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Fenten, Huub (author)
In São Paulo, Brazil, the urbanization of workers without education or a steady income has caused a large demand for social housing, with 800,000 families forced to live in settlements and slums without a legal basis. At the same time, the crime rates of the past decades brought forth a standard of ‘enclavement’ of urban blocks, with fences...
master thesis 2023
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Bruurs, Nikki (author)
The main question of this thesis is: ‘’What impact did family life in the 19th and 20th centuries have on the floorplan of family homes in the Netherlands?’’ In the 19th century, families lived close together in slums, in which housing conditions were poor. Privacy within the family was far away, as living, cooking, etc. were all done in one...
student report 2023
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Strzałkowska, Olga (author)
Historically, working as a housewife has been highly devalued, underappreciated and even ridiculed. Even today, women assuming domestic work are associated with a caring, motherly figure that provides physical and emotional shelter and creates a home. This housewife stereotype comes from rooted deeply in created by society’s gender norms and...
student report 2023
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Ziemiecka, Ewa (author)
We spent hours sitting in silence, until he turned his eyes away from the window and spoke: ‘I would like to tell you one last story, It has been decided, there will be no more travels beyond the edge for me.’ In the following days I heard, not one but five, stories of people M encountered – inhabitants of the land he traveled to. Truth be told,...
master thesis 2022
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Hoezen, Midas (author)
How can collective housing design encourage social inclusion? From an ecological perspective, the housing of socially disadvantaged and transformation of post-war mass housing is explored. Socially disadvantaged people such as the formerly homeless have often difficulties integrating into a new living environment and need a more stable...
master thesis 2022
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Heikamp, Marlous (author)
Challenging in the face of many losses and negative biases is our last phase of life, the late life. We end up in nursing homes out of sight from our communities, we are viewed as valueless and stripped away from our own desires and standards. During a stay in a care home these observations led to the confronting conclusion that almost all old...
master thesis 2021
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Li, Yuchen (author)
The presence of creatives or the ‘creative class’ is observed to act as a stimulant for regional and local urban transformation and gentrification. Global statistics state that the creative industry serves as a major economic driving force of the twenty- first century. For Rotterdam, a global metropolis, the need for creativity grows hand in...
master thesis 2021
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Dijk, Tijmen (author)
There is an urgent need for affordable housing solutions in the Netherlands before 2030. However, the focus should not only be on producing new dwellings, but rather on creating homes and neighbourhoods that meet the needs of the future population. In Dutch cities there is a change in the residential culture and there is a large lack of...
master thesis 2021
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Ezink, Jeroen (author)
A living environment designed for elderly people and elderly people with dementia. If the residents, the elderly people, gets dementia they will be able to continue their life in the same, trusted living environment, without moving to other living environments.
master thesis 2020
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Riches, Matthew (author)
One of the most striking things bout the city of Mumbai, and more specifically Nalasopara, is the conflict visible between the formal and informal natures of the city. In a city where informal work and precarious lifestyles, are becoming ever more common, with currently 81% of india’s ecmonmy in the informal sector, the systems used to house...
master thesis 2019
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Blok, Lian (author)
This research has two main purposes: (1) to show the quality of dominant nature, above man and (2) to demonstrate the investigation of biodiversity in a city environment both by designing a prototype of a dwelling. The city environment, in this case, is Amsterdam; the dwelling is designed in the Jordaan. The location is chosen because this...
master thesis 2019
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de Boer, Thaïsa (author)
Collective dwelling design for the new urban middle income family. Attention is paid to enhance social interaction. The design forms a proposal for flexible and affordable family dwellings to keep the middle class in (the city center) of Amsterdam.
master thesis 2019
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Kaatee, Laurens (author)
In the coming years Amsterdam is facing an influx of people over the age of 65. This influx will be the most present in the Center and South districts of the city, districts that are known for their pre-war buildings. These buildings often lack mobility and accessibility needs for this target group. Suitable alternatives for people over the age...
master thesis 2017
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Paes, Merel (author)
More and more people are moving to cities. The general idea is that there is always something to do and there is always someone to meet with in those cities. The truth is different. A lot of those city dwellers are feeling lonely from time to time. They experience a lack of social contacts and relationships. The increase in loneliness is mainly...
master thesis 2017
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Yang, S. (author)
Since December 2014, Dutch government started to issue one new type of VISA for foreign innovative business starters to startup in Netherlands. Amsterdam would be their first choice because of its various initial advantages. However, living and office costs in Amsterdam, especially in the inner city, are not so affordable for these starters. My...
master thesis 2016
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Steffens, P.P. (author)
Het ontwerp bestaat uit een bouwblok waarin twee thema's centraal staan. Het eerste thema is de verbinding van bewoners in een bouwblok met de aangrenzende buitenruimte. In het ontwerp zijn verschillende architectonische middelen ingezet om deze verbinding te versterken. Het tweede thema richt zich op flexibiliteit. Vanwege de grote...
master thesis 2015
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Suk, D.H. (author)
The graduation project is to design Dutch Housing in the City of Amsterdam. The project site, the Groenmarkt contains a dynamic history and complex environment which I have to consider to design dwellings to enhance quality of private and collective life. Besides, many contemporary urban dwellings show low sense of belonging between dwellers....
master thesis 2015
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Yuan, X. (author)
To create a community with interactive in- between space which has a variety of spatial layers to promote the communication between dwellers.
master thesis 2015
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Abramczyk, M.J. (author)
The subject of the project ("Personality and Anonymity: Dwelling in Public dominated City Environment") is a subset of Studio's theme ("At Home in the City"). The project denotes the primary trait of home as its personality (understood as dwelling's susceptibility to semiotic changes imposed by its user). Consequently, one of project's main...
master thesis 2015
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Paik, I. (author)
The theme of the studio ‘At Home in the City’ is focusing on contemporary and future urban architecture on the scale of both dwelling and the city. Van der Kunbuurt is one of the suggested location that was needed to be transformed. At least half of the current 50’s apartments should be kept that can accommodate the contemporary dwellers.
master thesis 2015
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