Sonic relations as a design tool

Recent times are characterised by the domination of vision; as a result, the relation with the environment is very often superficial and based on a distance - very little attention is paid to acoustic relations which equally to visual means shape our experience of space. If sounds are understood as a set of acoustic relations resulting from...

The decline of public space in the digital age?: A search for a new synergy between the use of digital devices in and traditional use of urban public space

The world we live in is more and more a digital world and the number of people having access to digital communication technologies is growing rapidly. This integration of digital technologies into everyday life is what is called the digitalization process (IGI Global dictionary, 2018). It is a process that can be seen as a long-term societal...

Urban Stress: Research into the reduction of urban stress through urban design

Stress is a well-known phenomenon and something everyone experiences. Urban stress however, stress caused by and in the built environment of urban areas, is less known. Still, quite some research has been done on this topic from the fields of sociology and psychology, but there are not many resources that focus on urban stress - with all its...