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van Velzen, Iris (author)Families are leaving the city of Amsterdam, mainly due to a lack of safety, child friendly outdoor spaces and affordable and appropriate size housing. Yet many of them do want to stay in the city, and the city wants to maintain them too, as they are important for the whole circle of city life. The notion of ‘family’ though is rather general, and...master thesis 2018
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Spannenburg, Trevor (author)Amsterdam and many other cities consist of a network of old quay walls, which sometimes have been constructed over a century ago. A large uncertainty exists concerning the current safety of these quay walls and their remaining service lifetime. In the current framework for the assessment of old urban quay walls, the influence of timber creep in...master thesis 2020
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Waheed, W.A. (author)“How can the actors that are involved in the process of private commissioning facilitate the target groups, which are active with private commissioning in Amsterdam, in a better way by removing the most important barriers, and increasing incentives for private commissioning?” // "Hoe kunnen de actoren, die bij het zelfbouwproces betrokken zijn,...master thesis 2014
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Noorda, J.J. (author)Typische Kantoorlocaties. Het geografische, ruimtelijke en economische karakter van de kantorenmarkt in de regio Amsterdam This research studies different office location types in the metropolitan region of Amsterdam. It connects office market data and specified location types from a literature review. In addition the analysis and conclusions...master thesis 2014
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Drybrough, Ben (author)An inclusive and sustainable transport network allows people the opportunity to access their daily needs. When there is a discrepancy between someone’s transport needs and their supplied network, they are at the risk of experiencing transport poverty. This study looks to define the transport needs for clusters of neighbourhoods of different...master thesis 2020
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Krijnen, Katrice (author)Water challenges the livelihood of all living beings through its scarcity and its abundance. Due to climate change these extremes will intensify in the future. As mankind continues to cluster in economic centre points, housing areas as well as infrastructure increases. This situation forces the water to run off rather than infiltrate. Inundated...master thesis 2020
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Stegeman, Judith (author)More families prefer living in the city, as the city has to offer social networks and facilities close by. Whereas before families left to the suburban areas, they now become city families. This development is attractive for the city, as city families offer liveliness and have a good influence on the economics. However, the city has no suitable...master thesis 2018
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Van der Meiden, J. (author)The head of Java-island (’Java Head’) is still an undeveloped piece of the center of Amsterdam due to the economic crisis. In the meantime this site has evolved in one of the city’s best event-sites. The future function for this site was supposed to be a residential area but with the discovery of the possibility of an event-site on this location...master thesis 2014
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Kenter, Jos (author)Out of all the countries in the world, the Netherlands has the most ‘autonomous vehicle’-ready road network (KPMG, 2019). It is the result of years of investing in state-of-the-art technologies and putting in place the needed policies, and it seems to pay off: our country is likely to be amongst the early adapters as soon as these vehicles enter...master thesis 2020
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Bijlstra, J. (author)The Skin of a shell structure is used a lot for roof structures, like domes and hypershells in de 60’s. Not very often the skin of the shell flows through the building and will create other transitions between interior and exterior. So the shell is not always a roof or only a thin enclosure. Skin and construction can be integrated or split up in...master thesis 2012
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Gankema, Josien (author)The city of the future is a Healthy City, a city that sees the wellbeing of inhabitants as its main priority. The Blue Stairs is a dwelling complex at the Marnixstraat in Amsterdam that promotes an active, healthy lifestyle.master thesis 2019
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Görtz, René (author)The historic landscape is changing due to global warming. Valuable ecosystems are disappearing and have to be adapted or replaced in order to make the Dutch landscape future-proof. For this reason a new botanical research institute was proposed. The purpose will be the protection of local and global ecosystems along with providing research into...master thesis 2018
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De Haan, H. (author)This dwelling project aims to create an alternative to the large scale, tower+plinth typology which is common in Zuidas at the moment, instead aiming to design a smaller scale dwelling environment with directer contact between the dwellings and outside/public space and more individual expression for each dwelling.master thesis 2013
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Du, Jingling (author)In the Netherlands - and indeed most of the Western world - the prospect of a shrinking population and decreasing economic growth appear to be the most pressing issues. Town planning can greatly contribute to a more sustainable world, and the means it needs to do so are at the heart of the discipline, in the form of rational zoning, that is, the...master thesis 2018
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Rissik, Lisanne (author)Amsterdam is densifying and is expected to grow to over one million inhabitants by 2050. The densification arise questions about the implications of the pressure on the existing urban fabric, like the public space, but also the urban responsibility of public health. Altogether, how can a densified public space stimulate healthy behavior in terms...master thesis 2018
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Van Eibergen Santhagens, J.J. (author)A design and development strategy for a mixed use building on the last open plot on the Oostelijke Handelskade in Amsterdam.master thesis 2014
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van Vliet, Frank (author)Design for a residential building for the modern family in Amsterdam. The modern family, a diverse target group with a variety of wishes and needs which are not provided by the current housing stock. This project provides housing for this target group which suits their specific needs. Providing a supportive environment for both children and...master thesis 2020
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de Koe, Luka (author)As a result of ongoing climate change, urban environments are put under increasing pressure from extreme weather events. Insufficient research is being done into the modeling of urban drought resilience. Most urban drought resilience and water network optimization models are designed for city-scale demand with regional water supply networks and...master thesis 2023
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Rebel, P.J. (author)De Noord/Zuidlijn is een metroverbinding tussen Amsterdam-Noord en Amsterdam-Zuid welke deels bovengronds en deels ondergronds zal worden aangelegd. Indien alles volgens plan verloopt zal de Iijn in 2005 operationeel zijn. Het ondergrondse deel van de lijn zal worden geboord. De tunnelbuis dient hierbij zo ver mogelijk verwijderd te blijven van...master thesis 1997