creating social value through adaptive reuse: a study into social sustainability in adaptive reuse

While urban development is essential to keep our cities alive, existing buildings and structures are essential for communities to thrive. Moreover, this development needs to minimise construction waste and pollution, which means that it is illogical to demolish existing buildings that contain valuable resources. However, transformation is often...

Building characteristics influencing transformation possibilities

This master thesis examines the influence of the existing building on a transformation design. Why does a certain transformation work well with the one building but is useless in the other? Is this perhaps the influence of some of the characteristics of the existing building? Gaining insight in this process can also help with the early...

(Re-)activation through transformation

- Vision for the (re-)activation of the Sluisjesdijkpier - Five generic principles for transformation - The Eekhoutstraat as a prototype for the redevelopment of the Sluisjesdijkpier - Visual impressions and sketches of the design process

The Mediator

The Mediator is an intervention in the urban fabric of Rotterdam. Influenced by a historic analysis of the influence of infrastructure on the transformation of the city, it forms a new link between a structuralist 'village' and the modern public space of Rotterdam.

Realising Transformation through Simulation: A universal indicator for transformation by using serious gaming

Municipalities in the Netherlands are required to improve the quality of the public services and become more accessible through the internet. Theory on transformation says that to acquire that goal these government organisations must transform their organisational structure to become more process and chain based. A lot of municipalities appear...