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Xu, Jingyu (author)Bricolage is a interesting word.It was used with reference to some extraneous movement and means an unexpected result，It was later derived as a <br/>means of solving problems only using the tools at hand. And this essay is a journey to compare bricolage in daily life and bricolage in architecture field to discover what bricolage means in city...master thesis 2021
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de Vries, Coen (author)Since the Industrial Revolution, fossil fuels have played, and continue to play, a dominant role in global energy systems, and thereby in the social, economic and technological developments worldwide. Unfortunately, these energy sources have their negative side-effects: local air pollution and global CO2-emission. The latter has never been this...master thesis 2021
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Stoffels, Eline (author)Katoenveem is a warehouse which was built specifically for the storage and transshipment of cotton bales. From 1919 to 1964 Katoenveem was used for the storage and transshipment of cotton. Thereby it was related to the water and its surrounding area. Over time the building lost its original function and its connection to the surrounding area. In...master thesis 2021
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Sadeghi, M. (author)The design project, that is part of the Heritage & Architecture graduation studio, is dealing with the transformation of the ensemble area ‘Plots in the wood’. This area lays in the centre of the former military complex of Hembrug in Zaandam. The design leads to transform this area to residential and commercial area, which is combined with...master thesis 2020
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Wiersema, R.M. (author)The popularity of shared E-bikes and sustainability is rising rapidly worldwide. The shared E-bike market likes to position itself as sustainable. Still, in reality, both faulty and decommissioned E-bikes get scrapped at enormous scales. This practice is far from sustainable. The problem with the existing shared bikes is that they are subject to...master thesis 2020
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Figueiredo Magalhães, Pedro (author)An urban architecture aims to redefine an environment through cross-scale design in which the public, collective and private realms are (re)shaped. It critically assesses and responds to urban sites by enhancing its qualities and addressing its shortcomings. New buildings should therefore aim to establish themselves as articulators of a broader...master thesis 2020
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Huizinga, Sean (author)The past generation has built more than all previous generations combined. The houses got bigger, families got smaller and our lifestyle more consuming. Times however have changed so that nowadays we are faced with multiple social problems – such as aging and loneliness – and environmental problems. Living more social and reducing consumption is...master thesis 2020
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Kyanidou, Margarita (author)The building industry is a significant waste contributor. Especially at the end-of-life of the building it causes an enormous impact on the environment. Construction solid waste has caused serious environmental problems. Reuse, recycling and reduction of construction materials have been advocated for many years, and various methods have been...master thesis 2020
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Pol, Lucas (author)The project named production biospheres created a process design aimed on the adaptive reuse of the Plots In The Woods site on the Hembrug terrain near Zaandam. The landscape and urban design for the site is based on methods used by landscape architects and ecologists based on the three terms cultivate, stage and set up, not just creating. The...master thesis 2020
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de Vries, Romana (author)With the relocation of the industry in Rotterdam from the city centre to the sea, the old harbour area became empty. One of the buildings in this area is Santos, an old coffee warehouse that is located in Katendrecht. Due to the developments in this area, there is a need for a redevelopment for Santos as well. The shape of the waterfront is...master thesis 2018
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Fuehrer, Eva (author)The transformation of buildings is one of the main emergent themes in contemporary architecture. This does not only count for monuments, but also<br/>for the existing housing stock. This graduation project deals with the transformation of 4 buildings in Delft, build in the ERA- building system – a non-traditional construction system.<br/>Because...master thesis 2017
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Bugaite, S. (author)Due to Free Trade Agreement and location at USA – MEX border there is an overload of urban and toxic wastes which are very poorly managed or dumped illegaly. New position towards urban waste management encourages united El Paso – Juarez strategy and merges different types of waste management - sorting (recycling), Waste-to-Energy (WTE), reuse...master thesis 2016
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Brojerdyan, M. (author)The supply and demand of the Dutch office market is not in balance. 15,7% of all the offices are vacant. The most vacancy can be found in Amsterdam. Amsterdam is a big city with a large population and a large group of immigrants. There is a shortage of different types of housing, which means that transformation of vacant offices into housing...master thesis 2016
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Van Hemmen, B. (author)The discourse on circular economy is characterized by perpetual disintegration whilst there is a need for assessment and decision-making supporting models. This normative study proposes a model that assesses the extent to which interventions in the built environment are in accordance with a circular economy (CE) and discloses the financials...master thesis 2016
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Van Linden, N. (author)In the application of the Zero Liquid Discharge (ZLD) strategy, not a single drop of water leaves the waste water treatment plant (WWTP). In the recovery strategy of an actual full-scale ZLD WWTP, the focus lies on high quality water, which is fully recovered from reverse osmosis brine (RO-brine). A residual solid stream is generated and...master thesis 2016
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Papageorgiou, M. (author)The motivation to adapt a building in terms of an upward vertical extension lies within the need for urban renewable programs. Although this practice has significant supports to make the built environment more sustainable, there are also barriers which invariably concern costs. In the case of vertical extension projects, the constructional and...master thesis 2016
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De Groot, M. (author)Redevelopment of the vacant Van Gendthallen in Amsterdam to the Dutch Design Dock by using reclaimed materials from waste flows of the city itself.master thesis 2016
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Bennebroek, T.P. (author)Fairtransport Wharf: the tolerance for change in listed monuments. Defining the tolerance for change in listed monuments with the redevelopment of a 17th-century Warehouse in Harlingen, The Netherlands. Listed monuments are buildings we ought to preserve. However, more and more monuments lose their functions and become vacant. So in order to...master thesis 2015