Y1/Y2: ASSIGNMENT PAPER

This is the assignment for the paper you will write before April 15.

Write a paper of about 2500 words (5 pages text) about a semi-public or public building; interior and exterior, or a comparable concrete subject.

The paper should contain a good description of the building, other relevant information (architect, location, client etcetera) and your personal opinion about the building.

March 18: we talk about the research you are doing for the paper.

Ten steps to writing a paper (as shown in class):

http://www1.aucegypt.edu/academic/writers

Some suggestions for possible buildings:

Amsterdam

• Shop Coco-mat, Overtoom 89 (Korth & Tielens architecten)
• Brasserie Harkema, Nes 67 (PRAST HOOFT)
• School Panta Rhei, Pandora 1, Amstelveen (Snelder Architecten/ i2)
• Church complex De Kandelaar, Bijlmerdreef 1239, Amsterdam Zuidoost (Bureau Ria Smit)
• Pakhuis De Zwijger, Piet Heinkade 179 (Architectenbureau Van Stigt)
• Meeting center Joannes de Deo, Reimerswaalstraat 5a (Beckeringh van Loenen & Roth)
• Columbarium De Nieuwe Ooster cemetery, Kruislaan (Karres en Brands)
• Sportplaza Mercator, Rembrandtpark (Venhoeven cs)
• Interior Library University of Amsterdam (Ira Koers and Roelof Mulder)
• Faculty of Science (FNWI) University of Amsterdam, Kruislaan/Science Park Watergraafsmeer (Uytenhaak, Hertzberger and Meyer & Van Schooten)

Outside Amsterdam

• Graphic Design Museum, Breda (Hans van Heeswijk)
• Cultural Cluster Roombeek, Enschede (SeARCH)
• Rijksdienst voor Cultureel Erfgoed, Amersfoort (Juan Navarro Baldeweg)
• Natuurcafé La Porte, Driebergen-Zeist (Thomas Rau)
• Cultuurhuis de Leeuwenbergh, Utrecht (Van Hoogevest)
• Wateringseveld College, Den Haag (Vera Yanovshtchinsky)
• Selexyz Bookshop in Medieval Dominacenkerk, Maastricht (Merkx and Girod)
• Art Wall and stage curtain Music Theatre, Enschede (Petra Blaisse)
• Interior of the restaurant of the Euromast, Rotterdam (Jan des Bouvrie)
• De Kamers cultural centre, Wezeperberg, Amersfoort Vathorst (Korteknie Stuhlmacher)
• LOC Hardenberg multifunctional education complex, Parkweg, Hardenberg (Mei architecten)