Manufacturing for customisation: System for FDM mass customisation based on mono-material, transformable interior components using recycled PET

The following report is an explanation to the process of identifying a relevant thesis topic, the literature research, design methodology and validation of the design task at hand. The literature research expands on the construction industry, PET as a single use waste material, Additive manufacturing, Fused Deposition modeling and the design of...

Otherness: A long term strategy for inclusive living and working environments

Historically, cities have played a major role in integrating newcomers into society. And in turn, many cities- including Amsterdam- have been shaped by migration. The conditions in neighborhoods in which many newcomers currently arrive do not offer the same flexibility. The graduation project proposes a strategy for the creation of inclusive...

New Comers, New Living, New Amsterdam

The project is about designing and constructing a flexible timber high-rise building that adapts to future needs with completely open plans and high degree of pre-fabricability. It aims at being easily erected and taken down and rebuilt after it passes the 10 years of temporal use at Marineterrein Amsterdam; user-wise, it aims at being easily...

Robotic assembly of interlocking CNC-cut sheets into a wall component: Redesign the CNC-cut elements of the wall component in order to reduce the robotic automatic assembly time

There is a large pressure on the construction industry in the Netherlands because there are not enough skilled employees and 1 million new homes need to be built before 2030. TheNewMakers (TNM) want to radically change how buildings are being constructed in order to speed up the building process. TNM is applying their LEGO inspired building...

Flexibele middenhuur-woningen voor starters: De toekomst van de portiekwoningen

My graduation project focuses on making middle-rent homes in existing social rental homes in Amsterdam Nieuw-West, in which the amount of social rental housing is maintained. In Amsterdam there is a growing shortage of middle-rent homes for starters. As a result, people stay longer in a social rented homes while these homes often no longer meet...

Split to Fit

My graduation project is about renovation and splitting the low quality walk-up flats into multiple and ’responsive’ housing that allows one person households to live in smaller spaces that have a higher functionality, so we can respond to the population growth into the cities. A number of amenities in a home can be shared in the current forms...

The Mass-Customisation of Urban Housing: User-Involvement in Housing Development

The housing process in dense metropolitan environments experiences difficulties to adapt to the comprehensive needs and wants of the modern household. As a consequence of the increasing flexibility in daily-life, there is a growing diversity in the shape of households and their living patterns. In addition, digital developments enable and create...

Construction robotics technologies 2030

The research explores the currently used construction robotic technologies in the Dutch construction industry (mainly in construction assembly and construction safety management), and the possible future landscapes of technical innovations in construction in 2030 (also in the two selected fields). The future study depends on experts interview...

Architecture for Emergent Craftsmanship: Digitally manufactured, mass customized and reconfigurable workshops for makers

This project relates to 4th industrial revolution and the digital era and nswers the needs of todays craftsmen. Recent times prove that production of goods becomes decentralized while factories and mass production is being replaced by mass customization and digital craftsmanship. Todays artists and designers often collaborate and create co...