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Table of contents Introduction ............................................................................................................................................ 2

Method Section ....................................................................................................................................... 2

Analysis ................................................................................................................................................... 2

Alternatives ............................................................................................................................................. 4

Multi-cultural Restaurant.................................................................................................................... 4

Luxury office area to rent for extern companies or reserve for people from the Campus ................ 4

Tiny Tronics store ................................................................................................................................ 4

Multi criteria analysis .......................................................................................................................... 5

Conceptual Design .................................................................................................................................. 5

Conclusion/discussion ............................................................................................................................. 6

References .............................................................................................................................................. 7

Appendix ................................................................................................................................................. 9

1. Introduction .................................................................................................................................... 9

1.1 Reference project The Innovation Powerhouse ....................................................................... 9

2. Analysis ......................................................................................................................................... 10

2.1 Ways of transport Around the TU/e Campus ......................................................................... 10

2.2 Greenery around the campus ................................................................................................. 11

2.3 Facilities around the campus and in Eindhoven ..................................................................... 12

3. Alternatives ................................................................................................................................... 15

3.1 Mood board multicultural restaurant ..................................................................................... 15

3.2 Mood board meeting office .................................................................................................... 16

3.3 Mood board department store: Tiny Tronics ......................................................................... 17

4. Conceptual Design ........................................................................................................................ 18

4.1 Requirements list .................................................................................................................... 18

4.2 Current floorplan of Gaslab .................................................................................................... 18

4.3 Analyzing measurements Gaslab ............................................................................................ 20

4.4 Pictures inside Gaslab ............................................................................................................. 21

4.5 Floorplans Conceptual design ................................................................................................. 22

4.6 Conceptual Drawing ................................................................................................................ 24

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Introduction In 1959 the Gaslab building was built on the campus of the TU/e. By that time it was a place to experiment with gas until around 2002. (Technische Universiteit Eindhoven Cultuurhistorische verkenning campus, sd) After this it has been a place for cultural activities, an innovation space and at this moment it is a study hub. There isn’t done much in the Gaslab building which is a pity. The looks of the building are very industrial this is a trending sort of looks at the moment. The mapping of the building makes it possible to make it a public place very easily with the big open space on one side and the closed space which can be used as a storage space on the other side. With the help of a process of steps one will transform Gaslab to make it a valuable place for the people living on the campus and in Eindhoven itself. To optimize the outcome first a research question is set: ‘What would be a fitting purpose of the Gaslab building that would add value to being on the TU/e campus and/or in Eindhoven.’ This question is answered with multiple sub questions that one asks itself during the analysis. In the analysis 6 questions are answered:

o ‘What are the popular ways of transportation around the plot?’ o ‘Who are the stakeholders of the Gaslab building?’ o ‘What is the history of the Gaslab building? o ‘How are the green and public spaces around the building?’ o ‘What are the present facilities around Gaslab?’ o ‘What are the statistics of people living in Eindhoven and/or on the campus looking from a

socio-demographic point of view?’ After analyzing, three alternatives are made and the best out of three is turned into a conceptual design. In the appendix (1.1) one can find an analysis of the Innovation Powerhouse. This can be seen as a reference project and analyzing it may lead to a lot of insights.

Method Section To get a good vision of the needs of the surrounding of the building one starts with an analysis. In this analysis several topics that are important to determine the new purpose of the building are deeply investigated and described. Out of this analysis three alternatives are formed which fulfill the needs of the surroundings. These alternatives are described shortly and after this analyzed by means of a multi criteria analysis. The multi criteria analysis looks at important factors that the concepts have to meet. The better the concept meets a factor the higher the score. Al of the scores will be added up and the concept with the highest sum will be considered best. This option will be carefully worked out with a conceptual design. The conceptual design comes with a list of requirements. Rearranging the floorplans of Gaslab will show how these requirements are met and an explanation will be given why certain problem are solved in the way they are. To finish, a conclusion and discussion will reflect on the process to find out if next time things could be done more efficiently.

Analysis To make the new concept fitting within its surroundings first an analysis is done were one focuses on this history, the transport structure, the green and public space, the present facilities, stakeholders and socio-demographics of the campus and Eindhoven. The history Gaslab is built in 1959 and designed by S.J. Van Embden, a Dutch architect famous for designing University Campuses. (Technische Universiteit Eindhoven Cultuurhistorische verkenning campus, sd) The chemistry department used it for experiments with gas at that time. It was renovated in 2002 by the design of J. Swagten. With the renovation not only the façade changed, but also the function. It

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became a theatre hall belonging to Studium Generale. Fourteen years later the function of Gaslab changed into the Innovation Space and since 2018 it is a study space for students Transport structure There are three four ways of transportation mostly used, public transport, walking, cycling and driving. (See Appendix 2.1 for transport analysis) There is a lot of parking area next to Gaslab. A result of this is that around 08.30 and around 17.00 there will be a lot of driving cars. The pedestrians are walking on the north side of the building since there is a large sidewalk. For public transportation, the shortest walk to Gaslab is from the railway station this is an 8 minute walk.

(Google, 2018) Green and public space In appendix section 2.2 an analysis of the greenery around the plot. The Gaslab building is surrounded by buildings and on the west and east side of the building one can find a lot of parking space. On the south there are some trees to block the sound of the road that is next to the plot. On the campus there is the ‘Groene Loper’. This is the green center of the campus which is designed by MTD Landschapsarchitecten. (MTD Landschapsarchitecten ontwerpt Froene Loper voor TU/e-campus, 23)The Groene Loper ensures easy access for the visitors of the buildings on campus. In 2020 this project will be completely finished. Present facilities/functions In the appendix section 2.3 you can see an overview of the facilities of Eindhoven and the campus. What you can see on the campus is that there are flats to live in and two (expensive) supermarkets. People that live on the campus cannot go for a quick shop for anything else than food, for example cosmetics, somewhere nearby on the campus. Further looking at the campus there are a lot of educational buildings around Gaslab but there aren’t a lot of office spaces. Stakeholder The owner of Gaslab is Dienst Huisvesting is responsible for the total real estate development, the park management and the 75 hectare of ground of the TU/e (TU/e.nl, sd). The TU/e gives orders to Dienst Huisvesting to start housing projects. That is why the TU/e is the client for the Gaslab Building and the Dienst Huisvesting is the developer. The TU/e Innovation Space opened the Gaslab Innovation Space but this currently moved to the Matrix Building. In Gaslab teams are working on their innovative prototypes. The teams that work in Gaslab are: JimFIT, eMinds, Jackx, Team Solid, Abby, Team Casa: Living Lab Home (Science Festival, sd).

Socio-demographic There are living 227.100 people in Eindhoven. (Overzicht gemeente Eindhoven, 2018) Further cold data about the inhabitants of Eindhoven can be found in table 1.

Table 1: Cold data inhabitants Eindhoven 2018 From these inhabitants a lot are foreigners and this amount is growing. More and more work and study immigrants are moving to Eindhoven. In the first 11 months of 2017 there were 2646 foreigners that moved to Eindhoven (Natris, 2018). Since the TU/e together with Fontys and Summa

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wants to expand the capacity of students on the campus from 14.000 to 20.000 technology students. This means the amount of students will grow rapidly in the future.

Alternatives Looking at the analysis three alternatives for the Gaslab building are created that will add value to the surrounding of the Gaslab building. After introducing the concepts a multi criteria analysis is made to see which concept is the best to go further with.

Multi-cultural Restaurant In appendix 3.1 one can find a mood board of this concept. There are a lot of foreign students living on the campus. Talking to this people one can conclude that mostly on the weekends there are not a lot of activities. Combining this with the fact that there are more and more foreigners coming to Eindhoven resulted in the concept of a multi-cultural restaurant.

The idea is that people living in Eindhoven from a certain culture can sign up to cook for other people living in Eindhoven. This cooking can be in groups or on their own with the help of regular staff of the restaurant. This to get to know different people that live in Eindhoven and understand them and their culture. One day in the weekend a student will prepare a meal from their culture. During the week the multi-cultural evening will be prepared by the one that signed up and by a staff member of Gaslab. The place can be a normal lunchroom for students to use the space efficiently. Cooking the same meal for a big group makes it possible to reduce costs which is appealing for students.

Luxury office area to rent for extern companies or reserve for people from the Campus In appendix 3.2 one can find a mood board of this concept. As Gaslab previously has been the working place of the innovation space and a place for students to study one can conclude that it is a good place to concentrate and focus. The following idea was made up to keep the quality of the building being good to work in. It is about creating a place that teachers, employees of the TU/e can rent to have all sorts of meetings.

At this moment most of the meetings or events that are given on campus are in an area in front of de Blauwe Zaal in the Auditorium building. The problem of the Blauwe Zaal is that it is a space for students as well so it can be very noisy by creating Gaslab you separate the meeting from the students. This could be done better by creating a nice environment that is more from now.

When the meeting takes a whole day it is nice to have a lunchbreak so the upper part of the building could be used as a lunchroom with a buffet. This area could be changed into a room for a drink and a chat or to have dinner after the day of meeting.

Tiny Tronics store In appendix 3.3 one can find a mood board of this concept. As there are a lot of students that need electronics for their projects. To get their parts there is a small shop for electronic parts like wires or resistors in Laplace. Especially in the first quartile of the year this need is very big since all second year students have to build a robot. The store that is very popular to get this stuff is Tiny Tronics which has an establishment in the city of Eindhoven but from the campus the easiest way to get here is by bike. So students do need a bike to go there. An establishment of Tiny Tronics therefore would be nice. Upstairs there could be an area to work on their electronics so they can ask professionals immediately for their help.

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Multi criteria analysis This analysis consists of five topics. The alternatives are rated as +, +/- or – where + will score 1, +/- will score 0.5 and - will score 0 points. Eventually all the scores are counted and the one with the highest score will be the most fitting alternative for Gaslab.

The topics that are reviewed are: Interest, is there an overall interest for this concept by the inhabitants of Eindhoven? Social, is this idea a social idea to deal with the growing number of (foreign) inhabitants of Eindhoven? Surroundings, does this concept fit within the surroundings of Gaslab, thinking about the overall vision and looks of the TU/e. Unique on campus, is there a possibility to go to this type of concept on campus already? Is the concept unique? Living on or close to campus, does this concept add value to the life of people living on or nearby campus? Student on campus, does this concept is an advantage for students working daily on campus.

Multi-cultural restaurant

Luxury office Tiny Tronics

Interest + - -/+ Social + - - Surroundings + + + Unique on campus - +/- +/- Living on or close to Campus

+ - -

Student on campus + - + Total 5 1.5 3

Table 2: Multi-criteria analysis of the alternatives of Gaslab The multi-cultural restaurant is the concept that fits best to Eindhoven. Especially on the social topic and for the people living close to or on the campus it has value. Second will be the department store but the interest for this concept is not that high since it is not really unique on the campus. The luxury office scores the lowest amount of points it does not have one topic where it is the best out of three.

Conceptual Design After picking the best concept this concept will be explained more detailed. Based on a requirements list drawings and changes are made for the new Gaslab building.

Before rearranging the layout of Gaslab first one should take a look at a list of requirements that the new concept brings. (Appendix 4.1) After this the measurements of the original floorplan of Gaslab (Appendix 4.2) are analyzed (Appendix 4.3) to see the possibilities. A field trip to the Gaslab building was organized to take a look at the inside of Gaslab pictures of this trip can be found in appendix 4.4. Taking a look at the current floorplan shows a lot of elements from the original Gaslab that are not functional. One example is a long hallway with only a sink on the left of the toilets. The toilet area of the building is not used optimally this area has to be optimized to fit 192 guests. The amount of people that can eat at Gaslab is determined by drawing tables into the plan every set measured 220cmx100cm and can have 8 people. The difficulty with placing tables is that one has to keep the pillars in mind while arranging. These can’t be removed. Between the tables a distance of at least 1 meter is needed to walk easily past the tables. A big open space is created in the back of the ground floor to fit a big open kitchen with a professional dishwasher. This space is chosen because there is a big door which easily fits the

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deliveries of the restaurant. From the kitchen this packages can go to the walk in fridge or to the dry storage. In front of this kitchen is a bar with enough space for also a dishwasher and a display for sandwiches when people like to go to Gaslab for lunch. To make sure a queue won’t go through the sitting area enough space is kept without benches to make place for a queue. On the left of the kitchen (looking at picture 24 in Appendix 4.5) there is a storage space, this has to be on the ground to avoid the stairs when carrying heavy materials to the storage. On the second floor is a place for the guests to store their coats and through the door there is a private area of the building. In the main hall of this area is a place for the staff to brainstorm for the event or to have a break. On the right side of this there are two changing rooms and on the right are toilets and a utility room. To get a clear vision of the concept a drawing of the concept in use was made which can be found in the Appendix 4.6.

Conclusion/discussion In the conclusion the research question ‘What would be a fitting purpose of the Gaslab building that would add value to being on the TU/e campus and/or in Eindhoven.’ was introduced. The answer to this question is: a multi-cultural restaurant would add great value for the growing number of foreigners in Eindhoven that are looking for things to do during the weekends. This answer was found with by means of the process. As discussion point a few things within the process could be done differently or should be kept in mind the next time one uses it. For example the multi-criteria analysis, it is only discussing six factors be the more factors would be add the result would be much more specific and therefore more reliable. Another thing that could be extended is the analysis, so much more than the 6 topics now can be analyzed and also within the topic the research could have been extended. A thing that would be nice to add in the conceptual design in this case is a toilet for disabled people. During the designing this is forgotten and a multi-cultural restaurant should be accessible for everyone. Lastly, it would be nice to use the knowledge of the exploring of the inside more for the conceptual design, in this way you could talk about elements that one might not be able to see in a blue print.

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Appendix 1. Introduction 1.1 Reference project The Innovation Powerhouse

Picture 1 The Innovation Powerhouse (Wilde, 2018) Innvation Powerhouse (Wilde, 2018) Project architects: Janne van Berlo, Margriet Eugelink, Stefan de Bever Interior Architect: Atelier van Berlo, Rotterdam Finished: January 2018 Design agency: Atelier van Berlo in collaboration with Eugelink Architectuur & De Bever Architecten In picture 1 you can see The Innovation Powerhouse. In 2015 company van Berlo saw potential in the former power plant of Philips. The design company wanted to create an office for its own and with that an ecosystem for the creative and innovative industry. When creating this the architects wanted design with respect to the history of the building. (Hoogedeure, sd) They only did some additions to the design and kept the appearance of the building as it was built in 1953. Why can this be seen as a reference building? The building has the same industrial appearance as the Gaslab building this might be since it is built in the same era. Especially the two pipes that are behind the building makes the appearance similar. There is a lot of glass. What is interesting is when they redesigned the purpose of the building the architects tried to keep the appearance of the building as it is.

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2. Analysis 2.1 Ways of transport Around the TU/e Campus

Picture 2: Transport around the campus analysis, public transport and cars, drawing by Bregje Kohlen

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Picture 3: Transport near the plot, pedestrians, bikes, cars, drawing by Bregje Kohlen

2.2 Greenery around the campus

Picture 4: Greenery around the campus, drawing by Soto Kareliotis

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2.3 Facilities around the campus and in Eindhoven

Picture 5: Facilities on the TU/e Campus drawing by Lenore van Vliet

Picture 6: Residency in Eindhoven, drawing Lenore van Vliet

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Picture 7: Educational Facilities in Eindhoven drawing by Lenore van Vliet

Picture 8: Places for Leisure in Eindhoven drawing by Lenore van Vliet

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Picture 9: Shopping area in Eindhoven, ↑N, Drawing by Lenore van Vliet

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3. Alternatives 3.1 Mood board multicultural restaurant

Picture 10 (Upper left): Long dining tables. (Santarina, 2014) Picture 11 (Upper right): Flags above the tables. (Tumblr, sd) Picture 12 (Bottom): Open kitchen and white overall look. (bon appétit, sd)

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3.2 Mood board meeting office

Picture 13 (Upper left): A table with a luxury lunch, if the meeting take a full day people can enjoy a lunch together. (Paris Traiteurs, sd) Picture 14 (Upper right): Long table so that a lot of people can join the meeting. (IKEA business voor kantoor bureau en eigen zaak, sd) Picture 15 (Bottom): Modern white screen so people can brainstorm or give presentations. (MICHAL, 2018)

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3.3 Mood board department store: Tiny Tronics

Picture 16 (Upper left): Nice movable displays in the middle of the room where the products you can buy are clearly on display (Hassan, sd) Picture 17 (Upper right): More displays, also high open cabinets to show the products. The interior is very light. (Shopping design, La Tresorerie - Paris, sd) (Hotspot: Cleeff Haarlem, sd) Picture 18 (Bottom): A workspace where students can sit and work on their electronics at the same time ask the employees from Tiny Tronics for help and buy what they need. (Liptak, 2016)

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4. Conceptual Design

4.1 Requirements list The things that are required to change the concept of Gaslab to a multi-cultural restaurant:

o Main hall where a lot of people can sit o Public toilets 20m2 o A big fridge or cooling room to store a lot of food (1200x1500x2010mm) o A room to store all the dry food +/- 4m2 o An open kitchen o A room with a professional dishwasher o A utility room 10m2 o A bar o Private area for staff to take a break o Place for jackets of guests o 1m distance between the tables o Place for an eventual queue

4.2 Current floorplan of Gaslab

Picture 19: Current Floorplan ground floor of Gaslab

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Picture 20: Current floorplan second floor of Gaslab

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4.3 Analyzing measurements Gaslab

Picture 21: Analysis measurements of Gaslab Drawing by Lynn Visser

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4.4 Pictures inside Gaslab

Picture 22: Ground floor Gaslab picture taken by Lynn Visser

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Picture 23: First floor Gaslab picture taken by Jeroen van Tellingen

4.5 Floorplans Conceptual design

Picture 24: Concept drawing second floor, drawing by Lynn Visser

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Picture 25: Floorplan conceptual design first floor Gaslab with sets of tables and chairs drawing by Lynn Visser

Picture 26: Floorplan conceptual design second floor Gaslab, the three lines are coat racks, drawing by Lynn Visser

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4.6 Conceptual Drawing

Picture 27: The multi-cultural restaurant in use drawing by Lynn Visser