Reading Material 1.3

An interesting article has been published about the Making of BK City by Dr. Alexandra den Heijer MSc. She is an associate professor at the MBE department (TU Delft), who also worked in the BK City project management team at the time of the adaptation of the building. The article gives an impression about the various management issues faced while adapting the building. Once you have read it, you will better understand the background and nature of the BK City case. You can find the download link down below.

• Den Heijer, A.C. (2009). The making of BK City: The ultimate laboratory for a faculty of architecture. In Geenen, A., Calabrese E.D.T.L. & Heintz, J.K.U. (eds.), The architecture annual 2007-2008, p.20-25

Download link:
Module 1: The Making of BK City

Further reading

If you are enthusiastic about the topic of Managing Building Adaptation Processes, we recommend you to read the following literature:

• Den Heijer, A., Dalmeijer, H., Van der Ley, E. and Cruyen, D. (2009) The Making of BK City: Bouwkunde, een jaar na de brand, Delft, The Netherlands: Faculty of Architecture, TU Delft. (in Dutch)
• Douglas, J. (2006) Building Adaptation (2nd edition), London, Elsevier.
• Wilkinson, S.J., Remøy, H. and Langston, G. (2014) Sustainable Building Adaptation: Innovations in Decision-making, Oxford, UK: Wiley Blackwell.

• Wamelink, J.W.F. (ed.) (2010) Inleiding Bouwmanagement, Delft, The Netherlands: VSSD. (in Dutch)