge: MIT Press,
1999
»Setha, M., Low, On the Plaza. The Politics of Public Space and Culture, Austin: The University
of Texas Press, 2000
»de Sola-Morales, M., Openbare en collectieve ruimte. De verstedelijking van het prive-domein
als nieuwe uitdaging, in: Oase 33, 1992, p.3-8 zie Positions
»Venturi, R., Scott Brown, D., Architecture as signs and systems, for a mannerist time, Cambridge:
The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2004
»Venturi, R., Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture, London: 2nd ed. Architectural Press,
1977
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»Walzer, M., Saco, D., Cybering Democracy: Public Space and the Internet, Minneapolis:
University of Minnesota Press, 2002
MSc3/4
»Avermaete T., Havik K., Teerds H. (red.), Architectural Positions. On Architecture, Modernity and
»Burdett, Ricky, Deyan Sudjic, The endless city, The urban age project by the London school of
economics and Deutsche Bank’s Alfred Herrhausen society. Londen (Phaidon) 2007
»Ellin, N., (ed.), The Architecture of Fear, New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 1997
»Fenton, Joseph, Steven Holl,Hybrid buildings,in: Pamphlet Architecture No. 11, New York, San
Francisco, Princeton Architectural Press 1985
»Florida, Richard, Cities and the creative class. New York/Londen (Routledge) 2005.
Gehl, Jan, Life between buildings: using public space. Kopenhagen (Danish Architectural Press)
2001
»Hajer, M., A. Reijndorp, Op zoek naar nieuw publiek domein. Rotterdam (NAi Uitgevers) 2001.
English edition: In search of a new public domain
»Gemeente Rotterdam, DS+V, Reijndorp, A. e.a., Sense of place, Atlas van de CultureleEcolgie
van Rotterdam, Rotterdam: Gemeente Rotterdam, 2004
»Jacobs, Jane, The economy of cities. Harmondsworth (Penguin) 1972
»Jacobs, Jane, The death and life of great American cities. New York (Random House) 1961
»Komossa, S., The Dutch urban block and the public realm; models, rules, ideals, Nijmegen:
Vantilt, 2010
Dutch edition: Hollands bouwblok en public domein, model, regel, ideaal, Nijmegen: Vantilt, 2010
Koolhaas, Rem, Delirious New York, A retroactive manifesto for Manhattan, New York, Thames
and Hudson, 1978
»Lefebvre, Henri, The urban revolution. Minneapolis-Saint Paul (University of Minnesota Press)
2003. Oorspronkelijke titel: La Revolution urbaine (1970)
»Sennett, R., The conscience of the eye: the design and social lifes of cities, New York: Norton,
1990
»Sennett, R., The Fall of Public Man, New York: Norton, 1992
»Solà-Morales, Manuel de, Hans Ibelings, Kenneth Frampton, A matter of things. Rotterdam (NAi
Publishers) 2008
»Sorkin, M. (ed.), Variations on a Theme Park. The New American city and the End of Public
Space, New York: Hill & Wang, 1992
»Venturi, R., Scott Brown, D., Izenour, S., Learning from Las Vegas, Cambridge: MIT Press, 1977
»Rossi, A., The Architecture of the City, Cambridge: MIT Press, 1985, in Dutch, De Architectuur
van de Stad, Nijmegen: Uitgeverij SUN, 2002
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Recommended Literature - Border Conditions & Territories
MSc1/2
»Gomez Perez, A., Architecture and the Crisis of Modern Science, Cambridge:MIT press, 1985
»Tafuri, M., Design And Utopia, Design and Capitalist Development, Cambridge: MIT Press,
1976
»Kwinter, S., Architectures of Time, Toward a Theory of the event in Modernist Culture, Cambridge/
London:The MIT Press, 2001
»Berman, M., All That is Solid Melts Into air, The Experience of Modernity, New York: Simon and
Schuster, 1983
»Leach, N., Architectural Thinking since 1950
»Borges, J. L., De Aleph en Andere Verhalen, Amsterdam: Bezige Bij, 1998
»Foucault, M. De bibliotheek van Verbeelding, Nijmegen: Uitgeverij SUN, 1986
Theme 1 (Globalization and identity)
»G.U.S.T, “PostExsubDis; Fragmentations and Constructions”, Rotterdam: 010 Publishers, 2002
»Multiplicity, “USE Uncertain States of Europe”, Milan: Skira, 2003
Theme 2 (Marginal Urban Areas)
»Graafland, A., The Socius of Architecture, Rotterdam: 010 Publishers, 2000
»Vidler, A., The Architectural Uncanny, Cambridge: MIT Press, 1994
Theme 3 (Exacts Experiments in Architecture)
»Somol, R.E., “Autonomy and ideology; position an avant-garde in America”,
New York: The Monacelli Press NY, 1997
»Grosz, E., Architecture From the Outside, Cambridge: MIT Press, 2001
»Rajchman, J., The Deleuze Connections, Cambridge: MIT Press, 2000
MSc 3/4
»Venturi, R., Scott Brown, D., Izenour, S., Learning from Las Vegas, Cambridge: MIT Press,
1977
»Lynch, K., The image of the city, Cambridge: MIT Press, 1960
»Bunschoten, C./R., “Urban Flotsam”, Rotterdam: 010 Publishers, 2001
»Rossi, A., De Architectuur van de Stad, Nijmegen: Uitgeverij SUN, 2002
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»Koolhaas, R., Generic City, in: Rem Koolhaas en Bruce Mau, S.M.L.XL, Rotterdam: 010
Publishers, 1995, pp 1248-1264
»Koolhaas, R., Re: Generic City, in OASE 54, Nijmegen: Uitgeverij SUN, 2001
»Meuwissen, J.,Engel, H., Jenke,S., Monestiroli, A., Healy, P., Barbieri, U., Autonome Architectuur
en het stedelijk project, in OASE 62, Rotterdam: NAi Uitgevers, 2003
»GUST, The Urban Condition, Rotterdam: 010 Publishers, 2000
»Heynen, H., Architectuur en kritiek van de Moderniteit, Nijmegen: Uitgeverij SUN, 2001
»Van der Hoeve, C., Louwe, J., Amsterdam als stedelijk bouwwerk, Amsterdam:Uitgeverij SUN
(2e druk), 2003
»Denslagen, W., Romantisch Modernisme, Nostalgie in de monumentenzorg, Amsterdam:
Uitgeverij SUN, 2004
»Brinkman, E. (ed.), Reflect#01, Nieuw Engagement in architectuur, kunst en vormgeving,
Rotterdam: NAi Uitgevers, 2004
»Reijndorp, A., Reflect#02, Stadswijk, Stedenbouw en dagelijks leven, Rotterdam: NAi Uitgevers,
2004
»Cauter, L., de, Reflect#03, De capsulaire samenleving, Rotterdam: NAi Uitgevers, 2004
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General Information
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Research Documentation
The Public Building department is in the process of collecting student research and
projects for reference purpose and developing a database reflecting the research of
Public Building. These projects will possibly be used in publications and presentations.
In order to properly store and use student projects we ask that the files are submitted
in a specific format and of a quality that is suitable for publication.
The following list is the standard list of products that each student should turn in,
any additional work is also welcome. Submitted student material for the archives of
Public Building CD/DVD must include:
1) Architecture Public Building / The specific course (e.g. AR3Am130/ Studio Public Realm)
2) Name & student ID number
3) Date the work is presented
4) Semester & year that you are officially registered in the course
Material MSc 3
On CD/DVD:
Essay(DOC or PDF)
Research
(DOC or PDF)
Syllabus
(DOC or PDF)
Drawings
(vector files; PDF, DWG, EPS or AI)
Images
(200-300 dpi; JPG, BMP or TIFF)
PowerPoint presentation
(PPT)
Printed:
Material MSc 4
Presentation material on CD/DVD:
Explanation of the design
(DOC) 500 words
Drawings
(vector files; PDF, DWG, EPS or AI)
Images
(200-300 dpi; JPG, BMP or TIFF)
A0 / A1 panels
(PDF preferred)
(PPT)
Printed:
Explanation of the design
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Syllabus
The syllabus is part of the graduation contract; it will be recorded in every MSc3
student’s graduation folder at latest before the P2 presentations.Your personal
syllabus must contain the following information:
Personal data:
Such as name, student number, address, postal code, city, phone number, email address.
Topic:
What is the topic and/or the problem/location?
Problem statement:
Which questions do you ask (yourself)?
Goal:
Do you want to write a paper (essay?) or a (drawn) design? What is the thesis of the
written paper or what are the statements with which you will defend your project?
Method:
What will the final product be i.e. literature research, a computer model, analysis
of the program including precedents, a design? Which techniques will be used and
why?
Relevance:
What is the social and scientific relevance of the topic?
Sources:
Which sources do you think you will use?
Planning:
How do you schedule these 32 weeks?
Goals:
What are your goals in relation to your question and what are the final?
Grading;
All the products have to be reviewed and graded, under which conditions should
your paper or design be graded?
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Guide for Academic writing
Structure
Any scientific research needs to be properly documented. Not only for review, but
also as a reference for future research. Every report has to be clear and easily
accessible; its main intention is to inform. In order to ensure that your report is clear
and adheres to a certain scientific standard, it needs to be structured. In addition,
giving a clear and defined structure to your report will help you in writing it and others
in reading it. The following is an outline of what should at least be present in your
report:
1) Introduction
No research simply appears from out of the blue, it needs an introduction. We want
to know what your subject exactly is and why it is interesting.
2) Problem statement
Defining a problem statement is one of the most important parts of scientific
research; it defines the field of interest and consequently what methods should be
used and which conclusions can be drawn. Since it largely determines the scope of
the research, it is important to define the problem statement as clearly and concisely
as possible.
3) Methods and techniques
The chosen methods and techniques should be explained beforehand. You should
also explain why these are relevant, and how they will provide an answer to your
research questions.
4) Analysis
This is the research proper, showing all the relevant data and analyses made during
the research.
5) Conclusion
What are the most important findings of your research, what is the answer to your
research question, is your hypothesis valid? You should also make clear how you
reached your conclusion based on the findings of your research.
6) Discussion
Any decent research should end with a critical reflection of the work done. Did you
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encounter any pitfalls, red herrings or any other unforeseen problems? Do you have
any recommendations for anyone who would continue with this line of research?
What is the position of your research within the current debate?
Any information you unearthed, or analyses you made that are superfluous or
irrelevant to your research should be left out of the report. Extra information or
research that isn’t directly of importance can be placed in an appendix.
Language and style
When writing a scientific paper, it is essential that you convey your ideas clearly. A
muddled style, an abundance of grammatical errors or misuse of idiom will severely
impede this. So, make sure you know what you are going to write; an unclear idea
will always lead to unclear writing. Writing means revising and re-writing as much as
putting words to paper in the first place. If you are unsure about your writing skills,
don’t be afraid to read some books on writing or style-guides; there are plenty of
good ones around.
Since your paper will usually be quite specific, there is always the danger of jargon
or terminology overcrowding your writing. Jargon should be avoided at all times, but
terminology is useful. Jargon is the habit of not calling a spade a spade, when instead
you could call it an earth-restructuring implement. On the other hand, terminology is
used to indicate complex and precise terms. But this means that you clearly have to
define what your terminology means in the text, as well as where you got it from.
When you finally succeeded in writing a readable paper, please don’t spoil it by
going over-the-top with flashy graphic designs and layouts. Sadly, most architectural
publications are poor examples of graphic design. Keep it simple. Reports aren’t
supposed to shock or surprise people with ‘interesting’ layouts – this tends to be
rather boring. However, if you do want to invest some time in making a pleasing or
beautiful layout, by all means do so, but do it properly: look for good examples, read
proper books on the subject or follow a course in graphic design.
Reference and citation
The use of literature has to be properly referenced. There are several reasons for
this. In general, you will use references as support for your argument, so you will
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have to specify where you got these arguments from. This means that you have to make
unambiguously clear which ideas are your own, and which are not. Any research that
does not have any references is worthless. Using proper references will allow others to
retrieve and check the arguments you used, or as a starting point for further research
of their own. To prevent complete chaos if everyone were to use his or her own system,
there is a common one. These are the basics of the system for writing a bibliography,
with an example each time:
A book
Author, Title: subtitle, Place: Publisher, Year
Merton, Robert K., The Sociology of Science, Chicago (IL): University of Chicago Press, 1973
An edited book
Editor (ed.), Title: subtitle, Place: Publisher, Year
MacIntyre, A. (ed.), Hegel: A Collection of Critical Essays, London: University of Notre Dame Press, 1976
An article in a journal
Author, ‘Title: subtitle’, Journal, number (date), pp. begin-end
Dove, Kenley R., ‘Hegel’s Phenomenological Method’, Review of Metaphysics, 23 No. 1 (Sept., 1969), pp. 615 – 41
An essay or article in a book (by same author)
Author, ‘Title: subtitle’, in: Title: subtitle, Place: Publisher, Year, pp. begin-end
Adorno, T. ‘Skoteinos, or How to read Hegel’, in: Hegel: Three Studies, Cambridge (MA): MIT Press, 1993, pp. 89 – 148
An article in an edited collection
Author, ‘Title: subtitle’, in: Editor (ed.), Title: subtitle, Place: Publisher, Year, pp. begin-end
Harris, H. S. ‘Hegel’s intellectual development to 1807’, in: F. C.
Beiser (ed.) The Cambridge Companion to Hegel, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1993, pp. 25 – 51
Of course, there are variations. But this is the only method used by Public Building.
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Foot- and endnotes
If you include a bibliography in your report, it isn’t necessary to give a full account of all
the bibliographical details in the foot- or endnotes. Simply stating the author, the short
title (without subtitle) and the page referenced will suffice. The bibliography will then list
the full details. It is common just to use the author’s surname in foot- and endnotes; if
you want to write the author’s full name the normal order is used, as opposed to in the
bibliography. In any case, it is important to state the page numbers of an article: for ease
of reference and in order to show the length of the article.
State which edition you used, as page numbers may differ, and in some cases the
content changes significantly as well. The edition should be written directly after the
title, e.g.:
Wittkower, Rudolf, Architectural principles in the age of humanism, 4th ed., London: Academy, 1988
Always try to refer a source in its original language, especially if it is written in one of
the ‘major’ languages, that is English, French or German. In the bibliography, always
use the name of the place of publication in its own language. When this is a town in the
U.S.A., please include the official abbreviation of the state within parentheses to avoid
confusion: ‘Cambridge’ or ‘Paris’ is not the same as ‘Cambridge (MA)’ or ‘Paris (IL)’. If
you do need to use a translation, you need to specify this in the bibliography:
Calvino, Italo, Invisible Cities, London: Vintage, 1997, trans. William Weaver, from: La cita invisibli, Turino: Giulio Eunadi editori, 1972
If you need to make reference to a certain source more than once, which is not
uncommon, there are ways of making this easier. In subsequent reference to the same
source, the use of the term ibid. (short for ibidem, ‘the same’) will suffice. However, this
only applies to references that directly follow each other. Quite often, the flow will be
interrupted. If you need to return to the source later on, you can state the author and use
op. cit. (‘work cited’) instead of the full reference.
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If you are using footnotes you should beware of sending your reader back too many
pages, so if in doubt use the full reference. Here’s an example:
12
Wittkower, Architectural principles in the age of humanism, p. 12
Ibid., p 24
14 Lynch, The Image of the City, pp. 22 – 24
15 Wittkower, op. cit., p. 26
13
When you refer to more sources from the same author, using the op. cit. construction
may cause confusion as to which book or article is meant. In such a case, you should
use it sparingly; again, when in doubt use the full reference.
The marker for the foot- or endnote should be placed either directly after a citation or
at the end of the sentence it directly refers to.1 Generally, they are not placed in midsentence, only if not doing so this would lead to confusion.
For purposes of legibility, long quotes need to be placed separately, indented and
spaced like so. Any quote longer than two lines is considered long. In this case, there
is no need to place quotation marks; it is, however, advisable to change the font. When
referencing to a single page write ‘p. x’, when referencing to more pages you should
write ‘pp. x – z’. If you use the title of a book in your main text, it should be in italics,
likewise, names of articles or chapters should be between quotation marks.
Any alterations in a citation you make, either for brevity’s sake or to seamlessly attach
it to your text, should be made clearly visible by using brackets.
[…] for any text you leave out - if you take out a significant length, make separate
references.
[sic] after any errors in the original
[blah – FM] for any comments you make in the citation, using your own initials of course
1
Remember to use single quotations marks, only use double quotation marks for a
quote within a quote, e.g.: According to Thomas, ‘Richard said that “this is what Harold
said,” which wasn’t true.’
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Recommended literature:
Writing:
»Eco, Umberto, Hoe schrijf ik een scriptie?, Amsterdam: Bakker, 2003 trans. from:
Come si fa una tesi di laurea?, Milano: Bompiani, 1977
»Partidge, Eric & Whitcut, Janet, Usage and Abusage: A Guide to Good English, London
/ New York (NY): W.W. Norton & Co., 1999
»Strunk, William (et. al.), The Elements of Style, 3rd ed., Boston (MA): Allyn & Bacon,
1979
»Zinser, W, On Writing Well, 2nd ed., New York (NY): Harper & Row, 1980
Graphic design & layout:
»Müller-Brockmann, Josef, Grid systems in graphic design: A visual communication
manual, 2nd ed., Niederteufen: Niggli, 1996
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Course Policy Specifications and Requirements
courses: AR1Ap040 Architectural Reflections & AR1Ap030 Architectural Studies,
Please read carefully!
Assignment due dates
- Assignment due dates are either specified on each course hand out or communicated
by the course instructor.
- Work handed in after this date will be considered late - Individual instructors, in
agreement with the course coordinator, will be allowed to assess appropriate penalties.
Students should inquire to their instructors for penalty information.
- If your work is not ready to be handed in on the specified due date then you must hand
in a Statement of Intent that indicates your objective to complete the course and the
date by which you will hand in your work. This date must be approved by the individual
instructor. Only under exceptional conditions will an extension for course work be
approved.
*Note – Please use the ‘cover page’ as outlined below with this information included on
that page; also note carefully the ‘grading policy’ on this matter.
- Individual instructors, with the approval of the course coordinator, may upon their own
discretion alter assignments and due dates within the period not surpassing the final
due date as specified for each academic semester (see below).
- Note: The department does not guarantee that assignments delivered after these dates
will be evaluated by the end of this semester and recorded through faculty administration
by the end of term. In principal all essays handed in will only be evaluated twice during
the academic year. Submissions that do not meet the final date will be evaluated a
semester later.
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Assignment delivery specifications
- All work must be delivered in digital AND printed form; it is not allowed to deliver work digitally.
Work should be delivered to the specific instructor responsible for evaluation during the
scheduled course semester.
* Note – students should keep digital copy of both drafts and final version of work on file and available in the event such material is requested.
- All delivered assignments must have a cover page containing all of the following
information:
* Please note that work handed in without this cover information will be set aside and will not be evaluated.
1. MSc1 Architecture & Modernity: Public Building / The specific course (e.g. Ar1AM030/ Architectural Reflections)
2. Name & student ID number
3. The semester/year that you are registered in the course
(e.g. fall 2006)
4. The date the work is delivered.
Grading Policy
10-6: Constitute a passing mark – meaning you have successfully completed the
requirements of the course.
5: Constitutes a provisional non-passing mark – this is the mark that can be changed to
a passing mark with the completion or improvement of course work as specified by the
instructor or the course coordinator.
4-1: Constitute a non-passing grade – non-passing grades will be given for the following
reasons:
- The work has been completed but is considered insufficient to the meet passing standards. This will result in a mark of 4.
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- The student has attended all the courses, completed partial assignments,
but fails to complete all the required course work and
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does not provide a Statement of Intent to complete the remaining work (see above for statement of intent).
This will result in a mark of 3.
- The student is registered for the course and has failed to inform the coordinator or the assistant of the department that they
have elected to officially drop the course (see below for dropping a course).
This will result in a failing mark of 2.
- The work has been completed but the student has failed to meet the academic policy standards regarding proper citation and documentation of source material (see plagiarism statement below).
This will result in a failing mark of 1.
Drop Policy
Students wishing to drop (un-inscribe or un-register) a course should:
- Follow official University procedure to un-inscribe yourself from a course.
- Prepare, in writing, a note that states your intention to drop the course, the
note must include all the information as listed above under ‘assignment cover page’. Deliver this to the student assistant.
- Please note that you can officially drop the course no later than the date of the 3rd meeting of each specific class – these dates vary per course.
- Failure to drop a course will result in the non-passing mark of 2 for the course. (See grading policy above).
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Plagiarism Policy
The department refers all cases of plagiarism to the Exam Commission of the Faculty.
Students committing plagiarism will be subject to disciplinary action.
Also, please refer to the following web site for information regarding proper academic
research and writing performance:
http://www.plagiarism.org/research_site/e_citation.html
Copyright
Any literature obtained from Blackboard should be used with care. For using this
literature you should be aware of the Copyright law. This law is intended to protect
the intellectual properties of the author. The department of Public Building can
publish student work at the end of this semester. To avoid any problems later on,
please follow these guidelines:
1.
Only one copy can be printed out for personal use
2.
The copy may only be used for own use, study or practice. You may not
share, or lend out your personal copy with others.
3.
Additional copies can be made for others, as long it is for their use.
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Contact Information Public Building
Responsible Professor Public Building
Prof. ir. M.Riedijk
tel: (015) 27 81510
email: [email protected]
Coordinator Public Realm
dr. ir. Susanne Komossa, associate professor
tel: (015) 27 84048
Coordinator Border Conditions & Territories
ir. Marc Schoonderbeek, assistant professor
tel: (015) 27 84210
&
ir. Filip Geerts, assistant professor
tel: (015) 27 87580
Coordinator MSc 1/2 Public Building
Student assistant MSc 1/2
dr. ir. Tom Avermaete, associate professor
Sejla Lagumdzija
tel: (015) 27 85999
tel: (015) 27 84296
email MSc1/2: [email protected]
Coordinator MSc 3/4 Public Building
Student assistant MSc 3/4
dr. ir. Susanne Komossa, associate professor
Nina Aalbers
tel: (015) 27 84048
tel: (015) 27 84296
email MSc3/4: [email protected]
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