Print Email Facebook Twitter Back to the roots Title Back to the roots: Rethinking Aruba's residential building standard Author Quandt, Yasmijn (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment) Contributor Smit, M.J. (mentor) Tomesen, P.L. (graduation committee) van den Ham, E.R. (graduation committee) Degree granting institution Delft University of Technology Programme Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences Date 2022-06-30 Abstract In light of the current environmental crisis, we are faced with the responsibility to drastically change our anthropogenic impact.We humans often view ourselves as superior to nature. We have developed a dualistic view of our existence on this planet – one that blinds us to our interconnectedness with the environment. We must shift the way we relate to this earth and understand that it is a single living organism which is inextricably interconnected. We must place value and importance on the entire environment and all life in it, not just the parts that are useful for humans.In ‘Back to the roots’ the residential building standard on Aruba is reconsidered according to this ecocentric philosophy. The design proposal introduces a nature inclusive urban development strategy, a passive, climate responsive housing typology with locally harvested materials and floorplans based on participatory design to easily customize, evolve and adapt to changing cycles of use and facilitate a circular way of building. Subject Nature inclusivepassive design strategiestropical architectureparticipatory designnatural ventilation To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:ae1c6662-7d39-49c5-acf5-79f7c622fc23 Coordinates 12.542263960814296, -70.04745985443407 Part of collection Student theses Document type master thesis Rights © 2022 Yasmijn Quandt Files PDF 4498321_YasmijnQuandt_GP_ ... ION_aE.pdf 141.96 KB PDF 4498321_YasmijnQuandt_Res ... per_aE.pdf 4.81 MB PDF P5_YASMIJN_QUANDT_4498321x.pdf 92.56 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:ae1c6662-7d39-49c5-acf5-79f7c622fc23/datastream/OBJ2/view