Graduation Plan Master of Science Architecture, Urbanism & Building Sciences
Graduation Plan: All tracks The graduation plan consists of at least the following data/segments: Personal information Name Jacquelien Cannoo Student number 4025563 Telephone number 0644664942 Private e-mail address jacq.cannoo@gmail.com Studio Name / Theme Teachers / tutors Argumentation of choice of the studio Graduation project Title of the graduation project Goal Location: The posed problem, research questions Heritage and Architecture / Heritage and Design Lidy Meijers, Frank Koopman (external examiner: Peter Koorstra) I am interested in the limits of what is possible with heritage, especially in a historic city. Since this studio is exploring the tolerances for change, it would link my interest well to the studio. Exception in the Amsterdam Canal Ring Prinsengracht Hospital Prinsengracht 769, Amsterdam The Canal Ring area is build up by very recognizable and symbolic Canal Houses. It contains a uniformity and at the same time a differentiation that is most appealing to both locals and visitors. Nevertheless there are also exceptions in the canal area. These exceptions are no typical canal buildings, they are relatively big building complexes. An example is the Prinsengracht Hospital which is using the space of over 20 plots (including the ones at the back side). I am interested in this exception in the seemingly strict parcelisation and rhythm. How do relatively big buildings in the Amsterdam Canal Ring, such as the Prinsengracht Hospital, relate to the typical Amsterdam Canal House? Sub-questions: - What is the typical Amsterdam Canal House? - How did relatively big buildings came to being in the Canal Ring? - What consequences do bigger buildings have on the area? - What should be done with these buildings when they are subjected to intervention?
design assignment in which these result. The answers from the research-/sub-questions should guide me to a design of transformation of the Prinsengracht Hospital into a secondary school with a focus on art. To create a bigger relation with the Canal Houses, the Prinsengracht Hospital will be divided into four parts. Each with its own function, but all related with the main function: the school. Prinsengracht Hospital in between the typical Canal Houses: Current situation: Design situation: visual arts study house theatre school Process Method description To answer the research question and its sub-questions, research will be done to the Canal House and the exceptions. The method is a parallel research containing both literature research and research through analysis. In the end the outcome should give the values of the two building types. By linking the two value assessments it should give an indication what the position of the architect should be toward both types within the Canal Ring. The two value assessments should also be linked with the value of the Canal Ring as world heritage. Since the research question(s) does not result in a programme (it rather results in a way to apply any programme to the existing building), there should also be research done to the chosen programme. In the end of the research this will merge into one conclusion.
Literature and general practical preference Used literature: Abrahamse, J. E. (2010). De Grote Uitleg van Amsterdam; Stadsontwikkeling in de zeventiende eeuw. Bussum: Thoth. DE BOER, H. W. J. & PLEY, G. 1993. Grachten zusters, Dordrecht, ICG Printing. Ector, J. 1999. Naast het Achterhuis; verbouwing van museum en kantoren van de Anne Frank Stichting door Benthem Crouwel. De Architect, 30, 72-75. Gemeente Amsterdam 2013. De schoonheid van Amsterdam. Bureau van de Commissie voor Welstand en Monumenten. Henket & Partners Architecten 2009. Prinsengrachtziekenhuis Amsterdam; cultuurhistorische verkenning en opname. Hertzberger, H. 2008. Ruimte en leren; Lessen in architectuur 3, Rotterdam, 010. ICOMOS 2010. The Canal Area of Amsterdam (Netherlands) No 1349. Paris: UNESCO. Killiam, T. 2006. Amsterdamse Grachtengids, 4th edition, Utrecht/Antwerpen, Het Spectrum. Meischke, R., Zantkuijl, H.J., Raue, W. & Rosenberg, P. T. E. E. 2001. Huizen in Nederland: Amsterdam, Zwolle, Waanders Uitgevers. Oostdam, R., Peetsma, T. & Blok, H. 2007. Het nieuwe leren in basisonderwijs en voorgezet onderwijs nader beschouwd: een verkenningsnotities voor het Ministerie van Onderwijs, Cultuur en Wetenschap. In: OCW, M. V. (ed.). Smit, J. 2003. Beschrijving van Prinsengracht 769 (Prinsengrachtziekenhuis). Bureau Monumenten & Archeologie Amsterdam). Swart, J., Claus, K.E.A, Veldpaus, L. & Pereira Roders, A. 2012. World Heritage Cities: Amsterdam s Canal District Case Study. Bureau Monumenten & Archeologie Amsterdam; Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e). UNESCO 1994. Convention concerning the protection of the world cultural and natural heritage. Paris: UNESCO. UNESCO 2013. Operational Guidelines for the Implementation of the World Heritage Convention. In: Intergovernmental committee for the protection of the world cultural and natural heritage (ed.). Paris: UNESCO. Van Bommel, A. J. 2014. The history of residential dwellings. Technische Universiteit Delft. Zantkuijl, H. J. 1994. Bouwen in Amsterdam; het woonhuis in de stad, Amsterdam, Architectura & Natura. References: Huis met de Hoofden previous office of BMA Paleis van Justitie Gerrit van der Veen College Case study: Anne Frank Huis Benthem Crouwel Reflection Relevance With the research an approach will be given on how to create a bigger relation between the Canal Houses and the bigger structures in the Canal Ring. This is influenced by monumental care and/or by the UNESCO. With that it gives an approach of an intervention of big structures in a historic city centre. I also intend to follow Dutch trends of school systems that result in a new way of looking at the school building, for example the New Learning. Since a few years the discussion of school architecture in relation to the results of the students has started.
Outcomes of these discussions can be applied in this design project. Time planning