spatial designer, 
interdisciplinary researcher,
at the intersection of minor
and migrant architectures,
non-formal dwellings,
homemaking,
and participatory
action research
.

1/2 @Common
Ground Practice









Archeology on the move 

Storytelling as language of investgation


Project with Mae Alderliesten
Marine Terrein, Amsterdam





               

Is it possible to include archaeology as a method to investigate the social and urban potentiality of a built environment? Archaeology on the Move aims to investigate this question using the Marine Terrein as an angle of exploration. Thanks to its possibilities to work as a connector and as creator of narratives, archaeology combines in one precise place different times, stories, and paths. It represents a network that conveys many different aspects of an urban environment.
The Marine terrein works exactly in this way but its times, stories and places are unknown by its users. The urgency of disclosing them is the core of Archaeology on the Move using walking and storytelling as research methods.
This not only provides interaction between users but creates a process of regeneration and understanding of the local identities of the Marine Terrein.


Archaology becomes then a study of the historic, present and future of mankind based on artefacts, found underground as well as above ground. Artefacts being objects, stories, systems and traces of the development of the city. Archaeology is about preserving, telling and creating narratives. Opening up opportunities to think ahead for the future.
























Research Paper 
The metabolism of architecture

Research as critical practice