things – Intermediate Size

Stadsdijken : the dikescape of Rotterdam

Het belang van de dijk voor het Nederlandse landschap is onschatbaar. Deze zeldzame vormen van hoogteverschil welke vindbaar zijn in het anders zo vlakke polderlandschap zijn bepalend voor de stedelijke structuren die er door de jaren zijn ontstaan.

Between Network and Place

Between Network and Place

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Figure 1.2 – Acceleration and pressure current society

The Aesthetics of Deceleration, spaces of slowness : between intermediate size and intermediate time

The Aesthetics of Deceleration, spaces of slowness : between intermediate size and intermediate time

A society formed by the concepts of large-scale urbanization, globalization, high densities, mass production, mass consumption, and high-dynamic processes and connections can be characterized as a society based on acceleration and fastness.

Dwaalspoor : architectonische uitdagingen in de marge van de stad

Dwaalspoor : architectonische uitdagingen in de marge van de stad

...Op sommige plaatsen kwam ik nauwelijks mensen tegen. De enkele voorbijganger leek zelfs verbaasd op te kijken als hij een andere wandelaar zag. Soms overheerste spontane vegetatie die je niet snel zou verwachten midden in de stad...

Exhibition: The Aesthetics of Deceleration

Exhibition: The Aesthetics of Deceleration

Stimulate your senses on Thursday November 28th at 17:30 for the grand opening of our exhibition The Aesthetics of Deceleration. Some drinks and bites will be present. How long does it take you read the word in this image? And how long will it take you to find the other layers of meaning hidden in […]

Excursion to Japan

Excursion to Japan

In the early morning of July 11, the students of the Intermediate Size embarked upon a journey that left a scorching impression in their memory. "To Japan!", the tutors exclaimed when discarding of their luggage at the Schiphol check-in. What followed was an adventure that opened our minds.

Breaking the Shell

Breaking the Shell

Everybody seems to have a memory or association with petrochemical sites like the Shell refinery in the Port of Rotterdam: once the biggest oil refinery in the world, still the biggest oil refinery in Europe. Can we unlock their hidden potential?

Het framework van de menselijke maat

Het framework van de menselijke maat

Het was vooral de sub-urbane context van de Rotterdamse bloemkoolwijk Zevenkamp dat mij, los van al het wipkippengeweld, de schoonheid van de wijk in liet zien.

The intermediate size of the port : between water and city

The intermediate size of the port : between water and city

Rotterdam, city with the biggest port of Europe. Much has been written on the urbanism of Rotterdam in relation to this giant port, by Umberto Barbieri, Frits Palmboom, Michelle Provoost and Paul van de Laar to name a few. This research proposes a synthisizing and graphic view of Rotterdam and its port.

Port of Rotterdam : into the future

Port of Rotterdam : into the future

What are the possibilities of a future in which more sustainable domestic production of goods has diminished the needs for the vast container terminals and fuel storage facilities in Rotterdam?

Camping in the Botlek

Camping in the Botlek

Seemingly infite industrial sites, high velocity infrastructure, the sound of water washing against the quays. The Botlek is characterized by inaccessibility, out-of-scale infrastructure and other civil works, and extreme automization of the industrial process.

Datapolis

Datapolis

Rotterdam Havenstad is no more and the westward move of the port has allowed for the city to reengage with its waters. DATAPOLIS is part of an urban intervention on Katendrecht that explores how Rotterdam could alternatively reengage with the water in former port areas.

The intermediate spaces of Antwerp and Rotterdam (5)

The intermediate spaces of Antwerp and Rotterdam : an exploration and comparison

The intermediate spaces of Antwerp and Rotterdam : an exploration and comparison

Antwerp seems to be very segregated, not only by the 'Ring of Antwerp' and other spatial factors, but also in the identities and demographical aspects of the different neighborhoods. Every neighborhood has its unique identitiy, which clearly can be recognized walking through the streets of the city.

Architectura ex machina : de kritische rol van architectonische vorm in het door verkeersinfrastructuur gedomineerde landschap

Architectura ex machina : de kritische rol van architectonische vorm in het door verkeersinfrastructuur gedomineerde landschap

Tussen stad en buitenwijk bevindt zich een zone die door de infrastructuur gedomineerd wordt. Het ideaal van ‘stedelijkheid’ zal hier dus in een andere ruimtelijke orde neerslaan dan in de blokkenstad. Dit onderzoek exploreert de mogelijkheid om vanuit het individuele architectuurproject te werken aan de realisatie van een stedenbouwkundig ideaal in het infrastructurele landschap.

Network <> Place : a photo exhibition

Network <> Place : a photo exhibition