Architectural Young Classics: A sustainable reuse strategy for administrative office buildings of the 1970s and 1980s

The office architecture of the 1970s and 1980s makes up a large part of Dutch office building stock, at about 30%. Most buildings are now in need of major renovation and often no longer correspond to today's aesthetic perception. In addition, the function of the buildings must be adapted to today's needs and technological standards. This is not...

Philips as pulse for the development of Eindhoven: The value of the Philips heritage around the Emmasingel for the future of Eindhoven

Eindhoven and Philips, two names that are inseparable from each other. Travelling by train to Eindhoven you are accompanied by the heritage of Philips next to the railway. Travelling by car to Eindhoven along the highway you pass the Medical Centre of Philips in the north and the High Tech Campus of Philips in the south. In the city white...

Alleviating urban loneliness: Devising a template for the not-lonely neighbourhood

Proposal for a new neighbourhood in the city of Eindhoven, with a particular focus on one of its residential blocks.<br/><br/>This thesis challenges the overly-simplistic (and economically-driven) responses to urban loneliness offered by convenience-oriented modes of co-living, and responds with a workable alternative that seeks to embed a more...

How do fashion designers design?: A research on the design process in fashion, reflected on architecture

Architectural theory has illuminated the inherently connected relationship between fashion and architecture. Both disciplines shelter the body, react to spatial volume, rely on a process, and take a work of creativity from its two-dimensional concept into a three-dimensional reality. But the end result does not come out of the blue. It is the...