Around the world, communities where fashion is produced suffer from the damage and pollution caused by industrialization. Workers who depend on garment and textile factories for employment can’t afford a decent home. At the same time factories pollute water sources and ecosystems that local communities depend […]
COCOCAN has been invited by the municipality of Amsterdam to make a re-design of the existing community center at the J.J. Cremerplein in Amsterdam Oud-West. COCOCAN developed the concept of the community center as a Neighbourhood Table.
Home at Work is a practice-based design research that led to the development of cooperative strategies and circular design solutions to transform unplanned and polluted industrial kampungs (villages) into healthy and thriving live-work environments. The research focused on a case-study in Bandung related to the […]
COCOCAN has assisted Studio LS in the re-design of a prominent building block in Oud-Charlois, a neighbourhood in the south of Rotterdam (The Netherlands). The renovated corner building accommodates lofty live/work spaces for artists and is restored to its former glory. Client: Woonstad Rotterdam In […]
The Zagreb Society of Architects (DAZ) hosted an open competition for the re-development of the Badel site, which was home to a liquor factory in the past. For this site we developed an urban framework that enables gradual growth of the building block. The block […]
Future Proofing Schools was a research project funded by the Australian Research Council (ARC) and focussed on the design of relocatable buildings for Australian schools. We designed a modular system, MOUNT IT. A pyramid-like head structure of stairs serves as the base of a ‘mountain’. Specific volumes […]
City of Optimism was our submission for Europan 11. The competition theme was: ‘Resonance between territories and ways of life – what architectures for sustainable cities?’ We created a design for incremental urban development in Amsterdam South East (The Netherlands). Our proposal talked about connections: 1) Literal programmatic connections: […]
Design of housing on top of the Bischoff Building at the market in Hengelo (The Netherlands). The energy-efficient homes are located within an overarching greenhouse structure. The greenhouse provides apartments and offers a public city garden. Competition: The Top of Bischoff Award: second place Submitter: […]
FreeGreen hosted an open competition to encourage conceptual home designs that meet sustainable and prefabricated standards called Who’s Next? COCOCAN designed the Garden Lofthouse: an affordable green home with an indoor garden for a young family in an American suburb. Competition: FreeGreen Who’s Next? (United States) Submitter: COCOCAN
Design of a community school and a multifunctional accommodation (MFA) in Rotterdam South (The Netherlands). The design concerned multiple use of space, collective use of the playground and the creation of a visually appealing neighbourhood. Competition: Breed, breder, breedst Submitter: Hootsmans architectuurbureau. Architects: Mo Smit (COCOCAN), […]
Design for transformation of metro station Wibautstraat in Amsterdam (The Netherlands) into a media experience for news and documentaries. Graduation project: Delft University of Technology, Faculty of Architecture Graduate: Mo Smit
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