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Ooijevaar, Jasmijn (author)
'The Scarred City', the theme of the Urban Architecture graduation studio in 2022/2023. This location-based studio started with Droixhe/Bressoux, a troublesome and difficult area in Liège (Belgium), as the overarching project site. Starting with fieldwork and participatory research into the hidden social structures of Bressoux and Droixhe and...
master thesis 2023
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Jansen op de Haar, Carmen (author)
This graduation project explores the implementation of integrated and sustainable land use planning as a crucial strategy for transforming the BPL MD region into a thriving and biodiverse area that benefits both humans and nature. By emphasizing landscape identity, water storage, the livability of meadow birds, and balancing recreational...
master thesis 2023
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van Duuren, Casper (author)
In recent decades, the world’s population has increased exponentially and is expected to increase even more in the coming years. More and more people are moving to the city. In the Netherlands, too, we are dealing with population growth in the Randstad, and therefore also in Leiden. This increase puts extra pressure on the already extensive road...
master thesis 2023
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Kok, Daan (author)
In light of the current discussion in architecture regarding healthcare, we often disregard the qualities of “old-fashioned” healthcare buildings.<br/>In the neighbourhood of Droixhe, Liege, this is no different. The site used to be inhabited by a thriving healthcare residence named ‘Les Murlais’, however, its thoughtless demolition erased not...
master thesis 2023
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Alzate Martinez, Fábio (author)
This research explores the potential of urban design to fulfill the role of integrating the domains of ecology, food, and climate change to achieve long-term restorative goals. Also, the potential of urban design to be the operator of a dynamic coexistence with nature by acting upon the diverse layers of landscape infrastructure and embedded...
student report 2023
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Diederen, Carolien (author)
The objective of this master thesis is to investigate experimentally how non-breaking wave loading affects the stability of the MOSES artificial reefs, an artificial reef by the company ReefSystems. Small scale wave flume tests with a length scale factor of 20 were conducted in the Scheldt flume at Deltares in Delft to determine the stability of...
master thesis 2022
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Magloire-Isidora, Aisrel (author)
Noise pollution is a contemporary problem that developed through urbanisation and industrialization. The consequences of this issue directly influence the health of human beings, as their perception of noise leads to certain behavioural responses. By addressing this issue in a strategic way, residential housing can still be created in noise...
master thesis 2022
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Psaras, Michalis (author)
Synanthropic Habitats originates from the interdisciplinary quest on ‘how will we live together’ and the personal fascination to critically question the deeply-rooted anthropocentric binary of human (us) and nature (them). The thesis aims to establish an innovative domestic environment that deals with the heterogeneity of people of different...
master thesis 2022
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Śliwińska, Zuza (author)
In the significant migration cities of China, such as Shenzhen, large<br/>numbers of constantly in movement floating population of working settlers<br/>is said to have a severe impact on the ecological environment<br/>(Li, Zhang &amp; Jiang et al., 2021). Called a ‘malign tumour’ by the population<br/>and the local government, they settle in...
student report 2022
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Kotaesh, Khalil (author)
We are living in a perfect storm of catastrophes; overpopulation, desertification, deterioration of biodiversity, and a weakened ecological system are threatening our current way of living. It is essential we look for new ways of living and building. This paper is an experimental research on how to use waste-based brick as a building material to...
master thesis 2022
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Aldana Trujillo, David (author)
Anthropogenic development is the main actor in the destruction of our planet. <br/>Urbanization, industrialization, and agriculture have been expanding exponentially at a global scale in an attempt to create prosperity and progress. Still, in the process of this never-ending pursuit of betterment for the human race, we are killing native...
master thesis 2021
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Ziere, Koen (author)
In order to find the possibilities of implementation of e-flows in Dutch water management, it is necessary to first explore the current role of e-flows in projects, plans and policies. Data collection is primarily done through interviews. In addition to this, analysis of policy documents is used as a method of data collection. The collected...
master thesis 2021
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van Deelen, Julie (author)
With the population growing and countries becoming more affluent, diets shift. These global dietary shifts contribute greatly to increasing greenhouse gas emissions because of their higher carbon and water intensities. This development is problematic considering both the growth in our global economy as well as our population. It is therefore...
master thesis 2021
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Sobieraj, Daniel Sobieraj (author)
Food has played an important role in shaping our metropolitan regions, such as Westland in South Holland, The Netherlands. The industrialisation and globalisation of agriculture in Westland has prioritised economy and efficiency, creating issues of liveability and sustainability. The market-driven expansion of the agri-food industry has...
master thesis 2021
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Drašković, Sonja (author)
Today we are facing an unpredictable future due to our climate change, which is causing an acceleration in sea-level rise and consequently flooding. Coastlines, docks, ports, deltas are at greater risk of flooding and damage, they are vulnerable to the escaping water and wetness, which leaves behind sorrow and grief. This thesis focuses on...
master thesis 2021
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van de Pol, Hilde (author)
The Multi-farm was designed in such a way that it forms a valuable link in a new neighbourhood's (in the Cornelis-Douwes 01 area in Amsterdam) social and ecological system. In the research strategies were developed for a decentral organisation of local foodproduction and waterpurification in a new neighbourhood, but the research also provided...
master thesis 2021
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Liaw, Suxin (author)
With rapid urbanisation and urban sprawl, biodiversity in Netherlands is rapidly declining with 70% reduction of species since the 1900. TU Delft campus is part The Hague-Rotterdam metropolitan region and an important green-blue connector with the surrounding forest-meadow-river landscape. However, there is limited opportunities in the human...
master thesis 2021
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Gary Gilson, Gary (author)
The Rotterdam urban fabric is built in an area of amalgamation of very interesting landscape conditions surrounding it. Defined by the rich natural and cultural history, this structure has been home to different habitats for a variety of flora and fauna. However, the urban core disconnects these areas due to the lack of diverse ecological green...
master thesis 2021
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Kool, Juliette (author)
The Mara Wetland in Tanzania has an important role in regulating the quality, timing and magnitude of the flow of water into Lake Victoria. In addition, the wetland provides natural resources for local communities and habitat for variety of species. The planned dam construction upstream of the wetland and projected changes in the local climate...
master thesis 2021
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Chen, Chu (author)
As Chinese economy booms during recent decades, river management attains more investment, and is required to develop more rapidly for flood defense as well as facilitating navigation, which brings a lot of changes and threat to most of aquatics, especially those endangered species. Yangtze finless porpoise is one of those...
master thesis 2020
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