Theme subject: Revitalization & Digital Fabrication
dr. Dipl.-Ing C. Nan
ir. M. Willems
A PLACE TO SHARE KNOWLEDGE
Project location: Sluisjesdijk in Rotterdam, The Netherlands
With the rapid development of globalization and digitalization, it brought many opportunities for society in economical, political and social aspects. Whereas earlier generations grew up with dusted books and old-fashioned tools, the newer generation are growing up in a digital environment enables to be much more efficient. The focus of the project lies in creating a vibrant revitalized area in the former port of Rotterdam, where people can establish by creating a building for community through housing and a makerspace that sparks innovation and creativity which can be shared among the people.
Size
80.000m²
Activities
Theorethical research, urban design, conceptual design, building design, 3D modeling, parametric design, graphic design and rendering
Revit, V-Ray, Rhinoceros, Grasshopper, Photoshop and Illustrator
1. Share the use of the water and waterfront between urban and port functions.
2. Mix of urban and Port functions. This can be done in a horizontal or vertical way. It will reinforce the area’s identity and its attractiveness, both to economic stakeholders and to the general public.
3. Move the city to the water, such as floating restaurants and housing boats. In many cases they help reconnect the city to its port and help to create a lively waterfront.
4. Remain flexible and avoid freezing land uses. The urban plan can adapt to the changing need in the future by using more modular or prefabricated buildings which are easier moveable.
5. Highlight and improve the transitional elements between city and port. Better connections can be made with bridges, footpaths, etc. Careful choices on materials and visible elements need to be made for creating an interesting transition between the two different areas.
6. Conceive a type of spatial organization which allows or preserves scenic views of the port and the water. Factors that can altered for optimizing the views are empty spaces, visual perspectives, buildings heights and volumetric shapes.
7. Create green buffer areas. This allows the and port to coexist easier next to each other and provides more living space.
8. Showcase port city landmarks and scenery with special viewing platforms.
9. Put an emphasis on architectural / sybolic elements
10. Preserve port elements like cranes which enhances the identity of the area.
THE IDEAL MAKERSPACE
Figure 1a: Guideline to revitalize port-areas
Figure 1b: Guideline to revitalize port-areas
Figure 2: Transformation of the Rotterdam Port Area
Figure 3: The aspects of an ideal makerspace
The location of the graduation project is the ‘Sluisjesdijk’ located in Waalhaven Rotterdam. The precinct has a favorable location regarding essential amenities of the northern part of Rotterdam and the southern part. With future plans of the municipality of Rotterdam, the area has big potential to revitalize into a more vibrant area with mixed-use purposes attracting new communities.
RESEARCH INVESTIGATE WORK RESEARCH INVESTIGATE WORK CREATE INVENT WORK
DOWNTOWN
Figure 4: Diagram of the urban strategy of Sluisjesdijk in Rotterdam
Figure 5: Diagram of the urban strategy of Sluisjesdijk in Rotterdam
Figure 7: Collage impression of a revitalized Sluisjesdijk according to the urban strategy
Figure 6: Global urban analysis of Sluisjesdijk in Rotterdam
A NEW REVITALIZED SLUISJESDIJK
With the rapid development of globalization and digitalization, it brought many opportunities for society in economical, political and social aspects. Whereas earlier generations grew up with dusted books and old-fashioned tools, the newer generation are growing up in a digital environment enables to be much more efficient. The focus of the project lies in creating a vibrant revitalized area in the former port of Rotterdam, where people can establish by creating a building for community through housing and a makerspace that sparks innovation and creativity which can be shared among the people.
Figure 8: New masterplan of Sluisjesdijk in Rotterdam
BUILDING CONCEPT
The new building becomes a new prominent building in Sluisjesdijk, displaying the contrast between two worlds, living and makerspace. Combining the programs that contradict each other, the main concept of the design is multilayering the functions yet to make a clear distinction and to emphasize its contradictory elements through its mass and materialization.
The makerspace, which is located at the bottom, has to serve as a building open and transparent to its environment. In contrast, the residential area should aim for seclusion since it is meant as a community cluster. This multilayering is separated with a green urban roof park that functions as a threshold between the program and an attractive force in the urban context to attract people.
The contradiction of the concept returns in its program whereby the makerspace functions as a place for the big maker’s community to gather. In contrast, the residential cluster focuses on a smaller community, which are the people who live there.
HOUSING HOUSING HOUSING
ROOF PARK EXTENDED ROOF PARK
URBAN PARK
URBAN PARK
Figure 11: Morphology diagram of the urban roof garden
Figure 10: Program diagram
Figure 9: Abstract concept diagram
Figure 13: Isometric - building located in Sluisjesdijk
Figure 12: Morphology diagram of the building related to its environment
Figure 15: Floorplan ground floor - Makerspace
Figure 15: Floorplan Roof Garden
Figure 17: Floorplan Apartment type
Figure 18: Axonometric floorplan apartment type
Figure 19: Perspective render - Residential area on the top volume
Figure 20: Perspective render - Streetview
Figure 21: Perspective render - On the roof garden
02 Indigenous art
Master Project, 2020
Theme subject: Transformation
Tutor: A. (Weijie) Hu
INDIGENOUS ART 02
Project location: Waterloo, Sydney
Year: 2020
Gentrification is an upcoming trend in the big cities in the world threatening the existing tenants in a lower segment. The aim of the urban design is to retain identity through public art, culture and nature. The challenge was prevailing the modernist style in contemporary architecture.
Size
120.000m²
Activities
Urban design, concept development, building design, 3D modeling, graphic design and rendering Software
Revit, V-Ray for Revit, Photoshop, Illustrator and Lumion
Urban design concept
The urban design concept fits within the vision for subtle gentrification, with increased infrastructure to involve the community, iconic buildings while retaining the identity of the space to create a safe and secure environment for the tenants. The aim is to bring in various local native vegetations to fill up the whole area to create more enjoyable spaces to avoid the unused potential of the area.
Building design concept
The building concept on a Tetris-like concept in which I came up with the use of LEGO. By creating interlocking apartments of 2 stories high on a span of 3 floors it is possibile to create multiple apartment types suitable for a wide range of tentants.
Figure 22: Siteplan of the precinct located in Waterloo, Sydney
Figure 23: Urban design concept drawings
Figure 24: Building design concept drawings
1. Sightlines towards precinct
2. Public and private community garden
3. Focus on public art
4. Activation of the plinth
5. RETAIN THE IDENTITY Figure 25: Impression of the plinth level
Figure 24: Isometric of the precinct with design principles
Figure 29: Floorplans and Isometric view of the various apartment types
Figure 30: Impression on ground level - Plinth
Figure 31: Impression on ground level - Towards the precinct
03 Old vs New
Master Project, 2019
Tutors: S. van Hoof ir. B. Kuit
Theme subject: Transformation
03
OLD VS NEW
Project location: The Hague, The Netherlands
Since the transmigration of the American embassy to its new establishment, the ex American embassy building is a forgotten building in the prominent location in city centre the Hague. The existing building, designed by Marcel Breuer, achieved a monumental status because of its historical and architectural value. However, the building maintained a secluded/ isolated reputation because of the stricter security guard due to the circumstances concerning the government of the United States over the years.
With this transmigration of the American embassy, the building has the opportunity to come out of its shell and open towards the public and environment. Keeping in mind that this building will accommodate two new main users that are quite opposite of each other (WEST and Museum for Escher).
Size
50.000m²
Activities
Urban design, concept development, building design, 3D modeling, graphic design and rendering
HISTORICAL RELATION TRANSPARENT
Software
Revit, V-Ray for Revit, Photoshop, Illustrator and Lumion
The current society runs on a liniar economy business model which isn’t sustainable for the planet on terms energy and material usage. The concept of Lätthus is based on the principles of modular building design (plug & play) to provide a solution to the high demand of (temporary) affordable housing in the Netherlands.
Size
30.000m²
Activities
Urban design, concept development, building design, 3D modeling, graphic design and rendering Software
Revit, Photoshop, Illustrator and Lumion
Figure 38: Impression Exterior - Street level
POSSIBILITIES IN A MODULE:
TO BUILD A COMMUNITY
The forever alone The dream couple
friends house
standard family
elders
05 Digital Fabrication
Extra Curriculum, 2020 - 2021
Tutor: dr. Dipl.-Ing C. Nan
Theme subject: Parametric design and Digital Fabrication
Horizontal pattern Rectangular pattern
DIGITAL FABRICATION 05
Project location: n.a.
With the introduction of parametric design, this provided our studio with a fascinating insight into its applicability within architecture and the field of robotics. This approach offers new possibilities for creating complex designs and optimizing efficiency in the workplace. The interplay between parametric design and technological advancements opens the door to innovative solutions and improved processes. Here are some projects that I have designed during my studies with parametric design.
Size n.a.
Activities
3D Modeling, scripting, graphic design and prototyping Software
Rhino, Grasshopper, V-Ray, Illustrator and Photoshop
The size ratio of the panels are constantly doubled (1:2:4:8 etc.) so that everything eventually fits together as a whole facade.
A standard rectangular frame which is edited by adding fillets in the corner to create a dynamic (ornamented) frame for the facade.
Compiling the facade, the same characteristics features (referring to the analysis) such as hierarchy, cohesion, logical order returns.
A discrete element method (DEM), also called a distinct element method, is any of a family of numerical methods for computing the motion and effect of a large number of small particles. With advances in computing power and numerical algorithms for nearest neighbor sorting, it
The voussoir geometry results from the discretisation pattern or tessellation, which determines the stone rows or courses. The exterior surface of the vault is called extrados and the interior intrados. With the use of Grasshopper, therefor a prototype of a dome was created with the DEM principle combined with the voussoir geometry by 3D printing the elemenets and assemble them together.
out
and without
1. The elements consist
of two types: with
knobs 2. Implementation of Grasshopper to create and sort the unique individual elements
3. The digital 3D prototype model
The assembly process
Morphology
The first step in the pavilion design is to define a periphery and split it into multiple segments. The green segments are the anchor points of the pavilion where the forces are distributed. The red segments can be rotated around an axis line which
creates and opening from three directions. The green segment curve is thereafter adjusted a little bit to create a fluent curve together with the red segment line.
In order to create a surface, it is necessary to create a top periphery, which is done by copying the bottom periphery, scale it, move it to the top and rotate it in an angle.
The final step is to loft the two curvatures to create a surface which can be extruded afterwards to implement the script for DEM
06 Selected projects
Work experience
Selected design and competition projects in professional workfield
SELECTED WORKS
Vechtzone - Groosman architecten
Our vision for this competition is a nature-inclusive design, striving for a perfect symbiosis between humans and animals. In our creations, the boundary between nature and the city blurs, creating a seamless transition. Here, we witness a magnificent interplay of flora and fauna, where green oases and urban environments seamlessly merge. In these enchanting spaces, people have the opportunity to live in harmony with nature, while animals find a safe and welcoming environment to thrive.
Size
14.000m²
Activities
Building design (architectural and technical), 3D modeling, rendering and communicative towards client Software
Revit, Photoshop, Illustrator and Enscape
SELECTED WORKS
Stadsoevers Roosendaal - Groosman architecten
The Stadsoevers is a special place for Roosendaal. For centuries, this was where trade and industry thrived, with the sugar beet industry at its core. Now, this beating heart is being handed over to the residents of Roosendaal, so that everyone can find a home here
Size
20.000m²
Activities
Urban design, conceptual design, architectural design 3D modeling, design studies, buidling design (architectural and technical)
Software
Revit, Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign
SELECTED WORKS
Cascadepark Almere - Groosman architecten
This project involved the design of two modern residential towers within an residential neighbourhood in Almeere poort embedded in the existing landscape of the adjacent terrain.
My work activities for this project were in SO-DO phase. I created design studies, architectural and technical drawings, preparations welstands presentations, attending designteam meetings and collaborated with the landscape architect.
Size
10.000m²
Activities
Building design (architectural and technical), 3D modeling, rendering and communicative towards client Software
Revit, Photoshop, Illustrator and Enscape
SELECTED WORKS
Neptunus garage Hydepark - Groosman architecten
For the Neptunus Garage Hydepark competition, we were selected to redesign the building. We presented our vision for the building along with conceptual designs that align with the masterplan of MVRDV. In addition to this, there was a specific request for a feasibility study as a validation tool for the vision.
Size
14.200m²
Activities
Urban design, conceptual design, architectural design 3D modeling, design studies, buidling design (architectural and technical)
