Social interaction strategies in historic buildings

Social interaction strategies in historic buildings

Monteiro, C.

Spoormans, L. (mentor)
Quist, W. (mentor)
Clarke, N. (mentor)

Architecture and The Built Environment

Heritage & Architecture

2016-01-18

The location is the Binnengasthuis-area; a zone within the UNESCO World Heritage site of Amsterdam and a campus of the University of Amsterdam. This master thesis examines the influences of the existing building on a transformation design. Why does a certain intervention based on social activities work well with one building but is not relevant in other buildings? Is this influenced by the characteristics of the existing building or by the social function type or both? Where lies the friction between different stages of social encounter – the gradation from public to private – and how can this be defined? Gaining insight in this process can help to identify the opportunities and the threats of the design. This research focuses on the specific group of existing institutional buildings in the city center. The influence of the entrance and its social changes has been examined in a literature research. Next to this theoretical research, a design research is obtained. Within this research a transformation design is made for two buildings which differ in characteristics and therefore in functional possibilities and design outcomes. In total four main methods are captured. They influenced the design from the urban scale until the detailed scale.

transformation
studenthousing
strategies

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2016-01-31

Student theses

master thesis

(c) 2016 Monteiro, C.