The Representation of Power Through Space: A Study of HSBC Building's Urban and Architectural Signifiers

The Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) Building stands as the headquarter of the most powerful bank in Hong Kong. Designed by the renowned architect Sir Norman Foster and celebrated as an icon of High-tech architecture, it holds a significant position among the city's landmarks. In addition to its significance, the HSBC Building...

Aerodynamic analysis of the closure flap mechanism inside the NACA ram-air intake

A low-speed aerodynamic analysis on the conventional NACA ram-air inlet of the Airbus A320 with a new closure flap was conducted. The conventional closure flap mechanism inside the NACA ram-air inlet is replaced by a morphing plate design. Steady-state Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) based Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulations...

Macomi Maintenance: A user-centric data-analytic platform for railway maintenance planning optimisation

This thesis project investigated how user-centred design(UCD) contributes to the railway maintenance planning optimisation. A new UX concept and digital prototype were designed to provide intuitive interaction and clear structure to support the planners confidently and independently optimise railway maintenance planning on a digital platform. ...

Choreographing a Landscape of Contingency: Mobilizing the boundaries separating the Norm, the Alternative and the Not-yet-known through bodily movement

As architects, by constructing the conditions for people to collectively perform alternative ways of gathering, maybe we can agitate the impermanent boundaries around what is normal and accepted. My intervention along El Parkway is a paved ground that makes it possible for people to collectively experience the public realms anew through the...

Adapting to Uncertainty: Re-thinking Critical Infrastructural Systems

There are several prevailing issues regarding major altered states of extreme weather events. For instance, storm surges, sea-level rise, and droughts have all resulted in many regions left with critical systems and interdependencies exposed. The impact and risk of modern disasters have caused substantial adverse socio-economic impacts by...

Innovation Factory: The Cultural Belt in the Head of the Cape, Hembrug

The Heritage studio methodical line of inquiry revolves around 3 aspects, the cultural value, the architecture and the building technology. The scientific relevance of my thesis project is reflected in the design, as the entire research process was closely related to the three themes. I started off my thesis with the research question of the...

Conserving Coastal Lagoons by Enhancing Ecosystem Services: A Case Study of the Muni-Pomadze Lagoon in Ghana

Rapid urbanisation and globalisation are bringing increasingly complex issues to the forefront. Improper planning of human activities and over exploitation of the surrounding natural resources has successfully damaged the biodiversity and the natural processes. Today humanity is at a stage where these ecosystem services are essential for our...

Punctuation in Teusaquillo: Chair of Methods and Analysis Studio Positions in Practice

Social learning & systemic change in Uganda's rural water service delivery: an environmental study on the effects of social learning in water resource management

Food Island: Creating a Resilient Food System for the AMA

Governments and private and non-profit organisations from international to local levels have acknowledged the idea that more sustainable systems are required to reduce our ecological footprint (WWF, 2016, Jonkhoff, 2012). The food system is a very important aspect within our lives, socially as well as economically but it is also one of the most...

Designing the interactions between a light therapy device and users who suffer from wrist pain

Wrist pain is a common complaint. In the Netherlands the prevalence of hand and wrist complaints is estimated at 125 per 1000 persons. Wrist pain can occur suddenly due to traumatic accidents such as a fall but can also be developed more slowly over a long period of time, leading to chronic pain. The effects of wrist pain on people can be...

Connection Through Food-Redesigning Central Market Hall as Community Food Centre

Previous Planning by zoning in the area of Amsterdam West created distinct neighbourhoods, with a majority of immigrants living in the western districts while locals tend to inhabit the eastern districts near Jordaan. In addition, a new working/living area is planned to the North of the brettenzone. There are low incentives that the groups come...

Revitalization from urban voids: Transformation of former industrial buildings into communal spaces to revitalize and connect surrounding neighbourhoods. The case of Jan Jongerius Complex in Noord Transwijk, Southern Utrecht

The huge strip of industrial zone, including the Jongerius Complex, standing between the residential areas and Merwede Canal has blocked the residents from utilizing the Merwede Canal bank area which has high potential to be developed as a leisure space. The Jongerius Plot (Merwede Canal Zone 4) and Merwede Canal Zone 5 have poor connection with...

Reinforcing glass with glass: Application of transport reinforcement in structural glass beams

Due to the increasing demand of transparency in buildings, it is no longer unusual to apply transparent elements into the bearing structure. Glass is a strong but very brittle material, which means safety is rather problematic should it break. Safety is an issue that has to be improved before glass can be considered suitable for structural...

De-codification of the rituals

Through mapping the social behavior of the hitchhikers as a speculation tool, it reveals a contradiction in Havana of its socialistic system. The project hence is a proposal to bring this tension visible by suggesting a Fish Auction Market.