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Jansen, L.L.M.J. (author)In this report you will find the research I did to innovative façade design processes. To come up with an innovative façade engineering for the Tianjin library in china and make a proper comparison to a more product specific engineering, I first need to learn more about façades in general. To achieve this I read several books, talk to different...master thesis 2016
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Assad, A. (author)The goal to achieve the EU mission 20-20-20 through energy neutral buildings is a hot topic in Dutch building industry. Nowadays the focus lies in renovating the existing building stock to achieve the EU goal. Besides improving the energy efficiency a couple more issue needs attention. The acceptance of the occupants, the neighborhood and new...master thesis 2016
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- Van der Knaap, N.C. (author) master thesis 2016
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Van Winden, J.J.N. (author)This thesis is a value and cost assessment of integrated facades as a product-service system. It focusses on the value of this new business concept in the built environment. Theoretical value is explained after which research by design is conducted to show the added value and cost on a real case study.master thesis 2016
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Van Erk, M.P. (author)This research is aimed to explore the potential of creating a realistic design for a bridge over the IJ. Analysis and literature studies were done both in order to determine the challenges proposed by preconditions on site and the strategies and resources needed in order to answer those challenges. In using a strategy where two bridges divide...master thesis 2016
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Leeuw, A. (author)By using Ladybug and Honeybee for Grasshopper, the energy production potential of high rise envelopes was investigated. Together with a technical design and the formulation of a flowchart strategy for energy production on high rise, an answer to the question ‘How can high rise envelopes be utilized for energy production?’ was sought after. The...master thesis 2016
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Sarakinioti, M.V. (author)This graduation project is researching the additive manufacturing and the potentials it can gives in designing and producing complex geometries that with conventional production methods it would have been restrictive to do.In addition how these complex geometries like cellular structures can provide good thermal performance and additional...master thesis 2016
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Kamerling, M.W. (author)This paper describes a proposal to renovate a Fusee Ceramique Barrel Vault with steel diagonals In 1956 two workshops, varying in height and span, were built in Wormerveer, The Netherlands. Both workshops were roofed with a concrete barrel vault with a thickness of 110 mm. The cylindrical vaults were constructed with Fusée Ceramique elements. A...conference paper 2015
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Vlaun, N.J.V. (author)Over the last two decades, there has been an increase in Europe in modern non-territorial offices with large open work environments. Past research has shown that a large number of workers in these offices suffer from lack of privacy and from noise. Noise is identified as a root cause of these problems and often poses the most severe indoor...master thesis 2015
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Aghina, E.F.C. (author)The goal to achieve energy neutral buildings in 2020 is getting closer. To achieve energy neutral buildings, not only new buildings have to be innovative, also the existing building stock has to be improved in terms of energy efficiency. Besides that, the occupants have to be involved in this process too, in the end they have to use the façade...master thesis 2015
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Ter Haar, J. (author)This report tries to answer the question: Can a hybrid system, combining the good air quality and low costs of a natural system with the useradjustability, energy efficiency and small size of a decentralised mechanical system, offers a feasable, sustainable alternative to current ventilation concepts? In an attempt to do so, the Climat Cavity...master thesis 2015
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- Vischer, L. (author) master thesis 2015
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Choi, Z.F. (author)Currently the building construction industry is still using its traditional way to make buildings and leads to several issues, high energy consumption, more waste than needed, less profit, not optimized and high failure cost. This is because each and every building is unique and the wheel is reinvented for every designed building. The reason of...master thesis 2015
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De Haas, M.I. (author)This thesis is about electrowetting. Electrowetting is an advanced display technique that is going to take a part in the display competition against LCD screens and LED displays. Display techniques are becoming very important for the building envelope. The desire to have a responsive or adaptive building skin has never been as serious as the...master thesis 2015
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Van Dijk, P.A. (author)Earthquakes, as a result of commercial extraction of natural gas out of deep soil, has become a frequently recurring phenomenon in the Province of Groningen. Historically earthquakes have never been an issue in the Netherlands, and the built environment is not prepared for this phenomenon. The purpose of this research was to find suitable...master thesis 2015
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Teeuwen, A.S. (author)There are different options to obtain a structural glass beam with a span of more than 6 meters. One option is segmentation, which has many advantages compared with the other options. However, the choice for segmentation is often avoided, because of aesthetical reasons. Existing connections, even the most slender ones, result in a reduction of...master thesis 2015
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Galiouna, E.A. (author)Extreme events, including natural and man-made disasters such as typhoons, floods, tsunamis, earthquakes and terrorist attacks have become the largest destructions around the world over the years. Their impacts can be calamitous devastating entire countries overnight and making millions of people suffer. Due to the above disasters, bridges are...master thesis 2015
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Mirtsopoulos, I. (author)Ever since the idea of truss structures was conceived and later were expanded into three dimensional structures forming space frames, jointing has been a challenge. The evolution of jointing systems includes three main methods: connection with a node, connection with a prefabricated unit and connection without a node (e.g. welding). Delving more...master thesis 2015
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Nikolaou, N. (author)Free-form transparent wide-span spatial structures which have being constructed so far, are based on the concept of three sets of components, the structural components, usually steel elements to ensure both compressive and tensional capacity; the glass cladding elements for expressing transparency; and thirdly an in between set for connecting...master thesis 2015
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Mostert, P.N. (author)This report describes the research done on the possibilities of a structural element in the built environment made using the ‘coreless’ filament winding composite forming technique. The focus lies with the combination of a loadbearing capacity and an aesthetic value specifically derived from this production technique. This is done by the design...master thesis 2015