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Pitsaki, G. (author)Create a system to re-organise public space in Kowloon City, Hong Kong - reduce the fragmentation of open spaces - connect different microcosmos to the ‘whole’ -highlight the qualities of public space the space ‘in between’ -allow the dynamics to invade Kai Takmaster thesis 2013
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Caspers, L.L.S. (author)The project tries to anticipate on the gentrification issues in the case of Neukölln in Berlin. How to stimulate/maintain accessibility for a diversity of social groups in a central gentrifying area [in the case of Neukölln, Berlin] ? This is the main research question of the thesis. This resulted in a project that consists of a strategy for...master thesis 2015
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Maiwald, Jasper (author)The design tries to reconnect a forgotten part of the city through the design of city block with a focus on public space within the block itself. Simple and clear elements help the visitor to identify these public spaces. By offering both clearly defined and ambiguous spaces there is room for interpretation and freedom of use. Tourists and...master thesis 2022
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Tsui, Y.Y. (author)With the implementation of Skopje 2014, the cityscape has undergone tremendous changes with new facades and constructions, resulting in the dominance of political messages in people's daily life. Alongside these imposing alterations, the public space of Vardar River is greatly neglected, displaying a contrasting condition from the vibrant upper...master thesis 2020
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Tobben, J. (author)Exterior: building assimilates into location The project is located on an old shipyard, the NDSM-wharf, in the North of Amsterdam. The area is home to different artists and craftsmen who work in collaboration and inspire each other. By doing so new initiatives emerge. Subculture dominates the space and its character is a mixture of industrial...master thesis 2009
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Karner, M.M. (author)Some public spaces in the Netherlands function exceptionally well and provide significant benefit to the wider society in areas such as public health, retail activity and community participation. However, the vast majority of public space does not perform as well. One example is Oude Noorden, where the public space has failed to provide a...master thesis 2015
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Cao, Helen (author)HangARTs museum, situated in Rotterdam Zuid at the quay of Maashaven, is the new art museum of Rotterdam. Here, the visitors are audience without needing to enter the building. The public space that the museum provides has public art for passers-by to admire. Even if your original purpose of being was not visiting the museum, you get to...master thesis 2021
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Van Etten, R. (author)In this graduation report a research is done about the role of sustainability in urban renewal, the focus is here not at ecological measures, but at socially sustainable. The conclusion is that to reach a social sustainable neighbourhood the focus should be at mental ownership in the public space.master thesis 2010
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ANAGNOSTOU, ANGELIKI (author)Taking into consideration that ancient Greece is highly correlated to the democratic public space, the aim of the present thesis is to regain public space in modern Greece, by having as a testing location a medium-sized city, Chania. Public space was an important part of Greek people’s lives in the different chronological periods of its history....master thesis 2018
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Hans, E. (author)A project that is exploring a public space in which digital media application leads to a collaboratively programmed and configured environment, pulsating public life in Rotterdam.master thesis 2012
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Yordanova, Y. (author)The project deals with creating and defining 'the commons' in a South American metropolis. Bustling streets of Bogota's historic centre serve as a platform to explore the relationship between the social and physical sphere. The aim is to reveal the variety of environments that the interaction between social and physical can generate. The design...master thesis 2016
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Mulder, Floor (author)The post-war neighborhood is a result of the modernist and socialist thoughts in the time period of 1945 to 1960. Its concept was to provide everyone of an equal and good place to live, with access to green, facilities and ‘light, air and space’. This resulted mostly into vast amounts of green space. The buildings in these neighborhoods are...master thesis 2023
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Tijmensen, A.S. (author)The transformation of an old tram depot into a new centre for the Kinkerbuurt in Amsterdam. The tram depot became part of the public sphere and encourage people to interact, meet and learn.master thesis 2014
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Purwanto, Y. (author)A planning proposal recognizing the dual identity of open space in Wihdaat, an urbanized Palestinian refugee camp which doubles as a centrality of Amman. The recognition of the dual identity allowes the inclusion of (inter)national and street scale stakeholders through their shared involvement in the activation of public space.master thesis 2014
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ANDRIANOS, PAVLOS (author)This graduation project, having as a starting point the concept of Transit-Oriented Development (TOD), highlights the importance of high-density mixed-use developments around railway stations.<br/>With this goal in mind, the station area of Amsterdam Sloterdijk was selected as a case study location. Sloterdijk is an important node within the...master thesis 2023
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Han, Ying (author)This research design project is aiming to explore the spatial and temporal continuity in Den Helder’s Defence Line boundary area which is acting as a transitional area in-between 3 main residential areas. There's a lot of history behind this defensive line area (hidden boundary) that people don't know. And sometimes this linear space is not...master thesis 2023
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Kao, Hsuanya (author)How could public spaces tell us about the city? How does public space take part in our thoughts and affect behaviors? What makes the groundscape? What embodies its essence? And what will people perceive when lowering their gazes? I argue the process of making groundscape is not only constructing a horizontal layer of urban tissue but also...master thesis 2019
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Tahery, D. (author)The master’s thesis deals with public space in connection to public health aspect and the contribution that public space can make to this facet. Nowadays people all over the world face health problems concerning obesity and lack of exercise, especially children and the elderly. The current lifestyle of Western societies is encouraged and...master thesis 2013
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van der Staaij, E.T. (author)Between 2009 and 2019 New York’s High Line was repurposed from an old train track into an elevated park, designed by Diller Scofido + Renfro, after it was saved from demolition through a community initiative, led by Robert Hammond and Joshua David. The High Line spans a highly heterogeneous area (socially as well as architecturally). The park is...master thesis 2020
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Mylona, Panagiota (author)Agrinio, as a medium-size city of Greece, is suffering by the economic crisis that is infesting the country. However, besides the harsh phenomena that the country, as a whole, is experiencing - increased unemployment and illiteracy rates, poverty, brain drain, population migration, social exclusion, spatial and environmental degradation -, it is...master thesis 2017