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Hagen, Anouk (author)Religion is in decline and spirituality starts to take on a more prominent role instead. Although there are abundant religious spaces, this shift did not cause a development in architecture yet. Libraries have similar qualities to religious spaces, like the sense of community and the feeling of retreat, so it is interesting to research how this...student report 2023
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van der Stel, Paul (author)In this thesis, we develop a new library for Agda named Attic, which allows us to create and compose proof tactics that can be used to generate terms through reflection. Such tactics can be converted to Agda macros, allowing them to be used in term positions where they can generate term solutions of the expected type. Tactics can make the...master thesis 2022
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Klein Gunnewiek, Kato (author)In the middle of the picturesque quarter of Kosančićev Venac in Belgrade, a small empty crater is to be found. Once, the National Library of Belgrade stood here, but it got bombed during the second world war. Now it seems there is nothing more but some ruins of the original building. In multiple cases in Belgrade, the questions of how to deal...master thesis 2022
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Kwakkernaat, Nina (author)This graduation booklet is prepared for the master’s degree in<br/>architecture at the Delft University of Technologymaster thesis 2022
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Lemma, Bethel (author)The ambition of the project for the new public library in Beirut is one that explores how architectural space can facilitate this synergy between digital information and books. Through the integration of digital media in architecture and its interactive aspects, information can become more accessible to users. Beirut is historically known for...master thesis 2022
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Noorman, L. (author)The Jacobuskerk is currently the Catholic church of Winterswijk. Because of the outflow of churchgoers, there is a high probability it will lose this function in the future. Therefore, the challenge is to find a new purpose. There is an opportunity to create a public space in the church which can act as a meeting place for the whole community....master thesis 2020
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Bier, Marloes (author)The Jacobuskerk is the Catholic church of Winterswijk. It is located in the center, at the Misterstraat. The church was built in 1869 after a Neogothical design by H.J. Wennekers. It was enlarged in the 1950’s to house the increasing number of Catholics in Winterswijk, after a design by B.J. Koldewey in the Delftse school style. Most valuable...master thesis 2020
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Chen, Ziyao (author)In an attempt to unpack Antwerp as intimate city, distill the principles of its public exteriors and interiors and shed light into how a library can unlock its civic qualities, the Berchem Library is proposed, a public building in brick.master thesis 2019
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Gao, Junyi (author)Learning could be a kind of adhesive activity to bring people together. People of different ages have different demands. For example, teenagers want to try something cool beyond their school education; adults also have the desire to acquire more knowledge and exchange opinions, but they lack the opportunities after their graduation. The learning...master thesis 2019
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Sol, Merijn (author)The cultural centre will provide the city of Prague with a community centre combined with several large scale amenities (a cinema, a club, a big event hall and a skybar) to complement and, at the same time, relieve pressure on the inner city. The building is situated in a green, livable, accessible and diverse new area (outside of the clogged...master thesis 2019
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Boonekamp, Marianne (author)Festive moments and the built environment have, throughout history, had great influence on each other. Festive architecture has always been concerned with building narratives. It has the ability to communicate political, emotional, social or cultural messages and even change peoples perceptions. In the contemporary built environment of our...master thesis 2018
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Jiang, Wei (author)he way traditional culture prevalence is very inefficient with Cuba traditional libraries. Their common carrier of traditional culture has low accessibility to public. The traditional culture prevalence is in danger. Media Technology has advantage of accessibility to public. It's not just threat to local culture. It is opportunity to promote the...master thesis 2018
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Vos, Dorine (author)When people think of the public library, they mostly imagine a silent place full of books; a place open to anyone who wants to access information without being disturbed. This collective idea of the public library does not correspond any longer to the way public libraries are used, designed, built and managed. In the recent years many new ways...master thesis 2018
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Boomars, Sjoerd (author)Amsterdam Overamstel is a site in rapid transition from an area which is anno 2018 mainly focused on low value commercial spaces and infrastructure. Especially this infrastructure has a fragmenting effect on the location. These fragments do not have clear connections and a hierarchy inbetween. Combined with the planned densification this could...master thesis 2018
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Tang, Dingzhi (author)The Guesthouse TU Delft is a project built upon the idea that a new institution to be built is able to provide the urban environment of Delft with a new variety of academic activities, which normally stay at the campus. These activities are to be participated by many people, whether he’s from the university or not. In the making of this...master thesis 2017
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Saev, Deyan (author)Abstraction plays a central role, as both a language and an essential tool for design. However, because it can be vague, confusing, and even paradoxical at times the process of abstraction is rarely explicitly investigated in architectural education. As a result, inexperienced architects often do not have a clear idea of what abstraction is, or...master thesis 2017
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Jiang, Z. (author)In El Paso-Ciudad Juarez, one of the largest twin cities on U.S.-MEX. border, I found that there are over about 10 thousands students and workers cross the border for school and work every day, which occupied a large percentage of 43 of the daily commuters on border. By this way, they obtain more job opportunities and better education resources....master thesis 2016
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Langeveld, W. (author)The former leprosarium Westfort in South Africa is a very valuable place, but under pressure because of the poor squatters using the institution grounds as living place and the urban sprawl of Pretoria, reaching the borders of the site. A plan for the current community and the heritage structures is needed to secure its future. My plan is based...master thesis 2016
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Havenaar, Y.M.P. (author)The Schilderswijk in The Hague is a so-called “power district”: a quarter where the ethnical diversity and the illiteracy rate is high, and the amount of youngsters with education and/or a job is low. The teenagers and young adults often lack a connection to their neighbourhood and the other inhabitants. Consequently, they feel misunderstood and...master thesis 2016