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Hu, Joan (author)Nowadays with the continuous development of the metropolitan cities, the city is getting more and more packed. The land of cities like London is very precious, land is scarce, every inch counts. Therefore, the decision of what to do with space is crucial, the highest bidder often gets the land. However, how to deal with space that is wasted,...master thesis 2023
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Smits, Quinten (author)Rapid and uncontrolled urban growth has resulted in fragmented cityscapes, leading to the loss of a sense of place in cities like London. The relentless march of modernization and compulsive development has given rise to illegible spaces, where once-distinctive landmarks are being replaced by generic high-rise buildings and shopping malls. This...master thesis 2023
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Antoniadis, Nadia (author)Throughout the course of time, there has been a progression starting from the preservation of buildings and sites, to the conservation of specific elements of these landmarks, and now shifting towards adaptive reuse where the goal is to maintain cultural heritage through values and attributes. According to Aldo Rossi, there is no guarantee of...master thesis 2023
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Śliwińska, Zuza (author)Hong Kong is known for its skyline and urban context, interpreted through colonial history. However, its past, present and future are entangled with that of almost 700 villages scattered across the New Territory land and preceding the current Hong Kong population. With recent proposals to further develop the currently ‘rural’ northwest of Hong...master thesis 2023
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Kaasschieter, Thomas (author)This research paper is the research that will be comple- mentary to the mobility hub design made for Architectural Design Crossovers Graduation studio. The aim of this research is to find out which urban design interventions are needed to move the city of Lon- don out of the car and get them to walk, cycle and use public trans- port. First...master thesis 2023
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de Bruin, Just (author)This thesis explores the potential of difference and disruption as a productive ground for approaching gentrification in London. Multiple forces are driving the process of gentrification, the focus lies on the aspect of postmodern consumerism. A cultural change in which the individual, through a variety of choices, can meticulously stage their...master thesis 2023
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Huang, Yu-Ching (author)As cities densify around the world, the quality of city spaces increasingly shows its importance, influencing citizens’ mental health. Loneliness has become a normal phenomenon in the city along with its development and can affect every person for different reasons and cause serious problems. This research targets Amsterdam and argues why a well...master thesis 2022
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Karnaszewska, Adrianna (author)Urban foodscapes project addresses issues concerning the food supply chain in London. It aims to combat problems created by current agri-business practice such as long, complex logistical chains, food waste, carbon emissions, wasted water, energy, labour and land scarcity. Foodscape, being both global and local, lies on the intersection of...master thesis 2022
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van Weerdenburg, Mike (author)With the introduction of High-Speed Rail, many transportation hubs have been redeveloped to include this transport. However, these stations are often neglecting important aspects related to the quality of the public space and the connection with the surrounding. To improve the quality of the space, the station needs to be adapted in several days...master thesis 2022
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van Klooster, Sjors (author)Over the years, the Anthropocentric societies are to blame for the problematic urban environments they have created. Within the current paradigm, our destructive behavior towards the natural environment has caused a major decline in biodiversity. To restore the ecology in our contemporary urban environment, we require a turning strategy. This is...master thesis 2022
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Veselý, Ondrej (author)Despite being relatively novel, generative adversarial networks (GAN) have already been appropriated for application to several problems within the field of architectural and urban generative design. However, the preceding GAN based models for building massing generation make use of only simplified and two dimensional representation of the built...master thesis 2022
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Kok, Reinier (author)In the case of the 2017 Grenfell Tower, the fire affected those who were already socio-economically underprivileged. Many residents of the Grenfell tower did not just become homeless or lost personal belongings, approximately two-thirds suffer from post-traumatic stress. Such layered and systemic disparities in the built environment as well as...master thesis 2022
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Akgiray, Serra (author)Waste is a natural process, a pervasive material, an invaluable resource; a crucial element in the way human society views, orders, and designs its spaces. The issue of waste is a modern urban invention and a controversial topic for both global culture and urban ecology, and stems from the consumptive habits of modern society and the throwaway...master thesis 2022
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Krzyżanowska, Karolina (author)Marketplaces are one of the most lively and magnetic spaces in the cityscape. They play a significant role in the history of the development of London, especially in the ‘long’ 18th century. Marketplaces have passed the test of time, reflecting on the socio-economic and urban changes and are still in use nowadays, to quote Ken Jones “we are what...master thesis 2022
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Ockers, Michiel (author)Public Matter aims for the unification of built form and public use. Within the context of London, extensive research has been conducted to understand a city’s ability and shortcomings in accommodating the public. This project speaks of a reciprocal relation between research and design, and form and use. Ultimately, a series of acts is proposed...master thesis 2022
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van Knegsel, Teun van Knegsel (author)London is the product of hundreds of big and smaller cities and villages that collided, merged and blended during the course of time. Each of these places used to have its own Highstreet, the commercial and social heart of the settlement. Contemporary London now has 600 former High streets; scattered all over London’s perimeters. These...master thesis 2021
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Lauri, Maria Pauliina (author)On June 14 in 2017, 72 people lost their lives and hundreds of families were left homeless as the Grenfell tower block caught fire in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea within the inner-city of London. The tragedy has shaken the society, highlighting the conflict between privileged and unprivileged within the city’s society, as most of...master thesis 2021
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van Dedem, Floor (author)Social cohesion has been an essential part of the political agenda and policymakers for the past twenty years. Due to, among other things,<br/>modernisation, globalisation and individualisation of society, mutual ties are diminishing (Schiefer and van der Noll, 2016). This thesis aims to map the aspects that influence social cohesion and...master thesis 2021
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Kuijpers, Bart (author)As London is expanding in population and emerging as a financial global city, the pace of the city is rising. Factors as temporality and the notion of time as an experiential dimension is getting lost. A more sensory approach to urban architecture has the potential to incite people to reside in other measures of time to contrast the dense...master thesis 2021
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Sobieraj, Daniel Sobieraj (author)Food has played an important role in shaping our metropolitan regions, such as Westland in South Holland, The Netherlands. The industrialisation and globalisation of agriculture in Westland has prioritised economy and efficiency, creating issues of liveability and sustainability. The market-driven expansion of the agri-food industry has...master thesis 2021