Mad City: Imagination of rap music as an experimental methodological device for the re-imagination of urban space in Los Angeles

The dilemma of race and space is deep entwined in the history of United States. From the slave quarters of plantations in the South to redlining and housing projects, the unjust distribution of space between diff erent ethnic groups has demarcated “otherness” until recent days. Perhaps the most vocal witnesses of the spatial injustice and the...

See you at heritage: A new urban regeneration approach based on heritage revitalization for South Luogu Lane area, Beijing

The story of this project starts with the bad relationship between resident, tourists and the heritage sites. Firstly, local residents’ existence is not being acknowledged as part of the heritage. Secondly, tourists cannot find open heritage site easily because of excessive commercialization and unreadable space. Thirdly, there is a bad social...

Altamira beyond Belo Monte: Gaps and opportunities for promoting sustainable development in a new energy landscape

The research focuses in the city of Altamira, in Brazil. The municipality is located in the margins of the Xingu river, affluent of the Amazon river, and has been facing intense socio economic transformations, mainly through the construction of the Belo Monte hydroelectric power plant - third biggest in the world, in generation capacity. Over...

Surges of the 21st Century: Addressing flood risk, public- and ecological value through urban regeneration, to reduce socio-economic pressure and flood risk in coastal areas

In the last decennia, the world has seen a staggering increase in urbanization in coastal areas. Socio-economic pressure in coastal areas is increasing, while extreme weather events become more common. This thesis focuses on the development of coastal areas in order to combat the rising threats of flood risk and socio-economic pressure. Through...

LITERARY BOGOTA: The Literary Description of Spaces Negotiating With a Past

Designing for Integration: With Infrastructure as a tool for Urban re-newal: in the case of Feijenoord and the HEF

Rotterdam is chosen an example of a city in constant flux, based specifically due to 2 main events- the bombing of Rotterdam in 1940 and the shift of the harbors westwards- 1970's, focussing on the shift of harbor Westwards. • The development of the South of Rotterdam- Kop Van Zuid, after the shift of the harbors westwards, led to a large vacuum...

De-growth and the city: Vision for city of Rotterdam beyond pursuit of growth

Overall, In the thesis examines in-depth indications of the De-growth theory for urban planing, and draws spatial implications from that. The chosen case study is the city of Rotterdam; known for its growing harbour, and its top-down and growth-based paradigm of urban development. The goal of the thesis to link economic and environmentally...