Revisited Composition: Implementation Strategy for Mobility Based Development in Bandung City, Indonesia

As of today, most of the world’s population is living in urban areas. A lot of people is either migrating or commuting to the city every day. Urban sprawl in many cities in the world tends to trigger severe urban mobility challenges because the development is rarely supported by adequate infrastructure. In addition, the monocentric...

An adaptive framework for the Houston Galveston Bay Region

Plant of plants - Making green space multifunctional in urban and landscape areas of Amsterdam Noord

This paper is a Master thesis that investigates the potentials of spatial design in the battle against accelerated climate change. As such, it aims to solve related global issues (deterioration of resources, overconsumption, wasteful consumption) with tools that are in strong physical, functional or habitual connections with their natural and...

Reclaiming open space in New Belgrade: A case study of designing for local demands via means of landscape architecture.

Open space are not defined their users as the residents in New Belgrade in socialist and market-driven urbanism. So there’s a disconnection between people’s real demands and the space. The portion of landscape architecture will be focused on public interests to make a livable urban environment. An urban landscape framework will be established to...

Integration Across Railway: Integrate the Backside Surrounding of Xi'an Central Station to the City as a Whole and Towards the Historic Urban Center

The aim of this thesis is to improve the central station area in Xi'an, China, by crossing the barrier of railway, the busy road and the city wall, to connect the two sides that having specific identities in different parts.

The new life in old town Surabaya: Preserving the Urban Heritage through Space Revitalization

Old Town Surabaya is deteriorating due to the decentralization policy in 1920, where it had shifted the center of Surabaya from Old Town. Thus the economic activities in areas were declining and it triggered peoples to move out from Old Town. In addition, the Industrial Zone Allotment Policy in mid of 70’s had limited the industry expansion in...