Reviving the degraded: Planning the unplanned spaces in unproductive landscape

Parkstad is a shrinking region especially after the closing of the mines, the social and economic impact was huge. Another major problem which still can be experienced today is the degraded landscape which was left behind. By seeing the operational landscape as inseparable from the urban fabric, and linking them again in a functional as well as...

Productive Symbiosis: Design of a productive landscape contributing to recreational value and an ecologically healthy and continuous habitat for people and wildlife

In this thesis project, a landscape architectural framework is made for a selected site in the Parkstad Limburg region. The design proposal for this region serves as a possible outcome of this framework, based on design principles and generic objectives. Parkstad Limburg used to be a wealthy region due to the thriving mining industry. The...

Edible Landscapes: Towards a more resilient and self-sustainable agricultural production system

My thesis is called “Edible Landscapes” where I inquire/analyse/propose a more resilient and self-sustainable agricultural production system.The populations around the world continue rising. The projected statistics suggest that by 2050 the world’s population will likely increase by >35% and in order to feed the increasing population we need...

The Driverless City: The implementation of a public autonomous transit system and its impact on spatial quality of the public realm in Toronto

The timeline for mobility starts with the invention of the wheel 11.500 years ago. Another 5.500 years pass before the next paradigm shift of the wheeled car. A gradual series of technological advances eventually accelerated to the invention of the first ‘’auto’’mobile. During the 20th centure things are speeding up: Automatic transmission,...

Green for grey: Green Infrastructure Design in Toronto Which Meet The Needs of Active Aging

This project explores the way of developing a better green infrastructure for Toronto to meet the needs of active aging. Regarding the senior population as umbrella species, the green infrastructure is thus defined as a green matrix consists of path, edge and corridor. Each component is designed according to its design principles made by author...

Activate a Green Human-scale city by Cyclescape

With the fast cars flows, the street is like an unbridgeable gap, feels nervous and dangerous to cross. The other one without any cars feels more friendly, enjoyable and free to walk or stay. People are trapped in the car oriented cities.Not only the traffic problems but also other problems of environment and greens.The thesis is planning and...

Empower the energy landscape of Friesland

Many parties are required to activate the energy transition. It’s a challenge for everybody: citizens, businesses, governments and civil society organizations at all levels. Not just at (inter) national level, but renewable energy should also, especially, be given shape on the regional and local scale. To realize local opportunities of energy in...

Hybrid city: a Planning strategy for the Sustainable Development of the Bogotá River Basin

Plant of plants - Making green space multifunctional in urban and landscape areas of Amsterdam Noord

This paper is a Master thesis that investigates the potentials of spatial design in the battle against accelerated climate change. As such, it aims to solve related global issues (deterioration of resources, overconsumption, wasteful consumption) with tools that are in strong physical, functional or habitual connections with their natural and...

Spatial Water Management in Paraisópolis

The problems in Paraisópolis are numerous, but these are the main problems concerning water and waste. São Paulo has a climate with a wet and a dry season. During the wet season, floods occur throughout the city, including Paraisópolis. But in the dry season, the entire city suffers from drought. This drought has intensified over the last years,...

Smart net

The whole city Bratislava is blocked by mountains, country boundry and River Danube. The future focus is moving to its new city, Petrazaka. In order to active this area, the canal zone is chosen as design site. It is the central of Petrazaka, linking majrity esstential city sport. Design goal is to use landscape as infrastructure of urban public...

Eastern Scheldt: From nature - to human reserve

Deltas are of great importance to humans all over the world. They are densely populated coastal areas, where land arises from sea. An amazing gradient where two worlds meet and nature and humans proliferate traditionally. Yet this gradient increasingly disappears due to the great technical advances since the 19th century, which tried to control...

No Hoboken is an island: A testcase for the Dutch approach against flood risk by sea level rise, storm surge and stormwater in the American situation

The city of Hoboken, New Jersey, suffers from flood risk by sea level rise, storm surge and storm water. Due to its position it is well connected to the metropolitan network, but also cut off from its direct surroundings. This has led to both spatial and social segregation. This project uses the Dutch approach towards flood risk, where water has...

Facilitating change: Biomimicry as a way to create adaptable urban environments

Planet Earth is constantly changing, and with it our living environment. Seasonal variation in temperature and precipitation, as well as long-term climate trends, are but a few examples of change that pose challenges to a settled society. Whereas direction, magnitude, and even character of future changes may be uncertain, we can be confident...

How collaboration, change management and education can lead to more and better ESCo projects on the Dutch Real Estate market

A qualitative research that uses the SWOT method to determine the problems and sollutions for the development of ESCo projects on the Ducth Real Estate market.