Improving and repurposing

When:

30 October 2014

10:00 Hour - 22:00 Hour

Event organizer:Construction

Description

For the foreseeable future, the construction industry will be all about improving and repurposing. Existing buildings must be improved to modern standards and, where necessary, buildings will have to be adapted for new uses. Building will become less and less new construction and more and more building on. Architectural firms are experiencing this development in their assignment portfolios.

A first cause of this trend is that demolition can be seen as destruction of capital. We can no longer afford it financially. The second cause is that demolition can always be seen as destruction of cultural heritage. Even poorly designed heritage has acquired a visual function in the built environment that you cannot always remove with impunity. Thirdly, demolition always means damage to the environment, for example in the form of a considerable CO2 load.

Several bodies are participating in the organisation of this day, each providing a one-hour session in the plenary part and nine parallel sessions. These participants include the Material Design Foundation, the Royal Institute of Engineers, TU-Delft, TNO, The VMRG, Slim Bouwen, NAM, SJP Publishers and AL Events.

The subject will be approached from three angles. Namely material innovation, design & construction and society & culture. The lecture programme will be followed by a forum discussion and drinks. Various participants will physically present themselves in the central area.

It is possible to register separately for the day and evening programme. This evening programme will consist of a dinner provided by the Horeca Academy based in Het Magazijn and a table talk followed by party with live music.

The Hague as an example

That the event is taking place in The Hague is no coincidence. This city is home to many issues surrounding improvement and repurposing. Think of the vacant ministries, the redevelopment of industrial site De Binckhorst and, what to do with the theatres on the Spui. Consequently, as one of the keynote speakers, the chairman of the Haagse Stadspartij, Joris Wijsmuller, has been invited, who has explicit ideas on improving and repurposing

The location of the event is also no coincidence. It is the repurposed warehouse of the power plant at Esperantoplein in The Hague. Architect Hans Kuiper of KOW once won the New City Prize The Hague 2001 for this as well as a nomination for the National Renovation Prize 2001

Day programme:

10.00 - 11.15 h Martin van Pernis (president KIVI), Esther Fleers (project leader redevelopment Wijnhavenkwartier in The Hague (Heijmans), Joris Wijsmuller (alderman of Urban Development The Hague (The Hague City Party)

Break

11.45 - 12.45 h 3 Parallel sessions, presented by Booosting, Slim Bouwen and Rijksdienst Cultureel Erfgoed

Lunch

14.00 - 15.00 h 3 Parallel sessions, presented by NAM, TU-Delft Faculty of Architecture, Heijmans

Break

15.20 - 16.20 hrs 3 Parallel sessions, presented by Slim Bouwen, VMRG and TU-Delft Faculty of Civil Engineering

Break

16.30 - 17.10 hrs Forum discussion led by Mark van Loon

17.10 - 18.00 hrs Closing drinks

Evening programme (you need to register separately for this):

18.00 - 18.30 Table speaker, Cees Dam

18.30 - 18.45 Award ceremony best repurposing project

18.45 - 20.00 Dinner

20.00 - 22.00 Music

Click on the link below for the full programme.