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Gonçalves, Joana (author), Mateus, Ricardo (author), Dinis Silvestre, José (author), Pereira Roders, A. (author), Vasconcelos, Graça (author)This paper presents and discusses the selection of a set of core indicators for the sustainable conservation of built heritage. This core set of indicators was selected by following a two-step methodology: 1) first, a comparative analysis of indicators of two building sustainability assessment (BSA) tools with different approaches was...journal article 2021
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Ikiz Kaya, Deniz (author), Lu, Lu (author), Pintossi, Nadia (author), Pereira Roders, A. (author)Adaptive reuse of historic buildings plays a significant role in the transition towards circular economy. The existing literature still regards heritage conservation, urban management, circular economy and sustainable development as different spheres of knowledge. The Recommendation on the Historic Urban Landscape (HUL) provides a holistic...conference paper 2021
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Van Ham, T.P.W. (author)“Our” world is changing rapidly, man-made global warming, as a result of greenhouse emissions is causing more frequently extreme weather patterns such as droughts or cloudbursts. In order to change the current fossil fuel based economy, producing and emitting harmful greenhouse gasses, a transition is required from this fossil fuel based economy...master thesis 2016
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Kamerling, M.W. (author)This thesis analysis the structural design of cilindrical Fusee Ceramique roofs and the effect of the ceramique infill elements for the time dependent deformations, stiffness and load bearing capacity, including second order. To save the few remaining buildings for the coming generations the possibilities to strengthen and stiffen these...doctoral thesis 2016
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Bergkamp, A. (author)In Kerkrade, one of the municipalities of Parkstad Limburg, the population shrinkage is particularly manifest. In an attempt to balance the housing market, HEEMwonen, a local social housing association demolishes a part of her building stock. Among other places, this has already happened in Heilust, a residential area in Kerkrade-West. The...master thesis 2016
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Vos, R. (author)The thesis is a research driven design study of a multiple floor/"high-rise" building with a structure of Laminated Guadua bamboo in Guayaquil Ecuador. Dealing with earthquakes, context, structure and sustainability issues. The Thesis is strongly oriented to structure, the industry and the state of the industry itself but always driven by...master thesis 2015
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Geboers, E. (author)A research into greening the desert with seawater which proposes the construction of a seawater infrastructure in which seawater is separated into fresh water and salt. The fresh water is used for growing crops in greenhouses, the salt is used for creating architecture. The developed typology is that of a salt factory in which salt building...master thesis 2015
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Casaburi, M. (author)The design focuses on establishing a connection between the technical aspects characterizing innovative strategies for building upgrade with an approach based on phenomenology. This methodology is characterized by the more intangible goal to create a new "intensified atmosphere", a new feeling in the existing context derived by a transformation...master thesis 2015
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Dijkstra, A.M. (author)For the design of the EventHUB a research was done on the possibilities for renewable onsite power production for temporary outdoor events. The research concluded that flexible PV cells were an interesting possibility and were here for used as starting point for the architectural design. During the design process the integration of the PV cells...master thesis 2015
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Zarmpis, M. (author)Existing historic buildings, remnants of a past long gone are often still highly operational in our time, most likely at the expense of the environment. Without interventions, their energy performance is outdated – provided they are used in a contemporary way - and they contribute to the over-consumption of energy and the increase of greenhouse...master thesis 2015
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Kruizinga, J. (author)Design for Life underlines the key-role of the architect in contributing to life. Life meaning both the functioning of life systems as well as the quality of life. It shows that, even though architects tend to mainly focus on practical and technical solutions, contributing to the quality of life is evenly essential for it creates the opportunity...master thesis 2015
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Omanette, S. (author)To achieve the goal of Chicago to become the most sustainable city in the country, they need to introduce a recycle-industry. A recycling industry in the South of Chicago gives the neighborhood and city the advantage of the valuable economic revitalization strategies that are present in the recycling industry, the use of recycling initiatives to...master thesis 2015
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Smits, E. (author)Sustainable energy brings us not only advantages, but some problems as well. This research is an exploration to the problem on our energy infrastructure and comes with a proposal of solving this problem with architecture.master thesis 2014
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Van der Kooi, M.J. (author)Business premises for governmental and non-governmental business supporting green development of Paris + Information centre for the Parisien inhabitants. Redesign of an old warehouse next to Canal Saint Martin, which contributes to the plan to make Paris a greener and healthier city.master thesis 2014
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Petrak, V. (author)To achieve the goal of Chicago to become the most sustainable city in the country, they need to introduce a recycle-industry. To give a boost to South Works, this area needs to be the place where the recycle-industry have to be introduced. The recycle-industry ensures not only a cleaner and sustainable city, but also a more attractive economical...master thesis 2014
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Nienoord, A.W. (author)My vision on sustainability resulted in a research regarding 'Creating a sustainable living environment; integrating urban farming in existing urban areas in the Netherlands’ and my design, a framework for urban farming in existing urban areas, for the case of The Hague. Graduation at ExploreLab 16master thesis 2014
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Rota, M. (author)The World Elephant Centre tackles two problems of our time, in a global relevance framework. In fact, it is not only a typical case of global problem related to conservation of species, but also it is connected with the issue of poverty reduction in developing country. This project could be an example for similar study, being relevant for...master thesis 2014
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Kaskareli, M. (author)The merging of building and landscape through the design of a smart sound barrier with integrated functions. The project is located in Utrecht and is dealing with the problems of insufficient housing, disappearing green areas, lack of connection between the city and its surroundings, and sound pollution caused by the A12 highway. In essence the...master thesis 2014