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Converted Industrial Buildings: Where Past and Present Live in Formal Unity
No full textThis thesis deals with design guidelines, as defined in the field of architectural conservation, by focusing on the problem of the conversion of industrial buildings. It is generally agreed that the best way to secure the future life of industrial heritage is through their adaptive reuse. The former function of ‘production’ for these buildings has to be replaced by contemporary, sustainable programmes. In most cases this reprogramming requires extensive conversion of the buildings’ fabric and layout. Conservationists generally prescribe design guidelines for conversion schemes in formal terms, requiring that past and present exist in a formal unity. According to the conservation charters, this ethical position can be achieved if the ‘aesthetic integrity’ of the protected building is altered as little as possible. However, in the mid 1980s, when conversions of industrial buildings became more widespread, industrial buildings were thought of as not possessing any architectural value because of the assumed deficiency of their stylistic character. Conversely, these buildings gained historic importance as a result of industrial archaeological research, and they were consequently protected as a symbol expressing the historic value of our industrial culture. Industrial buildings are therefore protected not because of their architectural value, but because of their archaeological and historic interest. It then becomes questionable how guidelines reflecting the importance of building’s aesthetics can guide the conversion of a building that is considered to be without aesthetic value in the first place. The main aim of this thesis is therefore to resolve this apparent dichotomy. The first step of this study is to investigate how the concept of ‘aesthetic integrity’, as defined in the conservation charters, can be interpreted in relation to industrial buildings in order for it to serve as a design guideline for the conversion of this type of building. Drawing upon recent architectural historical research of the nineteenth century, this thesis proposes that industrial buildings from the eighteenth century onwards were designed with aesthetic considerations in mind that were pertinent to that time. Therefore, to interpret the notion of ‘aesthetic integrity’ in relation to the industrial buildings, we need to go into the theoretical assumptions of the architectural debate of that period. For that purpose, this thesis draws upon the concept of ‘organicism’, interpreted by Van Eck as being a rhetorical strategy that led both design and interpretation of nineteenth century architecture in general. Following this interpretation of ‘aesthetic integrity’ , the stylistic character of buildings thus becomes of secondary importance. An evaluation of this theoretical proposal shows that this non-stylistic understanding of nineteenth century organicism opens up a way to define the notion of ‘aesthetic integrity’ of industrial buildings in terms other than that of style. Consequently, this study proposes that it is this definition of ‘aesthetic integrity’ that helps establish guiding principles for the conversion of industrial buildings. The study thus concludes that, when ‘organicism’ is used as a design guideline for the conversion of nineteenth century industrial buildings, past and present can exist in formal unity.ArchitectureArchitectur
Back to the Zaan, regeneration of industrial area of kogerveld
No full textUrban densification assignement within the direct context of the railway station Zaandam KogerveldHybrid Building: City Renewal; what's next?!ArchitectureArchitectur
Making the Typical Remarkable: Koog-Zaandijk Industrial Redevelopment
No full textHybrid buildings Zaanlijn graduation lab project. The project deals with the re-use of industrial heritage commonly found in the Zaanstreek.Urban RegenerationHybrid BuildingsArchitectur
The Hospital back in the City: A public function for the regeneration of Zaandam Kogerveld
No full textThe regeneration of the area Zaandam Kogerveld was initiated by a Hospital. The Hospital reintegrates with the city and is placed on a central location - next to the station Kogerveld. By placing the Hospital, the area receives a new identity and a dwelling character. The Hospital is altered to connect with it's surrounding urban structure and fit in with the dwelling neighbourhood. The public character of the Hospital is expressed in the open and public layout of the plan. In the research the consequences of integrating the Hospital with the city are analized.Hybrid BuildingsArchitectur
Cityception: Starting point for urban redevelopment
No full textUrban regeneration, what next?Hybrid BuildingsArchitectur
Breaking the barrier: A new railway station in Koog Zaandijk
No full textThe project is situated at the area of Koog Zaandijk in the municipality of Zaandam and proposes an urban plan with a new residential district that exploits its touristic potential. The design of an elevated train station is part of that masterplan and replaces the existing station. It serves as a hybrid station that connects the two separated and unequally developed sides of the area. The design proposal focusses on the station as the entrance to a new residential/cultural district, but also as the centre of commercial and cultural activities that will concentrate the current and future users of the station and the broad area.Hybrid BuildingsArchitectureArchitectur
Verkade Study Factory: A Catalyst for the urban regeneration of Zaandam-Verkadebuurt
No full textThis project is about how to approach industrial heritage to help urban regeneration and densification in a (small scale) urban context near a station area. My project deals with the Verkade industrial complex in Zaandam, in particular the beschuitfabriek, which in my story becomes the faculty for agriculture and food sciences of the UvA. I transformed the Verkade industrial complex into a study campus.The Zaanlijn; An urban artefactBuilding TypologyArchitectur
The Lassie factory: A hybrid foodcenter in the Zaanstreek
No full textThe Zaanlijn; an urban artifact in the ZaanstreekHybrid buildingsArchitectur
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