Citizens urban regenerating cities - Urban regeneration of a desolate site with the power of the people

The aim for this graduation project is to increase the involvement of the people in design projects, by giving them more democratic power in the design process. To achieve this, an urban regeneration project will be done for a case study area in Delft, where the involvement of the citizens takes a central role.

Rethinking Brussels Midi station area

The graduation project aims to lessen the social tension between the well-off and authoritarian and the poor and powerless, its frontier being Brussels Midi station area where a decline in authenticity and openness can be observed. Theses issues are addressed by acknowledging the effects immigrant cultural identities have on urban environments -...

Facilitating social interaction: Neighborhood revitalization strategy of Shanghai Cannes

This project is about the neighborhood revitalization of Shanghai Cannes, which is a problematic suburban high-density neighborhood in Shanghai. The research itself is a spatial analysis on different scales and mapping of current social networks. The future strategy and design will mainly focus on how to regenerate neighborhood living...