Around the Window: Re-Imagining Sex Work Spaces in the Wallen Area

The relationship between sex work and the city centre of Amsterdam ‘the Wallen’ area, also known as the ‘Red Light District’, already dates back towards 1350 (Majoor 2020, 46). While sex work in most cities happens on the periphery, in Amsterdam it traditionally exist in the heart of the city center. Despite the historical connection between sex...

New Orleans storm surge barrier: An understanding of the hydraulic processes in front of and inside the superstructure

After New Orleans was struck by hurricane Katrina on the 29th of August a consortium including Iv-Infra was in a tender, which involved the design of a storm surge barrier at the east side of the city of New Orleans. This consortium designed a piled-supported structure including a concrete superstructure. The superstructure consists of a...