The design of a floating classroom for schools located in flood and typhoon-prone areas in South East Asia

This graduation thesis comprises a feasibility study and design of a floating classroom which can offer students a safe learning environment in typhoon and flood-prone areas by designing a classroom which is typhoon resilient with a floating foundation. This research is a follow-up study to the Finch Floating Homes project. One month of field...

Tem heat dissipation system: Increasing performance of a thermoelectrical integrated facade through the heat dissipation system

Recent studies show an increase in energy use on buildings due to higher cooling demands, constituting an increase of 17% of the global energy consumption by 2050. Tendencies also show that cooling degree days around the globe will also increase and this will display a greater impact on developing countries with warm climates. Subsequently, this...

Climate adaptation concept on a stadium: The new Feyenoord Stadium

The practice of almost any sport requires friendly and comfortable environmental conditions, cool temperatures and medium humidity levels, as well as satisfactory lighting and ventilation performance (Torsing et al., 2016). The complex challenge of designing sport infrastructure is likely to become even bigger in the expected future warmer...

Post-War Refurbishment: Making post-war era houses sustainable

The Netherlands faces climate change due to global warming and earthquakes due to gas production. To decrease both earthquakes and CO2 production, the government aims to half the gas production in the coming four years and aims for an entire stop by 2030. Over 80% of Dutch houses are heated with gas; 20% were built in the late post-war era (1960...

Solar Cooling Façades: An Integrated Façade Design with Thermoelectric Cooling Systems for Office Buildings in Athens

Nowadays the use of renewable energy resources is a necessity. Approximately 13% of the energy spent in Greece comes from renewable energy resources, however a significantly higher percentage is essential in order to meet the European standards by 2020. A prompt solution is the in-situ energy generation. Additionally, the harmful emmisions of...

Aesthetics of Sustainable Architecture: The duality of living & working in a life-cycle proof house

This was a project based seminar to explore the aesthetic potentials of sustainability in architecture. Sustainability is a very broad notion and can vary depending on the context and local environmental condition. Aesthetics is quite subjective and usually a personal matter. The seminar was an exercise to explore and research how to integrate...

Net-zero energy refurbishment with circular building materials at the TU Delft

The objective of this research is to decrease the energy and material consumption of TU Delft’s building stock, by providing the university with a refurbishment method. Refurbishments can have a large impact on the energy and material consumption of the Built Environment, as it focuses on the majority of the Built Environment. By designing net...

Delta Center Design: San Francisco Bay: Resilience by Design. Designing for uncertain delta-landscape futures

The interventions around old industrial areas are based on a landscape design, which can also be regarded as an introduce of the nature. The green land protects the heritages and absorb rain water. On the green land are renovated factories, which in a different environment, are given new identities. Connecting those old buildings are wooden...

Ultra lightweight thin glass facade: with structural, sun shading, insulating and transparent properties

Nowadays it is a top priority in the building sector to reduce the energy use and carbon emissions. One of the most important strategies to reduce the carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in buildings is by increasing the thermal performance of its envelope. To achieve this, a low thermal transmission should be established. Glazed surfaces typically...