The Power of Justice: Spatial Strategies for a fair Energy Transition in North-West Europe

The energy industry is responsible for almost 89% of GHG emissions (IEA, 2022), and projected CO2 emissions would exceed the 1.5°C goal (IPCC,2023). There is no question that we need to transition towards renewable energy sources, it has become an urgency and we need to transition now. <br/><br/>However, there are several challenges within this...

A Changing Mathenesserweg: Research on the effects of gentrification in Rotterdam and specifically on the Mathenesserweg.

This thesis investigates both the status of gentrification on the Mathenesserweg in Rotterdam, as well as the lived experience of gentrification within the street’s inhabitants. Over the last few years, the street has been changing, both in the demographic makeup of the street and in the structuring of the houses. To get an idea about how the...

What to do with Swarttouw's warehouses: Breakbulk warehouses of Rotterdam

This thesis examines the historic value of breakbulk warehouses for Rotterdam. It focuses on a warehouse in Merwehaven, a disused port area in Rotterdam. By showing the history of Rotterdam warehouses, redevelopments executed, and demolished warehouses a deeper understanding of warehouses for Rotterdam is given. Giving the historical context and...

Stacking Stories to Upgrade the City: The Role of High-rise Buildings in Rotterdam

With the exponential growth of high-rise buildings in Rotterdam over the past decades the city is now the 10th highest city in Europe. The role that high-rise plays in the city of Rotterdam has been developing throughout the years and started becoming more important. Through literature and municipal archival research, the significance of high...

tunus - tiny house project: an interdisciplinary approach to architecture

A tiny house is a building for permanent human habitation that is specifically designed to have a limited ground surface. The tiny house design discussed in this report has a strong focus on circularity, sustainable material usage, smart systems, and affordability. To achieve an overall self-regulating and ecological concept, the aim is to...

The influence of spatial radar rainfall resolutions and land-use data on the urban water balance in Rotterdam: Additional Thesis

While rainfall is the key input to most hydrological models, its precise characteristics are often uncertain. Runoff generation does not only depend on the measured rainfall resolution but also on the level of detail of land-use and therefore of the runoff generation. This study aims at identifying the influence of rainfall radar resolution and...