Restorative Urban Forest: Designing a forest park for Amsterdam Sloterdijk that contributes to reducing mental stress

This thesis project, as part of the urban forest places graduation lab, focuses on the relationship between urban environments and the healing aspects of nature. Urban environments affect our body and state of mind, and are not always beneficial for our mental health. Landscape and urban design can do something about this. But the question is...

Urban Forest Movement(s): Movement as design method for experiencing nature and its beneficial effects in the city of Den Haag

Currently cities are becoming more densified, resulting in overpopulated areas with fewer green spaces. Together with this rising health care expenses caused by mental health and current environmental design questions such as water nuisance, heath island effect, densification demands and creating a healthy living environment, leads to...

Metropolitan Landscape Park of Athens: Re-costructing the Landscape at Hellenikon in the Athenian Metropolis

This diploma thesis focuses on offering a design solution that provides new vision and form at the large urban void of the Former Civil Airport of Hellenikon.