Tamar
Architecture led by research and narrative, from landscape and reuse down to the detail.
2026Work
ResearchNarrativeDesign
Position
For me, narrative and research drive design, and technical and aesthetic choices are the same decision.
Research
01Architecture and glacier retreat
An extensive study of what a retreating glacier means for architecture. It follows the Aletsch Glacier as it withdraws: the terrain the ice leaves behind, the water it releases, and the huts, paths and bisses that depend on it.
The research is collected in When Ice Withdraws, a book of 230 pages that is part atlas and part argument, and it is the ground under the design of the Neues Konkordiahaus.
Graduation research, TU Delft, 2026Neues Konkordiahaus
02Beyond the Lab: ecofeminism and material ecology
Beyond the Lab reads Neri Oxman's material ecology through ecofeminist theory. From Plumwood, Mies and Shiva, and Haraway I developed four principles, regenerative integration, participatory justice, adaptive decentralisation and localised self-sufficiency, and used them to assess four of Oxman's projects.
The finding: material ecology rethinks matter in valuable ways, but often leaves out who takes part in design and whose knowledge counts. Without that, sustainability risks becoming an image rather than a practice. The thesis argues for innovation that moves from optimisation to reciprocity.
Graphic 1, drawn by me for the thesis
Architectural history thesis, TU Delft, 2025Read about the thesis
Research interests
01Landscapes in transition
What architecture can do where the ground itself is changing: a retreating glacier, drifting dunes, a canal zone becoming a neighbourhood.
02Making hidden systems visible
Data and energy shape daily life without being seen. These projects give them a place you can walk into.
03Housing as a shared structure
Density, small homes and shared rooms: how living close together can strengthen a neighbourhood.
04Building with what is there
Extending a factory that already stands, casting walls with stone found on site, and testing ideas in physical models.
CV
INDESEMWeek workshop and
24h design competition
Delft, April 2024
Education
- 2023 to 2026Master of ArchitectureTU DelftGPA 8.5. Thesis: When Ice Withdraws, graded 9
- Jan to May 2024Exchange semesterUniversity of Waterloo, Canada
- 2021MinorInternational Development and Entrepreneurship, TU Delft
- 2019 to 2022Bachelor of ArchitectureTU DelftGPA 8, final project graded 9
- 2013 to 2019AtheneumGerrit van der Veen College, Amsterdam
Architecture and design
- Sep 2026 to nowArchitectural designer, co-livingServicewiseturning an existing house in Castricum into social co-living for eight residents
- Mar to Apr 2026Freelance architectural designerArun Jansen Architectsdesign development for a housing renovation: kitchen, stairs and a rooftop extension
- Sep 2025 to Sep 2026Graphic designer and volunteerBioDesign Conference, TU DelftDesigned the graphic language of the first BioDesign Conference in Delft, and volunteered at it
- Apr to Jul 2025Intern architectKettinghuls, Amsterdam
- Jan to Apr 2024Board memberStudent Graduate Association, Waterloo Architecture
- Feb to Apr 2023Designer, internBiobased Creations, New Heroes, Amsterdam
- Jun 2021 to Apr 2026Graphic designerde Ecostoof
Skills
Responsible, communicative, team manager, project and time planner, creative designer, strong work ethic.
Tools
Rhino with Enscape and V-Ray, Archicad, AutoCAD, InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Word and PowerPoint, hand sketching and model making.
Languages
Dutch (native), English (advanced), and basic French, Spanish and German.
More experience
- Jun to Sep 2026Sales associatePatagonia, Amsterdam
- 2025WaitressScheepskameel, Amsterdam
- 2021 to 2025HostX TU Delft
- 2023Yoga teacherX TU Delftcertified, 200-hour teacher training, Portugal
- 2021 to 2022Chair of activitiesYouth for Climate, Netherlands
- 2021 to 2022Events and promotionBKGreen committee, Delft
- 2021 to 2022Guitar teacherThe Hague
- 2019 to 2020WaitressBar Langedijk, Amsterdam
Get in touch
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