I draw objects in the same way as Carl Linnaeus classified plants. I collect all kinds of structures, identify their characteristics and translate them into drawings. For me, these structures are like creatures, all living in an architectural biotope. I study and order them in a taxonomy called Non-Functional Structures. This biotope is not like "the real world" though. I enjoy obscuring what the structures are, creating species such as ambiguous, playful and subversive structures. My goal, as such, is to render architecture useless, in order to open it for alternative and speculative interpretations. The question that intruigues me is: What is the potential and value of architecture, when it is no longer functional?
The taxonomy currently consists of around 150 structures, below you find a selection.

 

Class 4:

Deconstructed Structures

Family 4.2:
Replicating Structures
Conditions: 
Layered, Deconstructed
Species: 
4.2.1

 

20a
20b

 

Class 4:

Deconstructed Structures

Family 4.2:
Replicating Structures
Conditions: 
Layered, Deconstructed
Species: 
4.2.2

 

 

Class 4:

Deconstructed Structures

Family 4.2:
Replicating Structures
Conditions: 
Layered, Deconstructed
Species: 
4.2.3

 

20c
home2a

 

Class 1:

Muted Structures

Family 1.1:
Reflective Structures
Conditions: 
Simplification, Transparency
Species:
1.1.1

 

 

Class 1:

Muted Structures

Family 1.1:
Reflective Structures
Conditions: 
Simplification, Transparency
Species:
1.1.2

 

home2d
home2c

 

Class 1:

Muted Structures

Family 1.1:
Reflective Structures
Conditions: 
Simplification, Transparency
Species:
1.1.3

 

 

Class 1:

Muted Structures

Family 1.2:
Escavated Structures
Conditions: 
Simplification, Transparency
Species:
1.2.1

 

home4a
home4b

 

Class 1:

Muted Structures

Family 1.2:
Escavated Structures
Conditions: 
Simplification, Transparency
Species:
1.2.2

 

 

Class 1:

Muted Structures

Family 1.2:
Escavated Structures
Conditions: 
Simplification, Transparency
Species:
1.2.3

 

home4c

 

Class 2:

Sprawling Structures

Family 2.1:
Layered Structures
Conditions: 
Layered
Species:
2.1.1

 

home3a
home3b

 

Class 2:

Sprawling Structures

Family 2.1:
Layered Structures
Conditions: 
Layered
Species:
2.1.2

 

 

Class 2:

Sprawling Structures

Family 2.1:
Layered Structures
Conditions: 
Layered
Species:
2.1.3

 

home3c

Class 3:

Noble Structures

Family 3.1:
Noble Simplicity
Conditions: 
Simplified
Species:
3.1.1

 

home8a
home6a

 

Class 4:

Deconstructed Structures

Family 4.1:
Sabotaged Structures
Conditions: 
Deconstructed, Layered
Species:
4.1.1

 

 

Class 4:

Deconstructed Structures

Family 4.1:
Sabotaged Structures
Conditions: 
Deconstructed, Layered
Species:
4.1.5

 

home6d
home6b

 

Class 4:

Deconstructed Structures

Family 4.1:
Sabotaged Structures
Conditions: 
Deconstructed, Layered
Species:
4.1.3

 

home7a

 

Class 5:

Subversive Structures

Family 5.1:
Wrapped Structures
Conditions: 
Wrapped, Hidden
Species:
5.1.1

 

 

Class 5:

Subversive Structures

Family 5.1:
Wrapped Structures
Conditions: 
Wrapped, Hidden
Species:
5.1.2

 

home7b
home7c

 

Class 5:

Subversive Structures

Family 5.1:
Wrapped Structures
Conditions: 
Wrapped, Hidden
Species:
5.1.3