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Brik, Natalie (author)Healthcare systems in developed countries are under extreme pressure due to multiple factors. The challenge is to deliver high quality of care while dealing with limited budgets. An ageing population and in increase in chronic diseases leads to an growing demand for care. This growing demand leads to an increase in costs in the system, but the...master thesis 2019
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van den Berg, Job (author)This graduation project is focused on a transformation of industrial heritage in Campus North in Hembrug, a former closed-off military production terrain on a peninsula in Zaandam. For a long time the terrain was used by the Artellerie-Inrichtingen for the production and manufacturing of weapons and ammunition for the Dutch army. After the...master thesis 2020
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Shih, Yi-Chen (author)Borders affect both spatial properties and human behaviors. The way people experience spaces determines the thickness of borders, and the thickness is the space of threshold. This architectural concept is inspired by the architectural elements – door which involves a character of connection and separation. The duality of interface challenges the...master thesis 2021
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Kougea, CHARIKLEIA (author)Context: The majority of buildings are designed as static objects, in order to serve a specific goal, a specific function. Although, this does not match to the contemporary and constantly changing way of living and working. Moreover, it does not match with the evolving technology, economy and culture. Thus, buildings that cannot respond to the...master thesis 2019
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Kok, W. (author), Van Luijn, P.L. (author)High vacancy rates of offices are a major problem in the Netherlands. Especially since the start of the economic crisis, the number of empty office buildings has increased significantly. The highest vacancy rates can be found in non monumental offices with column structures build from 1960 till 1980. This office vacancy is due to esthetical,...master thesis 2012
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de Roij, Sjoerd (author)This graduation project has been executed in the studio of Heritage & Architecture at the TU Delft. The context of the project is that of the Hembrug terrain, a former military production site in between the cities of Amsterdam and Zaandam. The overhauling title of the graduation project is ‘Revitalizing Heritage’, aiming at giving the...master thesis 2020
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Hooiveld, Kim (author)‘Revitalising Parkstad’’ is an architectural strategy that demonstrates how Parkstad can make use of its environmental deficit of the past to shape its future. After closing the mines Parkstad is now suffering from shrinkage, unemployment and fragmentation. Besides that there is the problem of upcoming mine water that forms a problem regarding...master thesis 2020
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Alons, P. (author)Urban strategy for the transformation of Schieoevers North area in Delft. Taking into account the preservation of the industrial heritage and the new development of the Spoorzone Delft. This urban strategy is used for the transformation of an old cable factory in to new vibrant living and working environment.master thesis 2011
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Poon, Y.K. (author)We are now faced with new social problems of deteriorating sense of community and a disjointed society that is generated by the Modern city paradigms. To tackle these new problems does not mean the complete restoration of the old system. It should mean a new typology that reflects the traditional system in an innovative way. By mixing the old...master thesis 2012
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Mink, Leonoor (author)A transformation of the building complex Dullaert & C&A along the Overwelving in Zutphen. Through architectural interventions the aim was to create a design that improves the meeting of different connections and traffic flows, and brings back the identity and purpose of the Overwelving within the city. The new intervention and...master thesis 2018
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Lv, Ruiqi (author)The graduation project attempts to discuss the possible approaches for transferring the Centraal Beheer into a leisure and recreation center.master thesis 2018
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De Blanken, O.J.N. (author)How can Moerwijk-North be architecturally transformed towards an attractive neighbourhood with a high level of middle-income families and contemporary form of social cohesion, while maintaining the existing architectural qualities? The goal of this graduation project is to architecturally transform Moerwijk-North towards an attractive...master thesis 2013
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Kiers, Denise (author)There is a growing urbanization trend in Amsterdam, this causes dwellings to be less affordable. That is why several areas in Amsterdam are being densified. One of these areas is Sloterdijk Centrum, a typical monofunctional office park of the 80’s and 90’s. The municipality wants to transform this park to a lively mixed use area by adding new...master thesis 2021
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Baghuis, Hannah (author)The Living City combines social housing with an algae research institute and additional public functions in one complex, and is made completely circular and self-sufficient with the use of algae. The project reacts on the migrated and evolved Garden Suburbs within the site of the assignment and the expanding high-rise district Zuidplein. It aims...master thesis 2021
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de Beun, Martin (author)Increasing density of housing in postwar neighbourhoods can simultaneously help in reducing housing shortages, address social-economic issues and enable a 2000-watt-society. Shifting household compositions have seen household sizes reduced and floor space usage increase, which corresponds to higher energy and material use. Reducing floor space...master thesis 2023
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Snoek, L.N.A. (author)This graduation project is situated in Paris and displays the fictional transformation of Entrepôt Ney, a logistics building designed by Marcel Forest which was completed in 1976, into a neighborhood.master thesis 2014
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De Groot, J. (author)The goal of this research is to explore the costs and benefits of different intervention strategies for vacant office buildings from a life cycle costing perspective. Taking into account the operating period of transformed office buildings provides insight in the actual financial result of transformed buildings compared to demolished and new...master thesis 2014
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Gorchaj, Rina (author)The cul-de-sac is an omnipresent urban morphology encompassing an array of very different situations, whose specificity however is overshadowed by its functional definition. The research confronts the functional conception and challenges its appropriateness. It is firstly established that there is no one definition of a cul-de-sac, but rather...master thesis 2021
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Luijmes, Marijn (author)The Plofbos has a strong character that is defined by the presence of a young forest that springs from the remains of a decomposing military structure. This new growth is dynamic. It continuously changes the light, smells, sight-lines and experiences throughout the seasons. Together with the diversity of open and enclosed spaces and the sense of...master thesis 2019
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Birda, Stavroula (author)The project is about the transformation of the Klein Vaticaan ensemble in Zutphen. By using the historical value of the site and its communal identity as a basis, the aim was to reinterpret the urban fabric and integrate it in a sustainable solution that is going to connect with the city and bring the lost communal spirit to the surface. The...master thesis 2018