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Puh, Maurizia (author)
Ecosystem services (ES), the benefits humans receive from nature, increasingly come under pressure in Stockholm, one of the fastest growing capitals in Europe. To enhance the amount of eco-efficient area, Stockholm developed the Green Space Index (GSI). It is not known which areas in Stockholm might be particularly vulnerable in terms of ES...
master thesis 2023
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van Rijn, Inès (author)
This project delves into the transformative potential of human-centric architecture as a catalyst for social connection, urban revitalization, and empowerment in the neighborhood of Droixhe in Liège, Belgium. Drawing inspiration from the collective Les Amis de L'Étang, comprising 15 social organizations, the research explores the concealed...
master thesis 2023
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van Vliet, Basia (author)
The goal of this research is to create a new understanding of the individuality of the city of Liége, by constructing a “logic of architecture”, a logic rooted in place, through a personal (dynamic) understanding of the site and its people & positioned within architectural theory, presenting a new interpretation. Hence, the design acts as a...
master thesis 2023
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Mengel, Fynn (author)
Boden – a German term that can refer to soil and land, ground and floor, territory and habitat. Overhearing Boden in Berlin’s streets these days will, however, oftentimes result in tuning into a conversation about land ownership, the soaring cost of living and the city in transition. People, it seems, are worried. They are increasingly affected...
master thesis 2023
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Vierling, Koen (author)
About 75 percent of CO2 emissions caused by the combustion of fossil fuels stem from cities. Climate policy minimising the amount of emitted carbon can not be evaluated without accurate quantification of CO2 emissions.<br/>Not only the amount of emitted carbon is of interest, but also being able to place emissions in both the spatial as well as...
master thesis 2022
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Harale, Kunal (author)
The European construction sector is responsible for the consumption of almost 32% of total raw material for realizing its projects (Benachio, Freitas, &amp; Tavares , 2020). On a national level, this amount results to almost 50% for the Dutch construction industry (Nellssen, et al., 2018). The ever-growing population stresses the need for...
master thesis 2021
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Geertzen, Sander Geertzen (author)
Drought and subsidence are two out of several water-related urban climate adaptation challenges many cities in the Netherlands currently face. Drought is expected to increase in frequency and extent due to climate change. Therefore, drought is likely to further pressurize (subsiding) urban areas in the coming decades. Although the impact of...
master thesis 2021
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Hilhorst, Bas (author)
This Master Thesis is created in collaboration with Mercedes-Benz AG, Society and Mobility Pioneering department.<br/>The project focuses on ‘sustainable luxury in 2040 city mobility’. With ‘Personal Luxury Sharing’, Mercedes-Benz will be able to be a role model in the future city center. Where cities change into ‘livable cities’, seeing a...
master thesis 2020
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Keijzer, Martijn (author)
The need for research of PV system performance in urban areas is increasing as more and more PV systems are installed each year. To facilitate this research, a PV monitoring station is constructed on the campus of the TU Delft in a complex urban geometry. Unfortunately, the diffuse horizontal irradiance (DHI) measurements that are measured using...
master thesis 2019
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Gilboa, Ori (author)
Parametric architectural design of cinema-space as an urban generator in Scheveningen harbor (The Hague). The project focuses on media facade as a responsive design element and as an interactive environment. Visual connection to the city and the surroundings as well as urban screen is implemented as a flexible, urbanic growing-on site,...
master thesis 2018
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de Vette, Martin (author)
In this thesis, the effect of traffic light control on urban networks is investigated, with the main focus on the optimization algorithms used to solve the optimization problems resulting from a model predictive control approach. This will be done by using a macroscopic traffic flow model (the S-Model) to simulate the real-time traffic flows...
master thesis 2017
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Feldbacher, Philipp (author)
ASSUMPTIONS<br/><br/>Still quite far away from visiting the city of interest, Bucharest, a model was the means to subsume personal stories I heard from friends, media reports and interviews as well as resulting subjective expectations on the trip. At the same time it led to the assumption, that all of these stories, but also historical events,...
master thesis 2017
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Dorsman, eli (author)
This projects proposes a semi-institutional building for food production and culture in Bogota, to alleviate the pressure on agricultural land in Colombia as well as to give a close look to one of the answers to important challenges surrounding food today (hunger, resilience, refugees, climate change, territorial conflicts). The project is based...
master thesis 2017
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Lin, S. (author)
The theme of the project is about implying care into the city and improve the quality of existing neighborhood. Tramendous care is put into the target group dementia people to build up a new and diverse life in the context of existing communinty. The hofje typology is exlored and developed in the project to creat different meanings of outdoor...
master thesis 2016
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Dokter, R.G. (author)
Even in a bicycle friendly infrastructure as the Netherlands, lack of space is a continually rising problem. Re-urbanization describes the increasing population of especially young adults in the urban environments of conurbation ‘de Randstad’. These young adults have a changing perception on mobility and shift away from car usage in favor of...
master thesis 2015
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Jani Kedar, R. (author)
Solid waste Management has become severe issue in India. With burgeoning population, the urban utilities are crumbling under pressure of population explosion, lack of funding and political pressure. The focus of this thesis is on Solid Waste Management in city of Ahmedabad. The research investigates the potential solutions and policy packages...
master thesis 2015
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Nijhuis, P.J. (author)
How could urban areas provide public charging infrastructure for the rapidly increasing number of electric vehicles? The objective of this research is to develop a tool that helps municipalities and market players to understand the need for public charging infrastructure, and to design an efficient solution for charging large numbers of electric...
master thesis 2015
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Klompenhouwer, M.G.M. (author)
Graduation studio New directions for the Public Interior (2013/2014) is concerned with NS Station Amsterdam Zuid as a major and infrastructural node. While the main entrance of the station is mainly focused on businesspeople and corporate Zuidas, the Parnassusweg entrance gives stage to the other users of Zuidas: to VU students, residents and...
master thesis 2014
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Deshmukh, A. (author)
master thesis 2014
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Bos, G.A. (author)
This thesis represents a graduation project that was done for the early stage startup: Spaac. The alternative title is: A Design Intervention to Stimulate E-Bike Acceptance. A bicycle was designed to appeal to young commuters that currently do not ride e-bikes because of the social stigma. The Cultural Strategy of Douglas Holt was used to come...
master thesis 2013
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