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Watelet, F.S.A. (author)BACKGROUND Several elements displayed in the 2011 MEErP’s (Methodology for the Ecodesign of Energy-related Products) and JRC’s (European Commission Joint Research Centre) reports which will be used in preparatory studies for measures under the recast of the Ecodesign Directive, indicate that a European list of Critical Raw Materials (CRM’s)...master thesis 2013
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Van Der Steen, J.D. (author)Application development for reusing structural stadium elements in a new project and configuration through implementation of a genetic algorithm.master thesis 2014
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Verhaar, N. (author)This graduation project addresses two problems, the high vacancy rate of office buildings in the Netherlands, and the linear approach of take-make-use-dispose, which results in the depletion of natural resources. In this project, an office building is transformed for other multiple functions with the old materials of the building in...master thesis 2014
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Van Houten, R.S. (author), De Lange, N.A. (author)Climate change and environmental issues are important in today’s society. The earth is being depleted of its resources and the changing climate could irreversibly change the planet for the worse. Sustainable buildings are mostly optimised for the use phase but neglect end of life scenarios. Buildings are often demolished and materials are dumped...master thesis 2016
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Van Houten, R.S. (author), De Lange, N.A. (author)Climate change and environmental issues are important in today’s society. The earth is being depleted of its resources and the changing climate could irreversibly change the planet for the worse. Sustainable buildings are mostly optimised for the use phase but neglect end of life scenarios. Buildings are often demolished and materials are dumped...master thesis 2016
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De Lange, N.A. (author), Van Houten, R.S. (author)Climate change and environmental issues are important in today’s society. The earth is being depleted of its resources and the changing climate could irreversibly change the planet for the worse. Sustainable buildings are mostly optimised for the use phase but neglect end of life scenarios. Buildings are often demolished and materials are dumped...master thesis 2016
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Petersen, E.Q. (author)A research and design for a new university library for the UvA at the Binnengasthuis area in Amsterdam. The Binnengasthuis area is an enclosed and introvert enclave in the middle of Amsterdam. The research focusses on the relevance of the introversion at the site. The design creates a symbiosis between the existing buildings and the new added...master thesis 2016
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Snijdoodt, A.M. (author)The growth of competitors in the consumer-to-consumer market pressures PostNL - a Dutch mail, parcel and e-commerce corporation – to develop new ways to ensure their market share. Nowadays, PostNL is responsible for the delivery of almost 156 million parcels per year. The consumer-to-consumer (C2C) market consists of almost 5 million consumers...master thesis 2017
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Belulaj, Andi (author)This project is about the transforamtion of the Maassilo, a former silo building located on Maashaven in Rotterdam. In this project the building will be transformed into an agriculture and health education space with a market. The building is conceived as a learning process for the visitor, who is provided with the information (exhibition spaces...master thesis 2017
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Stap, Merijn (author)Bridges are a crucial part of the dense Dutch highway network. Almost 50% of the current bridges are built between 1960 and 1980 for an intended service life of 50 years and thus they might reach the end of their lifetime in the near future. This strongly indicates that a large challenge can be expected regarding infrastructural replacement.<br/...master thesis 2017
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Dorst, Felix (author)A design strategy for an temporary Olympic arena optimized for a post-event use in steel construction has been researched. Three strategies have been considered, namely relocation, adaptation en up-cycling. A research by design was conducted with a parametric model, where two optimized designs have been compared. Applying several reuse...master thesis 2018
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van der Geest, Thomas (author)Durability of buildings, the capacity to provide functional usable space for a certain time, as a concept of sustainable architecture forms the starting point and motivation for this project. As part of this main approach, the future function strategy should be introduced. This strategy contains an existing building which will be redesigned in a...master thesis 2018
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Blokker, Jeffrey (author)Our cities in the Netherlands become more dense, and our population increasingly older. This will increase the pressure on our society and care system. This is especially true in relation to the portion of our population that will be diagnosed with dementia, because in 2040 this amount will have doubled. The focus of this research has been how...master thesis 2018
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Gremmen, Luuk (author)Circular building has been increasing in popularity over several years. The idea being that we should not use resources only once and then discard them, but continue using them in new products. The construction industry has responded to this by designing 'circular' buildings that can be disassembled at the end of their functional life. This...master thesis 2018
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Michael, Polina (author)The demolition activities produce a huge amount of waste that have negative effects on the environment. In the current demolition practices, most of the waste are recycled or landfilled. Only a small percentage is retrieved and reused again. Reuse is preferred than recycling since it better for the environment. To increase the reuse, more...master thesis 2018
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Koelega, Julia (author)Driven by the energy transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources aimed at mitigating global warming, the wind energy industry has increased significantly in the past decades. Until now, most research on renewable energy production is concentrated on increased efficiency and capacity and less attention is paid to possible secondary...master thesis 2019
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Otto, Vincent (author)Dyneema® fiber is a high-performance fiber that is sold by DSM Dyneema BV to product producers all around the world. Dyneema® fiber is marketed as the world strongest synthetic fiber, its high strength for its weight provides value over competing materials. Dyneema® fiber products include ropes and netting for commercial marine and armor plates...master thesis 2019
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Lukkes, Dominik (author)Our excessive need for new building materials is causing our natural material stock to be depleted at an alarming rate. What happens if our most common building materials can no longer be acquired? This thesis shows the potential in reusing buildings and the components they comprise of by setting an example. An existing office building is...master thesis 2019
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Pangalou, Electra (author)The transformation of Knil Magazijnen into a creative and learning cluster of plastic waste constitutes my attempt to explore the boundaries of heritage adaptive re-use in Bandung, Indonesia and how through the design of an inclusive and healthy environment, social and environmental challenges can be addressed in a more integrated way. In a...master thesis 2019