Amber Sikkema is an architecture student at TU Delft and is in the final stages of completing her master's degree. Her current research focuses on the integration of sex work in the Wallen area. Being a resident of this district, she experiences the many different faces of the neighborhood and got inspired by the community living together here. Her thesis revolves around exploring the intricate relationship between the windows, sex workers, and the neighborhood itself. After observing the historical transformation of this relationship, she noticed how the windows slowly started to shrink and disappear. Since sex work is an inherent part of society, she believes that it deserves recognition and integration in the city and argues that the disappearance of the windows poses a challenge to the social position and acceptance of sex workers. In response, rather than focusing on saving the sex workers, she emphasizes the preservation of the windows instead. Something that could be done by rethinking the approach in which we are currently preserving our cultural heritage. In her work, she aims to shed light on the social dynamics within the neighborhood and proposes innovative architectural and urban design strategies that aim to ensure both material and social characteristics of the Wallen.
| Oude kerk OA id | 80168 |
| Oude kerk Adlib Person priref | 81670 |