After severe flooding in Eindhoven during the wet winter of 2023–2024, the municipality sought more climate‑resilient building approaches. Students were asked to envision how Eindhoven could be redesigned using water- and soil-based principles.
Most architecture has a more or less utilitarian function (but good architecture always transcends a narrow strictly serving role!).
The quality of living spaces intersects with the quality of public spaces, requiring designs which go beyond functional requirements and embrace a sense of generosity that enables freedom of occupation. This studio delves into the design of residential environments and urban neighbourhoods.
In this studio, we address housing as a spatial justice issue that demands multi-scale social and spatial intervention.
This master’s studio explores how AI-enhanced data-driven design approaches can support the creation of healthier and more inclusive urban environments.
Students are challenged to organize the project themselves and discuss with the clients what should be created.
The Garden City aimed to create an alternative for both urban and rural living. An exemplary case in The Netherlands is the town of Hilversum, in which the ideas of the garden city were employed on the scale of an entire town, under the supervision of city architect W.M. Dudok.
How to create a folly? How to create the sacral? And what do these excursions to outward positions tell us about central-stage functional design?
The Garden City model, pioneered by Ebenezer Howard, aimed to create an alternative for both urban and rural living.
How to create a folly? How to create the sacral? And what do these excursions to outward positions tell us about central-stage functional design? What can be found in these worlds? How do they work (on us)?