Prevention of Cognitive Impairments Through Architectural Design: Graduation Studio Designing for Health & Care ’Towards a Healthy and Inclusive Living Environment’

This paper has argued that the absence of inter-generational contact and a deficit of care-taking in communities leads to the societal exclusion of the elderly and increases the development of diseases such as Alzheimer’s, dementia and depression. Dementia is a pressing problem of our time. The number of people with dementia is constantly rising...

Healthy Ageing: Design as a tool supporting prevention of modern diseases among middle-aged people

Ageing of the population is one of the most significant changes taking place in the population of the Netherlands, that will affect the dwelling design in the coming decades. This is also reflected by other phenomenon: together with the higher life expectancy, the quality of the lifetime deteriorates, of which the leading cause are chronic...

Tem heat dissipation system: Increasing performance of a thermoelectrical integrated facade through the heat dissipation system

Recent studies show an increase in energy use on buildings due to higher cooling demands, constituting an increase of 17% of the global energy consumption by 2050. Tendencies also show that cooling degree days around the globe will also increase and this will display a greater impact on developing countries with warm climates. Subsequently, this...

Velocity: Towards an healthy living environment

Research and design about the use of bicycles in and around the building. By stimulating cycling it can provide a solution for congestion in dense cities, be an alternative for the car and have 0 emissions but above all positively influence the health and well-being of people. The research and design show how to stimulate movement and how to use...

Active Amsterdam: The Blue Stairs - The city as a healthy living environment

The city of the future is a Healthy City, a city that sees the wellbeing of inhabitants as its main priority. The Blue Stairs is a dwelling complex at the Marnixstraat in Amsterdam that promotes an active, healthy lifestyle.

The Health Factory

The Health Factory is a health complex with sports facilities, healthy food options and a medical center that focusses on serving workers in the neighborhood. More than a third of all U.S. residents are obese, and this number has been increasing over the past three decades. Americans eat unhealthy and do not get enough exercise. Although there...