Reuversweerd

Reuversweerd: an equine breeding farm

Bianchi, Thomas (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)

Zijlstra, Hielkje (mentor)
Quist, Wido (mentor)

Delft University of Technology

Horse breeding farm

2019-06-26

My proposal for Reuversweerd is a function it originally used to have in the early 20th century; a horse breeding farm. After the attacks of WWII and the vacancy of the buildings since several years, the entire estate has been in decay. My proposal aims to give back a functional reuse to the buildings and the plot in order to ensure a sustainable and feasible redevelopment. My plan reinstalls the functional versus representative dynamic between the buildings while also emphasizing the original and new time layers of the buildings in their expression, materials and spatial experience/function. The new building, an indoor riding facility, is the center of the functional cluster housing an important function for the business. It visually ties the cluster together by reacting to the surrounding barns and stables, following their color scheme, façade characteristics, and shape.

While blending in, the arena shows it’s a new intervention through its modern material usage such as its wooden construction and façade and simple steel roof. Value levels of the different buildings and their interiors vary largely and I’m proposing an intervention strategy that deals with these differences. The main house has the highest value and is repurposed as an office and reception for the guests. The highly valued war damages in the interior are being preserved and displayed in a way that adds extra quality to the spaces. Frames are being placed around them to emphasize them in their original condition. Similar frames are proposed in the existing stables and barns but are executed more boldly, ensuring functionality over preservation. These interventions give the existing buildings and plot a purpose again, befitting their current spatial quality and heritage values.

Equine
Redevelopment
business
Heritage

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Student theses

master thesis

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