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Vos, Linda (author)The Netherlands has a strong tradition of blueprint planning in spatial design. Since the financial crisis of 2008, a shift has been made to more organic approaches to development. Currently, a paradigm is evolving which is able to deal with complex challenges that the built environment faces today: a shortage of housing and a transition to...master thesis 2020
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Huang, Hongjie (author)Water is one of the long-standing problems in Sint Maarten. Water supply is scarce while water demand is high. Water pollution and incomplete infrastructure also needs to be tackled. How can a cluster scale decentralized water management system solve water challenges in the hurricane-prone environment of Sint Maarten is the research question....master thesis 2020
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Dronkers, Maaike (author)The combination of the building sector as one of the largest consumers of natural resources with the changing needs and standards of the Dutch population aks for a transition in building methods. This thesis showcases the potential of reusing local resources in architectural design. On the one hand, the Harvest Hub facilitates the logistic...master thesis 2020
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Postel, Marc (author)Summary The objective of this project was to illustrate the value of nature-based circularity by illustrating its potential in creating composed and engineered circular products at large, and that of Mycelium-based sandwich panels as perfect embodiment of such product in specific. To effectively explore the feasibility of these panels as a...master thesis 2020
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Lysandrou, Andri (author)This study refers to the PV/T-chimney system, an innovative system that combines two solar systems, a Trombe wall system and a PV/T system in order to gain more energy per square meter of application. The research analyzes the impact of the PV-chimney system on the energy performance of residential high-rise buildings and the architectural...master thesis 2019
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Kounaki, Stamatia (author)The refurbishment of the Dutch post- war residential building stock provides a great potential for energy and CO2 emissions savings, since a large number of buildings were built before 1975 and under low or no energy standards. However, their refurbishment and especially zero-on-the-meter, is too expensive and it is not possible to find the...master thesis 2019
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Kamble, Shweta (author)Today, the world is continuously looking forward towards sustainable solutions for building construction, thus the interest and the need for sustainability is continuously growing. With growing issues related to the environment and sustainability, Bamboo being one of the answers is one such sustainable material that has a lot of potentials to be...master thesis 2019
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Dawar, Ujjwal (author)United Nations has projected that the current world population of 7.3 Billion People is expected to increase and reach 9.7 Billion by the year 2050, this draft increase in the population will lead to more consumption of resources as well as create immense land pressure. Charles Darwin has suggested that “It is not the strongest of the species...master thesis 2019
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El Hadji, Fatima (author)Nowadays, the energy consumption has a significant role in the entire life cycle of a building. The energy demands keep rising due to growth in population, increasing demand for healthy, comfort and productive indoor environment, global climate changing, and so on. This rapid increase in energy use in buildings represents a major issue...master thesis 2019
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Wei, Xiaohan (author)This report recorded the process of the research and design. From the site response to program choice, and some critical proplems during the design process. A great number of diagrams introduce the logic of design, and some drawings and renders express the quality of spatial and material design.master thesis 2019
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Falcon Bueno, Samuel Alejandro (author)Concrete consumption is one of the major environmental issues of our time. This building material is used twice as much as all the other building materials combined. Furthermore, the United Nations predicts that human global population will reach 10 billion inhabitants by 2050. Correspondingly, it is projected that due to global migration from...master thesis 2019
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Miryazdi, Narges (author)Building industry consumes around 50% of the world’s electricity consumption and space heating and cooling plays an important role in ozone depletion and global warming potential. Solar cooling technologies promise more sustainable approaches with reliance on solar energy as a renewable energy source. Thermoelectric technology is a promising...master thesis 2019
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Christoforidou, Christina (author)High-rises are usually ventilated mechanically in order to ensure thermal and acoustic comfort in the indoor environment. Consequently, the energy consumption in summer months is increased while the indoor air quality is usually deteriorated due to poor maintenance of mechanical ventilation systems. The topic of the current thesis is the design...master thesis 2019
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Kaik, Maria Kaik (author)The project seeks to bridge the gap between the disciplines of the Ecology Restoration and Architecture. It is a result of the research, which shows that restoration does not mean bringing the environment to the state of the default. Instead, this time based, prone to disturbances process, should strive for the intensification of novelty...master thesis 2019
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Bhatia, Ivneet (author)This research investigates the potential of 3D printed sand moulds for casting structural glass column having optimised cross section. Conventionally, Glass, in architectural industry, has been used in form of sheets (Float glass) due to ease of fabrication of planar sheets, but in last few years, cast glass bricks have been used for creating...master thesis 2019
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Yong, Benjamin (author)The aim of this paper is to design a retrofit façade-integrated cooling system for built high-rise residential public housing buildings in the tropical climate and evaluate its feasibility. Literature research into the climate, building design, cooling technologies and case studies of façade-integrated systems were important factors that led to...master thesis 2019
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Ammar Taher Nabil Ibrahim, Ammar (author)Since 3D printing is relatively new in the architecture applications, exploring how it could be integrated with environment-friendly materials as clay could lead to a more sustainable approach for materialising complex building components.<br/>This research is investigating the answer to the research question “What are the printing techniques...master thesis 2019
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Ramasamy Manoharan, Prethvi Raj (author)The objective of the thesis is to reduce the cooling load of the offices in Delhi, India by integrating passive strategies and low-ex cooling (evaporative) technology through facades as a decentralized ventilation system. The cooling demand in India is going to increase up to 8 folds by 2030. Almost 50% of the energy is spent on space cooling...master thesis 2019
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de Haan, Franke (author)Structures made from cast glass components are transparent and make full use of the high compressive strength of glass. As they have more freedom in shapes and can therefore be designed with a large cross-section, it is more suitable as a<br/>structural element than fl oat glass. However, most cast glass structures that have been completed...master thesis 2019
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Ali, Achmed (author)aghdad, once the cultural and social centre of the Arab world, has become a theatre of violence and devastation. Simultaneously, altering people lives, social interaction, urban fabric and Iraqi’s identity. This paper examines this situation by sharing five narratives of five places in Baghdad. Those places are public spaces, each different in...master thesis 2019
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