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Dimitri Vroonen [email protected]

DIMITRI VROONEN

Selected works

2015

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Education

Contact

About meDimitri Vroonen24-10-1991 (Belgium)

Please contact by [email protected]: 00447947628376BE: 00324973987547https://www.linkedin.com/in/dvroonen

2012 – 2014

2012 – 2013

2014 – 2015

2011 – 2012

2009 – 2012

LanguagesDutch mother tongue Spanish good German basicEnglish very good French good

Recognition

Landscape & urbanism portfolio awardKingston University, UK

2015

Master of Landscape and Urbanism (MA)Kingston University, UK

International master of Science in Architecture (MArch), Cum laude KU LEUVEN, Ghent

Master of Science in Architecture in Architecture, exchange studentUniversidad de Ibagué, Colombia

Bachelor of Architecture (BArch), Erasmus programUniversidad de Sevilla, Sevilla

Bachelor of Architecture (BArch)LUCA School of Arts, Ghent

Civil statusSingle

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Contents

I: Acting in Redundancy, Zilverhof Industries Ghent (Belgium) #07

II: Zero Impact Building, Old Docks Ghent (Belgium) #015

III: Congress Center, Wetstraat Brussels (Belgium) #021

IV: The Resilient city, Shenzhen (China) #025

V: Stitching the port and city, le Havre (France) #037

VI: Research #047

VII: Realized projects #049

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I: Acting in Redundancy, Zilverhof Industries Ghent (Belgium)

A subtle, simple intervention, which on itself can be considered redundant, but triggers a bigger change.

LUCA Arts (KU Leuven)Mentor: Laurens Bekemans

In collaboration with: Jacobo Abril, Barbora Latalova, Ruben Janssens

We approached this subject by choosing a cluster of very different building frag-ments linked together, each having there own (hi)story, function and influence on the direct neighbourhood. By introducing small interlinked functions and a new ba-sic infrastructure, the proposal allowed the opportunity to grow from a local private parking, into a multifunctional community center.

The central core stimulates the re-activation of the site. It contains three impor-tant elements: the hub, the machine and a wet area. The machine accommodates the technical equipment and installations which provides the infrastructure for the whole building cluster. The hub can be used as a adaptable work and storage space.

The wet area contains a sanitation and kitchen block. This intervention provides the basic needs and allows the users to linger. A new stair is proposed to grantee access to the floors above, so this space can be used in a later stage.

This subtle intervention provides new opportunities without immediately changing the whole building. The ingredients for new scenarios are supplied, without forcing them upon the spaces.

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LUCA Arts (KU Leuven)In collaboration with:

Marius Vaneeckhoutte, Lennart Vandewaetere

This project proposes to reallocate an abandoned shed and save it from being demol-ished. Located on a post-industrial site close to former port of Ghent, the project is easily accessible and isolated from the residential developments.

In Ghent, we experienced a lack of versatile working spaces, where people can meet for several occasions. Therefore, we chose to design a small-scale fabrication lab with extra multi-functional spaces. A nearby wood factory provides materials and limits transportation.

The new fabrication lab is designed inside an existing iron structure, which is used as a facade to retain the first downpour of rain and wind. This allows us to reduce the facade of our inner volume to a water resisting coating. This separation of facade and roofing creates an interesting in-between space where you can stock wood and supplies. The windows on the roof of the inner volume are orientated to the north to provide natural diffused light. The South facade of the old shed is provided with adjustable sun shading and solar panels to supply energy for the machinery.

II: Zero Impact Building, Old Docks Ghent (Belgium)

Design and calculate a zero impact building in Ghent.

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(14) OSB roof BCI beam (15)OSB ceiling (16)windows (17)roofing (18)span battens

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In the masterplan of de Portzamparc, a new strategy for the Wetstraat was proposed. The gray neighborhood will be transformed into a new vibrant city quarter with squares, greenery, shops, housing and restaurants. Hybrid towers will replace the tight urban tissue of low-rise housing blocks.

This project proposes different juxtaposing elements: an open square, a preserved house and a 100 meters tall tower. The square generates sense of scale and allows breathing in the dense urban tissue. It serves as an highly active open plaza where people can gather or wander around. The contrast between the house and the tower refers to the history of the Wetstraat; The house, a neoclassical building from 1880, contrasts the new high-rise. The tower has a simple, almost monotone look; the so-ber facade shows the neutrality of the building, but also gives a clue of the structure and the different functions.

Inside, the structure plays an important role. The construction is kept as visible as possible and emphasizes the hybrid function of the building. Each function has an adapted structure for its purpose: smaller columns in the hotel, intermediate col-umns in the office and less, but bigger columns in the auditorium. The open core allows a spacious foyer and a patio in the hotel. Each function of the building has different entrances and circulation paths.

The building contains an auditorium, a restaurant, office spaces and a hotel. Each activity can work separately and has access to an outdoor view platform over the city. The congress center consists of three adjoining underground auditoriums, a multi-purpose exposition room and three smaller auditoriums at a higher level. Each auditorium has its own foyer sprouting into the main hall.

Bricks and concrete are the most important materials used in this building; Con-crete, a common material in skyscrapers, is mainly used for the structure. The bricks are introduced to bring the architecture back to the scale of the city and citizens. Also, bricks are almost a part of the Belgian Genes.”

III: Congress Center, Wetstraat Brussels (Belgium)

A Congress Centre where people come together, a significant but neutral place on the Wetstraat.

LUCA Arts (KU Leuven)Mentor: Bram Aerts

#021

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ParkingRestaurantOffice SpaceHotelCongress centerTechnical spacePlazaViewing deck

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Project siteConstructed 1979Constructed 1990Constructed 2000

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IV: The Resilient city, Shenzhen (China)

How can we provide a new core for the Chiwan district, considering the traditional Chinese values with a foreign perception, in a flood sensitive area?

The project is situated on a brown field in Chiwan, near Shenzhen, at the Pearl River Delta. The current harbor of Shenzhen is located on this site, but in the near future, all industrial activities will make place for residential developments.

With an increasing population and new residential developments approaching from the mountains, the neighborhood of Chiwan is in need of a dignified core. Howev-er, current project developers avoid the lower situated center because of flooding risks due to heavy rains, a poor drainage system and the rise in sea level. Here, a new mixed use neighborhood is proposed between the contours of an empty storage wharf. The project exists of three parts; a master plan, a new urban typology, and a prototype of one building cluster.

#025

LUCA Arts (KU Leuven)Mentor: Martine De Masenaer

Master dissertation

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(1) Inverse city (2) Circulation in dry/wet times (3) Perception of the building block (4) Spatial organization

Interaction with building depends where you are situated. On the higher private courtyards, the interaction is more intimate, because of the lower height of the buildings

On the lower courtyards, the interaction is more distant, with the bigger scale of the buildings.

WestChina

Collective inwardFocus on family

Public outwardFocus on individual

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Masterplan

Instead of defining the flooding as something negative, the masterplan embraces it. The site is transferred into a three dimensional parcel, where the ground level varies in heights and the roofs have all the same level.1 During flooding, the public squares become detention basins and the circulation alters.2 The circulation moves from the street level to the higher courtyards. The rooftops, the most valuable part of Chinese dwellings according to tradition, become public. As a result, the city changes accord-ing to the weather, allowing the water to shape the landscape.

The interaction with the new street scape, depends on where you are situated.3 On the higher private courtyards, the interaction is more intimate, because of the lim-ited difference in heights. In contrast to the lower courtyards, where the interaction is more distant, with the bigger scale of the buildings. On the lowest level, there is a more enclosed, dense atmosphere, opposed to the free open atmosphere on the rooftops.

The public realm is not centrally organized but takes a linear form4, that of a com-mercial street, with some smaller nodes along it. The semi-public places like hall-ways and courtyards serves as meeting places.

Throughout the site, a layer of greenery is merged into the urban tissue. Except nice living quality, it provides shadow and filters the air. It also helps the infiltration of rain water and avoids flooding. The current green space is kept and brown fields are purificated by plants.

#027

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Semi public Formal economiesSmall businesses / local shops

PublicInformal economies / storage (bikes,...)

PrivateDifferent typologies of dwellings

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Building cluster

With the booming of Chinese cities due to the creation of the special economic zone, a loss of intrinsic quality of life took place. Culture and traditions made place for generic systems based on the modern modes of economic and social organization. High-rise buildings brought a risk to the urban tissue. Building high meant also building wide; and the higher the building is, the wider would be the street. Spatially this has led to an explicit rejection of the street, identity, human scale, sense of com-munity and promoted car use.

The structures of the proposed building clusters were down scaled, bringing the peo-ple closer to the street and let them use it as an extension of their lives. The proposal tried to involve again the Chinese culture, concepts and materials.

The cluster is inspired by the traditional Chinese Toulu. Although the traditional Toulu is very interactive on the inner courtyard, but very closed towards the sur-roundings. By dislocating the courtyard, and adding more functions underneath, we try to connect the Toulu again with its surroundings.

On the lowest level, close to the most public streets, a structure is foreseen as a shelter for informal commerce and storage. This structure can flood during spring tide or monsoon rains. On the second level, more formal commerce is situated. The higher areas consist of different dwelling units. Each dwelling unit has a different size and aims at different inhabitants, such as students, artists, families,...

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Flooding resistant structure;�e lower situated areas can �ood during heavy rainfall,during the dry periods, it acts as an shelter.

Up-Side_Down City;Instead of a two dimensional street scape,a two dimensional streetscape is designed.

#030

Section building cluster: digital drawing

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Perforated bricks facade;

Structure provided for local shops;

Multi functional furniture;

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#032

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Kingston University LondonMentor: Pat Brown

Master Landscape & Urbanism

V: Stitching the port and city, le Havre (France)

How can we create a symbiosis between the city and the port, stimulate the local economies and tourism and rejuvenate the atmosphere of Île de la Citadelle?

The project is situated along the water edge of Le Havre, at the border of the Seine and English channel.

Through time, le Havre crumbled in several disconnected neighbourhoods. Not only because of the many reconstructions but also because of the amount of basins and height differences. Meanwhile the port has built new infrastructures adapted to new requirements due to technical progress and the increase in volume. The port moved further and further away from the city.

By connecting the cruise terminal again with the rest of the city, the project tries to make the port more accessible and guide tourists to the historic centre. The connec-tion runs next to the waterfront and plugs in with the ferry terminal, the fish market, the port authority, the ENSM university, a new park, an urban pool and some offices.

The proposal revitalizes the waterfront and the Île de la Citadelle; creating pedestri-an and cyclist connections and adding flexible spaces to accommodate a variety of programming, attracting a wide range of visitors throughout the day and evening.

Connecting the historic center to the cruise terminal, forms a new gradient be-tween the port and the city. Through the proposal, the users will experience differ-ent atmospheres and get an unique view on the harbour.

In addition, new functions will be developed: an extension to the fish market, stim-ulating the small economies, and an urban pool with some sport fields provide for the needs of the new university.

The proposal will integrate permeable surfaces, rainwater infiltration and planting will be used to protect against the elements. Further, the project gives an unique look on the port without interrupting it and respects its character and identity.

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Analysis of current situation

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Collage of proposal

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‘At first glance all these pictures look the same, but there is a slight difference in time, position and atmosphere.’

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Buildings around the pacific Ocean

In the first semester of 2012-2013 I had the opportunity to study in Colombia. Next to my classes, I took part in a com-petition about improving and adapting dwellings confronting natural risks. This magazine is a further investigation of the existing urban situation and the architectural patrimonial around the pacific ocean and particular Buenaventura.

Horizon

How can we interpret the horizon in art and architecture? What is the horizon? Wat can the horizon signify? An investi-gation towards my personal horizon.

The Queen Elisabeth Olympic Park

This critical case study investigates the Olympic park and its transformation to an urban park through the eyes of Land-scape and urbanism.

VI: Research

The Resilient city

This paper is a part of my master dissertation. It is about the project in Shenzhen, a closer look to the traditional Chinese Architecture and an analysis of the region.

#047

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Chicken coop

A new chicken coop to see the chickens from the house, raised against predators and moisture.

Garden design, Sint-Truiden

A communual garden for four row houses. The design tried to preserve as most as possible from the former garden. Where needed, some elements and plants were removed but reused on site.

Renovation, Wetteren

A small renovation of a row house in Wetteren, East-Flanders.

VII: Realized projects

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