NOW HIRING, wanted: User of tomorrow for space of the future

This graduation research considers vacancy management on portfolio level from the perspective of a real estate investor. A qualitative and quantitative mis-match of the performance of vacant office buildings induces that the investor's thinking: 'tomorrow will be better', is no longer apt for the future. With the thought in mind that 'an office,...

Converting office space: Using modular prefab architecture to convert vacant office buildings.

Almost 7 million square meters of office space in The Netherlands is vacant today. Conversion into housing is an often named solution, but is hardly ever put into practice because of financial and technical difficulties (location aspects not taken into account). On the other hand, standardization in office design can be seen as an opportunity in...