| Student Showcase: Fontys Academy of the Arts |
Anke Zijlstra
Bram van Vlijmen
The Campus Greensteel design for a nature inclusive Tata Steel industry is the answer to the rehaul of the Tata Steel operations in IJmuiden. The change to hydrogen power restores the site as a natural dune area by the combination of architectural and biological strategies. After clearance of the coal and cokes depots and fossil powerplants, a network of hydrogen power units will spread. The units are covered by cupolas and tunnels, constructed out of solidified sand. The open areas between the units become wetlands, surrounded by new dunes. New plant and animal life will find their habitats in these areas. The design introduces dual programs, for both industry and nature, as well as for public and nature and for public and industry. Architecture is an instrument for nature, and nature is an instrument for architecture, inviting the public into a once closed world.
Jostijn Ligtvoet
Koen Huijs
A theoretical and cultural framework, derived from Japanese sources and work by Lebbeus Woods, leads to a vision and design promoting a neo-metabolism, an architecture subjected to its users. De-territorialization and translucency join in creating a collective environment with private units, assembled in a superstructure occupying the sky above the streets of Tokyo.
Matthijs Spijkers Rewilding is a new agrarian movement, that welds together nature and farming. In this project, situated in the western part of the Zuiderwaterlinie, a new ecological landscape is created in a traditional agrarian area. Because of different subsoils a new zoning is introduced, including a lake with a floating farming village and an extended earth body with forest and plantations. A former tip is reforested and becomes a site for a sky village. Extensive research is conducted to establish the right ecological balance between natural crops and game, and the establishment of a local community with enough turnover to trade with others. The design of farm facilities and housing follows a line similar to the architecture of the landscape: living quarters and social places are integrated in the production or processing facilities. This directness delivers a functional, abstract architecture, with equal attention for plants, humans, and animal life.
Paul Bernards LijnbaanPark improves the environmental quality of the Lijnbaan district in Rotterdam by introducing green rooftop architecture and skywalks, meant to become part of a future pedestrian circulation network above the streets in the city. The Lijnbaan is an icon of modern architecture, and although it has undergone several changes over years, the historic importance still calls for attention to the principles of its original urban and architectural design. The design remains close to the original structure, yet also offers possibilities for a dynamic transformation in the years to come, albeit in a modest tone. The accompanying studies make clear that recent adaptations in the facades and shopping requirements restrict the original variety and adaptivity of the design of the Lijnbaan. A more diverse use of the environment could divert this trend and might evolve into a newly balanced architecture for the city.
Graduation work - STUDIOVODE©
Pleun
Frans
Tyas
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