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Moving Atmospheres: placing the sensing body at the centre of spatial design (research)

Hoofs, Rens (author)

Moving Atmospheres explores the intricate relationship between spatial design and human experience, advocating for an embodied approach to architectural practice. Through a phenomenological lens and experimental approach using personal experiences, the study investigates the nexus of emotion, movement, and spatial perception. Utilizing intuitive...

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Dutch Housing Commons: Non-speculative housing within and against the housing market

Vork, Sebastiaan (author)

The Netherlands is facing a housing shortage and adequate housing provision is lacking. Citizens are eager to act on their own through bottom-up initiatives. However, bottom-up initiatives (such as cooperative housing) do not thrive within the current housing market and therefore significant development of cooperative housing in the Netherlands...

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theatre of the city: theatre that’s a part of the city. city that’s a part of the theatre

Alexandrov, Artem (author)

Engagement with the city in provincial Russia is currently lacking a framework of care for the historical urban fabric. Listed buildings decay with no revitalisation plans made by the municipality or the citizenry. On the other hand, theatre in modern-day Russia is an acknowledged political entity – a pocket of free(er) thinking and civil...

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Architecture as bridge between people and nature: The biophilic design toolkit

Swart, Anjes (author)

This master’s thesis investigates the concepts of biophilic design, a concept that believes that the build environment can bring people and nature closer together, positively influencing both. After investigating the architectural expression of biophilic design, they are implemented in a design. The design of a library and theater brings back...

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Around the Window: Re-Imagining Sex Work Spaces in the Wallen Area

Sikkema, Amber (author)

The relationship between sex work and the city centre of Amsterdam ‘the Wallen’ area, also known as the ‘Red Light District’, already dates back towards 1350 (Majoor 2020, 46). While sex work in most cities happens on the periphery, in Amsterdam it traditionally exist in the heart of the city center. Despite the historical connection between sex...

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Redefining Schooling: Co-crafting a Community Waterscape for the Bajau Laut

Sarra, Christina (author)

The Bajau Laut or Sama Dilaut people are an ethnic group of sea nomads who used to roam between the Filipino, Malaysian, and Indonesian maritime zones. The Bajau are known to be amazing freedivers, being able to dive in depths of up to 30 meters and having the ability to hold their breath for more than 5 minutes, making them a group of people...

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MIRROR REALITIES: Envisioning Metaverse infrastructure at the scale of Rotterdam.

Al Ka'abi, Marwa (author)

This research aims to investigate how we can facilitate the digital transition into the metaverse at the scale of Rotterdam, through architecture and technology by <br/>understanding the gaps in metaverse enabling technologies and the infrastructure<br/>required to power the metaverse and its creation process.

master thesis 2023

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The architectural challenge for physically disabled people: A research through the eyes of the physically disabled

Smorenburg, Sanne (author)

Currently people with physical disabilities do not have the option to be away from home for a short or longer period of time to relieve themselves from the medical situation at home. This creates a feeling that there is currently a building typology missing in society and forms a challenge to be further investigated. The objective is to gather...

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Studio of Tomorrow: How should flexible working be translated into the physical workplace of architectural offices?

Rodriguez, Romée (author)

This graduation project explores the topic of flexible working as a new work norm for architects (and designers) and how FW needs to be translated into an office design. Through the analysis of two case studies, the current situation has been mapped out, which has been used to determine the requirements for an office programme that can...

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Bewogen Ruimte: architectuur door de ogen van een filmmaker

Haak, Melle (author)

Hoewel ik tijdens mijn opleiding leerde ontwerpen, voelde ik dat ik maar weinig grip kreeg op de dynamiek waarmee we dingen beleven. We ontwerpen gebouwen van steen en hout, die stilstaan; toch lijkt alles wat zich tussen de muren van onze huizen en steden afspeelt bewegelijk en tijdelijk. We nemen de materiële wereld allemaal ongeveer hetzelfde...

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Public Interior Wunderkammer

Bernátek, David (author)

Our cities are densifying to accommodate the growing urban population within the existing urban fabric. More and smaller homes are being built. This appears to be the result of an ongoing global housing crisis. Therefore, good quality public space becomes even more essential, as it acts as the expansion of our living rooms. It is the immediate...

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La Solidarite de Fatima

Bokzini, Souad (author)

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The Untapped Potential of Video in Architectural Design

Althuis, Jonas (author)

The Untapped Potential of Video in Architectural Design is a research and design project that explores the application of video-based techniques in the architectural design process. The project started with an experimental and applied research phase diving into video-based techniques at different stages of the design process, followed by my own...

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Pleasures and terrors of domestic comfort

Bongers, Tipp (author)

During the time of industrialization, the city became methodologically constructed from a repeatable pattern based on a grid. A methodology that leads to design from the large scale towards the small scale as the grid as an outline of property. Through this the industrialization of the house brought a specific kind of representation forth. A...

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THE JUNKSPACE MONUMENT, An ode to monsters and parking lots: An empowering network of urban interventions in Rotterdam

Fabre, Elodie (author)

Facing the neo-liberalisation of the city, "the furtive monument" is a path across the city, combining programs of the body, the mind and the politics, in order to reach a state of empowerment. Based on a situationist drift, architectural interventions transform the way the city of Rotterdam is experienced, not based on profit but based on...

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Omburo: the link between water access, re-housing and mycelium: From too little to too much

Barnard, Mia (author)

Namibia has been home to some of the world’s oldest ethnic groups since the dawn of civilization. One of these cultures is the Himba, often referred to as ‘the last true pastoral nomads’ of Africa. They are known for inhabiting the water scarce desert region of Kunene in Namibia for centuries. Now, various factors, including climate change and...

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Conservative nature of Architecture in the Historical City center of Saint Petersburg and its’ influence on the architectural development of the city: Bridges - how to bring together Architects and Local citizens

Shishkina, Anna (author)

Saint Petersburg is a second-largest city in Russia, having a population over 6 million people. Located in the northern part of the country on the edge of the Baltic Sea it was founded by tsar Peter the Great in 1703 as a future capital for Russian Empire. Tsar was wishing the new capital to become the most beautiful city in Europe and the city...

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Places of Belonging for the Displaced: Thuisplekken voor Ontheemden

Eikelboom, Rivka (author)

The starting point for this graduation project was a fascination with how architects can design for people who live at the margins of society, people that are invisible to many. The research was an investigation into places of belonging of displaced people in the Netherlands. In this case, the term displaced people was used for refugees, asylum...

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Bodenschatz Berlin: Preparing the Ground with Design Science Fiction

Mengel, Fynn (author)

Boden – a German term that can refer to soil and land, ground and floor, territory and habitat. Overhearing Boden in Berlin’s streets these days will, however, oftentimes result in tuning into a conversation about land ownership, the soaring cost of living and the city in transition. People, it seems, are worried. They are increasingly affected...

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Open Kitchen, Public House: refiguring kitchen(s) in English pub as new space for constructing diasporic identity

LAI, Kevin S.F. (author)

This thesis project studies the possibilities of designing a new space for migrants to construct their diasporic identity in a post-colonial language. The thesis is situated in the context of the mass migration from Hong Kong from 2019, specifically looking at Reading in the UK as a key arrival location. The thesis explores the design hypothesis...

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