Armamentarium, Delft - Arts, Crafts and Science Laboratory: "From the isolated enclave to the intimate place of social life and creativity/history and innovation"

Armamentarium, Delft - Arts, Crafts and Science Laboratory: "From the isolated enclave to the intimate place of social life and creativity/history and innovation"

Krommyda, K.

Hermkens, N. (mentor)
Quist, W. (mentor)
Zijlstra, H. (mentor)

Architecture and The Built Environment

Architecture

R-MIT Research on Restoration, Modification, Intervention and Transformation

2014-06-22

The current assignment constitutes a concentrating documentation of the research, analysis and re-design implemented within the R-MIT Graduation Studio [Research on Restoration, Modification, Intervention and Transformation] at the TU Delft Faculty of Architecture, during the academic period of 2013-2014. The specific theme of the current studio investigates the potentials for the reuse of the Armamentarium Complex in Delft, constituting a currently empty shell and searching for its new function in the future. Research and recording of the existing structure form the basis for the redesign process following subsequently. Investigation applied on all different scales of analysis (Urban, Architectural, Technical) pursues to construct a clear perception and understanding of the existing structure, concerning not only the current state of the observed object, but also a thorough tracing of the past. Fundamental springboard of the re-design approach has been the principle that every building or site of historical and social importance draws its sustenance from the qualities and substance of the surrounding life of the context area. By composing old and new under a well-bonded, interwoven fabric, the new design aims to activate the reciprocal offering process of the introvert enclave and the city around it, engaging maybe for the first time a synergetic relationship between the two poles. By re-instating the interaction between the intimate soul of the buildings and the public space, the sustainable, perpetual existence of the composition, as an indispensable component of the urban life can be substantially materialized.

Armamentarium
reuse
transformation
restoration
introversion
Delft
laboratory
old
new
complex
extroversion
monument
historic
values
redesign
refurbishment

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Student theses

master thesis

(c) 2014 Krommyda, K.