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Camargo Cardozo, Laura (author)
This graduation project investigates the relationship between care and community and reflects on the possible impact of these learnings on design practice. Care is a complex dimension of life, which entails the act of providing everything that is necessary for the maintenance and repair of the world (Tronto, 1993). From this perspective, we can...
master thesis 2023
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Schumacher, Vanessa (author)
In special needs families, family dynamics are slightly different from the dynamics in other families. A child with special health care or educational needs requires a lot of attention and special care treatment from all family members. The parents‘ attention is mainly shifted to the care needs of the brother or sister and the siblings are...
master thesis 2023
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van der Klauw, Nina (author)
This research aims to explore the experiences and needs of social support after the teenager’s parental loss within the secondary school environment and proposes a design intervention. <br/><br/>Teenagers perceive grief more intensely compared to younger ages and adults since it aligns with the rapid transitions of their adolescence. In this...
master thesis 2023
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Sanchez de Boevé, Maureen (author)
Dementia is a part of our society. One in five people, and for women even one in three, will develop dementia. Dementia has a significant impact on the lives of those affected, as well as their loved ones. This design project focuses on the impact of dementia on the adult children of a parent with Alzheimer's disease.<br/><br/>Once a parent is...
master thesis 2023
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van Steen, Marijn (author)
Political participation of a group representative of society is essential for the legitimacy of a democratic system. But adolescents are not heard sufficiently and receive too little attention in contemporary democracy. Their political participation is very low and not representative for their age group, as politically engaged adolescents often...
master thesis 2022
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van Calmthout, Luc (author)
In 2019, close to one million Dutch citizens lived below the low-income threshold. Their monthly income averaged below €2.110 for a family of four (SCP, 2019). Many poor citizens struggle to improve their situation, with almost half of them remaining in poverty for more than four years on-end (CPB, 2019).<br/><br/>Luckily, Dutch national- and...
master thesis 2022
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Le Creurer, Max (author)
In the Netherlands, there is a large amount of buildings that are outdated according to today’s standards. Those existing buildings represent about 70% of the building stock in 2050. Updating these buildings in terms of functionality but mostly in terms of sustainability is therefore a highly relevant task at hand. To quote Prof. Mauro Overend...
master thesis 2022
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Gijsman, Hein (author)
Loneliness is a large and growing problem among adolescents. Body image has a strong relationship with loneliness, especially among young people. Therefore, a promising way to increase social wellbeing among this group is by increasing body satisfaction. This report presents various aspects that should be taken into account when designing an...
master thesis 2021
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Goodwill, Maya (author)
This report outlines the design process, research activities and results of a graduation thesis on power and privilege in multi-stakeholder public and social sector design processes. Due to a perceived gap in the design field, both in education and practice, the aim of this project is to support designers in becoming more aware of power dynamics...
master thesis 2020
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Broere, Jiska (author)
Intimacy is important for every human being. It contributes to our social contacts, physical health and quality of life. Intimacy also plays an important role in the lives of elderly, despite certain prejudices. Nevertheless, there is often a lack of attention for intimacy in elderly care. This graduation project therefore aims to give intimacy...
master thesis 2020
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van Bruggen, Anne (author)
Coherent responses to wicked problems such as climate change require a new way of doing science and tools to give insight into the transformation of large-scale socio-technical systems. Simulation models support transformative processes by offering a simplified version of reality and a boundary object that unites stakeholders around a simplified...
master thesis 2017
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Creoşteanu, Silvia (author)
Architecture today occupies an interstitial field that is fundamentally unstable, contaminated, complex, fragmented and dispersed. Public Building studio seeks to study such ‘interstitial fields’ in order to speculate and configure architectural potentials latent in the public realms, spheres, territories and borders of Bucharest. The studio...
master thesis 2017
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Aarts, B. (author)
This thesis presents the conceptual design process of a new intervention to stimulate pro-environmental disposal behaviour. Littering is a growing problem in the world. Research shows that the brand which is found most between the litter in the Netherlands is Red Bull. Although many interventions have been applied to try to change behaviour of...
master thesis 2016
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Vreeken, K.P. (author)
The European ‘refugee crisis’, which started during the summer of 2015, has challenged European countries and their societies on many levels. This graduation project focuses on the impact on the Dutch society and zooms in on the concerns of its policymakers, citizens and asylum seekers; refugees that have applied for asylum in the Netherlands....
master thesis 2016
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Wybenga, T. (author)
The graduation project of Titus Wybenga intends to make Rotterdam more beautiful by avoiding large quantities of bread leftovers in public space and by promoting understanding between different cultural groups in the area. Own assignment: As an Integrated Product Design student, Titus started an independent graduation project about shattered...
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
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Oskam, P.Y. (author)
The project concerns a minimal spatial design that re-invents the watersystem in South-Holland by connecting waterways with roads through social use. The water system of Holland functions not only as a very imporant structure to keep our feet dry, as well as a vital transport organ and recreational layer. Because of the developments in the past...
master thesis 2016
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De Planque, O.B.B. (author)
Energy waste is an issue of considerable size. Not only at home, but more increasingly so in public spaces. The TU Delft has set itself a number of sizeable energy saving goals for the near future, but with current initiatives focusing mostly on efficiency and responsible sourcing, not much is being done about altering the demand for energy. In...
master thesis 2015
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Serrarens, J.H. (author)
The stimulation of sustainable consumption behavior through design. “How can we develop a service-design that frames sustainable consumption as a personally valued asset, rather than a collective one?” Central to this research through design project was the exploration of new ways of sustainable consumption.This reasearch through design project...
master thesis 2015
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Elferink, H. (author)
SamenDoen is a platform designed for young seniors to expand their social network through joining in local activities with others. The platform facilitates organising activities in six different categories. When registered to SamenDoen a user can sign up and join activities in their area. The activities will be organised by both Menzis and by...
master thesis 2015
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