1. Laura van Santen Architect MSc
globalorientation
international
education humanitarian open
source material sustainable
re u s e renewable
product prototyping craft
l a n d s c a p e
d e s i g n public
s p a c e
+31 651488389
laura.vansanten@gmail.com

2. Work Experience
Laura van Santen Architect MSc
2011 Internship Model Building West 8 born on 22.04.1985
2009 Internship Industrial Ecology 2012
2007 Internship Wood Architecture Onix
Education
2010 MSc Architecture TU Delft
2007 BSc Architecture TU Delft
2003 I B P Rijnlands Lyceum Oegstgeest
International
2009 Research Cordaid Bangladesh
2008 Erasmus Exchange Helsinki UT
2005 Propedeuse Leeds Met University
Language Software
English Adobe Suite
Dutch CAD +31 651488389
French Microsoft Office
laura.vansanten@gmail.com

3. past / temporary / current

4. learn / work / travel
MSc
BSc
IBP
Dhaka West 8
Pearlship
Waitress
Onix Bangkok
2012
Dairy
Bakery Helsinki
Melbourne
Leeds
Groningen
Leiden
Delhi Delft
Ryadh
Rome
p r i m a r ys e c o n d a r yb a c h e l o rm a s t e r

6. Preparation
Nomads in Nomansland
Graduation project on the topic of extraterritorialism. MSc graduation 2010
Methodology of field research in refugee camps.
Site analysis through mental mapping
Serving
The image shows an endless flow of refugees.
Once across the border, the refugee is stateless.
The urban camp life is funded by humanitarians.
sanitation
Diagram Ingredients
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8. Preparation
Nomads in Nomansland
Migration to Thailand is political and economical. MSc graduation 2010
Migrants cannot live in Thailand or work in Burma.
To live between the borders both must be provided.
Serving
A grid is designed dictated by sanitary facilities.
The humanitarian organizations can sponsor these.
Floating dwellings can attach themselves to the grid.
Diagram Ingredients
potential taxfree labor
growing mobile slums
increased humanitarian detention
Utensils
English Illustrator
Thai sketching
Burmese photography

10. Preparation
Nomads in Nomansland
An extraterritorial garment factory is proposed. MSc graduation 2010
The bamboo factory hangs under friendship bridge.
Migrant workers dwell in a humanitarian floating grid.
Serving
At night the Burmese goods are illigegally brought in.
The workers have natural light with textile facade.
The finished goods are illegally exported to Thailand.
Diagram Ingredients
bamboo textile factory
floating renewable housing
rigid core facilities
Utensils
English Illustrator
Thai sketching
Burmese photography

12. Preparation
Nomads in Nomansland
A border becomes more flexible when it is used. MSc graduation 2010
The ethnic cultures of Burma are trapped between.
Nomads in Nomansland.
Serving
The ethnic cultures are very crafted weavers.
Both textile and bamboo are locally available.
Economic stimulus can complement humanitarians.
Diagram Ingredients
urban plan grid floating
architecture contemporary bamboo
border
barrier detail lowtech culture
Utensils
English bamboo
Thai textile
Burmese cardboard

13. energy 60%
money
food
72%
water
80%
material
20%
52% 20%
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TE TION 50% 48%
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energy
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money
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material N AL 10%

14. Preparation
research 2012
Research methodology for industrial ecology. internship 2009
Building up contact network for varied research.
Projection of research into case study. 1
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Competition entry Goudse Poort bedrijventerrien. INFRASTRUCTUUR
NEW INVESTORS
Research methodology Ministry of Spatial Planning.
Diagram Ingredients
VOEDSEL
750 tonnes/yr
creating actor network
Greenhouse
expert interviews
746 tonnes/yr
conducting
V
VOEDSEL
7,5 tonnes/yr 4 tonnes/yr
Caterer of food from the Goudse Cyclus
AFVAL
AFVAL
CO2 CO2
recycling material flows
2470 tonnes/year 105 tonnes/year
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Transfer nodes with f d production
f d i h food d i
AFVAL
MEST
MEST
8,5 tonnes/yr
201 tonnes/yr
177 tonnes/yr
7300 tonnes/yr
AFVAL
7300 tonnes/yr
AFVAL
WA E
WATER
WATER 20% evaporation
4180 ML/yr
1295460 m3/yr WATER
836 ML/year
Utensils
Helophyte filter as neighborhood park
Biogas production at waste collection point
WATER
3180547 tonnes/yr 3344 ML/yr
RIOOL
280 tonnes/yr 746 tonnes/yr
AFVAL
Combined Heat and Power in greenhouse
1816 tonnes/yr
VOEDSEL
English Office
Materials
ELECTRA
38198 MWh/yr
MWh/yr
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1740 ton/yr
AFVAL
WARMTE
Dutch Adobe
WARMTE
Office building as residences with neighborhood facilities
3239 MWh/yr 41437 MWh/yr
Recyclicity CAD
WARMTE
Underground heat storage
Underground heat storage
1943 MWh/yr

15. Rasheda, Razia, shrimp
housewife farmer
My husband is a day laborer
I used to live in a bamboo Mumtaz, teacher
house but now we have built a
on other farms. He earns brick and concrete house. Our I work as a primary teacher in
150TK (1,50E) per day. The relatives helped us with the the cyclone shelter and
NGOs call us hardcore poor. I costs. We do not own this receive training from an
work in the household. Other land, and we work on our NGO. We have a lot of space.
women in the village think landlord’s land. In the wet Children start school at age 4.
I’m crazy. We don’t have any season we cultivate shrimp School is free for girls and
money to repair our house, or and in dry season collect salt. 50TK a month for boys.
make it stronger. During a cyclone warning we
In the 1991 disaster I lost my evacuate furniture and books.
parents and 6 siblings. It took
us two years to repair the We would like a megaphone
fields. We also migrated here here to sound the alarm but
30 years ago due to river we don’t have it. Our main
erosion. We never received problems in the shelter after a
any help from NGOs to build disaster are with water and
back as this is considered a sanitation. There are no
high-risk disaster area. separate toilets for men and
women. We would like to
store rainwater on the roof.
bricks clay palm tree
ken brick
fresh water bro s

16. Preparation
UE Bangladesh
A three month field research after a month of prep. pilot studio 2009
Bangladesh is extremely densely populated.
Cyclones and floods are a cyclical spatial disaster.
Serving
The research was presented as four sections.
Interview, theme, space and material was shown.
An Urban Emergencies exhibition was held in 2009.
Diagram Ingredients
density 1100 people / km2
disaster millions homeless / year
poverty low human development
Utensils
English GIS / GPS
Dutch Space Syntax
Bangla blogspot.com

18. Preparation
UE Bangladesh
The research showed a lack of top down planning. pilot studio 2009
Bangladesh has more than 5000 NGOs operating.
An interdisciplinary platform can provide new media.
Serving
The knowledge is all available, but must be funneled.
A technological leap, as mobile internet, is needed.
.
An Urban Emergencies symposium was held in 2009.
Diagram Ingredients
NGO parallel projects
government corrupt planning
designers no access
Utensils
English Illustrator
Dutch sketching
Bangla open source platform

20. Preparation
UE Bangladesh
Architecture is not able to solve complex issues. pilot studio 2009
Building in Bangladesh has many challenges.
There is relief, rehabilitation, and preparedness..
Serving
A game was designed to communicate issues.
The aim of the game is to build a house and keep it.
Bangla Roulettes is available as open source game.
Diagram Ingredients
3 disasters floods / cyclones / disease
4 regions salt / harbor / delta / tourism
6 materials pucca / katcha
Utensils
English cardboard
Dutch cork
Bangla textile

22. Preparation
Material Pavilion
A pilot studio for architectural engineering in Delft. pilot studio 2008
Design process integrated with software training.
Two designs combined (partner N. Grammatikou).
Serving
The drawers contain the material samples.
The wall is entered to smell, feel, hear and touch.
To enjoy there are heating elements, furniture, LEDs.
Diagram Ingredients
wall defines space
drawers create adaptability
experience sensual materials
Utensils
English AutoCAD
Dutch Rhino
MEL Maya

24. Preparation
Material Pavilion
The design was carried out in a physical prototype. pilot studio 2008
A part of the wall, the S beam was constructed.
The design was tested for acoustics, heat, stress.
Serving
The beam was built as a steel foam composite.
The foam was glued to the metal and drilled.
The steel plates (1mm) are bolted with C-profiles..
Diagram Ingredients
testing material properties
adapting design elements
building physical prototype
Utensils
English iDIANA
Dutch TRISCO
Welding BOA

25. pond
pine forest
rose
garden
terrace
pine forest
pavillion
maintenance
playground

26. Preparation
Landscape Architecture
G Eckbo and JA Stein redesigned Lodi Gardens. erasmus Helsinki 2008
The tombs were adapted as British colonial garden.
After Indian Independence it became an urban park.
Serving
continuity : conservation and maintenance.
regionalism : native planting and local tradition.
humanism :urban escape and modern facilities.
Diagram Ingredients
site Lodi Garden
analysis Stein Eckbo
critique critical regionalism
Utensils
English History
Dutch American
Finnish Landscape

28. Preparation
Urban Agora
A hybrid function in a site in Rotterdam. bachelor project 2007
An urban analysis called for reclaimed public space.
Infrastructure is public space, a bridge is a podium.
Serving west
blaak
A viaduct was redesiged as a public bridge.
A place where street art, dance, theatre is possible.
The podiums light up with the energy of movement.
Diagram Ingredients
hybrid contradicting program
urban creative flows
public social space
Utensils
English AutoCAD
Dutch Sketchup
Hybrid Function Photoshop

30. Preparation
Architecture Onix
Creating a landmark is a neolithic concept. internship 2007
The stones from the ice age are marking stones.
A building, as a piile of stones, represents this.
Serving
Light is brought in through glass and a central void.
The outer surface is rough cyclopean concrete..
The inner surface is smooth, beautfiul like a crystal.
Diagram Ingredients
competition marking stone
design model sculpture
reference critical dolmens
Utensils
English VectorWorks
Dutch InDesign
Wood Models

32. Preparation
model West 8
Three weeks : suburban housing scale 1:750. internship 2011
Three weeks : park competition scale 1:500.
Three weeks : park competition scale 1:1500.
Serving
Planning model for the city counciol of Enschede.
Urban park for corniche Beirut.
Oilfield reclamation park Tulsa.
Diagram Ingredients
sawing wood veneer
cutting foam board
sanding epoxy resin
Utensils
English saw
Dutch cutter
Spanish sanding