An economical prefabricated residence for Hagonoy, a typhoon prone municipality in the Philippines: Analysis, design and implementation

This thesis aims to improve housing quality in Hagonoy, a typhoon prone municipality of the Philippines, by designing an affordable typhoon resilient and prefabricated home with a floating foundation for the lower income class. This thesis was written in collaboration with the company, Finch Buildings. Three months of preliminary field research...

Precast Concrete in Framed Tube High-Rise Structures

In this thesis a particular structural system for high-rise structures is discussed: the prefabricated concrete framed tube and tube-in-tube structures. These system consist of a prefabricated concrete perforated elements in the perimeter of the structure that are the main lateral load resisting elements in the building. For tube-in-tube...

Hotels for vacant offices

The current building stock for offices is very large, and is too large for the demand out of the market. Currently there is a total vacancy of 14.1% in the Netherlands, which is equal to 6.795.000 m2 of office space. In Amsterdam there is a total of 700.000 m2 which is structurally vacant and is considered hopeless in terms of fulfilling its...