[+] 2005 / the Netherlands
With the demolition of an entire city block between Mozes and Aaron Church and the Portuguese Synagoge in 1968, Mr. Visserplein was created. The square was to become an important traffic node and a tunnel was constructed to connect the new IJ tunnel with traffic axis Wibautstraat. A few years ago the tunnel was closed to traffic and the square was captured by cars. Can we give the square back to the city by changing it into a usable and interesting public space?
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[+] 2005 / the Netherlands
The city centre of Tilburg still contains a small number of hardly developed areas needing redevelopment. Burgerijpad is one of these areas. The main aim here is urban intensification: to reinforce the use of the city centre by increasing residential density and adding offices and small scale retail.
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[+] 2005 / India
On a long and narrow plot in Parangipettai, we designed an apartment block for Muna Australian Matriculation School staff. Inspired by the predominant local dwelling type, this large courtyard house accommodates nine apartments.
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[+] 2005 / India
This landscape design for Muna Australian Matriculation School aimed to add a sense of unity and coherence to the existing collection of isolated school blocks. On top of that the plan intends to create usable outdoor space.
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[+] 2004-2005 / India
In an attempt to deal with the hazards of the local climate, we planned to house all interior and exterior spaces in one flexible structure or organism. This structure is both compact, to create an internal microclimate, and permeable, to bring in light and enable cross-ventilation.
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[+] 2004 / India
Auditorium (450 seats) and library concept design for Loyola College in Chennai. Placing the auditorium on top of a 2 storey library creates a giant canopy that makes a grand entrance into both library and auditorium, and shades the building's south facade.
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[+] 2004 / China
This landmark for a new Ningbo business district originally consisted of two separate buildings. We proposed to integrate hotel and office towers into one building with a maximum height of 135 meter.
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[+] 2004 / China
For a developer of a large housing project in Shanghai, we redesigned the facades of apartment blocks. With the original design colourless and expressionless, we proposed to add variety, colour and human scale to the facades by creating a composition of different apartment skins.
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[+] 2004 / China
With the rise of a new middle class, a market for recreation develops in China. To meet this new market a big developer planned to build a major adventure theme park in Shaoxing.
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[+] 2003-2004 / China
Situated in a beautiful bay side valley, Power Station Village houses 400 staff and visitors of a new coal burning power station. The village consists of fifteen buildings of different functions including offices, restaurants, shops, housing and hotels, forming a self-contained community.
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[+] 2003 / China
As the vibrant heart of a brand new city district, Nanjing European City aims to provide a diverse range of program and activity during day and night time. Our design is balanced and harmonious up to the finest detail. It is European and Chinese, modern and traditional, metropolitan and human, rational and poetic, commercial and sustainable.
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[+] 2001-2002 / China
Thorough exploration of the city’s data and its explosive development in politics and economics led to the design of a high density residential city block in inner city Beijing. The structure daringly intervenes in the traditional morphology of the generic neighbourhood, but also respects the identity of the city and its inhabitants.
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[+] 1996-1997 / Sudan
To reduce the dramatic shortage of schools and health centres in Gedaref, SNV set up a program for construction of low-cost public buildings. To save costs and enable fast construction I proposed prefabricated, modular buildings.
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