Resilient Architecture 1
2016-17
Graduation studio
Department of the Built Environment at TU/e
Resilient Architecture 1: Case study the reuse of dismissed shipyards and water dynamics in the Dutch Delta area
Supervisors:
I. Curulli and J. Voorthuis
Students: Marije Kortekaas , Remco van den Heuvel
Graduation studio
Department of the Built Environment at TU/e
Resilient Architecture 1: Case study the reuse of dismissed shipyards and water dynamics in the Dutch Delta area
Supervisors:
I. Curulli and J. Voorthuis
Students: Marije Kortekaas , Remco van den Heuvel
This atelier will focus on the shipyard areas located in the Rivierengebied.
In the past, the river edges of the Delta area provided ideal locations to different manufactures as brick factories, shipyards and small harbours for recovery and trading; the rivers were navigable and played a crucial role as transportation system until their use |
was replaced by the development of the railway lines and later on by the road infrastructure. Many old Dutch cities flourished thanks to their location close to a river.
Nowadays, these water-related industrial buildings/areas are in danger. Firstly, the abandonment justifies their demolition, which aims at making available space for new |
development; secondly, the repeating water floods caused by climate change affect their existence.
However, their location on a flood zone offers a means of redemption from their abandonment. In fact, water is the instrument that binds those industrial zones and the creative source that informs their future redevelopment. |
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