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Lucas van Perlo

Lucas van Perlo

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I took on urban densification and repurposing of heritage.

La bella vita.

A mixed-use extension for private clients.

As time alters society, old heritage and modern demands meet.

Intentional complications and a little extravagance.

Repurposing a monastery while respecting their ideology.

Alleviate congestion in the envisioned growth of a [becoming] metropole. Architectue

In collaboration with:

Università degli Studi di Palermo

Università Federico II di Napoli

prof. dr. G. d. Benedetto

prof. R. Capozzi

prof. F. Visconti

prof. dr. ir. P. v. Wesemael

prof. dr. ir. C. Rapp

ir. MArch D. Mulvihill

ir. H. Apelt

Graduation Project: 9

La bella vita.

Key facts

10.000m2+

Design method

Project goal

Renew the urban slum Size Program

Urban multifunctional

Applying hierarchy; Trial-and-error

Southern Italy, the Mezzogiorno, is notably poorer than its northern counterpart. This can be traced back to historic inability to set up a proper organized government and regulations, and has led to a great deal of depleted, vacant and collapsed constructions right in the core of a millioninhabitants city.

With current headway politically, it’s time to attack the slums.

Axonometric situation | 1:1.500

Calculated demolitions of uninhabitable builds gives room for new developments, that very carefully re-complete the local environment; a highly urban situation where efficient and creative thinking improves many urban topics simultaneously. New green parks tackle the urban heat in summer, new developments improve the city’s brand and quality of life, and new program anticipates the financial dilemma of over-tourism in a poor climate.

One of the primary goals was blending into an unplanned fabric whilst creating mass & void representative of southern Italy.

To blend in the South-Italian culture, there is a need for fine-grained, individual fabric. Therefore systematic building was not opted for.

The goal of blending in is not achieved solely by applying style.

It does by very carefully merging in usable floor space with new alleyways, intricate squares and courtyards. It applies densification with an historic Italian method; not by using height, but by using as much ground area as possible.

This means that all area left as void is done so consciously. All is divided into well-proportioned streets and squares.

And together, in the urban design, a secondary network of squares and courtyards is created, where hints are taken from both the Arab and Mediterranean world.

Section | 1:150

Garden plan | 1:200

In collaboration with:

A mixed-use extension for private clients.

Private clients

Castelein Projectengineering B.V.

Sytse Douwe van der Vegt B.V.

Wirdum, the Netherlands

Size Program

Design method

Project goal

Key facts

108m2

Housing + office

Plan view

Renew an outdated extension into a mixed-use building with a historic fit.

Over the years, a manor in a small town in Fryslân [Friesland] has seen numerous extensions, garage expansions and make-do reparations on the backside. With a wish for a more representative office (already located inside the expansion), better environmental prestations and better spaces for other program, clients asked for a renewal of the ensemble of expansions.

The new design uses burnt wood as cladding and a small bay, both historic throwbacks to the agricultural shed that used to exist before. It pieces a diversity of functions together that fulfills the clients wishes, while keeping a uniform and calm outside appearance. It was designed and recommended to build almost entirely out of wood, making for a more sustainable addition.

Impression | Phase D.O.

Plan, ground floor | 1:100

South façade | 1:50

West façade | 1:100

Detail zoom-in | Vray

Detail wood cladding | Vray

Detail roofridge [top] | Vray

The design has two main goals:

1. A coherent puzzle of different functions inside, still with a calm and uniform façade.

2. To do so inside the existing perimeter of the constructions and keep intact or restore historic elements where possible.

In collaboration with:

As time alters society, old heritage and modern demands meet.

ir. T.T. Veeger

prof. S.S.S. Rousseau

prof. ir. S.J.E. Maussen

ir. J.P.M. Swagten

Eindhoven, the Netherlands

Size Program Design method

Project goal

Key facts

23.000m2

Commercial plinth, offices, residential Fixed concept

Densify and renew abandoned monumental architecture.

In the heart of Eindhoven, a historic factory borders the Dommel river. Once a productive area that played part in the growth of the city, it now hosts a few loosely commenced companies, a mismatch in density calling for a new vision of the site. Main requirement of the renewal is densification; the place hasn’t grown in a century and is now outgrown by its surroundings.

Thus, whilst keeping parts of the historic structures intact and giving them to the public, with all kinds of open amenities, a new structure can be placed on top to accomodate the modern demand. They contrast in adaptiveness to the site, showing that the new, modern grid is a construction after the fact. The dialogue between old and new shows how the first can act as shelter, as an open-air museum for everyone, while the latter private-owned accomodations follow modern demands.

Axonometric situation | 1:1.000

Urban densification is a requirement but the idea was to not let it degrade existing history.

The concept is to use contrast in style, form and most of all rigidity, or flexibility of use. This demands to combine old reminiscence with modern demand.

Axonometric plan of residential & office | 1:500

In an open grid, flexibility allows for a mixed-use complex; the ‘internal village’.

But by design, the historic city fabric keeps its identity, with many additive characteristics and qualities.

Axonometric section | 1:666

A complementary public feat: A tiny green park at the Eindhovense Laag of 17 meters, for lunch breaks of adjacent offices and inhabitants of the city.

Axonometric of park at Eindhovense Laag | 1:500

Perspective collage on 22m

Intentional complications and a little extravagance.

In collaboration with: Università degli Studi di Firenze

prof. dr. MArch K. Templin

prof. dr. ir. P. v. Wesemael

prof. dr. ir. C. Rapp

ir. H. Apelt

ir. MArch D. Mulvihill

Firenze, Italy

Size Program

Design method

Project goal

Key facts

5000m2+ Education

+ Hospitality, Receptive, Ceremonial Big-to-small scaled; Trial-and-error Fill an existing city ‘hole’

At the edge of the historic walled core of Firenze, a millioninhabitants city, sits a 70 by 70 meter blank island; where nothing is built and informal and irregular façades flank a concrete flooring. Locals nickname it the ‘Largo’freely translated to ‘large empty void’, a weird urban feat in its location.

To attack this, new developments construct themselves as a result

Site plan (macro-)block | 1:2000

of the current built morphologies and typologies to which they are attached. As expansions to the public program that is already there, the area turns from deserted space to a dense knowledge- and convention hub. New ceremonial, study and congregation spaces link to each other in a complex network of axes; they work together to form a cohesive experience both in- and outdoors.

The inner part of Firenze is a cohesive, historic environment; one of the cores of the Renaissance.

Therefore the design tries to respect it. While not fully mimicking or faking it, it tries to blend in smoothly.

Façade parts | 1:150

4000 mm

4000 mm

St. Verdiana, West St. Verdiana, Monastero

St. Verdiana, Inner sq. sides

St. Verdiana, Inner sq. main

Centro Verdi, Inner sq. main

St. Verdiana, Inner sq. sides

St. Verdiana, Inner sq. main

St. Verdiana, West St. Verdiana, Monastero Centro Verdi, Inner sq. main

Moschino

Centro Verdi, Inner sq. main Moschino

Centro Verdi, Inner sq. sides Centro Verdi, Workshops Verdiana, main

Isometric | 1:1000

Concept render | Vray

Plan (ground) | 1:500

It fills the current Largo, or hole, with a contextual program and in modern-day proportions, doing so in a technologically advanced way.

Concept render | Vray

Like before, the goal of blending in is not achieved solely by applying style

It uses old Renaissance knowledge in a modern design; using perspective to serve the outdoors and indoors independently.

Concept render | Vray Partial plan | 1:200

Moschino

Centro Verdi, Inner sq. main Centro Verdi, Inner sq. sides Centro Verdi, Workshops St. Verdiana, Inner sq. main

In this way, the historic is not mimicked or faked, but shows that old rules or knowledge can still be beneficial.

A common critique on modern [international-] architecture for example is that glass towers, designed for great views from indoors, have to compromise on expression on the outdoors.

Using old knowledge of perspective helps to do right for both.

Centro Verdi, Inner sq. main

Centro Verdi, Inner sq. sides

St. Verdiana, Inner sq. main

Repurposing a monastery while respecting their ideology.

In collaboration with: Board, Teresa van Miert Monastery

Zenzo Ontwikkelaars

Provincie NB

Urban/Labs

prof. ir. M. Musch

prof. ir. G.P. Das

ir. T.E.G. Hunter

Veghel, the Netherlands

Key facts

10.000m2+

Rural; Severely multifunctional Layered concepts

Merge a monastery in the village Size Program Design method

Project goal

The Netherlands, like more countries in Europe, has a long trend of the downfall of the church. With lowering attendance and lesser monks and sisters, vacant religious buildings pop up across the country.

In the core of Veghel, a village of 40.000, another big site is heading vacant. A new urbanism will need to merge the holy site with the existing village core.

Axonometric situation | 1:3.000

This new urbanism plays into other trends; e.g. the rise of single-person households, an increase in burn-outs and lonelyness in certain age brackets. It creates a new, small neighborhood with a focus on small pockets of housing and lots of gathering space. Banning the car from the site, instilling greenery and spaces for meetups, and creating a program that congregates people along their three places of stay - home, work and leisure.

As a first concept, the ideology of the monks and sisters is analyzed.

How could that link to urban densification?

From the ideology, certain concepts are taken. Those [visible top-left] build upon each other to come to a certain desired atmosphere:

To create a simple yet intricate neighborhood that focuses on the scale and life of people.

The hierarchy the sisters gave to their buildings, the design gives to its program.

The church, in this way, recieves a multifuncional community center where people can meet, celebrate, congregate and more.

Alleviate congestion in the envisioned growth of a [becoming] metropole.

In collaboration with: Gem. Eindhoven

Gem. Waalre

Gem. Valkenswaard

Provincie Noord-Brabant

Waterschap de Dommel

Urban/Labs

ir. M. Musch

ir. D. Kasraian

Key facts

Regional Urban space & mobility Finding extremes

Develop a long-term mobility vision Size Program Design method

Project goal

Continuous population growth, urbanisation and a decreasing household size take a hard toll on the infrastructure and public space. On this note, the government decided to concentrate developments on placed where public transport is easily available (15-minute city). Though, the modal split on public transport is less than 10% and already over capacity.

Learning from history, governments took out large investments in road infrastructure in the 20th century to accomodate [economic] growth, of which we are still profiting.

Imagining a similar investment to accomodating growth by alleviating congestion, this shows a canvas of inspiration. In it, the lacking infrastructure and size of public transport network and the expanse of the private infrastructure [asphalt, parking] are simply flipped.

Huge public transit density, very little car mobility.

THE MORNING EXPERIENCE

Timescale | Morning sequence, old and new

How to arrive at work non-stressed

Density requires an antidote for congestion: Quadruple the public transport network and create more of the flexibility that cars have. [left: network; right: flexibile bus route]

differs per direction

4. MB buses have fixed stops and work on-demand within their zones 5. Within zones, specific stops can be between 0 and 150 meters from the traveller

These lines move directly into neighborhoods and industrial grounds to relieve the first- and last mile problem.

Commuting priority

Of all possible trips that are made daily, these buses focus on known regular trips such as commutes.

Attach key points

Along these approx. 20 routes, all of them also hit several key points such as centers or services to regulate time and join in other travelling purposes.

Pedestrian roads

As a long-term vision, the comfortability of parking in front of the door is given way for more livability, green, development area. From the remaining roads, parking is highly clustered.

This re-calibration of existing infrastructure frees so much urban space, making densification easier. MB80

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