Reclaim and reuse potential of load-bearing components of se school buildings: Research into the criteria to define the reclaim and reuse potential of load-bearing components of SE school buildings in the Netherlands at an early stage

Global awareness has arisen for sustainable development to reduce the burden of the building sector on the earth’s ecosystems. One of these sustainable developments is the transition towards a 100% circular building economy with high-quality reuse. However, the sector has insufficient knowledge and understanding about the possibilities and...

Connecting through Rituals: How architecture can support social rituals - with a special focus on schools and exemplified by the proposal to revitalize the Molenpoort Passage in Nijmegen

Under the overarching theme of Bricolage, the studio’s task has been to rethink the given situation and to develop a proposal for the revitalization of the Molenpoort site in the south of the city of Nijmegen – both on urban and on spatial scale. There, the shopping mall of the Molenpoort Passage has implanted itself in the middle of the old...