Strategy for Shrinkage: The development of a strategy to accommodate and stabilise demographic shrinkage in Delfzijl

This master thesis addresses demographic shrinkage in the city of Delfzijl and focusses on how it affects the built environment. A strategy is developed to break through the downward spiral of out-migration and decline and give a new stimulus to the city.

De Pleister op de Wond: Een stedenbouwkundig plan voor de Oostelijke Eilanden in Amsterdam

Aan het begin van de stadsvernieuwingsperiode was het beleid gericht op het vervangen van technisch verouderde bebouwing en bedoeld om sociale en economische achterstanden in woonwijken te verminderen. In veel gevallen heeft de stadsvernieuwingperiode geleid tot verbetering van de woningvoorraad en de leefomgeving in woonwijken. Na de...

Regenerating Rotterdam South: Improving socio-economic diversity and spatial quality in problem areas dealing with selective migration

Krimp als uitdaging: Herontwikkeling krimp regio Parkstad Limburg - Shrinkage as Challenge

Urban Symbiosis: Interweaving TU Delft in a knowledge environment

The role and position of VINEX neighbourhoods within the region: Developing a connecting urban node

VINEX neighbourhoods are often situated close to each other, but not designed on a regional scale. Around and in between the VINEX locations, in the space that is still not used, there are potentials for further development and especially for improving the role and position of the VINEX neighbourhoods in the region. The focus of this research is...

Making a Point

Urban and Architectural design for Zeeburgerpad, Amsterdam. Reconnecting this urban void with its surrounding urban network through physical, spatial and programmatic connections. The most strategic connection is architecturally elaborated in the form of an transferium with three residential towers.

Kustontwikkeling bij Zandvoort - De kansen van klimaatverandering

Nederland ligt voor een groot deel onder de zeespiegel en circa 10 miljoen Nederlanders wonen in ‘overstroombaar’ gebied. Tijdens het hoog water van 1995 bleek wat voor consequenties dit kan hebben voor Nederland. Nu lijkt zich echter opnieuw een bedreigend fenomeen voor te doen: klimaatverandering. Het kabinet heeft in 2007 de Deltacommissie...

EnvironMETROmix: Strategic Design Proposals for Amsterdam Zuid-Oost. Metro station environments and their Neighbourhoods in order to stimulate Urban Interdependence and Coherence in the District

This Master thesis deals with metro station environments in the district Amsterdam Zuid-Oost. The metro is one of the main public transport modes in the district, however these station environments are not well integrated in the neighbourhoods. Often these areas are neglected and seem forgotten, while travellers need to face these environments...