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B NIEUWS

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30 SEPTEMBER 2013

PERIODIEK VAN DE FACULTEIT BOUWKUNDE | TU DELFT

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Alumni Event 2013 Op vrijdag 11 oktober vindt het jaarlijkse TU Delft Alumni Event plaats in de Aula. Het evenement biedt een overzicht van vooraanstaand werk dat op de campus wordt verricht. Bouwkunde draagt bij aan het programma met Bucky Lab workshops door Marcel Bilow en twee lezingen door Herman van Bergeijk.

11 oktober 2013 | 16:00 Aula TU Delft

Bachelor Open Dagen Op vrijdag 18 en maadag 21 oktober zijn de bachelor open dagen op de faculteit. Op deze dagen bezoeken vele geïnteresseerde VWO-scholieren de faculteit om te kijken of Bouwkunde de opleiding is die bij ze past. Er worden lezingen, workshops, rondleidingen en minicolleges voor de aanstaande studenten aangeboden.

18 oktober - 21 oktober 2013 Faculteit Bouwkunde en Aula TU Delft

UrbanismWeek: Designing lifestyles De invloed van de markt op de ruimtelijke ontwikkeling is enorm toegenomen de laatste twee decennia. Bedrijven als NS en Samsung hebben een grote impact op levensstijl en de stedenbouw. In de Urbanismweek die gehouden wordt van 8 tot 11 oktober deze ontwikkeling onderzocht. Er zijn lezingen, discussies, masterclasses en exposities. De week eindigt met een minisymposium van vijf lezingen met o.a. Young Wook Joung, Louis Bekker, Simon Giles en Henk Snoeken. Meer informatie over de Urbanismweek of registreren?

urbanismweek.nl 08 oktober - 11 oktober 2013 Faculteit Bouwkunde

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STARTING WITH ‘the Bridge’ The new academic year began in full swing for everyone, but it was the new bachelor student who experienced the most marked change of pace from their previous school experience. They began their year in earnest by participating in a small design competition. BKCity — “We used to do similar competitions for first-year students before, when we were still in the old building,” says Jack Breen. He is associate professor of Form Studies and the coordinator of the Overdracht en Vorm [Form and Visualisation] component of the new BSc curriculum. “Sometimes we had different assignments, such as the time we asked students to design a wheel. But all this stopped with the previous bachelor track. Now we were keen to bring it back.” The students had one week to design and produce a 1:3 cardboard model of a bridge that should, if built 1:1 in plywoord, span a 2.7 meter ditch in TU Delft’s Botanic Garden. After an initial round of lectures, students worked individually at first and then made groups of three in which they decided on their final design. “It was genuinely exciting to see the students work together, and how many teams appointed a leader during the final design stage. It was also interesting to see how some groups finished comfortably before the deadline, while some teams worked well into the evening.”

instructor of Applied Mechanics, Gerrie Hobbelman, came to aid during the last part of the contest in which the bridges were loaded to the point of collapsing to test their strength. The record was set by an inconspicuous design, which didn’t buckle or break even after a 92 kilogram student walked on it. And while each of the winning teams received a pie, the real prize is something much more exciting. “Ultimately, we hope to build one of the bridges in the Botanical Garden in plywood. It would be a good showcase of our students’ prowess. Due to the nature and relative cheapness of the material, a new one every year seems like a viable option,” concludes Breen. The plan is to let two of the teams (design mottos: ‘Parallel’ and ‘Frame’) to work their designs out further, towards possible realisation. Finally, to anyone who missed the bridge-breaking mayhem and can’t wait until next year to see it in person, you can watch a short film about the workshop and its outcome on YouTube courtesy of Jack Breen.

“WE HOPE to build one of the bridges in the botanical garden. it would be a good showcase.”

On Friday, the bridges were judged on Presentation, Aesthetics and Functionality by the Form and Visualisation instructors and Jack Breen himself. The popular former

http://youtu.be/ 8MwjxpgTW2g

Nieuws 3 Complexity, Cognition, Urban Planning and Design In 2009 Juval Portugali (professor of Human Geography at Tel Aviv University and guest professor at our faculty) organised the international conference “Complexity Theories of Cities Have Come of Age”. The papers from the successful conference have been published since then, but the conclusion was drawn that follow-up was needed. BKCity — And here’s where the International Conference on Complexity, Cognition, Urban Planning and Design, held 10-12 October, comes to extend the on-going debate. Invited are renowned specialists from different fields: practitioners of CTC, researchers of design thinking, urban planners, urban designers, and cognitive scientists of spatial behaviour, planning and design. Lecturers range from a world renowned psychologist who researches the way in which people make sketches to communicate (professor Barbara Tversky from Stanford University) to a biologist who maps movements of rats in mazes with different block configuration (David Eilam, Tel Aviv University), to an architect who researched open structures and concepts

which could accommodate a changing society (professor John Habraken). “The first conference was focused on Complexity Theory and its application in cities and urbanism. The aim of the upcoming conference is elucidating the role of cognition in the planning and designing of our cities – seen as complex systems,” explains Egbert Stolk, one of the organizers of the upcoming conference. For those interested, the opening day of the conference, on October 10, is public. Juval Portugali will give an opening statement followed by two keynote lectures by psychologist Barbara Tversky and brain scientist Scott Kelso. The next two days are open only to the conference guests. “We have planned our finances in such

a way that students can attend the conference for 50 Euros instead of the 250 for other participants,” asserts Stolk. The papers and lectures from the previous conference have already been published (and can be downloaded on TU Delft’s network). It is expected that the same will happen this time around too. According to the initiator of the conference, professor Portugali, the speakers reacted enthusiastically to their invitation: “[This] indicates that such an integrative discourse is needed.” Indeed, this might be one of the most cross-disciplinary events on anyone’s agenda this year.

bk.tudelft.nl/ccupd 10-12 October 2013, TU Delft Make a reservation before 01/10/2013

the great indoors The Great Indoors Award is a biennial prize awarded to the best workS in international interior architecture. organised by the renowned FRAME magazine and hosted at Bureau Europa IN Maastricht, IT is now entering its fourth edition. BKCity — Apart from a comprehensive exhibition, which showcases the best work done by interior architects in the last two years, it also contains an educational component in which student teams compete to design an interior space. “When Bureau Europa approached us, the notion arose that this is an interior exhibition which would be most appealing for interior students,” says Mark Pimlott, an assistant professor at the chair of Interiors, Buildings and Cities. “However, it would also be of interest for students who are currently not doing an Interiors course yet would like to see what it might be about,” he adds. And there’s more good news for students who are afraid to take a large chunk out of their study time for a workshop. “With the crazy schedules everyone has, the organisers came up with the idea of having sessions every

week, with a slight push towards the end.” Design sessions for all the participating schools are scheduled to take place on Tuesdays at Bureau Europa in Maastricht. “The idea is that students from different places end up splitting into new groups. There will be students from Design Academy Eindhoven, Universiteit Hasselt, Düsseldorf, Maastricht, KABK in The Hague, and Aachen. The co-operation between different students could be very powerful, because despite differences in their interior programmes, they all have an increasing tendency towards architecture and larger issues. So it won’t be a matter of interior decoration,” Pimlott explains. The workshop, running from 8 October until 16 November, will be attended by roughly up to fifty participants. There are about six

places for students from TU Delft preferably from bachelor 5 or 6. An issue that potential participants might be worried about is the cost of traveling to and from Maastricht every Tuesday. The organisers of the workshop will subsidise the first €800 of travel costs per student group, and TU Delft would reimburse students for any costs over this figure (a weekday student OV card would be very helpful in keeping these costs down). All in all, the workshop promises to be an exciting and educational experience for the participant. So what are you waiting for?

the-great-indoors.com/2013/ EducationProgramme Send your applications ASAP to Mark Pimlott, [email protected]

KARIN LAGLAS

Dertien Bijgeloof wordt vaak gezien als iets primitiefs. Beetje boertig. Toch zie je ook in onze “geavanceerde” moderne maatschappij verwijzingen naar bijgelovigheid. Neem het getal 13 bijvoorbeeld. In vliegtuigen ontbreekt rij 13. Niemand wil er zitten – je weet maar nooit. En dichter bij ons vak , in gebouwen ontbreekt soms de 13e verdieping. En vrijdag de 13e, dan kun je beter in bed blijven. Vrijdag 13 september jongstleden. Een van onze collega’s komt binnen met het volgende verhaal. Bij het ontbijt geprobeerd in te checken voor het vliegtuig later die dag: mislukt. Fiets gepakt: as kapot. Reservefiets gepakt: band lek. Dan maar met de auto: waterflesje leeggelopen in tas, alles drijfnat. Ik verzin dit niet. Oke, categorie klein leed, maar toch. Op diezelfde vrijdag de 13e stonden voor de faculteit twee belangrijke dingen op het programma: De uitslag van de “design contest” van Amsterdam voor een technologisch instituut gericht op metropolitane vraagstukken en de visitatie van de herziene postmaster MSc opleiding van The Berlage met het oog op de accreditatie daarvan. In bed blijven was dus geen optie. Na enig nerveus ronddrentelen komt rond de middag uit Amsterdam het bericht door dat ons “Institute for Advanced Metropolitan Solutions” door de jury als overtuigende winnaar is aangewezen. De 13 heeft hier goddank niet toegeslagen. Geweldig! Een mooie opsteker voor de TUDelft. En een mooie opsteker ook voor onze faculteit. Wij hebben vanuit onze sterke band met het kennisveld van stedelijke vraagstukken de leiding gehad in het voorstel van ons consortium. Het levert ons een prachtige interdisciplinaire samenwerking op met Wageningen en MIT waar we nog veel plezier aan gaan beleven. En het nodigt uit om het brede spectrum van technologisch vernuft uit onze universiteit nog beter te koppelen aan stedelijke vraagstukken. Met een keur aan bedrijfspartners die willen samenwerken aan toegepast onderzoek. En dat alles met stedelijk ontwerp en het metabolisme van de stad in de hoofdrol. Wat wil je nog meer. Later in de middag blijkt ook de visitatiecommissie positief over de Berlage Postmaster Msc. Een minstens zo fantastisch resultaat. In krap een jaar is op basis van de fundamenten van het Berlage instituut vanuit onze faculteit een volwaardige nieuwe MSc neergezet. Een hele knappe prestatie! Het schijnt dat voor Prins Bernard 13 z’n geluksgetal was. Ik heb de neiging het voor deze ene keer met hem eens te zijn.

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BKCity In AMSTERDAM TU Delft is joining forces with Wageningen UR and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and a number of business partners (Shell, KPN, TNO, as well as De Waag Society) to establish a new Institute of Technology in Amsterdam. The institute will focus on developing technological solutions to issues facing the urban environment. The City of Amsterdam is investing between 20 and 50 million euros in this new centre for knowledge and education. The Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment played a key role in the international competition to secure this prestigious commission. Overview of AMS

By edo beerda TU Delft is joining forces with Wageningen UR and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and a number of business partners (Shell, KPN, TNO, as well as De Waag Society) to establish a new Institute of Technology in Amsterdam. The institute will focus on developing technological solutions to issues facing the urban environment. The City of Amsterdam is investing between 20 and 50 million euros in this new centre for knowledge and education. The Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment played a key role in the international competition to secure this prestigious commission. The Amsterdam Institute of Advanced Metropolitan Solutions (AMS), as it is currently known, will set up ‘living labs’ to look for technological innovations for urban development. Its research areas will include dealing with water and food supplies, improving the energy performance of buildings and waste and data processing. “Increasing urbanisation raises a whole range of issues. These often relate to streams that flow through the city: traffic, data, food, waste, water and energy. All of these in turn have an impact on urban planning and vice-versa”, says Karin Laglas, Dean of the Faculty of Architecture and the

Built Environment. “It is wonderful that we will now be able to begin exploring this new area.” The urban system is under increasing pressure as people across the world move to the cities. By 2050, it is expected that three-quarters of the world’s population will be living in cities. In recent months, Laglas has played a lead role in presenting what would ultimately prove to be a winning combination. Since April, businesses and knowledge institutions from the Netherlands and abroad have been able to submit competing proposals for the new initiative. The City of Amsterdam’s main objective is to bind businesses, knowledge institutions and technological talent to the city. But it also wants to connect the city to the rest of the world. After the first selection, in which five proposals were shortlisted, the Dutch-American alliance was selected as the most successful proposal. MIT’s strong international position also played a role in this. This leading university of technology already has several locations elsewhere in the world. For the Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment, MIT’s involvement is of particular interest because the university has achieved great advances in its application of sensing technology – remote monitoring for research purposes.

The alliance could also help generate additional external funding, for example from the EU’s Horizon 2020 research programme. TU Delft has already collaborated with MIT a number of times in the past and has even more intensive contacts with Wageningen University. The research into urban recycling is set to provide particular added value for AMS. TU Delft already has experience with a ‘living lab’ in Amsterdam, in the CityZen research programme, and this month also saw the launch of Studio Amsterdam in close collaboration with the City's Spatial Planning Department. In this project, Master’s students are carrying out a study of the Overhoeks strip in Amsterdam, led by Visiting Professor Jacob van Rijs (MVRDV). As a “small major city”, Amsterdam is an excellent test environment for researchers, argues Laglas. “In terms of scale, it is possible to retain an overview, but it is nonetheless a city with genuinely metropolitan characteristics.” Negotiations on how the available funding will be spent and on the facilities are now set to start. The AMS plan also includes the provision of education. This will

also be offered online: people will be able to register for courses around the world. It will even be possible for students to complete the whole of the first year of the Master’s programme online. Students will also have the opportunity to gain experience at the companies that contributed to the plans, such as Shell, Accenture, Alliander, Cisco, IBM, Schiphol, KPN and TNO. Laglas believes that the establishment of the Amsterdam Institute of Advanced Metropolitan Solutions will not be to the detriment of education and research in Delft or Wageningen. “On the contrary, we will be entering a new area of research and I think that that will help us to attract new students from across the world. Our aim is for AMS to develop into one of the worldwide leaders.” For more info: bk.tudelft.nl

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New Collaboration with The New Institute BY PETER SMISEK

The Netherlands Architecture institute (NAi) has long been a favourite institution among students for its comprehensive exhibitions, lectures and debates featuring the most well-known architects and theorists from all corners of the world and its location at the heart of the Dutch architectural scene. On January 1st 2013, due to the Dutch government’s budget cuts, the NAi, along with Premsela, the Dutch Institute for Design and Fashion, and Virtueel Platform, e-culture knowledge institute were merged to create Het Nieuwe Instituut (The New Institute). The New Institute is still in transformation and the new director Guus Beumer will announce his policies mid-November. One of the first things that became public is a renewed collaboration between TU Delft’s Faculty of Architecture and The New Institute. This collaboration seeks to combine the best of both worlds in terms of research and output. Delft and Rotterdam will work together to establish a new study centre: the Jaap Bakema Study Centre. “The idea existed before”, says Dirk van den Heuvel, associate professor at the department of Architecture who will head the new Study Centre, “but it was really prompted by Guus Beumer, who recognized the qualities of the unique archives of the Rotterdam institute. He was looking for a research partner to open them up, to rediscover their richness in light of today's urgent issues, ranging from the quest for innovation to the idea of the civil society and its cultural values.” To do this, The New Institute found in TU Delft an effective research partner. Van den Heuvel: ”It was also the most practical choice, really. We are close to Rotterdam, as well as the leading architecture school In the Netherlands with a fantastic international profile. In addition, we have successfully collaborated with the former NAi before, in particular our Team 10 research project.” “The Study Centre offers a new tool for the valorisation of our research, as well as developing new research projects together with such a key player in the international world of architecture as The New Institute. We will start in a very practical way, building on projects already in development, but eventually we seek to develop PhD-programmes and a programme for fellowships.” The collaboration also aims to expand the international network of our Faculty by strengthening relations with ETH Zurich and the CCA in Montreal for instance. Van den Heuvel: ”Among the possible projects we have now identified 'Global Housing', which builds on studio projects in our school, but also collaborations with India and Ethiopia, and 'The Production of Knowledge', a more theoretical cluster which reflects on the knowledge economy and the specific, critical role of the creative industries.” The first and foremost project however, is the one of Dutch Structuralism. According to Van den Heuvel an “umbrella” for a lot of special projects, bigger and smaller ones. A first result was the modest publication “Open Structures”, which was based on the 2012 master class of The Berlage Center, with Herman Hertzberger as the central figure. ”Open Structures” was published as a supplement to the 35th issue of Volume magazine and included essays by the faculty staff and student work of the master class that analysed the contemporary relevance of structuralist way of thinking today.

From the archives: Van den Broek & Bakema, Pampusplan 1964-1965, extension of Amsterdam

“We are trying to place the ideas of Dutch Structuralism back in its own time, but also how we might revalidate them with regard to the current crisis. I'm thinking of aspects of the welfare state for example, the relationship between individual and collective, between use and design, or the ”agency” of architecture as it is called today. It turns out that Herman Hertzberger is by far the most read author in our library. In the fall of 2014 we will produce an exhibition about his work at The New Institute, alongside a first exhibition about the beginnings of Dutch Structuralism, the so-called Forum Years (1959-1963, named after the famous magazine), and the Amsterdam scene around Aldo van Eyck and the Academy of Architecture.” Van den Heuvel continues about more concrete plans regarding the cooperation with the New Institute, “In 2016 we hope to prepare a research-based exhibition provisionally called ‘Total Space’ where we’ll look at Structuralism in a more international and transdisciplinary way including the fields of anthropology, linguistics and information technology and their impact on our way of thinking about architecture and our cities.” So far, it seems we can expect a great deal of exciting projects to arise out of the cooperation between our faculty and The New Institute. Not just exhibitions and increased cooperation with media partners (such as DASH and Volume magazine), but also (hopefully) a more accessible archive and even public expert meetings and seminars for all those interested in architecture and urbanism. Only time will tell whether all of these plans come to fruition, and how fast, but it seems that both parties are on the right track.

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"Barcode", ontwerp van een vlag voor de EU, door Rem Koolhaas/OMA, Copyright OMA

De afdeling Architectuur en The Berlage zijn tijdelijk verhuisd en een gedeelte van de oostvleugel is gesloten. Wat gebeurt er achter de schermen? En wat zal er gebeuren met de gekleurde daklijst? Zes vragen over de huidige renovatie van het gebouw. door manon schotman

Uitmonding zuurkastafvoer

Leren van BKCitySTAY Bij de afdeling AE+T komt een monsterkast met materialen die tijdens de renovatie gebruikt worden. Alle info over het project, met alle documenten en tekeningen, is te vinden onder het kopje ‘Learning by doing’ op de website: bk.tudelft.nl/ bkcitystay.

Waarom heet het project BKCitySTAY? Het hele verhaal in het kort: vijfeneenhalf jaar geleden brandde het faculteitsgebouw Bouwkunde aan het Mekelpark, ontworpen door oud-hoogleraar Van den Broek, af. Er moest zo snel mogelijk een nieuw gebouw komen voor Bouwkunde. Onder de vorige decaan waren er grootse plannen: er zou een icoon worden gebouwd. Maar zo’n gebouw staat er niet van de ene op de andere dag. Voor de vijf jaar overbrugging werd het oude hoofdgebouw van de TU, dat leeg stond, in recordtempo opgelapt. Het gebouw, dat voordien bekend stond als ‘muf’ of ‘grijs’, werd door vijf samenwerkende architectenbureaus (2012Architecten, Fokkema, Kossmann.deJong, Mick Eeckhout, MVRDV), onder leiding van Braaksma & Roos, omgetoverd tot BKCity. In september (vier maanden naar de brand) kon een nieuwe lichting studenten in het nieuwe gebouw studeren. Het gebouw beviel gelijk. Dennis Cruyen, facility manager bij Facilitair Management & Vastgoed (FMVG): “Vanaf het moment dat wij hierin trokken, voelde het al helemaal als een thuis.” Er werd besloten om geen nieuw gebouw neer te zetten, maar het oude gebouw tot een icoon van duurzaamheid en hergebruik te maken. Tegen de tijd dat plannen

daarvoor op tafel lagen, kwam de herijking. Die vereiste nieuwe keuzes. Cruyen: “Het primaire doel van de universiteit is het verzorgen van onderwijs en onderzoek. Dan kun je het niet maken om daarop te bezuinigen en veel geld uit te geven aan een hele ambitieuze duurzame renovatie. We hebben ons

aan de binnenzijde zou ook teveel conflicteren met de informele sfeer in het gebouw,” aldus Roos. zoals is gebleken, dan kan het ook zo blijven.” In eerste instantie, met de ambitie om vijf jaar in het gebouw te blijven, is vooral geïnvesteerd in infrastructuur (bekabeling) en meubilering, dat meegenomen zou kunnen worden naar een nieuw gebouw. De klimaatregeling is geregeld volgens wat Cruyen het ‘Siberië-Ibizaprincipe’ noemt: “Doe in je winter je winterjas aan en in de zomer je zwembroek.” Nu Bouwkunde aan de Julianalaan blijft, wordt het klimaatsysteem wat geavanceerder. Ook wordt al het achterstallig onderhoud uitgevoerd. De raamlijsten in het dak worden geheel vervangen.

Hoe wordt het klimaatsysteem aangepakt? Op het moment wordt er alleen lucht ingeblazen, dat via gaten en kieren het gebouw weer verlaat. We gaan naar een klimaatsysteem dat volledig mechanisch geregeld wordt, zodat er ook warmteterugwinning mogelijk is. Er komen drie verschillende klimaatsystemen: een centraal systeem, een decentraal systeem voor de grotere ruimtes en het lokale ClimaRad-systeem voor kleinere ruimtes. Het ClimaRad-systeem zorgt voor lokale toe- en afvoer van lucht, met een radiator om in de winter extra te kunnen verwarmen. De rijk geornamenteerde uitmondingen van de zuurkastafvoer [zie afbeelding], die ooit zijn geplaatst omdat het gebouw is ontworpen als scheikundegebouw, worden voor het eerst gebruikt als ventilatieopeningen. Voor de extra ventilatieopeningen die worden gemaakt, worden zelfs replica’s van deze ornamenten toegevoegd.

Huidige kleuren daklijst, foto: Dhr. Hofstede

Dennis Cruyen: "De klimaatregeling werkt nu volgens het siberië-Ibizaprincipe" ambitieniveau bijgesteld. Vergaande plannen om het duurzaamste gebouw te worden, lieten we varen. Het doel werd: het gebouw verduurzamen, maar wel sober en doelmatig, gebruikmakend van proven practices.” Wat is het verschil tussen renoveren voor vijf jaar of renoveren voor dertig jaar? Job Roos, coördinerend architect: je houding als architect is anders als je iets maakt voor vijf jaar. We stonden eigenlijk heel ontspannen in het traject. We waren niet, zoals je vaak ziet bij architecten, op zoek naar de perfecte esthetiek. Cruyen gebruikt de term “shabby chic” om de informele esthetiek van het gebouw weer te geven. Marianne van der Sanden, partner bij Braaksma & Roos, spreekt van een “experimentele uitstraling”. “We wilden de ruwheid van het gebouw laten zien. Het idee was: als mensen er over vijf jaar op uitgekeken zijn, is dat prima. Maar als het aanslaat,

Wat gebeurt er met de daklijst? En met de regenboogkleuren? Over de regenboogkleuren is nogal wat te doen geweest. Het hout van de raamstrook verkeerde in slechte staat, en moest geverfd worden. De meeste ingrepen zijn slechts van binnen goed zichtbaar, dus het was een kans om Bouwkunde ook naar buiten toe te presenteren. Iemand kwam met het voorstel om de hele dakrandzone roze te schilderen. Job Roos: “Dat vonden we wel een hele aanwezige kleur. Om het internationale karakter van de faculteit te benadrukken, kwamen we toen op de barcode van Rem Koolhaas [zie afbeelding], waarvan we het idee van de kleuren overnamen. Omdat het slechts voor vijf jaar zou zijn,

Nieuw ontwerp daklijst, Braaksma & Roos

Job Roos: "studenten zeiden: het is hier toch geen kleuterschool?" stemden Monumentenzorg en Welstand daarmee in. Het was nooit echt bedoeld als esthetische daad, maar het veroorzaakte veel oproer onder de studenten. Er kwamen handtekeningenacties, studenten zeiden: het is hier toch geen kleuterschool? Eigenlijk heeft het zich nu omgedraaid: de kleuren zijn echt het beeldmerk van het gebouw geworden. Mensen die toen tegen de kleuren waren, zijn nu voor. Er gingen stemmen op om bij de

renovatie de kleuren te behouden. We hebben daar veel gesprekken over gevoerd. Het schilderen van de raamstijlen was iets heel informeels, bijna een daad van anarchisme. Nu de houten raamstijlen worden vervangen voor aluminium stijlen, hebben we gekozen voor een serieuze architectonische verbetering van de rand. Het is een scherpe, gedetailleerde rand geworden, met smallere raamprofielen, in een lichte blauwgrijze kleur.”

Hoe wordt de gevel geïsoleerd? In alle ramen, die een groot deel van het geveloppervlak innnemen, wordt het enkele glas vervangen door dubbel glas. Simon Streit van Braaksma & Roos: “Normaal gesproken hebben stalen kozijnen veel smallere profielen. Maar omdat deze ramen zo hoog zijn, hebben ze grotere profielen, waardoor er ruimte is om dubbel glas in de bestaande kozijnen te zetten.” Het is niet nodig de rest van de gevel extra te isoleren. “Isolatie

Wat zullen we van de renovatie merken? De hele exercitie is een zogenaamde verbouwing “met de deur open”, wat betekent dat het gebouw tijdens de hele verbouwing in gebruik blijft. Dat zal zorgen voor extra overlast en het zorgt ervoor dat afdelingen en zalen tijdelijk elders gelokaliseerd zullen worden. Er zijn ideeën om het renovatieproject in het onderwijsprogramma op te nemen, maar die worden op dit moment nog uitgewerkt. Wel zal de aannemer rondleidingen organiseren, voor zowel medewerkers als studenten. Informatie over de rondleidingen wordt via BKCitynews verstrekt. Volgens de

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Capacities of Zuidas, Amsterdam

At home in Zuidas

BY FELIPE ALDANA

The Central Business District (CBD), the enterprise dream of impressive towers as an expression of financial stability and strength, has become a worldwide normality. Although the CBD can be beneficial to the economy of the city, these districts, such as La Defense in Paris or Docklands in London, are typologies implanted into an existing city fabric, creating an urbanistical tension with their surroundings. This tension should be an opportunity for architects to design buildings that engage with at the pedestrian level, the street life and the continuity of the city; but this is not always the case. In 1998, Amsterdam saw the development of its own business district, Zuidas or South Axis, conceived as separate neighbourhoods with a variety of functions. Although Zuidas promotes itself as the new second centre of Amsterdam, it is best known for its 650.000 m² of office space. After fifteen years after its conception, the area presents issues preventing it to live up to its expectations in the area of housing - it is not necessarily the availability that is an issue, but rather the dwelling experience.

Above: Library building is designed to extend over the canal and reach towards the neighbourhood and act as an invitation to pedestrians into the plaza.

Statistics tell us that by 2030 it is expected that 88% of the Dutch population will live in cities, and it is not difficult to see why: we seek employment opportunities, entertainment and cultural interaction. This was the tone set by the graduation studio ‘At home in the city’, an attempt to understand how a city enriches a dweller’s life and how a building enriches a city. If Zuidas is attempting to be another vibrant node of Amsterdam, residents should be part of this rich experience, not merely nine-to-fivers. To this aim, Capacities of Zuidas is the development of a building where volume, context and activity act as a response to one another, where a pedestrian-oriented plaza promotes activity, and a building scheme is sculpted by a location between two important districts of Amsterdam. Because the dweller should be part of this condition, the architect should provide control of how one interacts or shies away from commercial and social activity (or the context in general); this should be the choice of the user and not be determined by a residential building beforehand, because in reality we want the suburban space generosity, we want the suburban tranquillity, but in the blink of an eye we want the city-like experience of a building settled and active with the surroundings. This is reflected in the dwelling typologies of the project, where varied dwelling types with 3,5m ceilings, bright spaces and an operable louvered façade yield to comfortable interiors, allowing dwellers to engage visually with the exterior or simply shield away from it; control yields comfort.

Above: A bright and spacious living area with the ability to visually disconnect from its context.

Above: Volumetric morphology logic and process. Below: North-South section depicting the central plaza as gathering space and visual mediator between the districts.

Above: Each level is independent from the next, and the removal of a lower level does not compromise the integrity of the next. I.E removal of movable partition does not compromise integrity of dwelling.

For more info on the studio 'At Home in the City': tudelft-architecture.nl

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The house is the little bit of space that we can call our own. It is the place where our everyday lives get their own special meaning, where we experience freedom and privacy and where we can express our identity. It doesn’t stop at the front door either. The living environment extends beyond the interior of the house to include our neighbourhoods, our streets and squares, the places where we meet and relax. In short: all the places we call home. In its curriculum the Chair of Architecture and Dwelling addresses all these scales and conditions. By investigating spatial configurations in relation to themes like diversity, high density, sustainability, the quality of our suburbs and the relationship between the private dwelling and the city’s public spaces, student work is geared toward the development of new spatial configurations and sustainable typologies as well as attractive and imaginative architectural designs suited for 21st century living. Within the framework of the 2012-13 graduation studio “At Home In The City”, Capacities of Zuidas, designed by Felipe Aldana, is not only a dwelling project, but an exercise on a stronger relationship between the building and its place on the urban scheme by implementing his concept of “living within activity” (both cultural – a neighbourhood library – and commercial). The scheme aims to reverse the deadness associated with the office schedule and ultimately proves that Zuidas has the capacity to be more than a central business district. Preceded by research on the theme Responsive Dwelling, Felipe (together with studio members Dominika Linowska and Tetta Huizinga), developed the Levels of permanence chart, separating all independent components from interdependent scales and researched different approaches to dweller flexibility in different urban settings, where the architect is looked at as a mediator between the urban plan and the dwellers needs. The value of Felipe’s design is being responsive both to the urban setting – by imposing a mediating scale on the buildings, that make up this urban ensemble, engagement with the street level, street life and the continuity of the city, and to the 21st century dwelling, by using an independent architectural vocabulary and a varied dwelling typology that re-announce the human scale and activity in business districts such as Zuidas. Paul Kuitenbrouwer

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IJsselmeer is a shallow artificial lake in the central Netherlands

With A career spanning over two decades, Frits Palmboom has more than earned his stripes in the urban design field. His work on such complex, water-based projects in IJburg and Ypenburg have paved the way to his appointment as professor of practice at the Van Eesteren chair at TU Delft Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment. Right before his official first day on the job, Palmboom sat down with B Nieuws to discuss his ambitions for the next three years. by daphne bakker The Van Eesteren chair encompasses a wide range of responsibilities. How will you set boundaries for yourself? It is a very broad set of responsibilities - it is about how urbanism relates to the physical conditions of the Dutch delta landscape. The research will involve knowledge from various fields, such as civil engineering and landscape architecture. At the same time the chair is linked to the Deltaprogramma IJsselmeergebied, an initiative from the Dutch Government with the aim of making the IJsselmeer region more resilient to the effects of climate change. In order to work effectively, I’ve come up with a plan in which the chair will be linked to already existing forms of education. Along with Han Meyer and Anne Loes Nillesen, I will work in the Delta Interventions graduation studio. That’s one of the ways I will try to maintain focus. Within research we will focus on charting the current state of the IJsselmeer area. This in turn will give us the tools to define what kind of future we want for the region. We would also like to help improve the Delta Program’s communication with the outside world. The IJsselmeer is a very large area and it affects many different stakeholders. The stakes are high and the problems are complex, since it is mainly about figuring out which technological measures are required to improve the spatial and social aspects within the region. Visualising the problems and opportunities within IJsselmeer is very important and is an essential element of what we do within the design field and the Faculty of Architecture. Visualising is also a large part of the work you do within your bureau. Indeed. Making maps and charts, drawing buildings and scenarios. Trying to convey the state of an area within a drawing. That is the core of our work. It has always been a source of great joy for me when I have to imagine a way to communicate through drawing. A drawing can not only help to push a proposal further, to convince clients and residents, but to inspire new ideas. Drawing isn’t just visualising what you can imagine, but a tool through which you can discover other opportunities. Was drawing important during your studies? Very much so. For a very long time, I was student assistant to Max Risselada, professor emeritus within Dwelling. Max had the amazing ability to unravel existing plans in order to make a model or new

drawings. His theory was that pulling apart an existing plan was the best exercise to learn how to put together a new one. That is a way of thinking in two ideas that are each others polar opposites. It was a huge inspiration for me. During that time I also worked on a book about Russian Constructivism. It was an immense drawing experiment trying to pull apart the intricately linked living cells they conceived, in order to understand how the buildings worked. Do you think a lot of things have changed since you were a student in Delft? I think a lot has changed. During my studies, Urbanism was very much rooted in functionalism. We had to focus on quantitative facts and from these develop schematic maps, which were coupled by pages and pages of text, objectives and policy briefing notes. The spatial element was often missing. Fortunately, this started to change with the respective appointments of Jan Heling and Han Meyer.

Frits Palmboom Palmboom studied urban planning and design at the Technical University of Delft. He runs with Jaap van den Bout and Jeroen Ruitenbeek office Palmbout Urban Landscapes (Rotterdam) since 1990 working on designs for spatial planning, landscape and exterior. Palmboom was responsible for the urban design of IJburg (Amsterdam) and Ypenburg (The Hague). His office designed many plans for rural and urban (re)developments in the Netherlands and Flanders. At present, the agency is involved in plans for sustainable urban development and water management in New Orleans and New York (USA). He published in many professional journals and books. The best known are "Rotterdam Urbanized Landscape" (1987) about the relationship between urban development and delta landscape, and "Drawing the Ground Landscape Urbanism Today" (2010), about the work and instruments of Palmbout Urban Landscapes, and in particular the role of the drawing in the design proces.

Especially Meyer was the driving force behind broadening the focus within Urbanism education from the functions of an area to the existing shapes and forms of the urban landscape. Before they modernised the education, people assumed that if you wanted to design you had to become an architect and urbanists just wrote policies. Even as a student I would rebel against that notion and from the start I would utilize drawing in my projects.

challenge for a designer has always been how to use all this information. Not all knowledge gained from new research will have a spatial impact. That is also one of tools I’d like to teach the students - how to recognize what is relevant to you as spatial designer in the sea of information we’re engulfed in. What would you like to have achieved at the end of your appointment?

There is an increasing shift from hand drawing to computer-aided drawing.

I would like to have a moving atlas which can transmit the dynamic elements of rain, wind and `Drawing isn’t just That is a shame and a development I do not water within the IJsselmeer region. This can be agree with. Drawing and especially drawing by done in the form of an interactive website. It visualising what you hand is a very important way in which we can can imagine, but a tool would also be wonderful to conclude the research get a grip on an area of a large scale. with an international congress in order to present through which you “Mindlessly” tracing a map by hand is a way of how things have been done in the IJsselmeer knowing the area with your fingertips. Only then region and what we can learn from it. Another can discover other you can begin to really understand an area, how wish is to have all three seperate Delta opportunities` it works and what it can become. Drawing by Interventions graduation studios present a hand is a step that is easily skipped. With a common vision for IJsselmeer. This might offer computer I can turn on a layer within a map and then I have an image of surprising ways of approaching the problems within the region and the water or road network. You might think your work is done, but you lead to new inspirations that are meant not just for us, but also for the haven’t in a sense experienced it. You can not explain or interpret the students themselves. Students are living in very uncertain times, but I meaning of those lines. You won’t get anywhere through staring at a wish to teach the students to believe in the relevancy of what they are map. Drawing is a very important tool for interpreting, defining and doing. I am convinced that what we do is relevant and that it will selecting the main and minor elements within an area one has to remain so. examine. For more information: Would it be correct to state that a refocus on drawing would be a deltainterventions.com personal mission of yours for the next three years? palmbout.nl deltaprogramma.pleio.nl Yes, I would like to further anchor both spatial and design oriented Van Eesteren Chair thinking within Urbanism. But I don’t just want to draw students away from their computer screens - they also have to leave the confines of the In 2010, the Van Eesteren-Fluck & Van Lohuizen (EFL) Foundation faculty. They have to visit the location - look at it, photograph it, sketch updated its multi-year plan. One of the aspects the foundation it. Experiencing a place, its various sensations, is also very necessary included in its revised plan is its wish to contribute to the debate on spatial developments in the IJsselmeer area. In addition, the for a designer. You have done large projects with water before. Will your current task provide new and different challenges? I am experienced in tackling very complex projects involving water. IJburg was very much a groundbreaking experience in that sense. We started the project with a knowledge conference in which we invited everyone from ecologists to civil engineers. It was a very interesting experience and felt like I was back in the university. I was exposed to so much new and enlightening information and couldn’t wait to utilize it in our design. This chair provides me another opportunity to learn the latest developments from different fields of knowledge. The biggest

Deltaprogramma IJsselmeergebied was initiated by the government in 2009 to prepare the Netherlands for future operations regarding flood protection and freshwater supplies. It has become clear that this task is closely linked to the tasks facing the Netherlands in the field of spatial development. This includes an important challenge in terms of combining and integrating spatial planning, urbanism and landscape architecture with hydraulic engineering and water resource management. Among the areas clearly affected by this challenge is the IJsselmeer area, for which a separate subsidiary programme has been started as part of the Delta Programme. The Van Eesteren-Fluck & Van Lohuizen (EFL) Foundation, the Deltaprogramma IJsselmeergebied and TU Delft's faculty of Architecture have therefore taken the joint initiative to establish a chair focusing on this issue.

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three semesters: “Culture, Methods, and Instruments”, “Societies, Environments, and Economies”, and a “Final Thesis”, when students synthesize their knowledge at the end of the one-and-a-half-yearlong program. Over the past year, The Berlage slowly transitioned to the Faculty by stepping up its facilities and offering a good educational program. Frausto states: “Our new curriculum is structured to give our students the ability to position themselves within a spectrum of global architectural practices and theories, allowing them to formulate a theoretical framework of their own. At the same time, we want to advance their critical thinking and research skills”. Students who wanted to begin the degree knew that the program was not yet officially approved; but they still took the risk to come to the TU Delft and started their education at The Berlage.

VISiTATION 'THE BERLAGE'

On a Friday afternoon, in front of a room at the Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment, The Berlage’s staff—together with an unexpected amount of their students—eagerly awaited for the door to open. There is continuous tension among those waiting, while the five people behind the closed door are looking comfortable drinking coffee, eating sandwiches, and chatting away. When the door finally opens, the crowd moves in and gets to hear where they were coming for: the preliminary result of the visitation committee from Accreditation Organization of the Netherlands and Flanders (NVAO) to accredit the Berlage’s new postgraduate program. BY JANE STORTELDER In May 2012, following the parliamentary ruling to reduce cultural funding for post-academic institutions in the Netherlands, Dean Karin Laglas announced “the new start of the prestigious Berlage Institute at the Faculty of Architecture TU Delft….capitalizing on their already existing cooperation by setting up together a new ‘Berlage Institute’ at the Faculty of Architecture…[and giving] Delft a new postgraduate program, which builds on the tradition and reputation of the former Berlage Institute”. In September 2012, still known by its short name, 'The Berlage' opened its doors again but this time known as: The Berlage Center for Advanced Studies in Architecture and Urban Design. An autonomous foundation under responsibility of the Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment, the ‘new’ institute aimed to continue the legacy of the original institute. During the twenty-two years The

Berlage was located in Amsterdam and Rotterdam, its three deans (Hertzberger, Arets, and Zaera-Polo) were not idle: they made The Berlage a unique institution with its own identity as a platform for discussion, reflection, and, research. Based on this history, and upon moving to the TU Delft, it was the intention to develop, according to Salomon Frausto, The Berlage’s Head of Education, ‘an educational program that would complement the existing Faculty degree programs; while, at the same time, keeping The Berlage’s innovative and distinct identity’. The Berlage offers a postgraduate Master of Science in Architecture and Urban Design, focusing intensively on how architects and urban designers practice in a globalized world. Students concentrate on the complex development of the built environment within different physical and intellectual contexts. They participate in research- and design-based projects, theory seminars, fieldwork, and master classes. Their education is divided into

In order to grant degrees from the TU Delft, The Berlage needs to be accredited by the NVAO. Once every six years, a visitation committee inspects the program, giving an either positive or negative recommendation to the NVAO. The committee visiting The Berlage was led by Professor Emeritus Herman Neuckermans of KU Leuven, and mainly focused on speaking with different parties involved in the program, from with Dean Laglas to a selection of eight students chosen by NVAO to represent the student body. In slightly less than thirty conversations, the committee aimed to get an overall impression of the program. At the end of the day only a preliminary, but important result was given. The public was visibly relieved when the committee announced that they would give a positive advice to the NVAO. The committee commented that they were impressed by the ambitious program and with the facilities offered; The Berlage is on the right track. But they also had some recommendations regarding, for example, how to expand the scientific component of the program in relation to the cross-cultural and interdisciplinary focus, stating because “there are more disciplines other than architecture.” Since the program is new and still under development, they recommended a midterm review: a committee will come back in three years to check if everything is still going well and according to plan. But for now it is time to celebrate since the overall conclusion of the afternoon is that The Berlage is doing great work. Though The Berlage staff has a lot of confidence in the program they also realize that there is still a lot of work to do and look forward to the midterm evaluation as a way to show how they’ve developed the program. The official result will be announced by the end of the year.

For more information about The Berlage, please visit theberlage.nl

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MEETING in china

In early July TU Delft organized a meeting for alumni in China. The event was well attended and especially the alumni of the Faculty of Architecture were present in high numbers. Chinese, Dutch and other foreign alumni met each other at hotels in Shanghai and Beijing to talk about work, architecture and their time in Delft. Also Machiel van Dorst, associate professor and chairman of Urbanism was there. Bnieuws spoke with him about the meeting, the alumni and the benefits on different levels.

BY JANE STORTELDER What does it mean to be an alumnus? Anyone who graduates automatically becomes an alumnus. After graduating many students still feel concerned about their faculty. They had a very good time there and it is hard to say goodbye, because being a student is a full-time job and a life changing event. Becoming an alumnus has several advantages: it enables you to remain allied to the community that educated you, and it is also nice to know what is happening in your profession and at your Faculty. When you are working with people who did not study at TU Delft, you will realize that you are trained in a certain way. You come from a certain blood type. Designers from Delft have their own way of questioning and researching. Most people find out after their study, there is something like a typical Delft approach. Could you describe the alumni meeting in China? With this idea in mind, it is welcoming to get together with people who are trained in the same way as you. This was the nice thing about the meetings in China; you meet people from “your” faculty and you have many similarities. TU Delft organized several of these events in Europe, in Singapore and now in Shanghai and Beijing. From all over the city people, of whom the majority studied Architecture, came to a hired location in a hotel. Some already may know each other but most people did not. Most were Chinese, but also Dutch alumni came to China to seek fortune and students from another background. You could join lectures and talk to other alumni. The topics vary greatly, but it was mainly about the state of the art: what happens in Delft and in architecture? So it was about the content but also about the practical side: where do you work? During the conversations you could learn from each other; you talk to experts but also with people who have just started. The fact is that you have followed a specific track at the same faculty and you have a lot in common. You walked the same halls and you were

Alumni policy 'Faculty of Architecture' PAST - The Faculty of Architecture did not have an active alumni policy until now. The TU Delft organizes events and meetings in the Netherlands and abroad, but these were not specifically for alumni from our faculty. In 2011, BOSS, the student association from Real Estate & Housing, (RE&H) started an alumni society for their graduate students to stay in contact with each other as well as with RE&H. Other chairs have undertaken smaller initiatives like social media groups and the alumni events from Architectural Engineering and Explore Lab.

taught by the same teachers. This creates a bond. It was also encouraging to see people offering to host the next get-together in their offices. This means the Faculty gets ambassadors all over the world who can keep the network going. The TU Delft will facilitate this. Why are such meetings important for the Faculty? For the faculty, it is important to have high potential international students; there is a mutual relation between the possibilities and requirements of our students on one side and the quality of our education and the level of our master program on the other. To reach these students you will need this international network. It is also important to see if the Faculty gives students the right training. It appeared that in China there is a gap between what they will learn here and what they will practice when they are back. Here you learn to ask questions and reflect on your design, whereas in China you have to perform and produce. You may also incur other problems. For example there are many international students who think that with the English language you only can study in the UK or US. They don’t know that you can do shopping in Delft without learning Dutch! We miss out on a lot of Indian students due to this misunderstanding. And why are these meetings important for you as a teacher? For me as a teacher it is important because it is good to know where your students are coming from. It is important to realize what kind of background they have because for example urban planning in China is very different than here in The Netherlands. As a teacher you should ask at the beginning of a project what the student wants to do later and where they want to go, so you know where someone will end up. Everybody needs to realize that he or she could be a very good ambassador of the Faculty of Architecture. One example is the US, where there are big university communities of teachers, students and alumni. This however is not yet the case in our country. What do you think of the current alumni policy of the Faculty? An alumni policy is starting to grow, and I think that is very good. But still it will be difficult since the question “Who are you when you leave here?” remains. Are you a TU student, a student of the Faculty of Architecture or a Real Estate & House student? So an alumni policy is being taken up at all levels. Who are you? First I feel like an alumnus of Urbanism, then of the Faculty of Architecture and the built environment and at last from the TU Delft. It is also nice to meet people from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering but in the end you share the most with alumni of your own Faculty. Finally one should not underestimate the fact that our faculty is a strong brand. Especially when you are abroad you’ll find out that we have a unique and world-class faculty where people want to be associated with!

For questions or suggestions, please contact [email protected] TODAY - Today the faculty recognizes the opportunity to connect with her alumni. It is valuable for graduates to stay in contact with the broad network they built during their studies. For the faculty an alumnus can be its best ambassador. Dean Karin Laglas underwrites this importance to nurture the relationship with our alumni. Therefore, the faculty has initiated a pilot year to understand what is important for our alumni and how the faculty can provide the right infrastructure to support the alumni network. Quantitative research has been carried out among our alumni to establish how and in what way alumni can benefit from their relationship with the faculty. Now various events are organized to serve as test-cases. During the annual Alumni Event, organized by TU Delft, for instance, the Faculty of Architecture will organize two interactive workshops.

FUTURE - Firstly the faculty’s goal is to create an “Alumni Culture”, secondly to create a useful and broad network for the merit of students and alumni. The first feat is the event: “BK Generatie”, where one specific generation of graduates is invited to reconnect while listening to lectures, touring the faculty and enjoying drinks.

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Afgestudeerd! En dan? Billy Veertig jaar bewoonde ons gezin een ERA-flatje. De verhuizers haalden het huis in drie uren leeg en lieten het ontzield achter. Wij en onze bezittingen waren het huis, zo bleek. Ons vertrek riep alleen een gevoel van verraad op, aan de achterblijvers, onze buurtgenoten. Veertig jaar droomden wij van een ander huis, terwijl de buurt, die door de vrienden van onze kinderen als Klein Turkije werd gekarakteriseerd, aan ons ging kleven. Hoewel een verbeelding van het droomhuis tussen ons niet kon worden gecommuniceerd, wisten wij gezamenlijk bij de eerste kennismaking met het nieuwe huis, dat dit het was. Twee maal groter is het nieuwe huis in vierkante meters, tweeëneenhalf maal in kubieke. Omdat de kinderkamers in het oude huis bergruimtes waren geworden, konden wij de rest van het huis ruim laten lijken. Het nieuwe huis heeft geen kamers, behoudens de keuken en de badkamer. Uit de voormalige woning en twee kelders werd nu een berglandschap aan spullen door het raam naar binnen gehesen. Al weken zijn wij dit landschap aan het afgraven om wanhopig ruimte en een aanvaardbare herverdeling tot stand te brengen. Vijftien stuks Billy zijn er aan te pas gekomen. De IKEA, altijd verwenste ik dit bedrijf, heeft ons verslaafd gemaakt aan hotdogs, softice en… de Billy. Iedereen kent hem: de Billy. Iedereen weet dat de planken van deze kast eens door gaan buigen. Het blijkt wel de goedkoopste manier om een groot volume aan verhuisdozen op te ruimen. En als je woning nissen heeft van precies vier meter dan wil je natuurlijk de bevrediging van het passen: vijf stuks Billy naadloos. En als je archiefdozen mooi vindt, die soort van bruin karton met een ronde metalen ring voor je vinger en twee twinkel-glimmende lipjes voor het verband van de doos, dan ondervindt je weer de voldoening van het passen: de breedte van de Billy is twee archiefdozen in de lengte en zeven dozen, met planken ertussen, in de hoogte. Exact. Alles past of zal passen. Er rust een zegen op het huis. Volle maan boven de sterrenwacht, de spiegeling van de Schie op ons plafond, de boeken geborgen, de archiefdozen in het gelid.

De huidige generatie afstudeerders op deze faculteit is voor de crisis begonnen met studeren. Het maken van een studiekeuze was destijds evenals vandaag een beslissing die van grote invloed is op de rest van je leven. Open dagen, studiekeuzetests en meeloopdagen, er was voor mij een eenduidig antwoord; architectuur bleek de juiste keus! Had ik even geluk, want net als veel anderen die rond die tijd een gelijke uitslag kregen, was Bouwkunde de weg naar succes; wij kregen zelfs bijna baangarantie! Vandaag de dag weet ik wel beter. Ik kijk om me heen en zie diezelfde studenten, nu bijna klaar, met de handen in het haar. De WO-opleiding met gemiddeld de langste studieduur biedt inmiddels een heel ander uitzicht op de toekomst; hadden we dit kunnen zien aankomen of heeft de tijd ons ingehaald? Dit is niet de eerste crisis en daarmee ook niet de eerste keer dat afgestudeerde bouwkundigen moeite hebben met het vinden van werk. De sector is in het verleden vaker hard geraakt, maar nu lijkt dit meer dan ooit van invloed op de toekomstige rol van de architect. De branche heeft dit zelf veroorzaakt, met het niet willen erkennen van de realiteit, en wordt nu onder druk van anderen opnieuw gedefinieerd. Maar wat zijn eigenlijk de gewenste eigenschappen van een afgestudeerd bouwkundige? De opleiding heeft raakvlak met zowel de technische als sociale wetenschappen en is een mix van academische en praktische vaardigheden. Hierdoor creëer je affiniteit met veel andere beroepstakken, maar waar ligt precies de focus? Hoe breed of hoe specifiek wil je iemand opleiden en wat zijn nu eigenlijk die gewenste, maar ongedefinieerde kwaliteiten van ons ‘nieuwe’ architecten?

ANNA WOJCIK

Robert nottrot

We zouden kunnen stellen dat de architect niet langer een zelfverklaard kunstenaar kan zijn die zijn eigen monumenten neerzet. Vandaag gaat het ‘weer’ om de gebruiker en dat is nu net de meerwaarde die we als architecten kunnen creëren en waarom we nog altijd een zeer belangrijke positie innemen binnen de bouwkundige wereld. Een architect zal zich steeds meer ontwikkelen tot een manager die moet kunnen communiceren met alle partijen en zich dienstbaar opstelt naar opdrachtgever, financiers, omgeving en bovenal gebruiker. Met inzicht in diverse facetten, zijn wij de persoon die het proces aansturen en de kernwaarden vertegenwoordigen. Belangrijkste eigenschap hierin is dat we continu kunnen schakelen tussen verschillende abstractie niveaus; het detail kunnen relateren aan het grotere geheel. Deze manier van denken is weinig andere beroepsgroepen gegeven en de waarde wordt vaak onderschat. Het is aan ons om de wereld hiervan bewust te maken en onze eigen positie te beschermen op de markt. ‘Goede studenten komen er wel’, een vaak gehoorde uitspraak. Een goede student ontwikkelt een interessant portfolio en doet dingen naast zijn vaste curriculum. In mijn ogen absoluut van grote betekenis en zeker de beste manier om je kansen te vergroten. Jezelf ontplooien tijdens de studie door middel van stages, een internationale uitwisseling of een bestuursjaar is namelijk niet alleen ‘leuk’, maar vormt tevens de basis voor een bredere ontwikkeling op vlakken die binnen de opleiding niet direct aan de orde komen. Daarnaast bouw je op deze manier versneld een netwerk op en dat is in de huidige situatie belangrijker dan ooit. Maar wij zijn met vele honderden tegelijk ingestroomd en moeten nu vechten om enkele banen, op een arbeidsmarkt die het grote aantal architecten niet

kan absorberen. Natuurlijk gaat het dan om je te profileren binnen de menigte, maar hiermee doen we weinig aan het echte probleem; het tekort aan banen. Hoe kunnen we deze aankomend ‘werkloze’ architecten een plek geven en bij wie ligt de verantwoordelijkheid? Zijn we ons er wel van bewust dat we met onze kwaliteiten veel breder inzetbaar zijn en hoe kijkt de maatschappij hiernaar? In dit kader zal er 3 oktober een debat plaatsvinden op deze faculteit met vertegenwoordigers vanuit het onderwijs en bedrijfsleven, die het gesprek aangaan met studenten en alumni. We zullen aandacht besteden aan de positie en kansen van de afstudeerder en de connectie tussen opleiding en baan. Met behulp van stellingen belichten we de verschillende invalshoeken en visies om overeenkomsten, verschillen en mogelijke misverstanden inzichtelijk te kunnen maken. De noodzaak om over dit onderwerp te praten wordt breed gedragen en in deze setting willen we met een gevarieerd gezelschap het gesprek aangaan over jouw toekomst! Joris van Dijk fb.com/youandyourfuture What's Next? - 3 oktober 2013 Berlagezalen | 16.00 – 19.00 uur [kosten 3 euro, inclusief borrel] Interesse? Schrijf je in op Stylos! [selectie op motivatie] Aanwezige sprekers: Eric Luiten (onderwijsdirecteur), Nanne de Ru (directeur The Berlage), Jan Pesman (oprichter cepezed), Willem Hein Schenk (voorzitter BNA), Harm Tilman (hoofdredacteur de Architect) en Henk Döll (Architectenregister)

streets of BK city 15 IN EACH EDITION, WE ASK STUDENTS AND TEACHERS WE MEET IN THE CORRIDORS OF BK CITY. THIS TIME WE ASKED THEM:

Why did you choose to come to TU Delft?

Alexander Petrovnine BSc1 I’m from Amsterdam, Delft is the closest place where I can study architecture at university level. I went to an open day in Eindhoven as well. The education there is too technical, I found Delft more creative. I like the facilities and the building so far as well. I don’t mind the commute too much, but I’m still looking for a room in Delft and hope to find one by the end of this year.

Inge Olbers, MSc4 Materialisation I did my bachelor’s degree in Delft and went on an exchange to Sweden. I really liked it, and even though the other school has a very good reputation, I still thought that Delft was better. So for my master’s I chose to stay here. Furthermore, I already built up a life here, so moving to a different country to do a master’s degree didn’t seem very attractive. I’m graduating in Materialisation now, I like the way it treats sustainability, and the practical approach of the studio should help me prepare for the real world.

Pablo Ruben BSc1 I think there’s a good balance in Delft between technical, and creative and artistic aspects of architecture. The school has a very good reputation abroad, which is how I found out about it. Also, a lot of the alumni go work abroad, for example in Russia or China. I came from France to study here. The school is very international and open.

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Renske de Meijer BSc1 I chose architecture because I wanted to do something creative on a university level. I like interior architecture, and the faculty offers this in the Master. I’m from Maastricht, so Eindhoven would seem like a more logical choice, but the city didn’t really speak to me.

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Katerina Stamatelou, Explore Lab In Greece the TU Delft has a strong reputation. I think studying here is a good start for a carreer not only in the Netherlands but also international. I already have a Master Degree and I did an internship, but the work opportunities in my country are not very good.

Puttakhun Vongsingha MSc1 Bucky Lab I wanted to study in Europe because I’d like to travel and I thought this would be a good opportunity. I did a bachelor in Thailand and worked for three years at an architectural company, but I was searching for a master study. In Thailand there is lack of technologybased programs, so when I heard a lot of people graduated from TU Delft I came to Holland.

Cover illustration Capacities of Zuidas, by Felipe Aldama

Editorial Advice Board Marcello Soeleman Ania Molenda Robert Nottrot Linda de Vos, Pierijn van der Putt

Contributors Karin Laglas Robert Nottrot Joris van Dijk Anna Wojcik

Print Drukkerij Tan Heck, Delft

Shreyank Khemalapure The Berlage Institute The primary idea was that The Berlage used to be an independent institute that could provide people with different ideas than a strictly university environment. A place where you could project those ideas and experiment with them. Even though The Berlage is now a part of TU Delft’s faculty of Architecture, I still feel like we have the freedom to pursue our interests, despite some formalism from the university coming in. I applied to AA in London and Strelka Institute in Russia, but I ultimately chose to come here.

Zhan Shengyie, MSc 3 Urbanism I’m from China, and I had friends who went to study abroad when I entered college there. I really like Europe, and especially the Netherlands. The urbanism track in TU Delft is very good. I applied to University College London and also to Hong Kong but finally decided to come to Delft. I enjoy the life here, and I hope to stick around for a few years, but I’d still like to go back to China eventually.

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Week 41 Conference

Complexity, Cognition, Urban Planning and Design 10.10.2013 - 12.10.2013 Complexity Theories of Cities (CTC) is a domain of research that studies cities from the perspective of the various theories of complexity. The aim of this conference is to create a conversation between people from several disciplines that not often talk to each other; namely, between practitioners of CTC, cognitive scientists of spatial behavior, planning and design; researchers of design thinking, urban planners and urban designers. BKCity / Berlage Room bk.tudelft.nl/ccupd

Lectures

Complexity, Cognition, Urban Planning and Design

Lecture

Putting things together taking things apart 04.10.2013 The Berlage Center for Advanced Studies in Architecture and Urban Design will present a public lecture, entitled “Putting things together taking things apart” by Nicolas Lobo Brennan (GRUPPE). BKCity / Room K / 14:00 theberlage.nl

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Presentations

PhD Go - No go 14.10.2013 On the 14th of october, the presentations of Nurul Azlan, Tasos Ioannou, Cai Jiaxiu, Achilleas Psyllidis and Yunlong Gong will take place. BKCity / Room K / 09:30 bk.tudelft.nl

10.10.2013 The opening of the conference 'Complexity, Cognition, Urban Planning and Design' will consists of public lectures. The event will start with a speech by dean Karin Laglas and introduction by Juval Portugali. Barbara Tversky (Stanford University, USA) and Scott Kelso (Atlantic University, USA) will give a lecture. BKCity / Oostserre / 17:00 bk.tudelft.nl/ccupd

Lecture series

Film Festival

Thesis Defence

AFFR - Time Machine

Week 40

Week 42

10.10.2013 - 13.10.2013 The 2013 Architecture Film Festival Rotterdam (AFFR), which focuses around the theme, ‘Time Machine,’ is set to take place. The event will all be about evaluating the past and dreaming about the future. This will be done with movies, lots of movies, in which ‘the world called city’ is the leading character. Rotterdam / Lantaren Venster affr.nl

Lecture

Clinical Improvisation 11.10.2013 The Berlage Center for Advanced Studies in Architecture and Urban Design will present a public lecture, entitled ‘Clinical Improvisation’ by Joel Tettamanti. BKCity / Room K theberlage.nl

After it has been built 14.10.2013- 18.10.2013 A week long lecture series on the reduction of exploitation costs. Dr. D.J.M. van der Voordt introduces the topic on monday. The following days will feature Dr. Ir. A. Straub, Ing. Carl-Peter Goossen, Marco Konter & Arjon Aalbers and Drs. P.W. Koppels. BKCity / Room B / 12:45 - 13:45 [email protected]

B.J. Pouderoijen: Size limitations 17.10.2013 "Maatbeperking in het Architectonisch ontwerp" | Promotor 1: Prof.dr.ir. J.M.J. Coenen TU Delft / Aula / 12:30 bk.tudelft.nl

Exhibition

Archiprix 2012/2013 18.10.2013 - 01.11.2013 This year, the jury who will choose the faculty’s submission for the Archiprix, consists of Karin Laglas, Janneke Bierman (Bierman Henket architecten), Dick van Gameren, Marcel Bilow, John Heinz, Inge Bobbink and Eric Luiten. On 1 November, the jury will announce the nine selected graduation projects. BKCity / Oostserre bk.tudelft.nl

Film

Playtime 21.10.2013 Jacques Tati’s gloriously choreographed, nearly wordless comedies about confusion in the age of technology reached their creative apex with Playtime. For this monumental achievement, a nearly three-year-long, bankbreaking production, Tati again thrust the endearingly clumsy, resolutely old-fashioned Monsieur Hulot, along with a host of other lost souls, into a bafflingly modernist Paris. With every inch of its superwide frame crammed with hilarity and inventiveness, Playtime is a lasting testament to a modern age tiptoeing on the edge of oblivion. Delft / Filmhuis Lumen / students 7 € filmhuis-lumen.nl

Lecture

Co-Residence™: Habiter en Grand 25.10.2013 The Berlage Center for Advanced Studies in Architecture and Urban Design will present a public lecture, entitled ‘Co-Residence™: Habiter en Grand’ by Beatriz Ramo. BKCity / Room K / 14:00 theberlage.nl

exhibitions

UrbanismWeek: Designing lifestyles Over the last twenty years, we see a trend in which market’s influence on spatial and urban planning has increased. Private associations as NS and Samsung have a great impact on our lifestyles and the urban design field. The theme will be explored in a five day program, filled with lectures, discussions, workshops and expositions. The week will

Week 43

end with a mini-symposium which is formed out of five lectures of the key note speakers (with Young Wook Joung, Louis Bekker, Simon Giles, Henk Snoeken and many more). 8 October 2013 | - 11 October 2013 location: Faculty of Architecture urbanismweek.nl

Dutch Design Week Now Future

Eindhoven 19.10.2013 - 27.10.2013

Cristina de Middel The Afronauts FOAM / till 11.12.2013

Lawrence Weiner

Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam till 05.01.2014

Wit

Nederlands Fotomuseum till 05.01.2014