Multi-Source Data Modelling to Understand the Effects of Tourism Demand on Air Quality in Italy

The goal of this research is to model and understand the effects of tourism demand on air quality by performing data integration on multi-source data. This research is aimed at researchers and practitioners aiming to perform multidisciplinary research in the fields of data science and geoscience, presenting the methods and challenges that arise...

From ''Stone City'' to ''Hidden Water Region'': Visualize and value the invisible water flows in Matera

This thesis explores the traditional water system of Sassi di Matera and finds out that water plays an important role as a sustainable resource, the social center, and the chance for green space. In addition, by exploring the overall history and culture of Matera, different symbolic elements of water (public fountains, grabiglioni, WWTP) are...

House. School. Temple: A critical research about the ideological meanings and messages conveyed by Giuseppe Terragni and his Casa del Fascio in Como between 1936-1945

In recent years, the rise of right-wing ideologies has been a growing concern for me. Across the world, a worrying and alarming increase in support for far-right political parties and movements is taking place. Several signals of a broader shift towards nationalist and populist politics are currently emerging. The recent national elections held...

Of Stones and Travelers: The Venetian matter: A productive machine in its own consuming

Venezia, la Serenissima. The most serene Republic. One adjective is sufficient to identify the city of Venice; more complicated is to figure out its singularities: the city of canals, trades, cultural exchange, gate between the west and the east, the city of the myth, the romantic city, the city of the endless descriptions. “At once solid and...

A social practice approach to the solidarity purchasing groups’ niche in Piedmont, Italy

The modular post-earthquake shell: A multi-objective parametric structural design approach

In April 2018, a graduation project in the field of architecture was concluded. The project entailed the design of a temporary community centre in the earthquake-damaged historic town centre of L’Aquila, Italy. The underlying social concept was focused on participation of the local population in the construction of the community centre. The...

Cultural Heritage Counts for Parrano: Study on the use of cultural heritage for redevelopment of vacant farmhouses in Central Italy

Opportunity in Chaos: Triggering revival of the damaged historic town centres of Italy

April, 2009. A medium-powered earthquake occurs in L’Aquila, Italy, causing disproportionally heavy damage: 308 people are killed, more than 1 500 people are injured and over 65 000 people are rendered homeless. The historic town centre of L’Aquila is among the most heavily affected areas. <br/>Nine years later, the once beautiful and lively...

Contested heritage, memory and metamorphoses: Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana

The Italian fashion brand Fendi moved their headquarters to the Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana in the end of 2015. This iconic building, also known as the square Colosseum, is not only famous for its frequent appearance in movies, but also as one of the most important examples of architecture during the Italian fascist regime. The building was...

Contextualizing Edges, the rural case of Sardinia

The phenomenon of the depopulation affects the spatial configuration of the countryside, and how inhabitants use it. The thesis explores the region of Sardinia, Italy, with the aim as first to map the problem through experimental methodology, and finally to propose solutions which can be applied elsewhere. The thesis is not only a process of...

Il cuore verde di Varallo Sesia: Living in touch with nature in a shrinking village

De krimpsituatie in de Sesia Vallei in het noordwesten van Italië biedt nieuwe kansen voor het benutten van de kwaliteiten van het gebied. De verbinding van de berg en de rivier met de stad en de bewoners staat centraal. De relatie tussen het wonen en natuur is hierbij het uitgangspunt. The shrinking village in the Sesia valley in northwest...

Living in Valsesia: Art in the urban room

De stedelijke plekken van Varallo Sesia worden doorgetrokken over een locatie. Op deze locatie staat een door krimp leegstaand ziekenhuis die op deze manier nieuwe betekenis krijgt. Kunst word als kathalyserende factor gebruikt midden in deze locatie. Hierdoor worden bestaande krachten van Varallo Sesia verbonden maar ontstaat er ook een nieuw...

Body language of home

Het huis als communicatiemiddel in de stedelijke plekken (urban rooms) van Varallo Sesia. || Dit afstudeerproject beslaat het ontwerp voor een ensemble aan de voet van de Sacro Monte in Varallo Sesia. In dit ensemble worden twee groepen samengebracht: de hardst groeiende groep inwoners, de ouderen, en de groep die een economische impuls kan...

Falling stones

Het ontwerp speelt in op de problematiek krimp. De ontwerplocatie ligt midden in een groot krimpgebied, namelijk Sesia Valley ten noorden van Milaan. De gekozen doelgroep speelt een grote rol in de oplossingsrichting wat gestuurd word door het thema in-between; Stad en land en publiek en privé.

Living between the edges

The permanent inhabitants of the rural area of Sesia Valley are shrinking, and the living conditions that origin as an agricultural community has changed. Resulting in the dissolving of the living environment as a community, and the falling apart of the culture heritage and tradition of this rural area. Tourism and leisure are an important...

Nederlandse ontwerpers in Italië - een studie naar strategieën om succesvol de Italiaanse markt te betreden

This is a brief summary of a research which has been commissioned by the Royal Dutch Embassy in Rome in collaboration with the Technical University in Delft about the opportunities for designers from the Netherlands on the Italian design market. This research is conducted in 4 sectors in which Italy has an important position: The automotive...

Industrial Solar Energy at Royal DSM: From a pilot project to corporate strategy

Morfologische analyse Abruzzo Kust

Kustmorfologische berekeningen van de kust van Abruzzo (Italie) ter ondersteuning van kustbeleid voor deze regio