Placemaking Week Europe is an annual festival that brings together 700+ placemakers, urbanists, city officials, and community leaders from across Europe and beyond. Placemaking Week Europe is created in the spirit of collaboration and inspiration and it has proven to be a vital platform to share best …

Already for many centuries the only hill castle of the Netherlands is kept in the present picturesque, yet ruined state. Its fate was sealed by historic twists, which brought the willful loss of its strategic status. Today the site is protected by the monumental ruins and is conserved as part of the …

Reuse and transformation of industrial heritage is intricately linked to history, context, and architectural debate. In a critical process of theoretical research and research-by-design, a case is built up around the former water tower on one of the riverbanks in Wroclaw, Poland. The solid construction …

The brand image of Tilburg as Textile City has faded with the downfall of the industry and the subsequent loss of most of the factory buildings in the city fabric. To commemorate this past and to make it part again of the DNA of Tilburg, the typical textile mill is taken up again and studied, to find …

ENCI was the first cement factory in the Netherlands and was important to build up the Netherlands. On a site opposite to ENCI, this proposal of a discovery parc will engage the public in the future of the ENCI-legacy and the value of the former quarry for Maastricht and the Euregion. Sharing the peninsular …

Many of Calabar, Nigeria and the state of Cross River’s cultural heritage is falling into disrepair and the reasons for this are vast and nuanced. Meaning that the artefacts and objects both natural and built that exist and add to the identity of Calabar’s cultural space could disappear or become even …

This graduation project provides a comprehensive investigation into the decline of the liveability of the UNESCO World Heritage city: Venice. It sheds light on the dichotomy between liveability and (over)tourism, and proposes a new perspective for Venice, which in the last 20 years has undergone a massive …

MELTING POT is making hidden spaces of Luxembourg's unknown industrial history accessible and brings public life to the sites. Cultural heritage not only needs architectural transformation but also a smart community orientated program. This program is inspired by the history of the site and the values …

The way we rebuild our buildings and cities show how we address, acknowledge and accept our history. In war-damaged cities, buildings with scars have the power to communicate the stories of the past. Revealing a difficult history through the built environment can be of added value in terms of knowing …