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Belle, Madelijn (author)Industrial shipyards form a unique legacy of architecture and engineering in the industrial heritage field. They are the tangible and vivid remains of the industrial ages. The appreciation and importance of the transformation and reuse of industrial shipyards in the Netherlands has significantly risen in the last three decades. However, there...master thesis 2024
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Reerink, Noa (author)Global warming is primarily driven by the emissions of carbon dioxide resulting from human activities. The construction industry, driven by urbanization and population growth, plays an important role in this due to its resource-intensive nature. Buildings account for nearly 40% of global energy consumption and one third of associated greenhouse...master thesis 2024
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Emili, Giammarco (author)M.A.G.N.O.L.I.A. is a proposed future campus located in the heart of the city of The Hague. The proposal stems from an ambition to offer a potential, innovative spatial answer to a demand for higher education, in light of urgent and intensive contemporary issues ranging from soil consumption to long-life learning perspectives, social integration...master thesis 2024
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Obersi, Mikeely (author)This master’s thesis was written as part of the graduation studio “Heritage & Architecture: Adapting 20th Century Heritage: Resourceful Housing” at Delft University of Technology. The cultural significance of buildings is increasingly recognized, with heritage structures offering glimpses into the past. Building preservation is evolving from...master thesis 2024
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Raghunathan, Meghana (author)Architecture is much more than just built forms on a piece of land. Architecture hinges on user experience and comfort. As such, it is up to us, as designers and engineers to be mindful of the quality of the conceptualized space.<br/><br/>Building physics is one such field that addresses the concerns of users. It outlines topics that play an...master thesis 2024
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Feilmair, Alexander (author)Health Creation as a holistic approach towards health – This new perspective on people's health aims to overcome the purely physical view of health and emphasize the importance of mental and social health. In this respect, the elderly and the socio-economically disadvantaged have been identified as target groups that require increased...master thesis 2024
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Seo, Haeil (author)Urban vitality is a concept reflecting the synergistic interplay of complex conditions that create a city's liveliness and significantly influence its livability. Distributing central area density becomes important in cities like Amsterdam, which face challenges such as housing shortages and overtourism in central areas. Consequently, enhancing...master thesis 2024
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Lemmens, Jair (author)Architects play a pivotal role play in the sustainable development of the built environment, shaping spaces that minimize environmental impact while enhancing human well-being. However, due to the escalating complexity of design requirements, designers are becoming underequipped to solve today’s design challenges. Solving such problems involves...master thesis 2024
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Giesen, Mayke (author)The world is facing an escalating environmental crisis marked by major socio-ecological losses. Human-induced environmental threats, like biodiversity loss, climate change, and pollution, underscore the onset of the Earth's sixth mass extinction, recently termed ‘ecocide’. Despite the urgent warnings from the scientific community and growing...master thesis 2024
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Zhao, Yuwei (author)Urban mixed-use development has been a popular subject in both research and practice. In recent years, stimulated by sustainable development and land shortage, Trendy Mix has emerged widely in Europe, especially in the Netherlands. Trendy Mix is a type of urban design with special form and function. It often adopts the architectural form of...master thesis 2024
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Karadedou Isoua, Nefeli (author)In response to the European Commission's 2020 Renovation Wave strategy aiming to double the annual rate of energy renovation for buildings by 2030, this thesis addresses the challenge of optimizing retrofitting planning using planning optimization algorithms. Despite the economic and practical hurdles identified in existing research, limited...master thesis 2024
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Mountaki, Dimitra (author)The growing threat of climate change highlights the necessity for long-term solutions in the construction industry. Buildings account for a large share of worldwide energy consumption and carbon dioxide emissions, so there is an urgent need for creative techniques to improve energy efficiency and reduce their ecological footprint. This thesis...master thesis 2024
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Köbben, Stein (author)Geo-information has many applications in various sectors and is used by public agencies as well as the private sector. A key method for sharing and visualising geo-information is<br/>through web viewers. Extensive infrastructure exists for creating web viewers to publish 2D geo-information without the need of coding, much of which is based on...master thesis 2024
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Smit, Nienke (author)This report researches the adaptive reuse of Christian religious heritage to improve resident satisfaction in Amsterdam New West. As the adherents of Christian denominations are decreasing in Western nations, the contemporary use of Christian religious heritage is becoming one of the greatest challenges of sustainable development. The resident...master thesis 2024
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Bouwstra, Frederica (author)The central topic of this research papaer is interior circulation design, particularly within the museum building typology. Investigated is how the interior circulation influences the narrative of the exhibition. The main question is 'How can interior circulation design support the story of the museum?' To answer this question a literature study...master thesis 2024
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Lin, Chia-Hsuan (author)The project focuses on creating educational, working, and public spaces that promote diversity and sustainability. <br/><br/>With the global population growing, the design emphasizes efficient space utilization and minimal environmental impact through inward densification and overlapping activities. Another key objective is to enhance campus...master thesis 2024
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Bremer, Ruben (author)The abandoned Kloos & Zonen industrial waterfront in Alblasserdam creates a tangible link to its former workers community, embodying a rich blend of industrial and cultural heritage. Despite these heritage values present, the workers community is slowly disappearing and with them their cultural heritage and narratives. While the industrial...master thesis 2024
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Gorter, Amber (author)The modern healthcare system’s focus on treatment, rather than prevention, has failed to make progress against age-related chronic diseases like dementia. Our global world population is increasing as well as our lifespan, however, our healthspan (time free of diseases) has not followed these increases. Dementia, now a leading cause of death as...master thesis 2024
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Ebbers, Rik (author)Decarbonizing the energy sector to achieve climate neutrality by 2050 poses challenges, especially for regions heavily dependent on fossil fuel extraction. Groningen, a region highly dependent on gas extraction, faces significant socio-economic and spatial challenges. This thesis examines a strategy for Groningen based around the energy...master thesis 2024
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Frencken, Maartje (author)Herten, which is a neighborhood in Roermond, has lost part of its sense of place as a result of recent urban expansions. This thesis links the sense of place to the concept of time and concludes, through a literature review, that the sense of place and sense of time can be comprehended through static, dynamic, and collective elements. The thesis...master thesis 2024