Heritage & Architecture
Transformation of cities and buildings is one of the main themes in architecture today. An appropriate balance between the old and the new is a fundamental interest for contemporary design in architecture. Heritage & Architecture is concerned with preservation and renewal in existing architecture. The research by design concentrates on the architectural and technical aspects involved in the growing need for the conservation and transformation of buildings, including those of cultural significance.
FRAC, contemporary art center of the North Region, Dunkerque, France, 2014
Photo: ©Philippe Ruault
Focus and approach
Heritage & Architecture defines research and design on all levels of scale: the use of materials and technology, the reuse and redesign of a building or a building complex, and the development of landscape and urban structure. For all scale levels the value of the entire context is taken into account, which is of vital importance to address the challenges and face the responsibilities of working on existing built structures. Particular attention is paid to values regarding architecture, urbanism, construction and interior, related to architectural history and current questions on sustainability.
Programme
Every semester Heritage & Architecture introduces new projects in the Master education, based on present-day cases or the research portfolio Design and History.
Programme MSc1 Revitalising Heritage: Westvest 9 fall semester 2024 (pdf)
Programme MSc1 Adapting 20th Century Heritage: American Embassy fall semester 2024 (pdf)
Programme MSc 2 spring semester 2024 (pdf)
Programme MSc3 Adapting 20th Century Heritage: Resourceful Housing fall semester 2024 (pdf)
Programme MSc3 Revitalising Heritage: Maritime Heritage fall semester 2024 (pdf)
Staff
Prof.ir. Wessel de Jonge, prof.dr. Ana Pereira Roders, prof.dr.-ing. Uta Pottgiesser, MSc Thijs Bennebroek, ir. Nol Hermkens, dr. Barbara Lubelli, ir. Lidy Meijers, dott. Silvia Naldini, dr. Ivan Nevzgodin, dr.ir. Wido Quist, ir. Alexander de Ridder, ir. Lidwine Spoormans, dr. Marie-Thérèse van Thoor, SMArchS Christopher de Vries, ir. Wouter Willers, MSc Yimei Zhang
Additional information
For detailed course descriptions, please visit the study guide:
MSc 1 (only in fall semester)
MSc 2* (only in spring semester)
MSc 3
* The MSc2 semester of the Architecture track consists of a 5 EC compulsory course and 10 EC of track-specific Architecture electives in the third quarter, followed by a 15 EC (intra)disciplinary elective in the fourth quarter, which can be an intensive architectural research and design project or an intradisciplinary elective in which you are challenged to work together with students from other tracks on overarching themes.