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Moens, Joël (author)
This research and design explores holistic sustainability as a remedy for long term development of modern shopping malls in the Netherlands. Shopping malls are susceptible to changes and sometimes fail to create an equal balance between the environmental, social and economic aspects of sustainability, leading to vacant shops and lower quality of...
master thesis 2024
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Pornpunyalert, Mawee (author)
My thesis ‘Against the grain’ explores the relationship between urban life and food, how architectural invention could reintroduce food activities back to being a part of the urban life. The agenda was inspired by my personal interest in food and how it effects our lives, especially the power of food in placemaking. The topic of food and space,...
master thesis 2022
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Velev, Ivan (author)
The goal of this thesis is to propose a design for an orbital space station that incubates the future space civilization and is the base for space regulations and governance. A place that is democratizing access to space and resources, and allows for any interested individual to join and contribute to the world at large and their personal...
master thesis 2022
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Oosterwoud, Chloë (author)
In recent years, overtourism has become a big problem for many European cities. In Amsterdam, tourism is changing the experience of place of its city centre, which negatively affects resident’s quality of life by causing feelings of alienation. As a result, more and more residents seem to retreat or move away from Amsterdam’s city centre,...
master thesis 2021
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Algra, Laura (author)
master thesis 2021
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Fougerouse, Manon (author)
This question might sound very broad: What future for the architecture? What future for the people living in it? What is Post-War housing? What political and social thought is behind it? What kind of place does it hold in the city? Who designed it? Who are its inhabitants? Moreover, what kind of problem is it subject to think it needs a new...
master thesis 2021
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Lee, Isabel (author)
In Skopje, the approach is to write and re-write the city. Within its architecture, a battle between oppositions is expressed. Neo-classical v Brutalism. Socialism v Nationalism. Macedonian v Albanian. The list goes on. Yet life continues amongst this and these binary oppositions do not represent the true life of Skopjans. The city’s image is...
master thesis 2020
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Keesmaat, Patrick (author)
An autonomous guided vehicle can be used for the delivery of goods. To deliver these goods to your home, the mobile robot will be driving in pedestrian rich environments. In these environments the robot will need to socially navigate itself in a way which is both pleasant for the pedestrians and progressive for the robot. During its drive, the...
master thesis 2020
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de Blok, Denise (author)
Last two decades, the creative city theory has been the main source of inspiration for urban regeneration approaches (Krätke in Brenner et a. (eds.), 2012). Researchers like Landry, Hall and Florida stated creativity as the new engine of economic growth and urban development (Florida, 2002; Hall, 2000; Landry, 1996). However, urban regeneration...
master thesis 2019
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Cijntje, Stephanie (author)
This projects addresses the social aspect of daily life, how different people in a community get to meet each other and how the community as a whole, and in a larger context the city, can benefit of these festive social qualities.
master thesis 2018
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Lelieveld, Monica (author)
In developing cities across the globe, as in Addis Ababa, the number of residents is growing while the amount of good-quality housing remains low. The demand for low-income housing is rising rapidly due to the contemporary aim to eliminate the unhealthy living conditions and the influx of migrants. Without newcomers a city would not be able to...
master thesis 2017
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Vorderegger, V.E. (author)
The fascinations about our changing (becoming more isolated) life style, the declining need for people to posses things and a few existing systems that show us that people seem to want to share (temporary) more possessions with each other are the guiding elements for this project. The research explores the possibilities within the domestic...
master thesis 2015
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Van Herk, S. (author)
In 2008, Thomas Brinkman founded MyOrder as a solution for delayed services in catering. He developed a mobile application that allowed users to order products, without having to wait for a waiter. MyOrder gradually expanded and in 2014 more than 14.000 merchants were connected to its platform. On the user side however, the adoption rate was...
master thesis 2015
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Aalbers, F. (author)
Austerity policies in the Netherlands cause citizens to become more responsible for social support, and to people in need of social support to keep living independently up to an older age. This led to the assignment by Zuidzorg to find new ways to encourage neighbourhood participation. Preliminary research and interviews with people in Budel,...
master thesis 2014
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Rachyd, A. (author)
Society is changing and the government/ municipality is forced into a new role. In Rotterdam, citizen participation has already been part of the financial plan since 2010. In 2010, 3 years before the King’s speech, the executive board of the city of Rotterdam agreed on a four year financial plan to stimulate citizen initiatives in the city of...
master thesis 2014
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Schade, V.P.H. (author)
Research shows that current new attractions only have an effect for approximately two years on the visitor numbers of a park . In this project a new type of attraction was created, namely social-emotional journeys. Social-emotional journeys aim to be more sustainable and retain revisit attractiveness. The project tried to push the boundaries of...
master thesis 2014
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Wong, W. (author)
Urban planning and development increasingly incorporates citizens in its process in order to build a city that is catered to its users needs. But what exactly is the added value of participation for the government and housing associations?
master thesis 2014
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Fens, A.C.F. (author)
The development of a CSR capability maturity model to assess an organization's CSR performance, based on the actions and expectations that are given by the ISO26000 guideline. The research includes a study to view CSR as an organizational innovation, which has been established theoretically and validated through interviews. The development of...
master thesis 2013
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Rispens, J. (author)
The question central in this graduation assignment is “how to offer an unique experience of having a drink together?”. Since L&C intends to free the visitors’ mind-set, the current bar archetype can be left aside. The ‘getting a drink’ experience is the point from which to start, from which anything is possible. The experience should fit into L...
master thesis 2013
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Overkamp, T.W.J. (author)
Band is a product service system which has a physical music player and an online music service as core components. It allows children to listen to music alone and with friends. The songs are provided by a streaming music service and can be shared online and offline. When children are about 8 years old, they enter a new phase in their development...
master thesis 2012
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