green BLUE capital: Enhancing the quality of life by implementing climate adaptable solutions in the densely populated existing city of Nijmegen

This graduation project is called ''green BlUE capital: Enhancing the quality of life by implementing climate adaptable solutions in the densely populated existing city of Nijmegen.'' This project describes the transformation of existing cities such as Nijmegen in order to cope with the change in climate, with a main focus on stormwater...

Towards a restorative and liveable urban environment

In post-disaster reconstruction process, the physical aspect, such as shelter, food, medical service, etc. always attract great attention, whereas the psychological impact, which is of great significance as well, is among the lower hierarchy (Pynes and Tracy, 2007). This master thesis aims to build the connection between the built environment...

Domesticating Dalang: Finding a feeling of home in a productive cityscape

Facilitating migrants' adaptation process in a typical industrial neighbourhood in Shenzhen through activating spaces, which non-verbally encourage to create ties within the community and the locality.

Living with the others: Spatial transformations towards liveability of cities of social diversity: the case of the Schilderswijk, The Hague

The present thesis project makes use of the idea of a clear demarcation between public and private space as the key element to deal with the conflicting social environment of the Schilderswijk, The Hague. The project is approached and illustrated in various scales; from neighborhood scale until the level of the residential entrances. Main aim of...

Perceived Control and Liveability: Environment and behaviour interaction in two urban villages of Shenzhen

Urban village is a very special type of neighbourhood, created in the fast urbanisation process in Chinese cities like Shenzhen in the past three decades, playing an essential role in accommodating migrant groups, including rural-urban migrant workers and the young professionals. Built by the villagers whose farmland was transformed into urban...

Green-blue multifunctional infrastructure: An urban landscape system design new approach

Cities exhibit unique and ever-changing spatial layouts formed by nested natural and socio-economic systems, sub-systems and components resulting from exchange, interaction, and interdependency processes. In this context, managing surface water in urban areas requires new approaches that integrate the knowledge about territorial patterns and...

Kanaleneiland: Improving the liveability by redesigning the 'Stempel'

The modernistic 'Stempelbouw' design for Kanaleneiland-Noord is the cause for many liveability problems nowadays. CIAM's ideology for the seperation of space and the emphasis on light, air and space can be traced back in this neighbourhood and result in a design which is too spacious, where people are barely able to regulate their privacy and...

Evolving Danwei housing: An alternative way to develop former public housing in Shenzhen, China

Nowadays, many Chinese cities like Shenzhen are experiencing intense spatial transformation. Downgrading neighbourhoods are being replaced by high-end housing, shopping malls and office in order to promote economic growth. The former socialist public housing is one of the redevelopment hot spots. However, such land-based development focuses on...

The role of relocation dynamics. A spatial strategy for the increase of liveability in dynamic urban neighbourhoods