Kura Hulanda Willemstad, Curacao
Case Study by Diana Lu + Adam Paul Amrhein
Site Context
Site Context
Curacao
Willemstad
Site Context
Curacao
Curacao
Site Context
Otrobanda
Curacao Otrobanda
Site Context
Kura Hulanda
Design + Images
Design + Images
Casino
Design + Images
Pools
Design + Images
Conference CenterÂ
Design + Images
Village Square
Design + Images
Museum + Sculpture Garden
Design + Images
Institute + Dialysis Center
Design + Images
Rooms + Restaurants
Design + Images
Design + Images
Ultimately becomes preservation village
Realizes history, decides to renovate Buys and rehabilitates houses
Acquire more buildings, builds conference center and hotel.
Opens museum to tell the story of the African slave trade in 1999
Development + Timeline
Key stakeholder: Jacob Gelt Dekker Visits Curacao, falls in love in 1998
Ultimately becomes preservation village
Realizes history, decides to renovate Buys and rehabilitates houses
Acquire more buildings, builds conference center and hotel.
Opens museum to tell the story of the African slave trade in 1999
Development + Timeline
Key stakeholder: Jacob Gelt Dekker Visits Curacao, falls in love in 1998
Ultimately becomes preservation village
Realizes history, decides to renovate Buys and rehabilitates houses
Acquire more buildings, builds conference center and hotel.
Opens museum to tell the story of the African slave trade in 1999
Development + Timeline
Key stakeholder: Jacob Gelt Dekker Visits Curacao, falls in love in 1998
Ultimately becomes preservation village
Realizes history, decides to renovate Buys and rehabilitates houses
Acquire more buildings, builds conference center and hotel.
Opens museum to tell the story of the African slave trade in 1999
Development + Timeline
Key stakeholder: Jacob Gelt Dekker Visits Curacao, falls in love in 1998
Ultimately becomes preservation village
Realizes history, decides to renovate Buys and rehabilitates houses
Acquire more buildings, builds conference center and hotel.
Opens museum to tell the story of the African slave trade in 1999
Development + Timeline
Key stakeholder: Jacob Gelt Dekker Visits Curacao, falls in love in 1998
Ultimately becomes preservation village
Realizes history, decides to renovate Buys and rehabilitates houses
Acquire more buildings, builds conference center and hotel.
Opens museum to tell the story of the African slave trade in 1999
Development + Timeline
Key stakeholder: Jacob Gelt Dekker Visits Curacao, falls in love in 1998
Imageability
Tourist desitination Changed image of city Historic context and experience
Imageability
Tourist desitination Changed image of city Historic context and experience
Imageability
Tourist desitination Changed image of city Historic context and experience
Imageability
Tourist desitination Changed image of city Historic context and experience
Imageability
Tourist desitination Changed image of city Historic context and experience
Affordability Disconnect Interpretation
Environmental Adaptive reuse
Economic
Spillover effect Self-sustaining soon
Sustainability
Social
1) 2)
4.)
Lessons
3)
1) High-end
resort development can integrate with existing urban fabric.
2)
4.)
Lessons
3)
1) High-end
resort development can integrate with existing urban fabric.
2) Development
can be used to preserve culture and history, even if not pretty.
4.)
Lessons
3)
1) High-end
resort development can integrate with existing urban fabric.
2) Development
can be used to preserve culture and history, even if not pretty.
3) Authenticity 4.)
Lessons
can compete with novelty in the international tourist market.
1) High-end
resort development can integrate with existing urban fabric.
2) Development
can be used to preserve culture and history, even if not pretty.
3) Authenticity
can compete with novelty in the international tourist market.
4.) Community
Lessons
and resort development need not be antithetical.
1) High-end
resort development can integrate with existing urban fabric.
2) Development
can be used to preserve culture and history, even if not pretty.
3) Authenticity
can compete with novelty in the international tourist market.
4.) Community
Lessons
and resort development need not be antithetical.
Intro
http://www.kurahulanda.com/en/photo-galleries
maps.google.com
Site Context
Design + Images
www.kurahulanda.com/en/hotel/hotel-map http://www.kurahulanda.com/en/photo-galleries http://www.curacao-dialysis.com/english/01.html http://www.prweb.com/releases/10-10-10/hotel_deals/prweb4595414.htm http://www.kurahulanda.com/en/hotel/meeting-rooms-a-business-center http://www.destination360.com/caribbean/curacao/images/s/kura-hulanda-museum.jpg, http://www. destination360.com/caribbean/curacao/kura-hulanda-museum http://www.blogcdn.com/www.gadling.com/media/2010/10/main.jpg
Development + Timeline
http://www.flickr.com/photos/unstoppable/42832976/sizes/l/in/photostream/ http://cdn.radionetherlands.nl/data/files/imagecache/must_carry/images/lead/dekker_0.jpg http://farm1.static.flickr.com/121/308896491_69541d2c97_z.jpg http://stefensylviaopcuracao.web-log.nl/photos/uncategorized/2010/04/27/huizen_otrabanda15.jpg http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5092/5464864570_e83c439d8f_b_d.jpg
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4014/4383514759_3b8ed638ba_z.jpg http://farm1.static.flickr.com/29/38936064_f4ad148b28_b.jpg http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_BfYp_vjAOAs/SlPL3QcPAUI/AAAAAAAABbM/3rrBmiRWL54/s400/curacao.jpg http://img4.coastalliving.com/i/2009/05/curacao-6-l.jpg?400:400
Imageability
Sustainability
Sources
http://www.olsvik.info/Images%206/Slave-Museum.jpg http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5013/5464858106_9f51518741_b.jpg http://www.curacaotraveldeals.com/wp-content/gallery/hotel-kura-hulanda/kura-hulanda-hotel-curacao-2. gif http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3274/2764928541_e2495de7e0_o.jpg http://stefensylviaopcuracao.web-log.nl/photos/otrabanda/huizen_otrabanda20.jpg