Hybrid Morphologies

Hybrid Morphologies: An Interdisciplinary Model for Waterfront Architecture - The Case of Zwijndrecht

Drašković, Sonja (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)

Alkan, A.S. (mentor)
Cannatella, D. (mentor)
Parravicini, M. (mentor)

Delft University of Technology

Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Complex Cities

2021-07-05

Today we are facing an unpredictable future due to our climate change, which is causing an acceleration in sea-level rise and consequently flooding. Coastlines, docks, ports, deltas are at greater risk of flooding and damage, they are vulnerable to the escaping water and wetness, which leaves behind sorrow and grief. This thesis focuses on developing an interdisciplinary approach to design in waterfront areas prone to flooding, case study Zwiijndrecht. The project proposes a programmatic and spatial re - programming of an industrial area outside of the dike, by introducing a public program. The site is redeveloped through a landscape, architectural and infrastructural strategy where the site filtrates, buffers and transforms itself through the fluctuating water levels. Furthermore, the different programs, an ecological center and sports center, invite different audiences to experience the waterfront area providing a new perception.

Climate Adaptation
Water Management
Uncertainty
Flood Design
Perception
Ecology
Water
Morphology
Hybrid

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Sonja Draskovic obtained a Cum Laude MSc. in Architecture at the TU Delft in the Netherlands (2019-21). She obtained a First-Class Master's in Art from The University of Edinburgh (2015-19) and gained practical experience as an architectural assistant in Hamburg, and Vienna. Her interest in informing architectural practice with research has led her to investigate how architecture responds to extreme events and the uncertain future we face with the changing climate.

Student theses

master thesis

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