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Woudenberg, Rafaël (author)
In light of the huge growth in population and tourism that Amsterdam will encounter in the future, the city might have to work towards a polycentral urban setup in which multiple city centers can contribute to the (social-, cultural-, economic-) wellbeing of the overall city. In this project we find that the likelihood of Sloterdijk, a place...
master thesis 2019
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Tan, Li (author)
In the coming 80 years, the rise of productivity will result in two main directions: first, decentralization of work and production; second, economy turns its focus to emotion and wellness. So we claim that “Pleasure and Leisure are becoming the next leading economy.” We envision Amstel to be a (P)Leisure City. Within this context, the Fun...
master thesis 2019
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van der Woude, Steven (author)
Metropoles around the world are projected to keep growing in the coming years. Their population is increasing and with it the size and density of the city. Amsterdam is no exception to this projected growth with a population estimated to be larger than one million around 2050. As a consequence, we can see the housing and land prices skyrocket...
master thesis 2018
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Dreesmann, Floris (author)
Amsterdam Sloterdijk currently can be best described as a desolate office-area next to a major multi-modal mobility hub. At the same time amsterdam at large is facing challenges it has never seen before. The city is getting over-crowded, housing prices have increased sharply, and the limits of it's mobility network are already reached....
master thesis 2018
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Giokari, Lydia (author)
As the predictions of the future suggest, in the horizon of 2050 the model of the sharing economy will be extensively established. This model will affect not only the way we inhabit and use possessions but also space. The increasing phenomena such as Airbnb, pose the question of whether the lifestyle of 2050 will lead to a new typology of the...
master thesis 2018
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Habostad, Petter (author)
The project acts as a way to bring production back to the city as a part of everyday life in the year 2050, in a time when industry has become individualised as a result of the fourth industrial revolution. At the same time, additive manufacturing (3D-printing) makes it possible to produce just about anything; from shoes and textiles to...
master thesis 2018
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Vorstermans, Jip (author)
The number of tourists is a daily struggle the inner city of Amsterdam has to deal with. Thereby the inner city is loveable but not livable. Quick measures must be taken otherwise Amsterdam will disneyficate. <br/><br/>On the other hand, Sloterdijk is one of the underdeveloped neighborhoods of Amsterdam. A big part of the population consists of...
master thesis 2018
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Dai, Chenxi (author)
As one of the most important and attractive city in Europe, Amsterdam has seen a great growth of its residents in the recent years. How to offer enough houses for the new arrivals will be a continuous question for the managers of the city. The densification process has already started. Wasted lands like abandoned houses and old industrial areas...
master thesis 2018
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Boomars, Sjoerd (author)
Amsterdam Overamstel is a site in rapid transition from an area which is anno 2018 mainly focused on low value commercial spaces and infrastructure. Especially this infrastructure has a fragmenting effect on the location. These fragments do not have clear connections and a hierarchy inbetween. Combined with the planned densification this could...
master thesis 2018
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Bais, Jorik (author)
Cuba has been reluctant to engage and follow global developments in the past decades. Even in comparison to other socialist economic nations, Cuba has retained a strong focus on domestic political doctrine, leaving economics to bureaucratic decision making. But as its monotonous import focussed market stands on the brink of change in an era of...
master thesis 2017
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van Zalingen, Jelmer (author)
The almost sixty year Castro regime has driven the island of Cuba into isolation. Infrastructure on the island fully relies on the nation own capacity and since the special period like everything else this is in an overall state of decline. The ongoing neglected state of Cuba's infrastructure, together with a continuous scarcity of resources and...
master thesis 2017
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Chen, Xiangfei (author)
ALamar is a satellite city of Havana. This city was built to be a soviet city which is designed for newman. But with the collapse of USSR, Alamar’s construction was stopped. This city become a bedroom community now. Local employment is so low and local people need defined public space to rebuild the identity. <br/>Alamar have its own opportunity...
master thesis 2017
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Wang, Lin (author)
The thesis is a urban-research-based architectural design in Alamar, Havana, Cuba. Due to the special historical condition and cultural background of Cuba, the intervention into the urban context is generated from the analysis and anatomy of the specific community in Alamar. The design is a vocational school of urban farming, which is a sector...
master thesis 2017
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Bomhof, B. (author)
Garfield Park is a neglected neighborhood in between the city center and the suburbs of Chicago. During the 60s the white middle class moved out to the suburbs to live the “American Dream”. Poor black people moved in and at the same time crime started to rise. Right now the citizens are suffering a live full of poverty and are suppressed by...
master thesis 2016
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Hercules, M.F. (author)
How can a single intervention trigger an attractive production neighborhood to facilitate economic growth in a decaying industrial area? Meet Galewood, Chicago. An area in between downtown The Loop and the outskirts of the city. From the earliest days of Chicago in the 1830’s, the area has shown economic growth. Up until mid-twentieth century,...
master thesis 2015
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Fernández de Córdova, J.M. (author)
Design of Urban Strategy, Masterplan, Hotel and Offices besides Chicago's Midway Airport.
master thesis 2015
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Sraiffe, M. (author)
Introduction My graduation project is about the lakeside development in South Chicago. Chicago Southworks was home to the previous US steel manufacturing plant. About 20 000 thousand people worked and lived at south side. The mill started to decline in the 70 ties because of the shifting market for steel. US steel closed his doors in 1992. The...
master thesis 2014
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Koppendraaier, D.A. (author)
The assignment of the graduation studio of Complex Projects is the rehabilitation and redesign or strategy of the now empty South Chicago (Illinois, USA) South Works site. The U.S. Steel’s South Works which was located there used to provide for work in the area, but after closure in 1992, the area started to decay. The lack of programmatic and...
master thesis 2014
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Noorden, J. (author)
High dense residential block with social housing designed to give the social class opportunities to move up the social ladder by stimulating local markets and craft, community building and self-governance over their environments.
master thesis 2014
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