Portfolio of architecture, urbanism and building sciences

K.C.K.|SAMSON Delft University of Technology University of São Paulo Delta Metropolis Association Tangram Architekten DRAW Architecten SAMSON DESIGN

Portfolio of architecture, urbanism and building sciences

Ir. Kito Che Kiril Samson MSc(Arch)

Date of birth: Nationality:

November 17, 1985 Dutch

Computer skills AutoCAD

Address: Reinwardtstraat 23,

2522 AA The Hague The Netherlands

Revit

Telephone: E-mail:

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Photoshop

+31 (0)6 164 892 49 kcksamson@gmail.com

Adobe Indesign Microsoft Office Sketchup

Me and architecture

Adobe Premiere

I love solving problems. The higher the complexity the better. I am a dreamer, always imagining how things could be. I am good at analysing (the systems which work throughout society). I am curious, always trying to improve myself and the world around

Archicad

me, to extend my knowledge, trying to take things to the next level. I am open to change. I love creating and creativity. One of

Vectorworks

the most intriguing and complex things in the world are humans and the physical and nonphysical structures it creates. I am truly fascinated by these structures and the ideas and philosophies behind them.

And of course, I like pretty things.

Because of this I have found my passion in architecture. It is a way to combine all the above - the problem solving, dreaming, improving, gaining knowledge, creating and creativity, the human complexities, ideas and philosophy- by working in a team, taking advantage of the best properties of each member and create a physical attractive solution.

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Languages Dutch English Portuguese German:

Work experience 2020-now DRAW ARCHITECTEN

Haarlem, the Netherlands

Project Architect

Design competitons 2019 Kinder - Garden Block

Primary School, Mozambique

Team: Eirini Trachana

2018-now SAMSON DESIGN

The Hague, the Netherlands

Designer, freelancer and owner

2016-2017 Kip Island Auditorium

Auditorium at the Riga Expo Centre, Riga

Team: Kamilla Koyama, Carmem Aires & Kito Samson

2017-2018 TANGRAM ARCHITEKTEN

Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Junior Architect

2014

2015-2016

2008-2015

DELTAMETROPOLIS ASSOCIATION, NETWORK FOR DEVELOPMENT OF THE METROPOLIS Rotterdam, the Netherlands Assistant Urban Designer/ Researcher

Rotterdam, the Netherlands Office Support

Academic work 2018

Habitação em Rede (Network Housing) Mixed building, São Paulo Team: Vivian Espósito & Kito Samson

Other experience/ activities 2009-2013 Making short films for competitions and clients Director, co-director, assistant director, writer

DELTAMETROPOLIS ASSOCIATION, NETWORK FOR DEVELOPMENT OF THE METROPOLIS

UNIVERSITY PORTO/ AVEIRO The Architecture of Neighbourhood Development Dcotoral Program in Design proposal (accepted)

Education 2013-2015 Delft University of Technology (TU Delft),

Master of Science in Architecture 2014

Universidade de São Paulo, Exchange program

Life experience

LIVED ABROUD IN SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL 2014 Studied at FAU USP - São Paulo 2016/2017 Lived in São Paulo

KITO SAMSON | RÉSUMÉ

2007-2013 Delft University of Technology (TU Delft),

Bachelor of Science in Architecture

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Integrated Design “Architecture is much more than just aesthetics.”

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A design is always placed within a context: from the laws of physics, location, climate, to the users, social and cultural environment etc.

In this light, an integrated design approach will answer the following questions: what is the optimal way to come to uncompromised esthetics, as well as how can a design profit from the properties of its context, and how can the context profit from the design?

Interaction, exchange and integration are key.

learned to be involved in every aspect of the design (process). Therefore, when working on a project, these subjects will be immediately integrated into the design. Hereby, construction, climate design, sustainability, water related design etc. will be considered as a part of the project from the start, it will become an integrated part of the design.

Therefore designed solutions of these aspects will become esthetical attractive parts of the design instead of later added solution which reduce the power of a design. Not only will the design profit of this approach, but possibly its

Architecture is much more than just aesthetics.

context (the city) as well.

An aspects which is a red tread throughout my work is integrated design. Knowledge of most of the aspects of design and the build environment is essential to this design approach. As an architect and engineer, educated at Delft University of Technology, I

Examples of how these aspects were integrated into the designs can be found throughout my projects. The total integration of all these aspects can be found in my graduation project, A Leisure Centre along the Buffalo Bayou.

1. Urban scale • Regional planning • Regional sustainability • Urban design • Water related design • Integration with context • Social aspect

2. Architectural scale • Integration with context • Water related design • Social aspect • Architectural design • Sustainability • Climate design • Construction • Materialization

4. Detail scale • Construction • Materialization

INTEGRATED DESIGN | INTRODUCTION

3. Fragment scale • Social aspect • Sustainability • Climate design • Construction • Materialization

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Doctoral Program in Design 2018/2019 U.Porto | U.Aveiro | ID+ | UPTEC University of Aveiro

PhD DESIGN Research Proposal Sustainable strategies

ir. Kito C. K. Samson Reinwardtstraat 23, 2522AA Den Haag The Netherlands t. +31 6 16 489 249 e. kcksamson@gmail.com Master of Science in Architecture Delft University of Technology

THE ARCHITECTURE OF NEIGHBOURHOOD DEVELOPMENT

Process steering through design - in search of a sustainable neighbourhood development strategy

A) Reseaerch proposal 1. Research topic (2) 2. Resume (2) 3. Which area of interest includes the research (2) 4. Specific issues to be investigated (3) 5. Justification of the project (3) 6. Personal objectives (4-5) 7. Proposed approac (6) 8. References and bibliography (7-8) B) Personal motivation (9) C) Research areas (10) Sources (11)

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My work Samson Design Sustainable farm - Sarzedo, Portugal Maker Space Delft Various residential designs DRAW Architecten Various residential designs Tangram Architekten RBT Politie Twente West, Neiverdal, The Netherlands (Tender) Galaxy Tower, Utrecht, The Netherlands

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Deltametropolis Association 2016 Spatial Impact of the Energy Transition, The Netherlands (Commissioned by the Ministry of Infrastructure and Environment)

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Competitions and other 2019 Kinder Karten Block; Primairy School, Mozambique (Competition) 2016/2017 Kip Island Auditorium; addition of an auditorium for Riga Expo Centre, Riga, Latvia (Competition) 2014/2015 A Leisure Centre along the Buffalo Bayou, Houston, United States of America (Graduation project) 2014 Uso múltiplo das águas na bacia do Rio Pinheiros; Multiple usage of water in the Pinheiros River watershed, São Paulo, Brazil 2014 Bridge over the River Pinheiros, São Paulo, Brazil 2014 Habitação em Rede (Network Housing), São Paulo, Brazil 2013/2014 Bostan/ Mahalle/ Market Hall, Istanbul, Turkey

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Small projects 2018 Boekenbank - Neighbourhood library

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64-65 Academic work 2018 The Architecture of Neighbourhood Development. Dcotoral Program in Design proposal. University Porto/ Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal Writings 2015 A Leisure Centre along the Buffalo Bayou (published in Delft Delta Design) 2015 Vilanova Artigas and Pedagogy (History thesis) 2014 Thermal Comfort in Warm Urban Spaces (Theory of Urbanism) 2014 Architectural reflection: World of thoughts; The evolution of the mind

MY WORK | TABLE OF CONTENT

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KINDER - GARDEN BLOCKS Kinder – garden blocks is a project designed for young children and their teachers. Central to our design are comfort, sustainability, safety and constructability. Trumping this all is inclusiveness: not only bringing children, teachers and staff together by organising the program around the common spaces, but also including the landscape and its nature in the design.

ventilated out through the ceiling of the offices and classrooms, using the airflow created by the shape of the roof.

We used three different material to build up the school: (compressed earth) bricks for the walls and columns, wood for the windows, middle columns and roof construction, and corrugated steel for the roof. The three pavilions all uses the same construction method system and material.

The building is divided into three building pavilions which are bound together by the common spaces. There are three main common spaces: the multifunctional room, the inner courtyard and the dining room which create the core of every building pavilion. The landscape runs in between the pavilions offering green views for all the classrooms, offices and common spaces. The landscape in between the pavilions creates opportunities for playing in the garden and learning how to cultivate it. Comfortable and wide ramps are connecting the different levels.

The three pavilions can be closed off separately to provide boundaries for the children and safeguard the material / utilities.

PROGRAM: Preschool LOCATION: Mozambique YEAR: 2019 TOOLS & TECHNICS: Revit, Twinmotion, Photoshop, Indesign TASKS: Research | concepts | model building | design | material | coordination | planning | layout booklet KEY WORDS: Preschool | easy to build| vernacular | competition | sustainability |

The distribution of space, with the shared spaces in the middle of every pavilion, gives us the opportunity to have a centralized circulation. This is safer, has higher surveillance, a more effective use of space and no eliminates the need of narrow and dark corridors. Lightness and airiness is what we strived for, together comfort and safety.

Another important starting points for the pavilions is providing a comfortable and sustainable climate design. This means we made use of the local conditions and used a passive climate systems: taking advantage of the wind, the sun and the property of rising hot air. The wing-shaped roof will block most of the heat generated by direct sunlight, catches its rays on its solar panels and collects the water at a central point. Because of the building is split in three separate pavilions and the common spaces are half-open to the outside, the air can flow freely through all spaces, letting fresh air in. The rising warm air will be

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COMPETITION: Archstrom - Mozambique Preschool Flor da Manhã

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4. Connecting the patios with a path and making the school accessible through different entrances

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Meeting & book exchange spot

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Bookcase & seeting can be seperated

The bookcase can be opened in three parts

Componends of the bench

BOEKENBANK - NEIGHBOURHOOD LIBRARY

Groningen

Amsterdam

Den Haag

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ile living in a small apartment in The Hague, I was missing outside space where I could just sit in the sun or enjoy reading a book. The other thing that was lacking in my street was a social cohesion. Walking past a neighbourhood book exchange in another part of The Hague got me to the idea to combine the two into a bench that also functions as a book exchange.

The book case is integrated in the backrest which is divided in three. Each part can be lifted separately to reach the book. Being a simple construction, just consisting of three materials (wood, steel and Perspex), it is easy to assemble. The seat and book case can be separated and can be used separately.

LOCATION: Den Haag YEAR: 2018 TOOLS & TECHNICS: AutoCAD, SketchUp, Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign KEY WORDS: Connection| dismountable | social attractor | tender |wood

BOEKENBANK - NEIGHBOURHOOD LIBRARY | INTRODUCTION

PROGRAM: Bench and neighbourhood librabry

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RBT POLITIE TWENTE WEST - TENDER Tangram Architekten

Groningen

Nijverdal

The Dutch Police Corps is in the process of reorganisation.

The reorganisation will have its effect on the housing of the police stations: the aim is to come to a more recognisable and universal character of their facilities. The idea is to work in modules: on the one hand have the same concept for a different location, and at the same time adjust the design to its location. Together with this modularity, an energy neutral police station was designed.

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The new concept and credo of the Dutch Police is “vigilant and subservient”, referring to their authority and accessibility. These two opposing poles are reflected in the design: a solid and robust plinth building, housing the holding cells, service area and secured area; with on top a light, transparent and translucent volume representing the subservient, housing the public area and the offices.

TENDER PARTNER: Arcadis NL LOCATION: Nijverdal YEAR: 2017 / 2018 SUPERVISOR: Bart Mispelblom Beyer TOOLS & TECHNICS: AutoCAD, SketchUp, Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign TASKS: Research | concepts | model building | design | material | coordination | planning | layout booklet | communication between parties KEY WORDS: Police station | contrast | accessibility vs. authority | tender | sustainability | EPC=0

RBT POLITIE TWENTE WEST - TENDER | INTRODUCTION

PROGRAM: Regional police station

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1. Public entrance with view on the public hall and the police work area (on the right).

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KIP ISLAND AUDITORIUM - GEOTHERMAL ENERGY AND ARCHITECTURE

Isn’t it so most buildings are designed and constructed with a “selfish” DNA encapsulated?

A DNA, which by nature takes space from the city, takes energy from the power grid, extracts non-renewable materials from the earth and produces greenhouse gasses, warming the globe.

The new Riga Expo Centre provides an answer to one of the key design tasks of the near future: how to integrate sustainable (energy) technology into the build environment in an attractive, effective way. The integration of the sustainable technology in the design gives the new Riga Expo Centre a special asset by becoming a new landmark: an essential part of the cityscape and its infrastructure.

Thanks integration of geothermal energy technology, the new Riga Expo Centre turns into a place which is an attractive place to visit throughout the year, providing more PROGRAM: Exhibition space, geothermal energy plant, café, camping, viewing tower, congress rooms, offices LOCATION: Riga, Latvia YEAR: 2017 KEY WORDS: Sustainability | CIty integration | Energy transition

than just exhibitions space.

It will give a diverse experience to its visitors, reduces greenhouse gasses and provides heat and electricity to the city - making it a landmark for a sustainable future.

A geothermal power plant A geothermal power plant forms the heart of the renewed Expo Centre. This green proven technology is integrated within the new program and turns the heat of the earth into cheap and clean energy, by pumping up water of 100C from 2,7 km deep. Whit a power capacity of 7 MW heat and 0,7 MW of electricity, it not only provides heat to the expo centre, but produces enough heat for 3600 Latvian households and its generator can provide electricity for 3900 households.

The supply of relatively cheap energy gives the Expo Centre new design opportunities, which wouldn’t be afforda-

ble otherwise. It enhances the usability and appeal of the Expo Centre throughout the year. And it gives rise to an interesting composition of the exhibition program and the public and semi-public spaces. Hence establishing a more prominent role for the Expo Centre being well integrated within the city (structure) of Riga. The new Riga Expo Centre, in combination with the geothermal power plant provides space and a program, which will attract people throughout the year (multifunctional hall, café, heated outside exhibition space, heated outside swimming pool, viewing tower, waterside deck).

Three key elements of the new program 1. The wooden “box” building To contrast the old structures, local wood is used which not only is sustainable and strengthens the local economy, but gives the building a warm and friendly atmosphere.

Most of the new program activities are located in the wooden “box” building, which is connected to the main hall.

2. Guided by a visible climate system Throughout the open and light main hall, contrasting metal pipes and vents are clearly visible and well integrated in the design. They guide the user in a natural way to the source of heat and light: the tower.

3. The iconic tower At the base of the iconic tower the café is located. Publicly accessible stairs guides the visitor along the visible power and heat installations within the tower all the way up to the viewing deck with a great view over the city.

KIP ISLAND AUDITORIUM - GEOTHERMAL ENERGY AND ARCHITECTURE | INTRODUCTION

LOOKING FOR THE RIGHT DESIGN DNA FOR THE NEW RIGA EXPO CENTRE

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A LEISURE CENTRE ALONG THE BUFFALO BAYOU

As a result of low density, usage of the car, telecommunication and Texas culture, no one really shares Houston. As Lars Lerup, former dean of Rise University stated (2011, 34) stated: “All of us have a unique view of the city (Houston red.) we inhabit. But some cities are more conducive to undisturbed personal perception than others. Houston is such a city – the absence of shared space sees to this. Predominantly motorised and individualised, Houston limits pedestrian and public experience to interior spaces – be it mall, arena, church or parking garage. Exterior space is dominated by the movement through it; whether parking tarmac, freeway, cloverleaf, frontage road, cul-de- sac.

Houston is mine (and everybody else’s), rarely to be shared, merely an extension of my driveway.”

To promote human interaction and street life, Houston GRADUATION STUDIO: Delta Interventions | Water related design PROGRAM: Library, instruction rooms, art studios, exhibition space, film room, theatre, sports centre, restaurant, offices, swimming

needs attractors and a higher urban density; new buildings need to replace the existing parking lots, parking garages and gas stations. To further promote interaction, a Leisure Centre is proposed.

pool, sun deck, roof garden LOCATION: Downtown Houston, United States of America YEAR: 2014 - 2015 TUTOR: Prof. dr. ir. F. Palmboom, TU Delft

Downtown Houston is a strategic location: it lies in the centre of the city, is easily accessible, there is need for low threshold cultural venues, and already there is a development framework for that part of the city. The development framework and the densification of Downtown Houston will help the area to become a pedestrian friendly place, where people can share their city.

KEY WORDS: Water related design | Public building | Integrated design | Sustainability

At the north side of Downtown Houston, next to the Buffalo Bayou lies a gas station which the leisure centre will replace. The design location has great potential, but flood-

ing forms a threat. A new master plan will provide room for the river and proposes a new accessible water front. The new leisure centre is located on a flood plain. According to the Harris county Flood Warning System (2015), during flooding, water levels will reach 1 meter (1 in 50 years) to 3 meters (1 in 500 years). The design of the leisure centre will connect the city with the water front and is flood proof itself.

The design takes advantage of potentials, ranging from views of the (urban) landscape and climate (mostly expressed in the building), to human activities like sports, arts, culture and human interaction (mostly expressed in the program – based on SESC Pompeia by Lina Bo Bardi).

The integration of these potentials, as well as the integration of the climate design, construction, materialization, water related design, the integration into its context and social aspects has turned this in a robust and complete design, anchoring the design into the city’s urban and social structure.

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How can a common conception of the city of Houston be created through architecture?

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Flooding Downtown Houston after tropical storm Allison 2001.

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water front which results in low quality space.

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▷ Promote interaction with the river (New water front & park, integrate the river into the city.) ▷ Promote usage of the outside space (New water front & park, public square, program.) ▷ Water management/ room for the river (New park, new river bank line.) ▷ Provide cultural space (New master plan with program.)

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3. Continuation of the street provides high accessibility

4. Respecting the river: shaping the building to the form of the landscape

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Art Studio’s Education Café

Library Information Desk

Living Room Leisure Centre Shop

Market Parking Parking

1. Openness of the floors to the surroundings, letting waterscape, cityscape and climate into building

2. Distributing program through building in a way that stimulates using the inner street

3. Creating space and place by adjusting height and form of floors to the program

4. Flood water can come within the building without harming the program. The atrium provides natural light

▷ Giving Houstonians a common experience (Program + high accessibility: continuation of the street.) ▷ Promote street live and the outdoors (Public square underneath the building, routing inside building is outside, openness of the façade.) ▷ Flexibility (Program free to form on floors.) ▷ Creating attractive space for a diverse program (Height and form building.) ▷ Low energy usage (Only program in boxes highly acclimatised.)

PROGRAM SHAPING THE BUILDING

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additional mechanical ventilation and cooling when needed

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▷ Making outside/ exterior seem less hostile. (Making border between inside and outside ambiguous.) ▷ Reduce energy consumption.

(Use passive cooling of huge surfaces, natural shading, divide program by cooling needs.) ▷ Slim construction, short building period. (Prefab concrete, modular build.) ▷ Flexible usage of space.

(Structural parts building of concrete, flexible parts of building wood and steel.)

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walkable zone 1300 mm

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gap between tyles for drainage conceiled drainage

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BOSTAN | MAHALLE |MARKET HALL

STUDIO: Public Buildings | Vertical Cities Istanbul PROGRAM: Bostan, market-hall, restaurant, shops, theatre LOCATION: Istanbul, Turkey YEAR: 2013 - 2014 TUTOR: Ir. S. van Dam, TU Delft KEY WORDS: Public space| Network | Neighbourhood | Integration| Elements

Concept | As a threefold assignment with the Bostan, Mahalle and Market hall, we see the market hall as the link between the three notions. We see the market hall as a place not limited to the commercial aspects of a market, but a public sphere where an exchange of ideas and interaction takes place. To reinforce the identity of the Mahalle Duvari the market hall has to be integrated in the neighbourhood, and not superimposed. To fully integrate the market hall we propose to use the existing street pattern as the connecting element, and enforce the street as a public space between the buildings, creating a rigid relationship between the market and the mahalle. Thereby we create an ever growing public network instead of superimposing a big public building within the fine structure of the Mahalle. We want to extend existing public network of the Kadiköy district (1) into the Duvari Mahalle (2). The integration of the buildings is essential for the relationship between the programme vis-a-vis the mahalle. As such, the buildings acts as public enclosures within the rigid urban fabric, either opening up the spaces physically.

This new public network will be instigated along two axis (3) in the neighbourhood.

The ELement | To mediate between the public and the private realm (4) an element is designed; an facade element. Along lines (5), separating the public from the private, these elements will be placed. The facade element (6) will be going along the street to strengthen urban structure, but having variations on street corners which form the whole public network. Principles are shown in the diagrams below as: element in interior, on the facade of buildings, in front of the building, as free-standing object, or free form. Thus, it gives new possibilities of the public space, and enriching the space experience and adding layers to the transition between public and private. Identity of the mahalle finds itself within this public network following and breaking the existing structure at the same time.

These elements (7) do not only separate the public from the private, but has many other functions as well. Along the green line it has the function of vertical gardens, providing food and shade in the streets, collects and stores water, creates space for shopping stalls and more.

BOSTAN | MAHALLE | MARKET HALL | INTRODUCTION

Introduction | A Mahalle is a Turkish neighbourhood or district. One of the most important features of the Mahalle is the social cohesion and the identification of the people with their neighbourhood. Featuring some of the historical Mahalles are the Bostans. These are traditional food producing gardens providing an important part of the neighbourhood’s food products. With the ongoing change in society and the loss of almost all the Bostans in Istanbull, the design task was to bring the Bostan back into the neighbourhood. Alongside these production gardens a market hall and shops, restaurant and a theatre should be incorporated in this new public work.

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▷ Vertical production garden (the Bostan) ▷ Element indicating the border between public and private and public an semi private ▷ Element acting as a modular element promoting sustainability

Lines separating the Public from the Private (5)

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Multi-functionality of the element (7)

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THE ELEMENT AND ITS INTERACTION WITH THE SURROUNDINGS AND ITS FUNCTIONALITY

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▷ Humane scale ▷ Easy to construct and modular built ▷ Element act as shading for street and walls

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PUBLIC VS PRIVATE

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BRIDGE OVER THE RIVER PINHEIROS

PROGRAM: Restaurant, theatre, park, exhibition space, open air theatre LOCATION: Pinheiros, São Paulo, Brasil

Design task | During the first weeks of a project the design task was to create a section of an urban bridge. This bridge should go over the river Pinheiros in São Paulo.

Design process | After analysing the different locations, I concluded that the best place for this urban bridge is between two different sub-centres: Butantâ and Faria Lima.

This area features three different public transport hubs, some art galleries, a cultural centre and several shops, promoting a busy public realm. Because of this area is easy to reach by public transport there is no need for making the bridge accessible for motor vehicles. It will only be accessible for pedestrians and cyclists (1). To further promote the accessibility of the area, the small network of cycling paths (2) will be extended from Faria Lima all the way to the University of São Paulo, making the area

interesting for students to live.

To promote a vivid public realm, the bridge needs to be more than just a connection between two different sides.

Most bridge are these open spaces where people do not want to stay for a long time. To change this, this bridge is a continuation of the landscape (3). Instead of putting the program around the bridge, the bridge will house the program. There is no hard line of where the bridge begins and where the surrounding landscapes ends.

One of the goals of this design is to limit the barriers and make every space highly accessible: this bridge doesn’t have any stairs, only ramps. It’s a realisation of the flow diagram (4) that I drew.

YEAR: 2014 TUTOR: Dr. A. Barossi, FAU USP

BRIDGE OVER THE RIVER PINHEIROS | INTRODUCTION

KEY WORDS: Urban bridge | Park| Continuity | Public space

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Doctoral Program in Design 2018/2019 U.Porto | U.Aveiro | ID+ | UPTEC University of Aveiro

PhD DESIGN Research Proposal Sustainable strategies

ir. Kito C. K. Samson Reinwardtstraat 23, 2522AA Den Haag The Netherlands t. +31 6 16 489 249 e. kcksamson@gmail.com Master of Science in Architecture Delft University of Technology

THE ARCHITECTURE OF NEIGHBOURHOOD DEVELOPMENT

Process steering through design - in search of a sustainable neighbourhood development strategy

A) Reseaerch proposal 1. Research topic (2) 2. Resume (2) 3. Which area of interest includes the research (2) 4. Specific issues to be investigated (3) 5. Justification of the project (3) 6. Personal objectives (4-5) 7. Proposed approac (6) 8. References and bibliography (7-8) B) Personal motivation (9) C) Research areas (10) Sources (11)

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THE ARCHITECTURE OF NEIGHBOURHOOD DEVELOPMENT University of Porto & Aveiro

1. Research topic – Which theme will be investigated? (research question and introduction) A neighbourhood is a dynamic place. Processes outside and within neighbourhoods are giving direction to the development of neighbourhoods. The direction of these developments has influence on the quality of life of the inhabitants (Guite, Clark et al. 2006). The quality can improve due to certain processes, but other processes can have destructive effects. Assuming there are negative factors, which deprive a neighbourhood, and on the other hand, positive effects, which have an enhancing effect on a neighbourhood, it is a startling proposition to do a research on interventions done in the past. These interventions have been done in many fields: social, economical, spatial/architectural, etc.

Having studied architecture, my starting point would be interventions in the build environment. Focus would be on the mechanisms behind interventions in the build environment: in which way design influences a neighbourhood. To deepen this knowledge, the following questions can be asked: • • • •

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Which factors can be identified?

Which processes are triggered by these factors?

In what way do these factors influence the quality of life in of a neighbourhood?

Is there an ambiguity, which could lead to different outcomes on different occasions - depending on time and place -? Could it be so that factors, which are leading to a success in one case, could have an opposite effect when used in another case?

How can a designed intervention in de build environment influence or steer these processes?

Are there any underlying universal architectural concepts?

In other words:

How and to which extend can architectural interventions influence and steer the processes within neighbourhoods? Are these interventions general applicable or limited to local, specific conditions?

2. Resume - Brief description of the research to be carried out (introduction on the topic and research?) (summing up the different research questions?)

The research is a study on architectural key factors / key interventions which are keeping neighbourhoods vivid c.q. are reviving deprived neighbourhoods. The research aims to recognize, understand and if possible measure and classify architectural key factors / key interventions.

The research takes the social, cultural, political and economical context and their effects on architectural key factors / key interventions into consideration.

The research tries to enhance - through literature studies, case studies and research by design - the insight on how and to which extend architectural interventions can influence and steer processes within a neighbourhood.

How do architectural key factors / key interventions interact, relate and effect in reality within neighbourhoods? To which extend, to which level could this all lead to a more sustainable strategy on intervening and caring neighbourhoods in future?

And: are these interventions general applicable or do they only have effect under certain specific local conditions?

Case studies will be made of existing architectural interventions, which goal was to improve the wellbeing

of the dwellers in a neighbourhood. Data from before and after the interventions will be compared. Intentions of designers, clients and municipalities, together with the social, economic and political context will be studied.

There will be research on the relationship between architectural elements, intentions of the involved parties and results on the processes of the recent years. In order to find out which architectural concepts are successful, for what reasons and its short-term and long-term impact.

Through research by design these architectural concepts will be further explored.

Aim is to determinate and analyse the architectural keyfactors / key-elements through case studies. By mapping and addressing the significant social, cultural, political, economical, architectural roots.

Which key-factors/key-elements can be used and re-used in future projects? Is what is learned from prior projects applicable to other neighbourhoods? What is local? What is general?

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SPATIAL IMPACT OF THE ENERGY TRANSITION Deltametropolis Association LOCATION: The Netherlands YEAR: 2016 KEY WORDS: Sustainability | Energy | Regional Planning | Circular Economy

For the International Architecture Biennale of Rotterdam (IABR), commissioned by the Ministry of Infrastructure and Environment the Deltametropolis Association has made a cahier on the spatial impact of the energy transition in the Netherlands.

transition. The investigation includes what the status of the ongoing projects are and what kind of government steering and infrastructure is needed to reach to reach the climate goals and concludes with advice to the government and questions for further investigation.

The transition towards an energy-neutral society is one of the major challenges of the coming decades. In the Netherlands more than 40 organisation, including governments, employer unions, social enterprises, financial enterprises and nature and environmental organisations committed to an energy agreement for sustainable growth. In this agreement the ambition has been set to increase the share of sustainable energy: by 2020 a share of 14% and by 2023 16%. At this moment (2016) the national share on sustainable energy is 5,6%. To reach the goals set out by the Climate Agreements in Paris of the fall of 2015, the global warming as to be limited within the 2 C°. 80 to 95% C02 reduction is needed by 2050. A big effort is needed to make the transition and reach the climate goals.

Because sustainable energy is generated on the local scale and the efficiency is not as great as fossil fuel and cannot be stored as much as fossil fuel, the transition to sustainable energy will occur largely on local scale and will have a large impact on the Dutch landscape. It has influence on the countryside, the cities and the way economies works. Governments on all levels, companies and citizens have to change and contribute.

The research done by the Deltametropolis Association investigates the spatial impact of the energy transition in the Netherlands. The research consists of an analyses of more than 20 ongoing and future projects in the Netherlands, meetings with leading architects and urbanists on the subject of the energy transition and meetings with different levels of government charged with the task of the energy

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Design partners 2019 Kinder Karten Block; Primairy School, Mozambique (Competition)

Eirini Trachana

Boekenbank - Neighbourhood Library:

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RBT Twente West:

Tangram Architekten

Kip Island Auditorium:

Carmem Aires, Kamilla Koyama

A Leisure Centre along the Buffalo Bayou:

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Bostan | Mahalle | Market Hall:

Kristian Rasmus Bjerre, Zhang Zhang

THe Architecture of Neighbourhood Development:

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Bridge over the river Pinheiros:

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Spatial Impact of the Energy Transition:

Yvonne Rijpers

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“I feel privileged to be writing this letter for Kito Samson, Masters student at the Faculty of Architecture at the Delft University of Technology in The Netherlands. As a professor/ tutor at the Faculty of Architecture I first met Kito Samson in the spring of 2012. He has been one of my best students in my Bachelors course of Form Studies.

Being a sculptor myself, he struck me as an aesthetics. I was impressed with the way he could turn ideas into physical objects, working with different colours, materials and textures, creating surprising objects. One of these works, an abstract form of a facade, I kept as an example for future students. Also, some of his work has been exhibited in the Architecture faculty.

Except for being an exemplary student, I have the impression Kito is also a person of high integrity. He is the kind of student that wants to go the extra mile for a better result. And by doing so, will get that better grade.”

J.P.J.M. van de Laar (professor/ tutor TU Delft), 2013

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