Architectural Narration of Memorial Architecture Throughout 20th and 21st Centuries: Form, Spatial and Exhibition Design as Means to Deliver Stories and Experience

The symbolic and meaningful richness of the architecture of commemoration reminds us of important events in the history of mankind, mixing past realities with present-day meta worlds largely created by architecture and place, as well as exhibitions, objects, or even our own experiences. Semiotic opulence, and therefore also the narrative...

Europe’s evolution of atrium houses: Architectural history thesis

This thesis investigates the historical evolution of the atrium house in Europe. The origin and the climatic benefits of the atrium house were found by conducting literature review. Typological variants on the atrium house are determined by testing them to a set of criteria. The traditional atrium house developed in the Roman empire from Greek...

Licht, lucht en leren: Een onderzoek naar de openluchtschoolbeweging en openluchtkuur in de wederopbouwperiode

Als onderdeel van de tuberculosebestrijding bij kinderen ontstonden aan het begin van de 20e eeuw de openluchtscholen. Deze instituten, gericht op het behandelen én onderwijzen van tuberculeuze kinderen, wonnen ook in Nederland aan populariteit. Naast de op behandeling van tuberculosepatiënten gerichte scholen ontstonden er ook openluchtscholen...