collection of design work

1. _portfolio
gert jan smit

2. _index projects
_faculty of architecture
_dwellingLIVING+
_villaTERRAZA
_crystalice design museum
_visualisations archigert

3. _architecture graduation project : faculty building
This new faculty is located in the centre of the Mekelpark. The park, the urban project name : Architecture Faculty
context, is used to divide the program into two parts; a private part with studios location : TU DELFT
and offices for architecture students and teachers and a public part, known as ‘de- function : faculty building
sign factory’, with big public functions for all students and also for the companies concept : cities divide by context
in Technopolis. This public part also contains the auditorium and a conference cen- status : final design
tre. The public part is partially hidden underground and designed like a city. The year : 2010
private box is floating above the urban context and designed around a atrium.

4. aula TU Delft + bibliotheek
Den Haag Rotterdam
Schoenmakersstraat
Rotterdamseweg
BK faculteit + SBC
N N
urbanism orientation | zonering urbanism start/end mekelpark | bk faculty at end of park
PRIVATE PRIVATE
BK PUBLIC PUBLIC
PRIVATE PRIVATE
PRIVATE
PUBLIC PUBLIC PUBLIC
PRIVATE PRIVATE
PUBLIC PUBLIC
architectural concept | mekelpark represented by grey arrow

5. GRENS
studios
studios studios
studios
BK conference
library
BK
formstudy
laboratories
architectuurstudent bezoeker publieke functies
ontmoetingen [publiek] werken [prive]
GRENS
icon continious exposition two different users Meeting vs. work
faculty of architecture | shot from mekelparkl

6. LECTUREHALLS
entrance bycicle shed
patio
patio
patio
entrance LIBRARY
patio
FORMSTUDY
entrance
bycicle shed
light concept | city square design
public-1

7. concept
1. creative entrance 2. bufferzone library
3. icto street 4. RESTo street

8. FLEX/LOUNGE
STUDIOS
STUDIOS
STUDIOS
OFFICES
FLEX/LOUNGE
OFFICES
FLEX/LOUNGE
FLEX/LOUNGE
STUDIOS
STUDIOS STUDIOS
FLEX/LOUNGE
medina concept studios
street + stairs
STUDIOS STUDIOS
STUDIOS STUDIOS
medina concept studios
GRENS
ontmoetingen [publiek] werken [prive]
GRENS
work [private] vs meetings [public] street + lounge

9. photos model studios and f lex/lounge places along facade
photos model facade and entrance
section over two staircases

10. facade
kritisch detail onderrand detail

11. _Dwellingliving+
organic analogy
In the old Sphinx area in Maastricht this masterplan is designed for working, culture project name : Studio SML
and living. The buildingshapes are based on a central grid. Each building is formed location : Maastricht
by shifting the volumes on this grid with snake-formed buildings as a result. One function : living + culture
building, a combination of culture and dwelling is designed into detail. The build- concept : organic analogy
ing has a cultural layer for expositions on the fourth floor with entrances through status : final design
a stairlibrary. Dwellings are designed as a combination of livingspace and atelier- year : 2008
space. The outside facade is hard, inside the facade is more soft and friendly.

12. masterplan concept
visualisations

13. layers typologies visualisations

14. _villaterraza multi layered functions
Nieuw Leyden is a new dwelling masterplan in Leiden. For a family, two parents and project name : villaTERRAZA
two children, a house with different areas and functions is designed. The first layer location : Nieuw Leyden
is a parking place and a working area. The second layer is the sleeping area. Living function : living + work
is placed on the third floor. The smaller top area is a layer with loung activities and concept : multi layered functions
a terrace. Central element is a staircase of glass for both vertical transport and status : final design
light transport. Different functions are divided through different height levels. year : 2006

15. TERRACES TRANSPORT DIVISION of FUNCTIONS RELATIONS FACADE
different floors for different functions vertical transport through staircase each function on different floor horizontal over floors from flat panel into 3-dimensional facade
staircase centre point division of heigth vertical through staircase
concept
ENTRANCE / WORKING SLEEPING LIVING LOUNGING
entrance outside / parking garage sleeping area parents kitchen hobby area
office area sleeping area children dining area music room
bathroom living area roof terrace
plans

16. _crystalice building as sculpture
The building is an icon in Business Centre Zuidas. The most important work of art project name : Design Museum Zuidas
for this Amsterdam Design Museum is the museum itself. The building is formed as location : Zuidas
a sculpture like an iceberg. The routing around the museum and to the entrance is function : museum + offices
one big exposition with the building as central work of art. The sculpture is based concept : building as sculpture
on triangular elements. The horizontal elements are towers with special busines status : final design
functions. The vertical elements are the exposition space and the galleries. year : 2005

17. MUSEUM as PIECE OF ART
most important collection item
routing is exposition of museum itself
LOCATION
battle with other buildings
museum as iceberg FUNCTIONS
red = museum / expostion
black = business / offices
plans
MUSEUM
freeform iceberg object
expostion of art in itself
concept
model facade

18. _archigert visualisations
Archigert is a young and ambitious studio working on designing, visualizing and studio : archigert
presenting architecture, urbanism and infrastructural elements. location : delft
Specializations are: professional computer visualisations, both exterior and interi- website : www.archigert.nl
or. Archigert also works on design proposals, both designing and detailing. Another
area is real estate; presenting floorplans in 2D and 3D and making brochures for
real estate agents.

19. botanic glasshouse botanic glasshouse auditorium building
artist in residence competition noise barrier zaanstad wolfstanden burgerveen

20. _portfolio gert jan smit
archigert
gert jan smit
de groene haven 129
2627 CC DELFT
the netherlands
archigert@gmail.com
06 15 63 73 26
copyright delft by archigert, january 2011