PROJECT: POP VENUE THE SYMPHONY
YEAR: 2023
LOCATION: Delft, The Netherlands
NATURE: Academic
UNIVERSITY: TU DELFT
COURSE: Design Studio 6: Integrated Design
GRADE: 9/10
For the final design studio of my Bachelor’s degree at TU Delft, I developed an integrated design proposal for a contemporary music venue on a former industrial site in Delft. The project is anchored by a protected, monumental building that had to be preserved—while the scale and diversity of the program required a substantial new addition.
The design combines public and educational functions into one cohesive cultural destination, including a music school, two performance halls, a generous foyer, bar and terrace, outdoor cinema, restaurant, offices, and supporting back-of-house spaces. Rather than treating this as a purely architectural exercise, the studio demanded a fully coordinated approach: architectural concept, climate strategy, building technology, and structural design were developed in parallel and tested against each other. The result is a proposal where spatial experience and technical performance are inseparable—balancing heritage constraints with contemporary requirements for comfort, acoustics, flexibility, and buildability.
DESIGN PRINCIPLES
CONCEPT
FLOORPLANS
FACADES
TECHNICAL DRAWINGS
STRUCTURAL DESIGN
CLIMATE DESIGN: WINTER & SUMMER
IMPRESSIONS
