"uuid","repository link","title","author","contributor","publication year","abstract","subject topic","language","publication type","publisher","isbn","issn","patent","patent status","bibliographic note","access restriction","embargo date","faculty","department","research group","programme","project","coordinates"
"uuid:db7eb153-ea89-4fdb-af00-36a68c668e6b","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:db7eb153-ea89-4fdb-af00-36a68c668e6b","The future of waste collection in Amsterdam: Exploring the trade-offs between different water-based waste collection systems in the canal area of Amsterdam","van Baars, Chiel (TU Delft Technology, Policy and Management)","Ludema, M.W. (mentor); Doorn, N. (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2024","Heavy traffic in the city of Amsterdam has damaged the 17th-century bridges and quays over the past years. To prevent further damage and expand the lifespan of both existing and renovated structures, a maximum axle load of 7,5 tonnes is mandated in the city centre. Currently, the municipal waste collection department has a permanent exemption from this regulation due to the absence of an alternative method to collect the city's waste.
One promising solution involves re-utilising the city's waterways and employing vessels to transport waste out of the city. Two pilots involving water-based waste transport have been conducted in the city and were found to be a working proof of concept. It is, however, not known what a water-based collection system for the whole centre should look like to service the city and preserve the quays and bridges. This thesis aims to assess the trade-offs between three conceptual water-based waste collection systems (WCSs) to guide the direction for designing a suitable WCS for the city.
The three concepts examined concepts differ in the scale of the transshipment locations (the point where waste is transferred from land to water), categorised as WCSs with small- medium- and large-scale transshipment locations. The study focuses on the trade-offs between WCSs within and between the domains of social acceptance and technical feasibility.
This thesis consists of two main parts, in the first part the three water-based conceptual WCSs were defined using a design workshop. During the workshop, six employees of the municipality used different exercises to generate ideas on how waste could be collected using the waterways and to turn these ideas into conceptual designs.
In the second part of this thesis, these three conceptual WCSs were studied using a case study. The units of analysis in each of the WCSs were the social acceptance and the technical feasibility.
To evaluate the technical feasibility of each of the WCSs, expert interviews with specialists in vessels, waterways, quay walls and assets were conducted. The social acceptance of the three WCSs was studied using a survey administered to potential users of these systems. They were asked to choose between various WCSs based on walking distance, their general preferences, their preferences in specific situations and their concerns regarding these systems. Parallel to the survey, potential user interviews were conducted to gain deeper insights into respondents' reasons for preferences or aversions to specific WCSs.
The results from the expert interviews were summarised and presented in a table to provide an overview of the feasibility of the three WCSs. Survey results were depicted through graphs illustrating respondents' choices, while potential user interviews were analysed thematically, supported by quotes from the interviews.
WCS with large- and medium-scale transshipment locations were both found to be potentially feasible from a technical perspective, whereas the small-scale option was deemed unlikely to be feasible. The survey indicated that the majority of the respondents had a preference for self-disposal in containers close to their homes as opposed to having their waste collected at a self-scheduled time, requiring them to be present at home to hand over the waste to the pickup service. Additionally, respondents preferred disposal facilities not too close to their homes or within their direct line of sight.
Insights from potential user interviews revealed that participants favouring self-disposal valued flexibility, while on the other hand, those preferring self-scheduled pick-up appointments believed this WCS would address the litter issue in the city.
In conclusion, a key trade-off identified was between providing residents with their most preferred waste disposal method through numerous disposal locations versus the technical challenges, if not impossibility, of realizing such a large number of locations.
Based on this, the municipality was recommended to conduct further research on WCSs with large- and medium-scale transshipment locations, alongside implementing pilot projects to test these systems in a real-world setting.","Waste collection; Amsterdam; Trade-offs","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Management of Technology (MoT)","","52.377956, 4.897070"
"uuid:ad06b7b5-8467-4ca5-94b0-66218c9c4b32","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:ad06b7b5-8467-4ca5-94b0-66218c9c4b32","Towards a predictive maintenance strategy for Passenger Boarding Bridges at the airport","Meijs, Lester (TU Delft Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering)","Pang, Y. (mentor); Negenborn, R.R. (graduation committee); Caspani, A. (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2024","With Schiphol Airport's flight numbers growing, working assets are essential to ensure on-time processes. The Passenger Boarding Bridge (PBB) is a critical asset in the airport's turnaround process. By ensuring that the asset is working properly, the operational processes can run efficiently. Currently, improving the reliability of the PBB when in use happens after the fault has occurred. With this maintenance strategy, the PBB data is not used to predict the future health state of the PBB. Literature shows that the PBB can be classified as a multi-component system. Research in the predictive maintenance strategy of multi-component systems is still in an early phase. Research until now is more theoretical than practical, and an investigation into applying theoretical knowledge in practice is needed. With the upcoming developments of Industry 4.0, a Cyber-Physical System (CPS) architecture is proposed for a multi-component system. This architecture has been applied to the PBB to develop and use a predictive maintenance strategy for this system. Based on the implementation of a simulation model, the output showed that the proposed CPS architecture enabled the development of a predictive maintenance strategy for the PBB. With this strategy, proactive maintenance is planned while the system's reliability is held on a preset level to ensure a working asset during in-time use.","Predictive Maintenance; Cyber-Physical Systems; Passenger Boarding Bridge; Amsterdam Airport Schiphol; Prediction Model","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","2026-01-25","","","","Mechanical Engineering | Multi-Machine Engineering","",""
"uuid:861cc976-9e56-488b-bde2-7e26b511fe7a","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:861cc976-9e56-488b-bde2-7e26b511fe7a","What A Waste: Redefining the Private-, Collective-, and Public Space Towards a Circular System for Food and Consumer Goods in the Domestic Domain","Tulp, Emma (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","van den Burg, L.P.J. (mentor); Goncalves, J. E. (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2024","The scarcity of resources is increasing, resulting in the transformation of entire regions. People take a lot of the resources on Earth for granted. This calls for a transition from the current ‘throw-away’-economy to a ‘circular’ economy. The constant circulation of materials and products in this type of system preserves the value of materials. Academics and practitioners are addressing this transition, but they frequently ignore its social and spatial aspects. A socio-spatial framework for reorganizing a district towards a circular system is proposed in this thesis. The solution presented is fundamentally utopian, aiming to challenge established ideas about the current system. In this thesis, the public space’s redesign serves as an entry point to the private and communal spaces.
The design location for this thesis is the Indische Buurt. This district is located in east of Amsterdam. With a large proportion of social housing, the area’s primary use is residential. Additionally, there are a few shopping streets nearby. The approach used in this thesis was context-specific. The three main approaches used were literature reviews, field research, and ‘research by design’.
According to the analysis, residents are crucial in deciding whether and how to dispose of things. But at the moment, the area doesn’t have many resources supporting circular behavior. The issue of waste disposal in public areas is one of the effects. In addition, the district has a high proportion of minima-households, little greenery, and roadways that are mostly occupied by parked cars. The primary observation about governance analysis is the lack of emphasis on the spatial implications necessary for the shift to a circular system.
The district is reorganized using a spatial framework that was constructed using the R-ladder. The R-ladder is a circularity model made up of ten R-strategies for reducing the amount of materials and resources used in product chains. The higher up the strategy is on the ladder, the more value is retained. Following that, a spatial design for a square and its surrounding streets is proposed. The visibility of circularity is prioritized in this design to enhance public awareness. Furthermore, the design aims to maximize the value retention of materials or products by selecting the solution that best retains value. In addition to the design, recommendations will be made to the governance of the Netherlands and Amsterdam. This will improve the existing circular strategy and policy.
This thesis provides a comprehensive understanding of the lateral failure of the pile foundation by full-scale quay wall experiments and it proposes a computational model to predict the resistance against this failure mechanism.
To gain a comprehensive understanding of the lateral failure mechanism, an unique and extensive experimental program has been conducted on an existing historic quay wall, founded on timber piles. The quay is located at Amsterdam Overamstel and dates back to 1905. Experiments have been conducted at three different system levels. At level 1, four-point bending experiments have been performed on individual piles to obtain the bending material properties. At level 2, lateral pile group experiments have been conducted on two 3x4 pile groups to study the pile-soil-pile interactions. At level 3, proof load experiments have been carried out on entire full scale quay wall sections, to study the overall behaviour of the quay. As part of the experimental program, an extensive geotechnical site investigation has been performed. The experimental approach chosen enables a stepwise validation and calibration for computational quay wall models.
Through the experimental program, it is demonstrated that among all potential failure mechanisms, the lateral failure mechanism is most likely to occur when a quay wall is subjected to large surface loading at its backside. Examples of such loads in practice are parked or moving cars, heavy vehicles or goods. The mechanism is triggered by an increase in soil stresses at the backside of the quay, which pushes the foundation towards the water. This, in turn, results in the bending of the timber piles, accompanied by the development of bending stresses. State-of-the-art models (ABAQUS, PLAXIS and spring models) were used to predict the failure surface load of the Overamstel quay, with an estimated value of approximately 20kPa. However, in reality, the quay demonstrated significantly greater strength, as failure was not observed even for loads as high as 55kPa. While part of this underprediction can be attributed to experiment-specific effects not considered in the prediction analysis, the substantial underprediction of the failure load still emphasizes the conservatism in current modelling approaches.
Clear indicators of the lateral failure mechanism include the inclined position of the top of the piles, broken piles, settlements at the backside of the quay, and lateral deflection of the foundation. These indicators can effectively be monitored, as demonstrated by the employed monitoring plan in the experiments. Elements of this plan, such as inclination sensors mounted on the pile caps, can be implemented in Amsterdam’s city centre to detect signs of lateral failure. The foundation piles experience fracture when they reach a state of full yielding, which occurs when the bending stresses in the timber surpass the modulus of rupture across the entire cross-section of the pile. Bending experiments conducted on timber piles indicate a substantial variance in both the modulus of rupture (variation coefficient of 0.26) and the modulus of elasticity (variation coefficient of 0.3). Consequently, the piles exhibit a wide range of flexural stiffnesses and bending moment capacities. These discrepancies stem from natural variability and biological degradation of the timber, which lead to the formation of a weakened outer layer or “soft shell” starting at the perimeter of the piles, going inward. The soft shell thickness is approximately 10% of the external pile diameter and it does not contribute to the structural strength of the piles.
The substantial variations in load carrying capacities within a timber pile group can be primarily attributed to the variations in pile stiffness and bending capacity. Surprisingly, typical pile group effects such as in-line, side-by-side, pile free height, and pile diameters do not have a large contribution to the variations in individual lateral pile resistances found. When multiple piles are considered together, significant variations between individual piles compensate each other, leading to a group resistance that was almost identical in the two pile group experiments. This finding is advantageous from a computational modelling and risk assessment standpoint. Within the tested pile groups at the Overamstel site, with 200-300 mm diameter piles, partial yielding starts at approximately 100 mm of group deflection. The first pile breakages are expected to initiate at 140 mm of deformation; however, due to the redistribution of lateral loads among the piles, it does not directly result in group failure. Nevertheless, when deformations exceed 200 mm, a majority of the piles will break, leading to group failure. It is vital to emphasize that the transition from the initial onset of yielding to group failure requires merely a slight additional lateral load of 15%.
An analytical quay wall model has been developed to predict the resistance against lateral failure of historic quay walls. This model comprises a framework of elastic beams embedded in an elastic foundation, which is externally loaded by a linear elastic soil model based on Flamant’s theory. The framework is made up of multiple Euler-Bernoulli beams, connected to each other by boundary and interface conditions. The stiffness of the connection between piles and headstock is described by a pile-headstock interface model. The elastic foundation is represented by a series of independent p-y springs, approximated with a bilinear elastic-perfect-plastic model. A method is developed to include the pile-soil-pile interaction and the influence of a sloping surface by adjusting the plastic branch of the p-y springs. This method has been validated through multiple experiments documented in literature in which steel piles were used, eliminating material property uncertainties. The analytical quay wall model has been validated and calibrated with the Overamstel quay wall experiments, employing the stepwise approach. In the first step, the bending properties of the timber piles were obtained from the level 1 bending experiments. Subsequently, in the second step, the model’s capability to describe laterally loaded pile groups was validated through the level 2 pile group experiments. Finally, the Flamant soil model and the model’s ability to describe a historic quay were validated using the level 3 quay experiments. As a final step, the model was compared with finite element computations, demonstrating a good agreement in displacements and forces. The analytical quay wall model accurately predicts lateral displacement, pile bending moments, and bending stresses at various depths, allowing for the assessment of pile fracture under specific surface loads. Its key advantages over state-of-the-art finite element modelling software include robustness, computational speed, feedback loops (e.g. force and displacement-dependent pile-headstock connection stiffnesses), minimal input requirements, and no numerical stability issues at large deformations. The model is highly suitable for trend analysis, sensitivity studies, and probabilistic analysis due to its short computational time in seconds, compared to complex three-dimensional FEM software that takes minutes to hours. The effectiveness and potential of the validated analytical quay wall model have been demonstrated in two “follow up” studies, described below.
In the first study, the quay model has been employed to investigate the failure of the Grimburgwal. With the model it was demonstrated that bending stresses in the timber piles exceeded the modulus of rupture as a consequence of local deepening of the canal in front of the quay. It therefore provides valuable insights for Amsterdam’s historical centre. The analyses have served as an additional validation step for the analytical quay wall model developed in this thesis, specifically for applications to the quay walls of Amsterdam’s historical centre.
In the second study the quay model has been used to effectively showcase the potential of Bayesian updating by incorporating evidence of survived loading situations and corresponding deformations. This approach enables refinement of the reliability predictions and parameter distribution uncertainties, leading to a more accurate prediction of the resistance against the lateral failure mechanism of quay wall foundation piles. Depending on the type of evidence, an a-priori reliability prediction for a quay wall that fails to meet safety standards can be updated to any of the three consequence classes (CC3, CC2, and CC1b) outlined in NEN8700. In a fictive case study, a quay wall with an a-priori reliability of β = 1.5 has been increased to β = 3.2 by including evidence of an extreme survived load of 10 kN/m2 that resulted in displacements of less than 4mm. This is a decrease in failure probability by two orders of magnitude, showing the potential impact of using observational information in combination with Bayesian updating
The main practical implication of this thesis has been the improvement in modelling accuracy, as a result of the Overamstel experiments. The revised “gain” in modelling accuracy for bending moments and deflection was 43% and 37% respectively. This improvement can be attributed to advancements in modelling techniques, such as accurately simulating pile-soil-pile interaction and modelling the pile-headstock connection, as well as utilizing precise location-specific geotechnical and structural material properties as model input. The improved modelling accuracy results in a less conservative evaluation of the quay walls, leading to a reduction in the number of unnecessarily rejected quay walls for the Amsterdam quay wall domain.
The most practical recommendations for Amsterdam are: a) to develop accurate techniques for mapping quay wall configurations, b) to implement comprehensive quay wall monitoring systems in the city centre, c) to utilize the analytical model in future studies and assessments, d) prioritize geotechnical site investigations before making model predictions, and e) perform non-destructive tests in the city centre and incorporate this information in the assessment.
The methods and insights developed in this dissertation enhance the understanding of the lateral failure of historic quay walls and enable more precise predictions of their resistance against such failures. As such, the model can be effectively used to support decisions on their safe use, remaining service life, and the need for their replacement.","Historic quay walls; Experiments; Bending tests; Overloading tests; Lateral pile group experiments; Quay wall modelling; Analytical models; Forensic engineering; Bayesian updating; Reliablity updating; Amsterdam","en","doctoral thesis","","978-94-6469-656-1","","","","Analytical quay wall model open source: https://doi.org/10.4121/4fd90d71-ffd9-4db2-a358-8576f5b19a32","","","","","Hydraulic Structures and Flood Risk","","",""
"uuid:3c545a05-82ed-4950-b7e6-d21105c3963b","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:3c545a05-82ed-4950-b7e6-d21105c3963b","The Social Impacts of Urban Densification in Times of Climate Action: Creating a knowledge base on the social impacts of urban interventions pursuing simultaneous densification, the energy transition and climate change adaptation and comparing the extracted main points with the perceptions of urban policymakers in Amsterdam, The Netherlands","Fiedler, Laila (TU Delft Technology, Policy and Management)","Verma, T. (mentor); Aydin, N.Y. (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution); Universiteit Leiden (degree granting institution)","2023","Densification, the increase of built environment elements in urban areas, has been identified as a tool to mitigate social and environmental consequences of urban sprawl, i.e. the continuous extension of urban boundaries and dispersed construction of built-up areas.
At the same time, unique environmental and social challenges are requiring urban developers to adapt their approaches to changed long-term or short-term physical conditions while considering the social consequences.
Many cities around the globe, and amongst them Amsterdam, The Netherlands, are striving to align urban interventions in the field of densification and climate action. This led to the research question: Which social impacts arise from simultaneous urban densification and climate action in the form of climate change adaptation and the energy transition?
This study provides insight into the current knowledge in scientific literature and the perceptions of urban policymakers. A qualitative mixed methods approach was applied. The approach was constituted of a systematic literature review and semi-structured interviews. A social impact framework was combined with an understanding of the natural sciences, engineering and urban planning to assess the social impacts of urban densification in times of climate action.
I first collected the current literature at the interface of urban densification, the energy transition and climate change adaptation to compile the perspective of academic literature in a knowledge base.
Secondly, I conducted semi-structured interviews with urban policymakers of the Dutch capital of Amsterdam to gain insight into the perspective of policymakers. In the analysis of both my data sets, I discerned explicitly mentioned social impacts as well as social impacts which were not explicitly stated, but could be reasoned from the collected literature and the conducted interviews.
Finally, the comparison of both perspectives shows a strong prevalence of social impacts in the spheres of livability in the built environment, health and economic relations. How densification, the energy transition and climate change adaptation exert consequences on communities and institutional relations is much less observed at the current state. Lastly, impacts on cultural or gender relations are close to absent from the discussion - in academic literature and the perceptions of urban policy-makers in the case study alike.
While the results are largely connected to the conceptualisation and methods applied, implications can be drawn for future research and policy-making. It is essential to explore the origins of the low occurrence of cultural and gender impacts in the data set to evaluate whether these are due to knowledge constraints or actual low impact rates. But, given the understandings gained, I urge to observe these spheres more strongly, in particular in relation to indirect social impacts. Moreover, the case study shows that social impacts of densification and climate action transitions are highly context-driven. They are subject to questions of ownership, human behaviour, urban inequalities and social differentiation within the constraints of physical space and monetary as well as environmental budgets. Additionally, it is indispensable to further strengthen the interaction and communication between researchers, policy-makers and other stakeholders.","social impacts; urban densification; climate change adaptation; energy transition; Amsterdam; urban policymaking","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Industrial Ecology","",""
"uuid:0b538992-d6d2-42ae-8b6a-d601df9d8352","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:0b538992-d6d2-42ae-8b6a-d601df9d8352","Air Pollution from High-rise Construction in Rotterdam: Comparison of black carbon (BC), ultrafine (UFP)and particulate matter (PM2.5 and PM10) ambient concentrations from conventional and biobased (Cross-Laminated Timber CLT) construction methods","Aranda Morales, Gabriel (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Fry, Juliane (mentor); Vrijhoef, R. (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution); Wageningen University & Research (degree granting institution); AMS (degree granting institution)","2023","This research addresses the challenge of climate change and air quality, focusing on the construction industry's impact in the Netherlands. The construction sector, a significant source of air pollution, necessitates sustainable practices for mitigating the effects of climate change and reducing pollutants. The study emphasises the need for stricter local regulations and innovative technologies to curb air emissions within the cities.
Examining air pollutants such as Ultrafine Particles (UFP), Black Carbon (BC), PM2.5, and PM10, the research clarifies their role in ambient concentrations. While acknowledging the global nature of air pollution, its impact on health, the economy, and various sectors in the built environment highlights the need for comprehensive measures. The Netherlands' commitment to reducing air pollutant emissions aligns with European agreements and initiatives, emphasising promoting emission-free technologies in construction machinery.
The shift from conventional high-rise construction to bio-based materials, particularly Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT), emerges as a promising solution. Cross-laminated timber is praised for its environmental friendliness, speed of construction, seismic resistance, and ability to resist high temperatures. The study examines the ecological concentrations of UFP, BC, PM2.5, and PM10 in high-rise buildings constructed using CLT and conventional methods, offering insights into the potential benefits of sustainable construction practices.
Focusing on specific construction sites in Rotterdam and specific urban construction sites like Amsterdam, the research compares ambient concentrations during construction, highlighting the environmental impact of different building methods. The lack of regulations for UFP and BC in the Netherlands underscores the importance of investigating their concentrations to guide future research and regulatory efforts.
The research project aims to inform policymakers, architects, builders, and the community about the environmental and health implications of construction decisions. The study envisions a cleaner, healthier, and more sustainable urban environment in Rotterdam and beyond by fostering awareness and providing a blueprint for future investigations.
The study combines multiple data collection methods including: interviews, observation, and document analysis. Analysis of the repair cafe community in Amsterdam revealed that the community currently consists of twenty-eight active repair cafes at the local level, plus the Repair Cafe International Foundation, which operates at a national and international level. Eleven repair cafes and the Repair Cafe International Foundation were visited and representative volunteers were interviewed during data collection between April and June 2023. By exploring the sociotechnical imaginaries in the repair cafe community in Amsterdam, this research shows that the community showcases features of alternative circular imaginaries going beyond the techno-economical focus that currently dominates circular economy thinking and implementation. The results reveal a shared vision of a repair society wherein product repair is normalised and involves a diverse and accessible repairing infrastructure. Additionally, the results show alternative circular performances, such as community-based, socially inspired, and neighbourhood-oriented activities. Besides the features of alternative imaginaries, the results also reveal several tensions between the present-day performances and future aspirations: such as disparities between the goal to collect data and an unwillingness to do so at the local level, a vision for collaboration with other parties, and limited networking at the local level in practise. The study proposes that these tensions point towards the fact that repair cafes provide spaces where future visions are confronted with present realities, leading to a plurality of initiatives at the local level. As such, the repair cafe community’s aspirations and performances reveal aspects of both the dominant techno-economic circular economy imaginary and an alternative imaginary centred around social interactions and local engagement. In conclusion, this research highlights the significance of considering social dimensions within the circular economy framework. While technological and economic aspects are pivotal, they must be balanced with a focus on community engagement, inclusivity, and citizen empowerment. The repair cafe community in Amsterdam serves as a noteworthy example of how bottom-up initiatives can contribute to a more sustainable and resilient future. However, the diversity of motivations and goals among local repair cafes, coupled with the varying degrees of alignment with the Repair Cafe International Foundation, may pose a challenge to the realisation of a unified vision. Stakeholders and policymakers therefore must foster collaboration and facilitate a shared understanding of the repair society’s objectives...","Circular economy (CE); community repair; repair cafe; sociotechnical imaginary; Amsterdam; bottom-up initiative","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Industrial Ecology","",""
"uuid:1cc4e1a3-dcf6-42b2-8ada-1fa34155b11d","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:1cc4e1a3-dcf6-42b2-8ada-1fa34155b11d","Engaging residents in sustainable renovation by simplifying complexity","van der Vlugt, Marilou (TU Delft Industrial Design Engineering)","Boess, S.U. (graduation committee); van Leeuwen, G.E. (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2023","The energy transition holds significant importance across various sectors of our lives, and the housing sector is no exception. While constructing CO2-efficient buildings can substantially reduce emissions, the renovation of older structures is equally important. Renovation plans for the latter are predominantly focussed in increasing the thermal quality of the building and integrating green energy sources. Besides this climate goal, this challenge is also pushed by a social goal. Renovation is in some cases also vital to address the increasing number of households living in energy poverty. Households within this category have both high energy bills which is likely caused by the poor insulation and in addition to this, receive a generally low income.
Participation and engagement within this process is recognised as an important factor for successfully navigating the renovation journey. However, this is not alway an easy task since VvE boards are already carrying the heavy load of the practical renovation tasks. My research looked in the context for the barriers that hold participation back and for potential drivers that proved to be efficient in this context to stimulate participation. The six themes found are: position, trust in officials, knowledge, social cohesion, practical factors and personal factors. These themes overlap and influence each other.
Therefore, to explore and evaluate possible solutions to address the problem definition, I used the method Research through Design to observe how a design is responded to in the context. The five directions that I explored were around a vision building workshop, public discussion starters, serious gaming and interactive and visual knowledge tools.
The project concludes with an embodied design solution that addresses the problem using an interactive and visually engaging approach. The design aims to reduce barriers related to the four of the six themes found: position, knowledge, social cohesion and practical factors. Ultimately, to enable residents to engage and interact with the available information to let them experience the influence they can have in shaping the sustainable renovation process of their own homes.","Participation; Energy transition; Research through Design; Amsterdam South East","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Design for Interaction","",""
"uuid:46a02808-044c-4f3c-a7e7-fbee172891e9","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:46a02808-044c-4f3c-a7e7-fbee172891e9","Designing dynamic water storage systems to mitigate drought stress in urban environments: Investigating methods to design a digital representation of the Bajeskwartier water system","de Koe, Luka (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Belmondo Bianchi Di Lavagna, Alessio (mentor); Wreyford, Jessica (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2023","As a result of ongoing climate change, urban environments are put under increasing pressure from extreme weather events. Insufficient research is being done into the modeling of urban drought resilience. Most urban drought resilience and water network optimization models are designed for city-scale demand with regional water supply networks and vegetation water demand models generally address agricultural systems. This research addresses this gap by developing a neighborhood-scale digital representation of the Bajeskwartier water system to assess drought resilience while incorporating the local vegetation water demand. Starting with a system thinking perspective, the interconnections of soil moisture processes in the local water systems provide the base of the model.
By incorporating scenario analyses on climate change projections and vegetation types, the water demand and drought sensitivity patterns become clear. Furthermore, the implementation of an optimization solver to assess a rainwater capture, storage, and irrigation system results in a robust water system. The system proves to have sufficient capacity to prevent drought stress in a 1-in-30-year drought.
This research not only contributes to enhancing urban drought resilience within the Bajeskwartier but also provides a valuable foundation for future studies in similar urban contexts. It emphasizes the importance of considering local vegetation water demand and climate change scenarios in urban water system modeling, highlighting the need for tailored approaches to address evolving climate-induced challenges in urban environments.","Drought resilience; Drought; climate adaptation; Rainwater harvesting; irrigation system; Water storage; Soil moisture; Climate Change; Climate Change Adaptation; Amsterdam; Bajeskwartier; Optimization Modeling","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Metropolitan Analysis, Design and Engineering (MADE)","",""
"uuid:bb914147-0403-4a1c-aa65-8b5d62dbbc77","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:bb914147-0403-4a1c-aa65-8b5d62dbbc77","Spatial Adaptive Policy Pathways for rainwater resilient spatial redesign for urban areas","Jurjus, Charlie (TU Delft Civil Engineering & Geosciences)","Rutten, M.M. (mentor); van der Hoek, J.P. (graduation committee); Balz, Verena Elisabeth (graduation committee); Goedbloed, D (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2023","In this research, the use of spatially applied adaptive pathways for rainwater resilient redesign of urban areas is investigated. It is explored how adaptive pathways can contribute to the integration of the climate stress of pluvial flooding in the planning process for the redesign of existing urban areas. This is done by developing adaptive pathways for the rainwater resilient design for a case-study in Amsterdam and evaluating their possible contribution to the planning process for redesign in general and specifically in Amsterdam.
The use of spatially applied adaptive pathways for rainwater resilience was explored by first developing pathways for a redesign for a case study in Amsterdam, the neighbourhood Bosleeuw, following the Dynamic Adaptive Policy Pathways (DAPP) approach. It was found that when considering pluvial flooding as the system stressor, the number of parallel design alternatives that could be included in the map are limited because rainwater resilience is considered at neighbourhood scale. Moreover, the shortage of the rainwater storage capacity in the current situation compared to the set objective for 2050 results in the inability to express the adaptation tipping points in terms of storage capacity and a sell-by date in terms of time. In addition, because of the number and size of the required measures to reach the objective for rainwater resilience in Amsterdam, the need to consider the implementation time in the adaptive pathways arose, to ensure the feasibility of the proposed pathways.
To this end, a set of modifications were made to the set-up of the pathways for a single design alternative, that enhanced the functionality of the pathways to illustrate the feasibility of the implementation of a solution. The results showed that the modified pathway set-up enable the incorporation of the implementation time of measures, the definition of adaptation tipping points and their sell-by dates and reviewing the effect of partially implemented measures combined.
These functionalities are demonstrated by developing pathways for the implementation of the redesign for the case-study under the temporal limit of the renewal strategy in Amsterdam: the strategy to plan all projects in the public space simultaneously and at the moment of planned maintenance or renewal of infrastructure. The results show that the modified set-up of the pathways enable the visualization and comparison of different implementation strategies and allow for the back casting of required actions to attain a set objective, without going into time-consuming or incomprehensible detail. However, the beneficial feature of the DAPP approach to postpone decisions to the future by reviewing parallel solutions and keeping future options open, is eliminated in the modified set-up, that reviews the implementation of a single solution. Similarly, the focus on the duration of implementation time and the consideration of actions in a timeline reduced the feature of the DAPP approach to express moments of decision and action in terms of how far the uncertain development has progressed rather than in time, which is a key attribute of allowing uncertainty in decision-making and design. The modified pathway set-up presented in this research, therefore, should be considered as complementary to the DAPP approach rather than a replacement. Overall, it is concluded that the adaptive pathways can contribute to rainwater resilience planning by providing a guiding spatial and temporal overview of required actions to support decision-making and the monitoring of adequate implementation of spatial adaptations.
of arriving flights could be explained by flight trajectory and weather variables alone, this percentage was significantly higher for departing flights (R2 =0.46). These results are in line with previous research which found that the interaction of building properties with meteorological variables and flight trajectory have the most influence on sound propaga- tion of aircraft noise within a street canyon environment, but also suggest that vegetation can play a role in mitigating noise pollution. Further research is required to determine if the presence of adult leaves or the psychological effects of greenery on the human per- ception of aircraft noise pollution could augment the modest noise pollution attenuation effects of trees seen in this experiment.","Noise pollution; Airport Noise; Trees; Amsterdam Metropolitan Region; Noise Attenuation","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Metropolitan Analysis, Design and Engineering (MADE)","",""
"uuid:26011037-30ca-4a10-92ce-3dc52fd7b25f","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:26011037-30ca-4a10-92ce-3dc52fd7b25f","RE:OSDORP: Reinforcing green heritage and sustainable living in the post-war neighborhood","Mulder, Floor (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Verschuure, G.A (mentor); Harteveld, Maurice (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2023","The post-war neighborhood is a result of the modernist and socialist thoughts in the time period of 1945 to 1960. Its concept was to provide everyone of an equal and good place to live, with access to green, facilities and ‘light, air and space’. This resulted mostly into vast amounts of green space. The buildings in these neighborhoods are evaluated as heritage, but the public and communal space around the buildings are often not taken into consideration.
This study assumes that the concept of the post-war neighborhood and its spatial translation is important to keep and treasure, as it provides important historical insights. This study aims to find the role of the green structure for the case study of Osdorp, Amsterdam. Additional heritage and user value maps (next to the existing building value maps) are made for the public space, based on thorough literature and field analysis of the district.
The main conclusions include that the overall structure of the neighborhood, a framework branching out in increasingly more private areas is very important. Next to that, the most important embodiment of the concept does not lay within the amount of green that is present, but how it used. The green strips and spaces on the smaller scales are more likely to be transformed into the demand of today: functional and ecological.
The outcomes result in a toolbox for the different green types that are present in the post-war neighborhood and this forms the base for the design of the Wildemanbuurt, a neighborhood within Osdorp. This design is based on increasing connectivity, re-emphasizing the importance of the courtyards, bringing more ecological zones into the neighborhood and improving the multi-functionality of underused areas.
To initiate a new heat transition, it is crucial to adopt new sustainable and locally generated heat systems. A potential solution is the implementation of a 5th District Generation Heating and Cooling (5GDHC) network, which utilizes low-temperature heat and cold, potentially sourced from waste heat. However, the design and implementation of a 5GDHC network presents numerous challenges, including the absence of comprehensive guidelines and limited knowledge regarding the deployment of these systems on a larger scale or in an area with an older building stock. This research focuses on developing a tool that can identify potential clusters for a 5GDHC system in densely populated urban areas.
To achieve the research objective, a methodology is developed to identify clusters for a 5GDHC network. Clusters are essential for the implementation of a 5GDHC system in a larger area, as they mitigate investment risks and facilitate a clearer implementation process. The methodology in this study integrates the Single Linkage clustering algorithm and Geometric Graph Theory, which are extended into a model. This model generates clusters based on building locations and energy profiles, and assesses their performance using metrics such as the aggregated hourly lack of supply throughout the year and the total length of the pipe network.
A case study of the inner city of Amsterdam, part of the 'high hanging fruit' project by the AMS Institute, is utilized to test the model. The model requires data on potential waste heat and retrofitted buildings as input. The developed model effectively identifies clusters within a large urban area based on building locations and energy profiles. Trade-offs between pipe network length and energy efficiency must be considered when evaluating the model's results. It is highly recommended to adopt a bottom-up approach and establish 5GDHC clusters incrementally within the city. The hourly disbalances, calculated by the model, can identify potential clusters ready for connection. Moreover, the performance metrics derived from the model can serve as valuable decision-making guides during the design phase of 5GDHC networks. To enhance the decision-making process further, it is crucial to integrate the model's information with urban planning considerations and engage relevant stakeholders. By combining these factors, a comprehensive and well-informed decision-making process can be facilitated, leading to more effective and efficient 5GDHC network designs and implementations.
The full model created within this research can be retrieved from: \url{https://github.com/svanburk/clustering5GDHC.git}","5GDHC; 5th generation district heating and cooling; Single linkage clustering; Amsterdam; District heating and cooling","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Engineering and Policy Analysis","",""
"uuid:7ad69445-7805-4920-92a5-a356649facbc","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:7ad69445-7805-4920-92a5-a356649facbc","Over the Flevopolder: A landscape architectural design research on the implementation of an innovative railroad in the Dutch cultural landscape as a superior alternative to the Lelyline. A case-study between Amsterdam and Zwolle","ten Hove, Juul (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Geuze, A. (mentor); Dijkstra, R.J. (graduation committee); de Jong, P. (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2023","Promoting sustainable travel involves encouraging train travel as a preferred mode of transportation. However, train travel in the Netherlands faces challenges with delays and slow speeds, including the planned Lelyline. This report explores an innovative high-speed train viaduct inspired by Chinese rail construction techniques as an attractive alternative to the Lelyline. By adopting modular
construction and straight alignments, this research aims to create an efficient and
visually captivating transportation solution that respects the cultural landscape. The case study focuses on a straight trajectory across the Flevopolder between Amsterdam South and Zwolle. The viaduct integrates with the landscape, enhancing biodiversity through an ecological corridor in its shadow, benefiting agriculture and the nature network. Additionally, it offers panoramic views,
recreational value, and serves as a marker of historical significance.
This research showcases the potential of a sustainable train landscape that aligns with the Dutch cultural context, providing valuable insights for future transportation projects.","Lelyline; innovative high-speed rail technique; Flevopolder; Amsterdam South; Zwolle; collateral benefits; shadow ecology","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Landscape Architecture","",""
"uuid:a530c506-56c1-4888-9596-f93769c0299f","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:a530c506-56c1-4888-9596-f93769c0299f","Robots for a Cleaner Amsterdam: Roadmapping Waste Relationships for the Next Decade","Schuurman, Claire (TU Delft Industrial Design Engineering)","van Dommelen, S. (graduation committee); Vroon, Jered (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2023","As current cleaning targets are not achieved, Amsterdam requested to explore the potential for robots to contribute to a cleaner city. This thesis focused on exploring how a robot could contribute. A contextual analysis, reviewing literature and municipal documents, showed an increasing need for improved waste management efficiency in response to Amsterdam’s growth, increasing tourism and sustainability goals. However, increasing labour shortages and demographic ageing make it difficult to rely solely on additional human labour in the coming years.
To further analyse the context, employees of department Schoon were accompanied and interviewed. Six key values were identified contributing to job satisfaction - safeguarding these is crucial for successful robot implementation, including freedom and dislike of heavy work. Challenges were also identified, including labour shortages and reduced efficiency.
To determine where a robot could add value, three main waste problems in Amsterdam were identified and analysed. Inefficient waste management and littering behaviour were often the cause. To understand this behaviour, key influencing factors were identified and used in the analysis and thesis.
Furthermore, by analysing key factors of waste management behaviour, it was found that a cleaning robot can potentially trigger motivators for littering behaviour, suggesting that the robot's task influences waste management behaviour. Furthermore, when identifying factors influencing HRI, it was found that rewarding interactions can motivate proper behaviour, suggesting that robots can contribute to a cleaner environment without having to clean.
Based on the findings, specific requirements and a design vision for the robot were established, emphasising promoting proper waste management behaviour, ownership and waste management efficiency. To communicate the vision to the municipality, two concepts were developed, the Mobile Robot Bin and Mobile Robot Container. The Robot Bin aims to motivate proper behaviour through rewarding interactions and to increase waste collection efficiency. To align with Amsterdam's identity and raise awareness, the appearance will be created in collaboration with local artists.
The Robot Container focuses on providing waste disposal options at will in the city centre, optimising waste management efficiency and reducing littering behaviour, as the current policy allows residents to place waste outside twice a week. The concept reduces the physical burden on employees by eliminating the need to collect waste from the street and minimises the need for heavy waste trucks in the centre.
To assess the concepts’ value and feasibility in contributing to a cleaner Amsterdam, stakeholders from the municipality of Amsterdam, department Schoon and AMS Institute evaluated them. Both received positive feedback, with the Robot Container being identified as the most promising solution for achieving a cleaner Amsterdam. However, challenges such as vandalism need to be addressed before implementation. Nevertheless, stakeholders were enthusiastic and asked about implementation activities. A roadmap outlining these activities was developed and evaluated by the AMS expert. However, further research is needed to develop and implement the robots to achieve a cleaner Amsterdam.
The Marineterrein now offers values to many different target groups, as more and more Amsterdam residents are finding their way there for recreation, sport, and business. I believe that the Marineterrein’s values of inclusiveness is the most important values, given that these core values of the city of Amsterdam and have been eroding in recent years.
However, exactly this value is under pressure due to the decision to turn the Marineterrein into an innovation district. An innovation district is a city area designed to bring together innovative companies, start ups, and knowledge institutions to stimulate innovation and economic growth. While the decision to convert the Marineterrein into an innovation district is well-founded given its history, research indicates that such districts tend to rapidly gentrify both economically and socio-culturally. The emergence of an incomprehensible monoculture, as innovative companies mainly attract the “knowledge class,” deters many other target groups and results in innovation districts becoming enclaves.
Citizens engagement might be the solution to maintain inclusiveness in the innovation district Marineterrein. By involving citizens a sense of ownership and affection can be stimulated. Collaboration and understanding of diverse perspectives are crucial for mutual tolerance and social cohesion. Within the context of the Marineterrein, a opportunity lays in involving citizens in “open innovation.” Open innovation is a participatory method of innovation. At the Marineterrein, the primary issue for involving citizens in open innovation the lack of effective communication interfaces between citizens and companies. Companies tend to operate behind closed doors, leaving citizens with no space to provide feedback or engage in a dialogue about innovation. The undesirable scenario of the Marineterrein drifting away from the rest of the city seems to become a reality. Therefore, the design goal of this project is to develop an interface that demystifies the innovative character of the district and stimulates citizens to engage in open innovation.
My.I.D. is a design concept that might be a first step to engage citizens in open innovation. Visitors can choose from eleven innovations routes to explore the innovative nature of the Marineterrein. Along the routes, visitors encounter inspiration points that tell stories of innovative projects or experiments that the companies are working. Visitors get the opportunity to not only listen to the story but share their own thoughts, concerns or wishes regarding the innovation. Besides they can listen to the responses of or visitors. The responses are shared with the companies for a better understanding of citizens’ opinions and ideas. This cross-pollination might lead to the emergence of new collaborations or synergies. In that way, My.I.D. aims to improve the mutual understanding and relationship between citizens and innovators.
From the total of embankment within the management of the municipality, a scope has been defined focusing on the most critical quays with respect to the limited design space and high expected loads. Within the assumptions made, the developed parametric tool can be used to indicate an efficient design solution for which the positioning of the piles, the diameter of the piles and the thickness of the floor follow from the location-dependent input. The indication of the effect of geometrical properties with respect to the defined objective (minimizing the material use) could help in the consideration of the design requirements.
Apart from indicating the savings that can be made on the material use by improving the structural efficiency of urban quay wall design, this research also contributes to proof of the power to be found in a parametric approach. The repetitive character in especially large-scale assignments as the renovation of Amsterdam's quay walls makes it a highly appropriate method.","Urban quay walls; Amsterdam; Parametric design; Optimization; Structural efficiency","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Civil Engineering","",""
"uuid:dfcfe6db-b565-48a9-9353-fe283267b1f0","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:dfcfe6db-b565-48a9-9353-fe283267b1f0","Transport Poverty in the Amsterdam Metropolitan Area: Relationships with Socioeconomics and the Built Environment at the Neighborhood Level","Bon, Thijs (TU Delft Civil Engineering & Geosciences)","Bruno, M. (mentor); van Oort, N. (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2023","Limiting transport poverty is consequential in improving well-being and employment levels, which play meaningful roles in deciding public policy. We analyze how different socioeconomic and built environment factors are related to the transport poverty environment for car and public transport in terms of strength, significance, and direction for neighborhood zones within the Amsterdam Metropolitan Area—our study area. Additionally, we provide policy recommendations for the study area.
To this end, we use spatial distributions of environmental transport poverty indicators and perform weighted least-squares regression analyses, where we regress each transport poverty indicator on all built environment and socioeconomic variables. Our regression analyses are preceded by a combination of logarithmic variable transformation, insignificant variable elimination, and data normalization.
The environmental transport poverty indicators consist of average travel times, average single-trip travel costs, and the number of accessible jobs within thirty minutes. Regarding the built environment; we include inhabitant density and job density, whereas the socioeconomic characteristics in our analyses consist of household size, five age cohorts (0-18, 18-34, 35-54, 55-64, and $65^{+}$), gender, car ownership, and income.
Our results indicate that levels of environmental car transport poverty are fairly low over the whole study area when compared to the public transport poverty environment—the highest car transport poverty levels among all zones correspond with the lowest levels of public transport poverty. Regression results demonstrate that differences in the transport poverty environment are substantially correlated with differences in the zonal built environment and socioeconomic characteristics only for public transport travel times and public transport job accessibility, which are also the only transport poverty indicators to exhibit considerable variation among the study area zones in general.
Furthermore, the strength and significance of job density almost invariably greatly exceed those of inhabitant density and the socioeconomic variables—in relation to the transport poverty environment indicators. Inhabitant density is, despite being overshadowed by job density, also deemed to exhibit a marked correlation to the public transport measures of travel time and job accessibility. Both built environment variables are related to favorable transportation conditions. Remarkably, all socioeconomic variables display either insignificant or rather weak correlations to the transport poverty environment.
Consequently, we suggest focusing mainly on public transport measurements of travel times and job accessibility when analyzing differences in the transport poverty environment at a neighborhood level and the roles of job density and (to a lesser extent) inhabitant density herein. We visualize the combined spatial distributions of both job density and average public transport travel times, and inhabitant density and average public transport travel times for our study area. Areas potentially interesting for public transport improvement are identified based on the simultaneous occurrence of both relatively high levels of job or inhabitant density and relatively high travel times.","Transport poverty; Socioeconomic; Built Environment; relationships; Correlation Analysis; Spatial Analysis; Amsterdam Metropolitan Area","en","student report","","","","","","","","","","","","Civil Engineering | Transport and Planning","",""
"uuid:4457ef73-5f7e-47cd-9013-f2a78eca76df","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:4457ef73-5f7e-47cd-9013-f2a78eca76df","The Revival of the Just City: A planning and design methodology that allows steering complex urban development and contributes to the revival of the Just City that Amsterdam once was","Luesink, Amber (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Viseu Cardoso, Rodrigo (mentor); Kleinhans, R.J. (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2023","Inequality in the city of Amsterdam is growing. While in the 70s, the city was described as a prime example of a Just City, the contemporary metropolis is growing as a city of the elite. Neoliberal planning in recent decades has focused on attracting knowledge workers to Amsterdam with a strategy of privatization, deregulation and decentralization. Not only has this led to a situation where access to the municipality for lower-income groups is compromised, but also to a complex development environment where democratic decision-making is vulnerable.
The problems of inequality and undemocratic decision-making in the Amsterdam region call for a new understanding of how to redesign for a Just City, in which spatial justice and inclusive decision-making is protected. Therefore, this thesis research proposes a refined methodology that enables understanding contemporary demands for spatial justice and translating these demands into spatial design. A framework is developed that provides an overview of planning and design principles that must be protected during the development of a Just City. Furthermore, a 5-Step Methodology is being created that urban planners may use to translate these principles into spatial designs. With these instruments, the research contributes to academic knowledge about planning for justice and steering complex urban development.
Although (spatial) justice is a value that may never be fully obtained and the fluid definition of a Just City is always evolving, the products of this research contribute to the political discourse on planning for justice and equity. The results may be further developed by integrating different academic disciplines and the perspectives of multiple stakeholders in its progress. Moreover, the performance of the methodology may be explored further by experimenting with it in a practical setting.","just city; Amsterdam; spatial justice; complex urban development; urban planning and designing; neoliberalism","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences","","52.377956, 4.897070"
"uuid:34edd98f-4df5-451b-938b-cd30614f8080","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:34edd98f-4df5-451b-938b-cd30614f8080","Inclination behaviour of historic quay walls: A study into the value of inclination sensing for quay wall failure assessment in Amsterdam","Lieftinck, Joris (TU Delft Civil Engineering & Geosciences)","Korff, M. (mentor); Mai Van, C. (graduation committee); Choosrithong, K. (graduation committee); Rietberg, Bernd (graduation committee); Wesstein, Robbin (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2023","The inner-city of Amsterdam contains a large network of vulnerable, historic quay walls. Most of these quay walls consist out of masonry gravity walls placed on wooden relieving floors and wooden foundation piles. Due to the changing surface loading conditions behind the wall and the degradation of the masonry and wooden structures over the last century, the safety of the quay walls is in critical condition. Insight into the behaviour of the masonry wall tilt and its relationship with several failure mechanisms is still limited. Therefore, the objective of this thesis is to provide this insight into the behaviour of the tilt approaching failure in the center of Amsterdam. Additionally, the use of monitoring data from SmartBrick devices is analyzed to assess the value of quay wall inclination monitoring.
Using PLAXIS 2D, quay wall models are made aimed to create a sensitivity analysis towards the wall tilt using multiple variations in quay structure dimensions and parameters. These variations investigate the wall height, wall thickness, floor length (and the amount of pile rows), the canal depth and the pile diameters based on a typical Amsterdam soil profile. For the tested geometry variations, there is a linear relationship seen between the wall tilt and the horizontal wall displacement towards the canal, during the addition of the surcharge load behind the wall. The relationship between the wall tilt and the surcharge load is predominately linear at lower/realistic surface loads, at higher loads, towards failure, the wall tilt becomes exponentially larger, this is also seen by setting the varied dimensions towards failure scenarios. The most sensitive variations for inclination are the change in the masonry wall height and thickness, the pile distribution underneath the floor and the addition of a surcharge load directly behind the masonry wall.
The failure mechanism describing the horizontal displacement of the masonry wall and the piles is recognized by increasing the height of the masonry wall and by decreasing the pile diameters (pile degradation). By increasing the wall height, the quay structure also settles vertically, which in combination with the horizontal displacement, initiates wall tilt. During the addition of the surcharge load, the crossbeam (kesp) and the piles can deform, and their bending moments can exceed their bending capacity, indicating another failure mechanism with initiates wall tilt. The failure mechanism describing rotation of the masonry wall on the floor towards the canal is activated by decreasing the wall thickness and therefore decreasing its lateral capacity. This causes the masonry wall to fall over. Damage to the foundation elements has an important impact on the tilt of the wall, due extensive axial displacements of the front pile row or cracks in the masonry wall.
To compare the SmartBrick inclination and PLAXIS inclination, it is important to know the exact degradation, erosion and loading conditions during the time between two SmartBrick measurements. The linear relation between the wall inclination and the wall displacement is useful for SmartBrick because it shows that monitoring the inclination also predicts the wall displacement and the state of the quay wall. Pile degradation and canal erosion only give a small wall tilt increase, but a larger increase in horizontal displacement of the wall is seen. Therefore, high measuring accuracy and resolution are necessary to monitor only the wall tilt.
To conclude, approaching quay wall failure shows that wall tilt in combination with horizontal displacement is expected, this behaviour can be monitored using SmartBrick. High wall tilt is often a first consequence of the exceedance of the bending capacities in the wooden elements.","PLAXIS 2D; Monitoring; Amsterdam; Quay walls; Sensitivity analysis; SmartBrick; Inclination; Geotechnical Engineering; Hydraulic Engineering","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Geo-Engineering","","52.375617, 4.890267"
"uuid:cc7f5370-ee89-4f9c-9d91-1f727753ee8e","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:cc7f5370-ee89-4f9c-9d91-1f727753ee8e","The Art of Behaviour: nudging towards healthy habits","den Heeten, Myrthe (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","van de Pas, R.R.J. (mentor); Stoutjesdijk, P.M.M. (mentor); van der Zaag, E.J. (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2023","This research aims to encourage healthy behaviour within the built environment using a technique called nudging. Mostly used outside of the field of architecture, nudging aims to improve health by presenting options in such a way people a more likely to choose one option (a healthier alternative), without losing any freedom of choice.
To allow architects and urban designers to improve user health a framework was developed that proposes design elements. These elements aim to improve health by promoting healthy social, mental and physical behaviour. Examples are healthy food options, signage towards staircases instead of elevators, communal spaces, materiality and much more.
The graduation design explored how user health within architecture can be promoted using the proposed framework. The design project itself focuses not only on improving mental, social and physical health for the inhabitants but also on how a building can be valuable as a health centre in it's neighborhood. This is done whitin an existing context of a rehabilitation clinic in Amsterdam West.
The main purpose of the project is to provide a physical connection to the area next Centraal Station. As today the only way to cross the IJ River is through the ferry. This results in an inefficient connection.
The secondary, is to host some activities within the bridge structure.
A mixed program that reflects the two different identities at the shores of the IJ, busier, more global on central station, therefore a visitor center with exposition spaces and other amenities, a library on the north side, to expand and enhance the cultural activities on the north side. Therefore, the project also wants to highlight the different characters of the two areas concerned.","FUTURE; Amsterdam 2050; Mobility","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Complex Projects","AMS MID CITY STUDIO","52.380972, 4.899444"
"uuid:45ee0053-66ca-4549-b0a0-335d4f4f33c5","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:45ee0053-66ca-4549-b0a0-335d4f4f33c5","The Roots of the Problem: Which above- and below-ground factors contributed to the collapse of solitary urban trees during Storm Eunice in Amsterdam?","Brown, Alex (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Hiemstra, Jelle (mentor); Veldhuizen, Ab (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution); Wageningen University & Research (degree granting institution)","2022","In this multi-analytical research, a triangulation of qualitative and quantitative methods have been utilised to explore the complex relationship of trees with their urban environment. Focusing on the significant number of treefalls that occurred during Storm Eunice in 2022 as a case example, the various aspects that hinder tree resilience and survival across the city of Amsterdam during storms was undertaken, spanning four stages. First, physical parameters of Amsterdam’s fallen trees were derived and analysed to identify what species, height or age of trees are most susceptible to collapse during extreme weather conditions. Second, specialist interviews were undertaken to focus on what factors above and below the ground contribute to susceptibility to tree fall. Third, a spatial analysis was made linking the locations of fallen trees to selected factors derived from the prior qualitative analysis to further identify correlations between cause and effect. Lastly, the data were used to make a series of recommendations on biotic and technical aspects of tree pits, and which tree species along with planting techniques are best suited for particular conditions to help prevent future tree falls in Amsterdam.","treefalls; resilience; stress factors; below- & above-ground; Storm Eunice; Amsterdam","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Metropolitan Analysis, Design and Engineering (MADE)","",""
"uuid:63226d85-1db2-4230-9f72-09cf46300e89","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:63226d85-1db2-4230-9f72-09cf46300e89","Acquiring insights into the sustainability of future diets: An exploration of the future urban food acquisition practices of Amsterdam residents in 2050 by means of scenario building","Smolders, Ruben (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Brons, Anke (mentor); van Leeuwen, Eveline (mentor); van Dooren, Noël (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution); Wageningen University & Research (degree granting institution); Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Metropolitan Solutions (degree granting institution)","2022","Our current food practices cause numerous environmental, social, cultural, and economic externalities. Yet while the challenges arise in these seemingly different dimensions, the solutions to finding a sustainable diet, might be found in the interplay between them. Striking a balance between components of the food system to ensure a future sustainable diet requires a tangible framework as a starting point. This research developed scenarios using expert interviews to draft future food acquisition practices for the city of Amsterdam in 2050. By employing and expanding upon the DESTEP methodology, a glimpse of the future lifestyle practices, system of provision, and food acquisition arose. Seven trends were drafted, which are expected to affect future food acquisition practices significantly. 1) A dichotomy in society between those well-off and those badly-off, 2) a potential increase in plant-based food consumption, 3) a dichotomy in society regarding food orientation, with on the one hand those seeking convenience while a growing number of people look the context behind the food they eat, 4) robotization, 5) water and nutrient scarcity, 6) an increased awareness by governments as to what people eat, and lastly, 7) the ongoing battle for space within the city. The different scenarios point out that the government's role can significantly affect how the future pans out.","Practice Theory; Urban Food Acquisition Practices; Lifestyle Practices; Systems of Provision; Food Environment; Sustainable Diets; City Deal; Amsterdam 2050; Administrative Innovation; scenario building; DESTEP + S","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Metropolitan Analysis, Design and Engineering (MADE)","","52.377956, 4.897070"
"uuid:3098f6a2-47d6-4e83-aa82-a66717379178","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:3098f6a2-47d6-4e83-aa82-a66717379178","Made in the MRA: How the Metropolitan Region of Amsterdam could source a quarter of its food from the region by 2030","Allan, Sybren (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Brons, dr. AJ (mentor); Jansma, ir. JE (mentor); Wertheim-Heck, dr. SCO (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution); Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Metropolitan Solutions (degree granting institution); Wageningen University & Research (degree granting institution)","2022","This master's thesis explores four future scenarios for short food supply chains in the Metropolitan Region of Amsterdam in 2030 and their potential spatial impact. Agricultural land in the Netherlands has been decreasing in recent decades, especially within the Metropolitan Region of Amsterdam. This trend is likely to continue in the coming decades (Planbureau voor de Leefomgeving, 2015; Lesschen et al., 2020). Alongside this, there is an ambition from both regional government bodies and non-government actors to source twenty-five percent of the food consumed from their own region. This research looks at opportunities for achieving this ambition and how the objectives can be accomplished despite the scarce space in the metropolitan region. Four future scenarios have been drawn up for 2030, based on two axes, with each scenario describing the measures that can be taken to achieve this future scenario. The first axis is focused on governance of the food chain: either by a strong directing government or by polycentric networks. The second axis addresses the use of space: either conventional agricultural land use remains dominant, or alternative forms of food production break through and change the demand for space. By describing the four future scenarios, this master's thesis attempts to highlight multiple paths to the different future scenario’s and to map the possibilities for short food supply chains for the future. As such, this thesis falls within the discussions surrounding the alternative food geographies paradigm.
Key words: urban food systems, short food supply chains, alternative food geographies, Metropolitan Region of Amsterdam, futuring, backcasting, polycentric governance, 2030","Urban Food Systems; Short Food Supply Chains; Alternative Food Geographies; Metropolitan Region of Amsterdam; Futuring; Backcasting; Polycentric Governance; 2030","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Metropolitan Analysis, Design and Engineering (MADE)","",""
"uuid:b57017ef-79a1-4af7-ac52-201af5988259","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:b57017ef-79a1-4af7-ac52-201af5988259","Urban Commons as a Driver of Social Inclusion: A Socio-Spatial Analysis of the Accessibility to Urban Commons in Amsterdam","De Lacerda Arpini, Ettore (TU Delft Technology, Policy and Management)","Verma, T. (mentor); Ghorbani, A. (graduation committee); Goncalves, J.E. (graduation committee); Tempels Moreno Pessôa, I. (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2022","As the urban population grows worldwide and cities are becoming increasingly unequal and segregated, Urban Commons emerge as a potential driver of inclusion and resilience for city dwellers. According to Feinberg et al. (2021), Urban Commons can promote social, environmental, and economic resilience, and Park et al. (2020) suggest they can act as a haven for the excluded. Commons could, therefore, become a policy alternative to address the grand urban challenges of the 21st Century.
However, it is still unclear whether the benefits of Urban Commons are ultimately accessible to the culturally and socioeconomically vulnerable. For instance, in a literature review study, Huron (2017) found significant uncertainties in how Urban Commons relate to feminism, race, gender, and ethnicity – factors that could constitute immaterial barriers of access, following Vrasti & Dayal’s (2017) terminology. In fact, while several studies have investigated the commons’ role in promoting urban justice, explorations of whether access to the commons itself is just have been neglected.
This master’s thesis explores what constitutes material and immaterial barriers to accessing Urban Commons to understand whether these initiatives can work, policy-wise, as a driver of social inclusion. 29 Urban Commons in Amsterdam were selected as a case study. A quantitative geo-spatial analysis was conducted to evaluate the material accessibility to each initiative. In parallel, commoners were surveyed about their perception of immaterial barriers and benefits of commoning. Finally, a representative of the municipality of Amsterdam was interviewed to assess the potential challenges and benefits of policies involving Urban Commons.
Concurring with Park et al. (2020), the case study findings suggest commons could indeed promote social inclusion. Moreover, it was also found that the excluded could face, in addition to the initially proposed material and immaterial walls, an ecosystem barrier to access commons. Yet this could be addressed from a policy standpoint with the development of a commons ecosystem that is capable of scaling the benefits of commoning across an entire city.
The results have academic and societal relevance. This study provides a new theoretical framework to research the factors influencing access to commons and also contributes to literature with a unique city-wide case study. It can also function as a reference for policy-makers who wish to learn about the commons landscape in Amsterdam and who interested in understanding the factors that contribute to participation in a commons.
How can architecture create a belongingness environment to alleviate and heal the feeling of loneliness in Amsterdam?
This research focuses on the theory of human relationship belonging, the place belonging, and the construction of belonging, searching for architectural strategies that can alleviate loneliness. Further analysis of Amsterdam and Amsterdam southeast’s city space answers the question and raises the opportunities to improve and solve the problems. Creating a belongingness environment with architectural strategies, based on the research, in city public venues provides a way to heal this unpleasant loneliness in Amsterdam and leads to a better well- being future.","Loneliness; Belongingness; Amsterdam; Architecture","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences","",""
"uuid:ab87121f-0242-45c5-aebe-3c7d636d5331","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:ab87121f-0242-45c5-aebe-3c7d636d5331","A Cleaner Public Space Through Robots: An exploratory research into the introduction of a cleaning robot in the Amsterdam Schoon department","Steehouwer, Enzo (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment; TU Delft Industrial Design Engineering)","Vroon, Jered (mentor); Rozendaal, M.C. (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution); Wageningen University & Research (degree granting institution)","2022","The Dutch metropolis of Amsterdam deals with a waste problem. Both the inhabitants and tourists in Amsterdam experience nuisance from litter. The future growth of Amsterdam will only amplify this problem. To address this, the municipality needs to increase the productivity of the Schoon department, the department tasked with keeping the public space of Amsterdam clean. Therefore, the responsible and effective introduction of a cleaning robot is researched. During a series of walk-along days, interviews, experiments and observations, I identified multiple themes, important for the job satisfaction of the Schoon employees. This knowledge, combined with observed knowledge on practical challenges caused by the design of the Amsterdam public space on the cleaning activities, translates into a number of design qualities for a future cleaning robot. The results of this research seem to indicate that this cleaning robot could best be deployed during the shifts tasked with brooming the streets and emptying the trash bins, the Veegshift and Vuilnisbakkenshift respectively. During those shifts it can potentially assist in cleaning the street using the RAVO mechanical streetsweeper and emptying trash bins respectively. Assisting during those two tasks frees up manpower that can be utilized to increase the productivity of those shifts. The findings further highlight that this future robot should not compromise the freedom experienced by the Schoon employees in how they carry out their work. Nor should this robot replace the Schoon employees, as this would remove the human interaction with bystanders, an aspect of the work greatly appreciated by the employees. The loss of human interaction might also lead to a more monotonous situation, which is the opposite of the variety enjoyed by the Schoon employees during their work. The future robot should also be user friendly, allowing everyone in the department to operate the robot. Furthermore, the robot must be able to communicate its status, intentions and possible help requests and offers to its Schoon colleagues. Overall, the introduction of a cleaning robot can improve the cleanliness of the city of Amsterdam when the design incorporates the themes important for the job satisfaction of the Schoon employees, aims at an efficient human-robot collaboration through clear communication and combines the right type of autonomy with the challenging Amsterdam environment.","amsterdam; public space; waste; human robot interaction","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Metropolitan Analysis, Design and Engineering (MADE)","",""
"uuid:a802c97a-d1b3-4e70-baf3-f7e96bd2d244","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:a802c97a-d1b3-4e70-baf3-f7e96bd2d244","Housing Satisfaction of tenants in middle segment rental housing in Amsterdam","Attia, Hagar (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","van Bortel, G.A. (mentor); Hoekstra, J.S.C.M. (mentor); Koopman, F.W.A. (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2022","The municipality of Amsterdam wants to allow the middle segment in the rental sector to grow further in size in the coming years, to better facilitate the housing needs of residents between the social rental sector and the owner-occupied sector. However, it is important to gain a better insight into both the quantitative and qualitative housing demand for housing in that middle segment, to make sure that suitable housing supply can also be realized in this housing segment. To be able to realize suitable housing supply in the middle segment rental sector, it is of importance to know which characteristics of the house and the living environment are more decisive for the housing satisfaction of the tenants. The research methods in this thesis are quantitative and qualitative. Quantitative analysis will be done to define the supply and demand in the current housing stock. First the quantitative data will be analyzed by using data from WiMRA (2021), which provides information about the current situation of the middle segment housing, the users and their housing satisfaction. The qualitative research will be done by interviews with tenants of housing provided by housing associations and private actors in Amsterdam and by analyzing the current state of satisfaction of these tenants, to complement the quantitative research. The goal of this research is to create a solution to match supply and demand from both a qualitative and quantitative perspective for midsegment housing and to increase satisfaction of residents of middle segment housing.","Housing; Middle rental segment; housing satisfaction; Amsterdam; Rental Housing; WiMRA; Housing Associations; Private landlord","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Management in the Built Environment","",""
"uuid:820cb36e-25e1-4a04-aa72-4f66659ac5b1","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:820cb36e-25e1-4a04-aa72-4f66659ac5b1","IAF Assignment Optimization for Amsterdam Airport Schiphol","Aalberse, Max (TU Delft Aerospace Engineering)","Hoekstra, J.M. (mentor); Dijkstra, Ferdinand (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2022","During the COVID-19 pandemic people living close to the airport got accustomed to less flights, and therefore less noise disturbance. Now the amount of traffic is increasing again and so is the noise disturbance. For this research specifically the optimizing task of distributing of arriving aircraft over the IAF is addressed, as often the shortest transition routes from an IAF towards the runway go over densely populated areas, but flying via another IAF results in longer flying times and thus more CO2 emissions. A tool that is able to quantitatively make a trade-off between noise and emission is required to provide a basis for the distribution of aircraft over the IAF. In this research the feasibility and effects of using an expanded version of the aircraft landing problem to create the IAF Selection Optimization tool is studied, including the effects of different settings for the tool. As a case study Amsterdam Airport Schiphol is used, as it is a busy airport that lies close (11km) to the city center of Amsterdam. In this paper first the methodology of the IAF Selection Optimization tool is explained, and afterwards the working of the tool is discussed by running various scenarios for three different days from 2019 at AAS. For all scenarios an optimal and feasible solution was found by the tool, based on the input variables selected for each scenario. It could therefore be concluded that the IAF Selection Optimization tool provides a means to optimally distribute aircraft based over the IAF based on a quantitative trade-off.","Initial Approach Fix; IAF; Mixed Integer Programming; MIP; Aircraft Landing Problem; Air Traffic Control; ATC; Amsterdam Airport Schiphol; AAS; Noise; Emission","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Aerospace Engineering","","52.310500, 4.768300"
"uuid:2f4ca17e-e310-47b7-a68d-fc424274a05a","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:2f4ca17e-e310-47b7-a68d-fc424274a05a","Masculinities in public space: Reshape heteronormative public spaces to facilitate legitimacy for diverse gender identities","van Delden, Jonah (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Bet, E.M. (mentor); Newton, C.E.L. (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2022","People across the world, identifying beyond the binary notion of gender and sexuality are often limited to freely access and appropriate the city and feel a sense of belonging. A general problem is that notions about gender are strongly embedded within the design of the built environment. To be specific: gender relations in public space are normatively coded as masculine and heterosexual. Whereas masculinity is understood as a man who is dominant and refuses to acknowledge vulnerability. The multitude of masculinities are mostly subordinate in the patriarchal urban environment as well.
The largely residential neighbourhood Gaasperdam in Amsterdam’s South-East will be studied in greater depth to address and illustrate the spatial consequences. To be more specific, this thesis expands on the following research question: How can we reshape heteronormative spaces in Gaasperdam to facilitate legitimacy to diverse masculine identities?
To answer this question, a research-by-design approach is used to identify the challenges at hand and propose various spatial design interventions. In addition, the use of personas is critical for imagining and addressing different demands and appropriations of space.
This research made clear how the current built environment of Gaasperdam does not facilitate interactions between different masculinities, while these are very essential. Therefore, this thesis proposes to increase the diversity of public spaces in Gaasperdam, which safeguards individual needs. Secondly, more space for collective use should be developed which allows diverse masculinities to interact. The insights of this thesis are valuable to research fields which focus on spatial issues, such as urban design, urban planning, and architecture since it offers design principles to reshape our built environment to include diverse gender identities.","Masculinities; Heteronormative space; Urban Design; Gender Inequality; Amsterdam (Netherlands)","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Urbanism","","52.298242726527235,4.972504754332841"
"uuid:664883af-aef7-4792-a3bc-141bf77d9551","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:664883af-aef7-4792-a3bc-141bf77d9551","“De Klimkramen”: a co-creative journey to stimulate physical activity of children at the Dapperplein","Hollander, Luna (TU Delft Industrial Design Engineering; TU Delft Human-Centered Design)","Kraal, J.J. (mentor); Gielen, M.A. (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2022","Since 1975, obesity has nearly tripled globally, indicating a clear trend that threatens public health. Besides changing one’s diet, the illness can be prevented by performing sufficient physical activity. In the Netherlands however, currently only 20% of the children of 11 years old meet the World Health Organisation guidelines for physical activity (Volksgezondheidenzorg.info, 2020). This is worrisome, since habits of sedentary behaviour often stick with a person from youth to adulthood (Hirvensalo & Lintunen, 2018). (World Health Organisation, 2021)
The section Child and Adolescent Public Health Research & Innovation (CAPHRI) of the Amsterdam University Medical Centre commissioned this project to address the lack of physical activity of children in Amsterdam. This project specifically targets the Dapperplein, as the section identified an interesting opportunity space here: During the day it is occupied by its daily market, but in the evening, when the market is cleared, an open space is revealed. This project aims to find ways to use that open space, and design something that stimulates children’s physical activity at the Dapperplein, after market hours.
In order to do so, children living near the Dapperplein were engaged in co-creation. Co-creation with children has the potential to create a design that fits the users’ (children’s) needs, because it creates understanding of their context for the designer (me), via close involvement and collaboration of the user and designer in the design process. The children act as co-designers. During workshops with these children, as well as expert interviews, observations and a literature study the context of the Dapperplein was explored and problems were revealed. As the project discovered, the children (and their parents) do not consider the Dapperplein to be safe during the evening. This is due to people hanging out and drinking at the square, as well as traffic that crosses at speed. Additionally, a lack of hygiene because of market leftovers is identified. Lastly, there are few stimuli present for children to play.
To address these problems, the design of “De Klimkramen’’ was created. It proposes to place playing equipment at the Dapperplein that during the day, with addition of an awning and board, functions as market stalls. This creates a safe playing area, as it forms a physical barrier for traffic, and since it is inviting towards residents, more people will be there to keep an eye out. A sense of community is fostered as it is used in harmony with the market and forms an iconic view for the Dapperplein.
During an evaluation, the design was well received by representatives of the market, police and fire brigade, although adjustments are needed to ensure a better fit with the needs of the market vendors, and to avoid creating a new spot for people to hang out and consume alcohol.
Besides contributing to the section CAPHRI and to involved stakeholders with the design of “De Klimkramen”, this project contributes to the design field with a reflection on the application of co-creation with children, and practical tips for those who (will) apply the method.","Co-creation with children; Physical activity; Playing outside; Amsterdam","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Design for Interaction","","52.362180, 4.927790"
"uuid:94be5ad5-64d0-440a-833e-d706c06c72a0","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:94be5ad5-64d0-440a-833e-d706c06c72a0","The Amsterdam Extension Plan: Greenery organising the city","Lintowska, Jagoda (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment; TU Delft History & Complexity)","Broekhuizen, A. (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2022","The widely known General Extension Plan of Amsterdam (Algemeen Uitbreidingsplan van Amsterdam (AUP)) from 1935, with Cornelis van Eesteren as its head architect, is one of the most famous schemes of this kind even today. It is known for its unique and sophisticated system of the urban greenery which can be reached within a 10 minutes radius from any point in the city. How was it achieved in such a large and dense urban area? Why was such an intricate greenery system introduced in the first place? What was it inspired by? How was it devised? These are merely a few questions that come up when one sees the original plan for the first time. The answer to these questions are as fascinating as the history of the expansion plan itself which is directly related to them, as the AUP is a sophisticated, clearly layered, harmonised and hierarchal system of urban elements. What elements contributed to such a success of this plan? What adjustments the pre-war plan had to undergo in order to answer the needs of the society in the post-war world? In order to answer all these questions, a wide research has been done in an attempt to uncover the long and complicated history of AUP, and all the events, societal factors, brilliant individuals that have shaped the city of Amsterdam into what it is today.
The first section of this paper takes on the historical background relevant to the AUP. It explains the ideas of the pioneers of urban planning and greenery planning, which inspired the planners of the Amsterdam extension plan. In the second part, we will look closely at the AUP itself and at its history. It will be shown what factors contributed to its creation, and what was the system on the big scale. The third part will focus on the smaller scale, looking closely at the details and particular strategies applied, and at how the new neighbourhoods were planned out. This will be shown with the example of the Slotermeer district, as out of all the neighbourhoods planned in AUP, that one was the most successful as the designers were more free in their processes. Finally, in the last section, the greenery system of AUP will be analysed in detail. It will be shown how the ideas behind it were developed and how they have influenced the city.
This present thesis review’s Amsterdam’s history and studies the diversity of urban activities present in the city. Building on this analysis as well as on diversity mapping results, the thesis suggests that urban diversity mapping may be helpful in determining where and when tourism can support urban development in Amsterdam.
The findings from the spatial analysis, data analysis and regression models indicate that not low income households but instead middle income households more often live less central than high income households. Middle income commuters did not reduce their commuting duration and commuting distance by moving away from the city centre. Both increase when they reside less central. Low income commuters, however, did improve their commute and now commute shorter than middle and high income commuters. When working outside Amsterdam commuters who reside central in Amsterdam but not central outside Amsterdam experience the shortest commutes. People who reside not central outside Amsterdam experience shorter commuters than those who reside central outside Amsterdam.
Given the findings described in this report a new debate could arise in which not the worsening opportunities of low income households should be prioritised, but instead should give way to the worsening conditions of middle income households. Future research should focus on personal preferences of individual commuters. In this research the assumption was made that every respondent that lives in Amsterdam choses to do so. This assumption cannot be made for people living elsewhere, because they may not want to live in a dense urban area. By integrating the personal preferences of respondents the different groups can be better compared.","Mobility; Amsterdam; OViN; Commuting; Social equity; Housing","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Metropolitan Analysis, Design and Engineering (MADE)","",""
"uuid:7fa3f757-c54f-4f4e-8a29-b9b9e0962ab9","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:7fa3f757-c54f-4f4e-8a29-b9b9e0962ab9","Finite Element Analysis of Building Deformations Due to Deep Excavations","Harrouni, Mohamed (TU Delft Civil Engineering and Geosciences; TU Delft Hydraulic Engineering; TU Delft Hydraulic Structures and Flood Risk)","Korff, M. (mentor); Molenaar, W.F. (mentor); Korswagen, Paul A. (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2022","Over the past decades an increase in underground construction is observed. Deep excavations are among the structures used for underground construction. The construction of such structures often affects nearby existing structures and causes possibly even damages.
The prediction of these damages is usually done by following these steps:
1. Determining the free-field ground displacements
2. Imposing the displacements on the structure
3. Determining the deformations of the structure
4. Assess potential damages following these deformations
The ground and the structure are often modelled separately taking no (LTSM) or a factor (Relative Stiffness Method) into account for interaction between soil and structure. Taking no interaction into account is particularly conservative when looking at vertical displacements. The non-linear behaviour of structural elements is neglected by these methods. This could lead to errors when assessing deformations of a masonry building due to the extreme non-linear behaviour of masonry structures.
The objective of this thesis is to get a better understanding of the effect of deep excavations on adjacent (piled buildings) by using integrated 2D modelling. This is done by remodelling the construction of the building pit in PLAXIS.
Based on the analysis performed in Section 4 the load on the pile is the largest contributor to the vertical and horizontal displacements of the pile relative to the soil around the pile. The diameter and stiffness of the pile are also very important factor determining the vertical movement of the pile.
The difference in the soil between a free-field situation and a situation with foundation piles (and a building) the piles stiffen the soil around the piles. Especially, when these piles are in a group. This effect increases when the piles are coupled by a structure. Vertical displacements are more smeared out over the length of the pile. This is less the case for horizontal displacements. Foundation piles undergo negative skin friction as a result of the settlements of the upper soil layers leading to stress in the soil beneath the pile tip. The stress in the soil beneath piles increases with increasing load and skin friction on the pile. This increased stress results in more horizontal stress, which in close proximity to a retaining wall could lead to increased deformations in the retaining wall and therefore the soil.
The results of the numerical calculations and the analytic calculations are analysed and compared in Section 6. In the numerical models both linear elastic as non-linear material properties have been assigned to the masonry building façade in different models. The numerical model with linear elastic material properties for masonry showed stiff response of the building to the induced soil deformations, underestimating the potential damages. The numerical model with non-linear material properties assigned to masonry showed more realistic results. These results are in line with the established analytical models.
Integrated numerical modelling could be a viable solution for future projects where potential building damage is assessed next to deep excavation. it could help to identify weak points within a structure which need addressing during the construction of an adjacent deep excavation. This study has shown that it is possible to do damage assessment in a fully integrated model. The important factors in assessing such projects are the overall soil deformation. Secondly, the relation between the soil and foundation of the structure needs to be analysed. Thirdly, the interface between the foundation and the structure is important.
To the city and its citizens, both human and non-human, the forest hotel offers a place to stay, in nature. The forest of native trees is beneficial to the environment as it regenerates land, reduces urban heat stress, improves the local air quality and water storage capacity, and supports native species of animals and other organisms. These themes touch upon the very basis of our existence: we humans are fully reliant on all other life. Understanding, protecting and supporting biodiversity is therefore vital to our wellbeing and economy. This awareness is essential in moving towards the socially just and ecologically safe space of the Doughnut, the economic model that has been developed by economist Kate Raworth and which has been adopted by the City of Amsterdam.
Moreover we humans find pleasure, wonder and peace in nature. My hotel aims to offer a place where one can find these things, and where one can experience living in togetherness with other human and non-human animals.","urban forest; zoo; hotel; Amsterdam; Plantage","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Interiors Buildings Cities","","52.367639, 4.915057"
"uuid:110be8ab-49c2-48f9-bfba-62affc4b003f","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:110be8ab-49c2-48f9-bfba-62affc4b003f","Hotel de Victor (de Groenmarkt)","Maiwald, Jasper (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Pimlott, Mark (mentor); Rosbottom, D.J. (graduation committee); Parravicini, M. (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2022","The design tries to reconnect a forgotten part of the city through the design of city block with a focus on public space within the block itself. Simple and clear elements help the visitor to identify these public spaces. By offering both clearly defined and ambiguous spaces there is room for interpretation and freedom of use. Tourists and locals alike benefit from the public interiors that offer a multitude of functions. The architecture of the city block is a modern interpretation of the existing architecture on site, it tries to harmonize the incoherence of the site by using strict facades and elegant entrances. By weaving a new city block into the existing fabric of the city a new connection is made to this forgotten part of the city centre.","Amsterdam; hotel; public space; Interiors Buildings Cities","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Interiors Buildings Cities","",""
"uuid:5d2229d1-33bf-47c8-bb96-f56f150550f1","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:5d2229d1-33bf-47c8-bb96-f56f150550f1","Friends with benefits: the emergence of the Amsterdam–Rotterdam–Antwerp (ARA) polycentric port region","Van den Berghe, K.B.J. (TU Delft Urban Development Management; Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam); Peris, A.F.T. (University of Avignon); Meijers, E.J. (Universiteit Utrecht); Jacobs, Wouter (Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam)","","2022","This paper enacts a dialogue between planning literature on polycentric urban regions (PUR) and port geography literature on multi-port gateways. The main proposition is that polycentric systems are the emergent outcome of the interactions between three dimensions of polycentricity: morphological, functional and institutional. The focus is on the Dutch–Belgian Amsterdam–Rotterdam–Antwerp (ARA) port–industrial region: one of the world’s largest concentrations of oil refining and petrochemical activity. The central question is to what extent is the ARA region a polycentric system and what explains this observed polycentricity? Our analyses demonstrate a high degree of morphological and functional polycentricity with each of the constituent (firms located in) ports connected through flows and specialization in processing and trading oil (products). However, this is not the intended result of formalized spatial planning, nor did the ARA ever became a frame of reference among planning agencies. Rather, it is the result of self-organization in the oil industry that has culminated in the emergence of the ARA as an internationally recognized spot market, later institutionally formalized in delivery contracts (oil futures) traded on international commodity exchanges. We conclude that polycentric systems could be understood as emergent systems that obtained generative capacities, in turn influencing its different constituting dimensions.","Amsterdam–Rotterdam–Antwerp (ARA); emergence; multi-port gateways; polycentric urban regions; polycentricity; ports; product space; relatedness","en","journal article","","","","","","","","","","","Urban Development Management","","",""
"uuid:3d4f9951-e560-4b5a-a9c5-6fde68ae3b10","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:3d4f9951-e560-4b5a-a9c5-6fde68ae3b10","Urban Pandemic Vulnerability and COVID-19: A New Framework to Assess the Impacts of Global Pandemics in the Metropolitan Region of Amsterdam","Wang, Y. (Arcplus); Viseu Cardoso, Rodrigo (TU Delft Spatial Planning and Strategy); Forgaci, C. (TU Delft Urban Design)","","2022","This paper presents the concept of urban pandemic vulnerability as a crucial framework for understanding how COVID-19 affects cities and how they react to pandemics. We adapted existing social and environmental urban vulnerability frameworks to assess pandemic impacts and responses, identifying the appropriate components and spatial, environmental and socio-demographic variables of interest. Pandemic vulnerability depends on exposure, sensitivity and adaptive capacity features, which occur in different combinations in different parts of a city. The model was applied to the Metropolitan Region of Amsterdam (MRA) to create a map of pandemic vulnerability. This map differentiates between affected areas according to the types of vulnerability they experience, and it accurately identified the most vulnerable areas in line with real-world data. The findings contribute to clarifying the challenges brought by COVID-19, identifying vulnerability thresholds and guiding planning towards pandemic resilience","COVID-19; Metropolitan Region Amsterdam; urban vulnerability; pandemic vulnerability; urban indicators","en","journal article","","","","","","","","","","","Spatial Planning and Strategy","","",""
"uuid:9493e410-96a7-443c-8f5e-8624634c3a3e","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:9493e410-96a7-443c-8f5e-8624634c3a3e","A second life for school buildings by atelier PRO architects","Oorschot, L.M. (TU Delft Teachers of Practice / A)","","2022","Many educational buildings still do not have proper ventilation systems, are not sustainable in use, and contribute to the spread of Covid-19 viruses. The biggest challenge for the future is to provide attractive, useable, healthy, and sustainable educational buildings in the Netherlands. But is this challenge realistic? Old buildings are usually demolished and replaced by new ones because the government hardly gives any compensation for building renovation or transformation. This leads to the demolition of many school buildings even though the application of new raw materials is not circular and has an impact on our climate and environment. Furthermore, many pre-war buildings are heritage that have a positive impact on neighbourhoods. It is unclear who is responsible for educational buildings, renovation, and financing all the ambitions. The government, the municipality or the school foundation? Problems will soon be exacerbated. At this moment the environmental impact (MilieuPrestatieGebouwen MPG) has no legal base however, this will rapidly change in the age of a circular economy and the upcoming renovation wave. Atelier PRO architects designs many educational buildings and they noticed a change of attitude in conceptualizing educational buildings the last years in the forerunner municipality Amsterdam. Based on these cases and experiences atelier PRO learned their lessons about the ideal renovation towards attractive, healthy and sustainable educational buildings.","atelier PRO architekten; renovation; transformation; secundaire school; Amsterdam; Europan Renovation Wave","en","journal article","","","","","","","","","","","Teachers of Practice / A","","",""
"uuid:267ae173-433e-4a3e-a452-677d96fab9b0","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:267ae173-433e-4a3e-a452-677d96fab9b0","When “port-out – city-in” becomes a strategy: is the port–city interface conflict in Amsterdam an observation or a self-fulfilling prophecy?","Van den Berghe, K.B.J. (TU Delft Urban Development Management); Louw, E. (TU Delft Urban Development Management); Pliakis, F.A. (Local); Daamen, T.A. (TU Delft Urban Development Management)","","2022","Within the majority of port city literature, the evolution of port cities is still explained as an inevitable or ‘logical’ process whereby maritime land-uses gradually migrate from city centres towards waterfront zones with deep water access. Between the 1950s and 2000s, obsolete port areas around the world have surely become waterfront redevelopment sites, often with high-end urban property development, signified by iconic architectural projects. As observed and described in the port city of Amsterdam, the financial-economic success of this ‘port-out, city-in’ process has led to land-use conflict, observed also in other port cities around the world. This paper questions, however, whether the land-use conflict in Amsterdam, observed ten years ago, is just an observation, or part of a self-fulfilling prophecy. To answer this question, we engage in a meta-discussion about the port–city interface model itself. By performing an in-depth case study in the 2018–2019 period, we reconstructed the evolution of a fierce land-use conflict in the port–city interface of Amsterdam. We conclude that the key causal mechanism was context-specific, but also that generic ‘port-out, city-in’ discourse has been an important contingent condition.","waterfront development; Port-City interface; Amsterdam; Generalisation; Abstraction","en","journal article","","","","","","Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository 'You share, we take care!' - Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public.","","2022-12-26","","","Urban Development Management","","",""
"uuid:693de73c-0142-4f89-bf10-d9150fe28f7a","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:693de73c-0142-4f89-bf10-d9150fe28f7a","European Waste Statistics data for a Circular Economy Monitor: Opportunities and limitations from the Amsterdam Metropolitan Region","Sileryte, R. (TU Delft Environmental Technology and Design; Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Metropolitan Solutions (AMS)); Sabbe, A.L.P. (TU Delft Environmental Technology and Design; Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Metropolitan Solutions (AMS)); Bouzas, V. (TU Delft Environmental Technology and Design); Meister, K.R. (TU Delft Environmental Technology and Design); Wandl, Alex (TU Delft Environmental Technology and Design); van Timmeren, A. (TU Delft Environmental Technology and Design; Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Metropolitan Solutions (AMS))","","2022","As appointed in the EU Circular Economy Action Plan, cities and regions in EU member countries start accompanying their circular economy strategies by monitoring frameworks, often called Circular Economy Monitors (CEM). Having the task to assess the performance towards the achievement of set targets and to steer decision-making, CEMs need to rely on a multitude of statistics and datasets. Waste statistics play an important role in circular economy monitoring as they provide insights into the remaining linear part of the economy. The collection of waste statistics is mandated by the European Commission which provides general guidelines on data collection and processing. The Netherlands has one of the most detailed waste registries among the EU countries. The country's largest metropolitan region, Amsterdam, is currently building a CEM which tracks progress over time towards the set goals, highlights which areas need improvement and estimates target feasibility. This paper uses the Amsterdam CEM as a case-study to explore how the existing system of waste registration in the Netherlands is able to support decision-making. The data is explored with the help of four queries that relate to the CEM's goals and require data mapping to be answered. The data mapping and analysis process has revealed several limitations present in the waste data collection and a number of gaps present in current circular economy research and data analysis. At the same time, the available data already supports significant insights into the status quo of the current waste system and provides opportunities for circular economy monitoring.","Amsterdam Metropolitan Region; Circular Economy Action Plan; Circular Economy Monitor; European Waste Statistics; Waste mapping","en","journal article","","","","","","","","","","","Environmental Technology and Design","","",""
"uuid:91002474-1ad9-4aa2-8dc3-cb67bbbd5ae1","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:91002474-1ad9-4aa2-8dc3-cb67bbbd5ae1","Are good intentions enough?: Evaluating social sustainability in urban development projects through the capability approach","Janssen, C. (TU Delft Practice Chair Urban Area Development); Basta, Claudia (PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency; Universiteit Utrecht)","","2022","Social sustainability is a multidimensional concept sensitive to the contexts of its application. This study explores how it is interpreted and applied in urban planning practices in which general social sustainability goals are translated into specific urban design interventions. Building upon Sen’s Capability Approach (CA), we analyse the gap between the operationalization of social sustainability goals in Urban Development Projects (UDPs) from the perspective of urban planners, and the following experiences of the residents in the developed urban areas. By applying a capability-based evaluative framework to a UDP in Amsterdam, the study reveals that residents value distinct urban functionings and experience different enabling factors related to urban social sustainability. We conclude that the CA provides an operationalizable framework for assessing how social sustainability goals defined at the early stage of UDPs translate in the actual capabilities of the urban residents for whom those very goals were conceived.","Social sustainability; Urban development projects; Capability approach operationalisation; Evaluative framework; Amsterdam","en","journal article","","","","","","","","","","","Practice Chair Urban Area Development","","",""
"uuid:a3563d52-2ea1-4473-8ddf-0a779968968f","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:a3563d52-2ea1-4473-8ddf-0a779968968f","Governance, COVID responses, and lessons on decision-making in uncertainty","Veeneman, Wijnand (TU Delft Organisation & Governance)","","2022","This chapter introduces governance as the ruleset that stakeholders work with when making decisions, in this on how to deal with COVID crisis in public transport. This chapter looks at several countries and the way in which their decisions, shared between authorities (health and transport) and operators, have shaped the effects on ridership. In a brief case study on Amsterdam, the interplay between various governmental layers and the operator is explained and is shown how existing governance shaped the decisions on the COVID response. This chapter ends with the observation on how COVID responses were shaped by the existing governance and that COVID in turn possibly is having the effect of a rethink on the existing governance.","Amsterdam; COVID; Decision-making; Governance; Mobility; Public transport; Recovery; Stakeholders","en","book chapter","Elsevier","","","","","Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository ‘You share, we take care!’ – Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public.","","2023-07-01","","","Organisation & Governance","","",""
"uuid:a1999ce7-bae7-47f1-9ec5-978eed4d24f5","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:a1999ce7-bae7-47f1-9ec5-978eed4d24f5","Eliciting Information for Developing a Circular Economy in the Amsterdam Metropolitan Area","Arciniegas Lopez, G.A. (TU Delft Environmental Technology and Design); Wandl, Alex (TU Delft Environmental Technology and Design); Mazur, Marcin (Polish Academy of Sciences); Mazurek, Damian (Polish Academy of Sciences)","Amenta, Libera (editor); Russo, Michelangelo (editor); van Timmeren, Arjan (editor)","2022","Advancing circularity in metropolitan areas involves planning, co-designing and implementing spatially explicit interventions with a multitude of stakeholders who are required to work with waste and resource management information. For the stakeholders, understanding information on these flows of resources and materials, and the spatial implications of these flows across the territory, is crucial when proposing new interventions and assessing the effects of these interventions. Spatial decision support systems constitute potential tools for supporting groups of stakeholders involved in the collaborative process of shaping the future of urban areas while achieving sustainability and increased circularity. This chapter focuses on the digital representation and portrayal, and the use of different types of information in a digital spatial decision support tool aimed at helping decision-makers through stages of the collaborative process that starts at problem identification and status quo understanding, and finishes at the proposed circular economy strategies for a metropolitan area. The way in which information is modeled and presented in the tool is largely based on the geodesign methodology, and is specific to individual stages of the planning process. The tool presents information relevant to a peri-urban area through different mediums: web maps and charts to describe the study area, Sankey diagrams linked with dynamic flow maps to portray its resource flow streams, and the integration of the above to portray and assess the scenarios developed jointly by the stakeholders. The tool was implemented in an interactive web application and applied to the collaborative process of developing spatial strategies for advancing circularity in the Amsterdam Metropolitan Area. A series of interconnected workshops were held with stakeholders, who used the tool to guide them through the stages of the co-development of the strategies. Stakeholders were presented with spatial information about the study area’s current resource and waste management situation in the form of web maps and the spatial distribution and dynamics of resource flows. This chapter describes how all this information was portrayed, presented, and used within the interactive web application at the collaborative workshops.","Amsterdam; Circular economy; Geodesign; Information representation; Resource flows; Spatial decision support","en","book chapter","Springer","","","","","","","","","","Environmental Technology and Design","","",""
"uuid:88f6e531-2bd1-4b02-8991-d4e11da94573","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:88f6e531-2bd1-4b02-8991-d4e11da94573","The Influence of Negative Skin Friction on the Bearing Capacity of Timber Piles in Amsterdam","Jacobs, Dianne (TU Delft Civil Engineering & Geosciences)","Korff, M. (mentor); Gavin, Kenneth (graduation committee); Spruit, Rodriaan (graduation committee); de Lange, Dirk (graduation committee); Ravenshorst, G.J.P. (graduation committee); Felicita, M.P. (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2021","This research looked into the influence of negative skin friction on timber piles in Amsterdam. Tensile load tests were performed on new, instrumented timber piles at Overamstel in Amsterdam. The negative skin friction calculated from the test data was compared to the negative skin friction from NEN 9997-1 for a single pile. The test results came close to the values from NEN 9997-1. A reduction of the factor required for timber piles when calculating negative skin friction using NEN 9997-1 seems necessary, but further studies are needed.
Alpha factors were derived from the test data, and comparison to the alpha factors from compression load tests confirmed the influence of tapering on the timber piles.
The research also confirmed the suitability of fibre optic sensors for pile load tests on timber piles.","negative skin friction; timber piles; bearing capacity; fibre optic sensors; Amsterdam","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","2021-12-12","","","","Geo-Engineering","",""
"uuid:1f59c348-1c14-43b4-881d-d4c81cffd65d","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:1f59c348-1c14-43b4-881d-d4c81cffd65d","Recognizing critically damaged quay wall structures using a three-dimensional numerical model","van Hulten, Chris (TU Delft Civil Engineering & Geosciences)","Korff, M. (mentor); Hemel, M. (graduation committee); Korswagen, Paul A. (graduation committee); Ragno, E. (graduation committee); Roggeveld, R. (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2021","Many quay walls in Amsterdam have surpassed their structural lifetime and have started showing signs of damage. The city of Amsterdam is currently tackling the problem and have published a plan of action. This plan includes the renovation of hundreds of kilometres of quay walls. Given this enormous amount, it is necessary to prioritize certain quay walls over others based on the severity of their damage. Some quay walls have reached total collapse, of which the most recent case involves the ""Grimburgwal"" quay. The municipality has no accurate view of the current condition of quay walls in Amsterdam. On top of that, the vast majority of quay walls have not been assessed on their safety. It is known that the most vulnerable quay walls types consist of masonry walls, supported by wooden foundation structures. Given that the quay wall renovation project requires prioritisation, it is necessary to gain more information on how the most vulnerable walls are recognised. Preferably, a method should be developed in which only visual cues given by the masonry wall are required, as it is quick and relatively cheap. To gain information on what these visual cues might be, a three-dimensional finite element model is made to run simulations on possible behaviours of quay walls. In this thesis, it is attempted to model a quay wall as realistically as possible. Several different deterioration conditions will be applied to see how the masonry responds. The 3D model is built using a parametric model coded in Python. This code can be used to run simulations in the finite element software DIANA FEA. Many behavioural aspects have been incorporated into the model, with the purpose to make the model more realistic. The model consists of a masonry wall, planks on which the wall rests, and supporting piles. The behaviour of each component has been applied in the code and have been obtained through other literature and European norms. The model is loaded by simulating the weight of the soil and its effect on the quay wall structure. The masonry is simulated using a smeared cracking model (macro-model). Long-term deterioration of quay walls is simulated by changing the material properties of each respective component. This thesis focuses on three deterioration conditions: 1. Non-uniform pile degradation: application of broken piles, simulated by removal of those piles from the model. This is subdivided into two categories: removal of entire rows (a row consisting of a front, middle and end pile) and removal of front piles only. 2. Non-uniform soil removal: formation of soil pits at the foundation level, which result in decreased bedding around the foundation piles. 3. Uniform degradation: application of uniform deterioration along a stretch of quay walls. The simulations yield fairly consistent cracking patterns, in which the same crack fields appear in each simulation depending on the chosen case mentioned before. Displacement patterns are also documented and presented in all cases. The quay wall model is able to display in-plane and out-of-plane movement simultaneously. The effect of each parameter on the crack/displacement patterns are analysed as well. This includes masonry and wood quality. The results show that the largest in-plane settlements are reached by damaged piles, while the largest out-of-plane displacements are caused by a loss of soil bedding around the piles. The results can be used to provide better insight on how quay walls with poor quality present themselves in real life and what their cause might be. This research contributes to the possibility of improving recognition of quay walls which find themselves in critical condition, which can then be prioritized for renovations. For future research, it is recommended to see whether time-dependent simulations can be run, to see if it makes a difference in the outcome of displacement/cracking patterns. Another important recommendation is to look into deterioration rates of materials, which could be used as another indicator for critically damaged quay walls.","Quay walls; Finite Element Analysis; crack; Macro-model; DIANA FEA; amsterdam","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","","",""
"uuid:acfedfc5-f1f3-48b8-9dbd-07f780d1dfc7","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:acfedfc5-f1f3-48b8-9dbd-07f780d1dfc7","B(l)ooming Tourism: Evoking New Meaningful Connections in the Touristic City of Amsterdam","Oosterwoud, Chloë (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Milinović, S. (mentor); Sioli, A. (mentor); Speksnijder, F.J. (mentor); Visscher, H.J. (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2021","In recent years, overtourism has become a big problem for many European cities. In Amsterdam, tourism is changing the experience of place of its city centre, which negatively affects resident’s quality of life by causing feelings of alienation. As a result, more and more residents seem to retreat or move away from Amsterdam’s city centre, jeopardizing the livability and residential function of the city.
The aim of this research is to add architectural interventions in the city centre of Amsterdam, which will evoke new connections with the places overwhelmed by tourists, by mitigating feelings of alienation between residents and tourists. These connections must both be social, as well as to place, in order to introduce a new, more social, sustainable and liveable way of tourism.
In this research, the embodied experiences of Amsterdam's overwelming places such as the Jordaan, the Canal Belt, the Oudezijdse Burgwallen and the Lastage have been studied by means of narratives. These narratives were created from both the resident’s and the tourist’s perspective, in order to find out which (spacial) qualities of place evoke a sense of identification, belonging or connection among the residents and tourists. Ultimately, from the collection of narratives the users, activity, experience of place, structure and architectural atmosphere of the overwelmed places are defined, and together form a concept for the architectural interventions that will mitigate the feelings of alienation.
By researching the potential heritage value of the building blocks, conducting specific literature research and by interviewing different stakeholders a transformation is proposed based on the research question; How can the residential area of Hoptille be transformed into sustainable future proof housing complexes, by strengthening the present social community and preserving its architectural values.
sustainable tourism.
A strong emphasis on reuse of building products and materials is imperative to show the public and necessary organisations that there is an urgent need for a shift in the resource efficiency discourse in the Netherlands. By reusing and repurposing different elements and materials, buildings, such as Hotels or Hostels, can be justified for their implementation into city models. The chosen site (Driehoekstraat, Jordaan) was intentional to show how such a building could operate and influence the conditions of a neighbourhood and its attitude towards its new economic system.","Architecture; Zero-Waste; Cradle-to-cradle; Amsterdam; Hostel; City Hotel","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Interiors Buildings Cities","City Hotel","52.382431, 4.883338"
"uuid:15849193-a182-4629-bd99-bb9013314d2a","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:15849193-a182-4629-bd99-bb9013314d2a","City hotel for young artists in Amsterdam","He, Xuandi (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment; TU Delft Architecture)","De Vocht, S. (mentor); Klooster, M.W. (graduation committee); Pimlott, Mark (graduation committee); Rosbottom, D.J. (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2021","I researched the city planning history of Amsterdam and the specific model of the residential hotel. The research on the characteristics of the Amsterdam canal house and the hofje inspired my proposal of the city hotel. Both the spatial sequence and the operating mode will refer to the traditional hofje. The hotel can be considered as a part of the Raepenhofje and can strengthen the relationship with this community. Like traditional hofjes in Amsterdam, my hotel can also be operated by charity organizations such as art foundation, aiming to provide high-quality studio space and related facilities for artists. The hotel rents out studios to artists and provides them with accommodation.","city hotel; young artist; hofje; Amsterdam; collective living","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Interiors Buildings Cities","","52.382578, 4.883332"
"uuid:bfe3f7b5-bfbb-4ebb-9326-5388ccced5ab","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:bfe3f7b5-bfbb-4ebb-9326-5388ccced5ab","Modelling interactions between quay walls and utility lines: In the inner-city of Amsterdam","Ophof, Oscar (TU Delft Civil Engineering and Geosciences)","Broere, W. (mentor); Jonkman, Sebastiaan N. (graduation committee); Hemel, M. (mentor); Peters, D.J. (graduation committee); Feenstra, T. (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2021","The historic inner-cities in The Netherlands are largely known for their iconic channels and their accompanying quay walls, of which a significant number were constructed over 100 years ago. Due to the limited available space in the sub-surface of the urban environment, a high number of utility lines (i.e. potable water pipes and sewer systems) are situated in the vicinity of these quay walls. In recent years, a number of quay wall collapses have occured in the inner-city of Amsterdam, some of which have been attributed to utility line leakages. However, research into the interaction between inner-city quay walls and utility lines is lacking. Thus, the aim of this report is to answer the following question: ""How does utility line leakage relate to deformation and failure of Amsterdam's inner-city quay walls and when does this interaction become significant?"". The interaction between utility lines and inner-city quay walls works in both ways, thus the research is split up accordingly. The effects of utility line leakages on quay wall displacement and failure were qualitative studied using a literature study. The effects of quay wall displacement on utility line leakages were quantitatively studied using an analytical model. In this model, the interaction between utility line and surrounding soil was represented using a beam on a Winkler foundation, i.e. a beam supported by a distributed spring. The stiffness of the spring was represented as bi-linear, resulting from the equilibrium bearing capacity of the soil. Quay wall displacements ranging from 20 up to 100 mm were applied to the most common types and outer diameters of utility lines found in the vicinity of quay walls. Utility line leakage is deemed to occur if a predetermined threshold is passed of either maximum angular deflection, maximum allowable bending moment or maximum allowable shear force, each resulting from the utility line displacement. Although the scope of the study is the inner-city of Amsterdam, the study can be used in other cities with inner-city quay walls, given the circumstances are similar.
The literature study showed that quay wall displacement and failure due to utility line leakage follows from internal erosion processes. Two requirements have to be met for instigation of internal erosion: a local head difference between the water level in the channel and the groundwater level in the soil body behind the quay wall, and an open connection in the quay wall structure in the vicinity of the aforementioned local head difference, enabling the flow of soil via water. The rise of the groundwater level can be the result of a potable water pipe leakage, but can also follow from external factors like heavy rainfall. Three forms of open connections were appointed. The first is scour protection screen leakage, which can result in erosion underneath the structure. The second is quay wall floor leakage, which can result in both erosion underneath structure and erosion in the soil body behind the quay wall. The third is sewer leakage, which can result in erosion in the soil body behind the quay wall. In the latter, the aforementioned head difference is not required. This is because the direction of groundwater flow is not towards the channel, but towards the sewer leakage, given that the sewer pipe is located below the groundwater level. Erosion underneath the quay wall floor can result in quay wall displacement towards the channel, while erosion in the soil body behind the structure can result in the formation of a subsidence pit.
Both erosion underneath- as well as behind the structure can result in (further) deformations of utility lines. The former through quay wall displacement towards the channel, resulting in local soil displacement in which said utility line is embedded in. The latter trough local loss of soil, resulting in a local reduction of support. Both have the potential to result in relative utility line displacements, which can result in leakages. This process is can be denoted as a positive feedback loop. Actual failure of the quay wall due to utility line leakage can come in the form of collapse of the quay wall towards the channel or collapse of the road on top of the structure in the formed subsidence pit. Due to the dependence on external factors, quay wall failure resulting from utility line leakage can be described as a second order effect.
It was found that exceedance of the maximum allowable angular deflection of the utility line joints is most likely to result in leakages. Leakage due to exceedance of maximum allowable bending moment is relatively less likely but still significant, while leakage due to exceedance of maximum allowable shear force is unlikely. In all utility lines, a higher bending stiffness resulted in a lower susceptibility to leakage. If utility lines are deemed susceptible to leakage, it is advised that these are monitored intensely.","Quay walls; water supply system; Sewer; Winkler foundation; Amsterdam; Programma bruggen & kademuren; PenK","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","2022-01-30","","","","Civil Engineering | Hydraulic Engineering","",""
"uuid:ee0d64d1-a496-4f6f-85ec-9006b44de501","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:ee0d64d1-a496-4f6f-85ec-9006b44de501","Thermal Energy from Surface Waters: The thermal effects and underlying processes during thermal energy extraction from surface waters; a case study in the canals of Amsterdam","van 't Westende, Thierry (TU Delft Civil Engineering & Geosciences)","van de Ven, F.H.M. (mentor); Bloemendal, Martin (mentor); van der Hoek, J.P. (mentor); Mol, Stefan (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2021","Research towards aquathermal energy solutions is still in a pioneering phase. Especially in urban environments, these solutions could potentially form the missing connection between heating supply and demand. This study focuses on the application of these solutions in the city canal waters in the largest city of the Netherlands, Amsterdam . Currently, these so-called Surface Water Heat (SWH) systems have not been implemented at all in the inner city canals of Amsterdam. One of the reasons for this can be found in a lack of knowledge about natural water temperature variations in these types of waters and the unknown thermal effects related to SWH systems. This study is an answer to this knowledge gap and an attempt is made to provide insight in the thermal effects of SWH on a city canal. The Amsterdam city canals form a unique water system in open connection with larger waterways and they are part of a hydrodynamically complex interaction between sea and the river Rhine. Until date, such a study towards SWH system effects, not being restricted to the boundaries of the respective water body, is scarce or even non-existent.\\ The case study location is situated at the Jacob van Lennepkanaal in Amsterdam, where a collective of civilians has recently started the exploratory phase for installation of the first SWH city canal system for heating of their own district. To respond to this societal development, this specific case study location was chosen. To be able to model the SWH system for this neighborhood, the first part of this thesis focuses on system layout and related system characteristics. It was found that open-loop SWH systems are often applied at district level. Secondly, a reference surface water temperature model without SWH systems was built and validated upon meteorological forcing with local water temperature measurements. The third part of the followed method was to apply the modelled SWH system to this validated three-dimensional thermodynamic model. For this purpose, the Delft3D model was chosen, which computes the RANS equations under the hydrostatic assumption. Several scenarios were calculated with varying temperature difference through the SWH heat exchanger and varying distance between system intake and outfall. The modelling results for the Jacob van Lennepkanaal case show that SWH systems used for heating purposes, thereby cooling the surface water, produce a negatively buoyant flow, causing the discharged cold water plume to sink to the bottom. Existing thermal stratification in the city canals is enhanced and hydrodynamic mixing processes are not strong enough to disturb this stratification built-up. Further away along the plume, in the far-field, a combination of buoyant spreading and the process of passive diffusion mix the water column and the temperature decrease, induced by the SWH system, becomes uniformly spread over the entire water column. Currently, steady state one-dimensional models are often used for assessment of SWH thermal effects. It was demonstrated that these models are useful and accurate, provided that the right heat exchange coefficient is used and near-field mixing at the outfall is represented correctly. These models can be used to study for example the time-averaged extent of the cold water plume, but fail to provide insight in time-varying and spatial characteristics of the canal. Local changes in bed level height, attraction of ambient water by the intake and intersections with lateral canals also influence the thermal profile. For a study towards these effects in greater detail, three-dimensional modelling or 2DV-modelling are preferred. Also, in case of a study towards application of multiple systems, these are the models of choice.","Surface Water Heat; Cold Water Plume; Delft3D; Negative buoyancy; City canal; Amsterdam","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","","","52.364616, 4.870336"
"uuid:6bfd316c-b683-48a6-862d-9284cb2cab01","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:6bfd316c-b683-48a6-862d-9284cb2cab01","City Hotel Amsterdam, The Host: Creating communities on different scales","Blok, Milou (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Pimlott, M. (mentor); Parravicini, M. (graduation committee); Rosbottom, D.J. (graduation committee); De Vocht, S. (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2021","The outcome of constantly striving for economic growth and making a profit has led to a city in which every building is seen as a product. Power, ownership, and mass tourism are taking over the city, exacerbating the housing shortage and making the housing prices rise to an unprecedented height. As a result, inhabitants are being pushed out of the city, while the discussion of housing as a human right is being ignored and wellbeing and equality are undermined. Alongside this housing crisis, tourism has developed into an economy with negative impacts on the city. Being a product for the almost 17 million visitors has been very overwhelming for the only 830.000 inhabitants of Amsterdam, which becomes visible through anti-hotel protests. This raises the question of the right to the city. The main objective of this project is to design a hotel that does not see tourism as a thread for the locals, but instead, as a resource. Considering different ways in which tourism can still take place in harmony with the wellbeing of Amsterdam’s inhabitants, I started to think of an architectural model in which tourists and residents live in the same building, benefitting from each other. The idea is a model where residents have a guest room in their home. The money that the guest room generates enables them to live in the city. The City Hotel will consist of multiple of these units, all housing a guest room. Together, they will form a collective house, sharing multiple facilities like gardens, a big kitchen, a dining room, working spaces and a laundry space. Thereby shifting the almost parasitic relationship between tourists and residents into a symbiotic one.
Urban vitality can be experienced in the public realm. It is precisely there where people can meet and mingle. Urban vitality is a quality of cities that stimulates liveliness and liveability. It requires diversity, concentration of people and accessible and inclusive public life and functions. How to achieve urban vitality is researched in literature and by using reference cases. This is then translated into a system of patterns, and these are applied at two strategic locations on 3 sites.
The three design explorations have different approaches for increasing urban vitality. Beemsterstraat I strives to fit in the existing urban fabric and activate the nodes to stimulate urban life. Beemsterstraat II uses additions to make a residential neighbourhood more active. Finally, the kampferfoelieweg is more drastic as it incorporates many new buildings to patch up and define left-over space and forms a dynamic link between many neighbourhoods. Although these three approaches vary on the implementation, the intention is similar: to provide meeting places and link communities through public life and awareness of others at strategic locations in a regional network. Operating stakeholder relations, continuous adaptation and maintenance of the built environment, engaging and empowering the local community is crucial to preserve urban vitality.","Urban Vitality; public space; liveliness; Amsterdam-Noord","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences","","52.395556, 4.950389"
"uuid:eef549ee-df0c-4f4a-9cc9-759598c8f40d","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:eef549ee-df0c-4f4a-9cc9-759598c8f40d","Reterritorializing Zuidoost: Towards sustainable, livable and just assemblages in Amsterdam Zuidoost","Ramaiah Perumalsamy, Ganesh Babu (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Hausleitner, B. (mentor); Dabrowski, M.M. (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2021","If we denounce neoliberal ideology and the capitalist order of today’s cities as value generating machines, what would the new order be? An integral part of Amsterdam’s emergence as a just city was the interaction between radical resident movements and national housing policy that was designed to solve the housing shortage through massive investments in social housing in the 70s and 80s.
However, since the early 90s, rising neoliberalism, changing national economic and housing policies have created segregation and segmentation of the housing stock and people. Existing short-sighted trends in urban development processes that are fragmented pose a threat towards a just city, as seen evidently in Amsterdam Zuidoost district which consistently ranks poorly in social, economic and spatial dimensions of well being. The city is currently in the process of building a large stock of new housing within the existing city(densification), while also transitioning to a different socio-technical regime in terms of energy, economic logic (circular economy) and climate adaptation.
Therefore, it is crucial to adopt an integrated approach towards urban development at this juncture taking into consideration the socio-economic and ecological urgencies of Amsterdam Zuidoost. One that enables vulnerable populations to be a part of the process leading to a just distribution of its resultant benefits and burdens.
The aim of this research project is three fold. First is to understand the historicity of urban development processes that led to the current socio-economic, ecological and spatial realities of Amsterdam Zuidoost from a complex systems perspective towards creating a strategic spatial framework.
Second is to evolve a set of patterns that lead to livable communities and sustainable neighborhoods that are spatially just. Third is to evolve an integrated approach towards urban development by operationalising the patterns amongst the complex interrelations between socio-economic, ecological and spatial dimensions of Amsterdam Zuidoost that is co produced by local stakeholders.","Amsterdam; Sustainability; Livability; Spatial Justice; Pattern Language; Integrated Approach; Urban Development","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences","","52.308349, 4.956610"
"uuid:258e9932-92d7-4b4d-a60d-07652617ef99","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:258e9932-92d7-4b4d-a60d-07652617ef99","The Craft Huis: Architecture of Hospitality","quattri, elena (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Pimlott, Mark (mentor); Rosbottom, D.J. (graduation committee); Parravicini, M. (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2021","The Craft Huis reimagined what a hotel is in the Doughnut Economy of Amsterdam. As The European tourist capital, Amsterdam has been afflicted by social segregation and ecological damage, particularly the historic centre. The future hotel of Amsterdam, The Craft Huis, is designed as the place where tourists can learn from and live with local artists, craftsmen and the community of Amsterdam. At the same time, the hotel supports the local economy and the artists living in the city. The Craft Huis is designed as a Palazzo for craft: the composition of the facade is inspired by the traditional Italian palazzo, with a central open space that works as workshop as well as public interior for the community of the Jordaan.","Interiors Buildings Cities; City Hotel; Doughnut economics; Craft; Interior; Composition; Palazzo; Amsterdam; Community; Public Interior; Hotel; Tourism","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Interiors Buildings Cities","","52.382486552460016, 4.8834855997558835"
"uuid:99433e0b-5576-4dba-83a6-46af330830e1","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:99433e0b-5576-4dba-83a6-46af330830e1","Beyond the garden: Integration of the natural world within the city life","Bruins Slot, Loes (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Pimlott, Mark (mentor); Parravicini, M. (graduation committee); Rosbottom, D.J. (graduation committee); De Vocht, S. (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2021","The project wishes to provide a case study in the way that the natural world can be integrated within the city life. The project site is located in Amsterdam at the island Uilenburg. Where it takes into account the doughnut economics model to create a social and ecological balance in the city. The existing buildings together with the newly designed buildings will continue what the city of Amsterdam started in 1915 when they planned to improve the living conditions of Uilenburg and make a healthier city. The design considers the historical aspect of the Uilenburg and its buildings. By creating a building which is directly into contact with different types of nature with a variety of gardens. A city hotel is designed for young people in transformation from dependence to independence. Creating a place where young people together with their neighbours, plants and trees can flourish.","City hotel; Amsterdam; Gardens","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences","",""
"uuid:9b2523f9-2a24-4254-995f-d40b48651ded","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:9b2523f9-2a24-4254-995f-d40b48651ded","Rotonda Hotel: A City Hotel for Sharing and Connecting in Amsterdam","Zhang, Haobo (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Rosbottom, D.J. (mentor); Pimlott, M. (mentor); De Vocht, S. (mentor); Parravicini, M. (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2021","Amsterdam's overdependence on tourism resulted in its homogeneous and fragile economy, which was impacted severely by the pandemic in 2020. Therefore, the municipality of Amsterdam implemented the donut economy, which was proposed by Kate Raworth, to make the urban development sustainable. Through the research of Doughnut Economics Action Lab, 13% of Amsterdammers over 19 still feel severely lonely today and there is still a lack of art and cultural activities for low-income households. Inspired by Chelsea Hotel, I propose a city hotel for international scholars, students, and artists invited by the University of Amsterdam, which can share the education with the local community, and in the meantime, connect its residences with the city. It is located at Nieuwe Doelenstraat in where the University Theatre is. The design reshapes the urban context by form a new pathway that connects several courtyards on the site. Its facades work as figures to the street and enclose a square for public life. The spatial organization of it refers to Hotel Particulier, a type of French private house for nobles that arranges rooms around a courtyard and a garden. This hotel will let its residences share their knowledge and connect them tightly with Amsterdam City.","amsterdam; city hotel; Hotel; Architecture; donut economy","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Interiors Buildings Cities","","52.36812310244427, 4.894876904184007"
"uuid:1eba0108-f1e9-4f80-8e20-504e573777d3","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:1eba0108-f1e9-4f80-8e20-504e573777d3","#Amsterdam after 6 pm: Planning for a diverse and balanced night-time economy","Hou, Zhe (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Romein, A. (mentor); van Nes, A. (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2021","With the development of the social economy, the traditional urban work and rest pattern of working during the day and resting at night has gradually changed. The night-time economy has become a new engine for urban regeneration, economic growth and cultural creation.The growth of tourism in Amsterdam has also benefited from its inclusive and prosperous night-time economy. However, the agglomeration of the nightlife industry in Amsterdam's city center results in a rise in noise, crime, and antisocial behavior, which triggers a backlash from residents. As a current countermeasure adopted by the municipality, state-led gentrification has mitigated the night-time economy's negative externalities to an extent, but caused massive closures of nightlife venues.
This research aims to solve the dilemma of Amsterdam's night-time economy through planning instruments that optimize the urban polycentricity. The research explores integrated strategies and multi-scale spatial interventions to stimulate the development of peripheral night-time industry clusters while minimizing the nuisance, in order to improve the livability of the city center and contribute to a diverse and balanced night-time economy in Amsterdam.
‘De Nieuwe Doelen’ constitutes in a social framework functioning as a collective house for diversity, effectively acting as a charitable institution, where twenty four rooms offer a place to students disadvantaged by their ethnicity and the white, secular tradition that exists within University of Amsterdam. The underprivileged citizens are welcomed to build on a grounded community where they are empowered by the architecture and grandeur of the context and recognised as an integral part of the campus, solidifying their position within the university.
The building enacts as a public platform, resonating notions of discourse inherent to the direct historic context. The project uses the fundamental models of the ‘Intimate City’ as a dogmatic approach; the ‘Venetian Campo’, the ‘Urban Loggia’ and the ‘Vienese Café’ inform the collectivity, informality and public permeability of the project. The notions of hospitality and charity, inherent to the morphology of the context, clarify in the social and spatial characteristics of the contextual model of ‘het Gasthuishof’, the Dutch analogical model to the ‘Venetian Campo’, which are inscribed into the tenet of the building.
‘De Nieuwe Doelen’ opens up a sequence of courtyard spaces that exist within the morphology of the ‘Binnengasthuis’ area. The building naturally extends the colonial architecture of the context, yet it reimagines the characteristics of privilege by creating an open and continuous public interior, existing of the continuous topology of the ground floor and basement and a highly permeable plinth to the context. The community floors rise above the gravitas of the construct; a formal public room of discourse where a telescopic seating system constitutes a sense of fluidity, aiding its multiplicity. By agency of intricately organised thresholds, an open and continuous interior is organised, existing of a collective gallery, as a place of residing, and contiguous rooms of privacy, resembling the highly informing model of the Gentlemen’s Club. Throughout the construct, integrated furniture in both collective and private spaces, establish instruments of appropriation. The formality of the social construct, enacting as a blank canvas, awaits appropriation of its inhabitants, awakening the significance of ‘De Nieuwe Doelen’.","Intimate City; Colonial Architecture; Diversity; Public Interior; Public Plinth; University of Amsterdam; Collective Living; Gentlemens Club; Palazzo Ruccelai; het Gasthuishof; Venetian Campo; Urban Loggia; Vienese Cafe","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","","",""
"uuid:c0f34e8a-6521-47da-9000-430fa147c648","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:c0f34e8a-6521-47da-9000-430fa147c648","c[l]amping: City Hotel in Amsterdam","Świda, Sara (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","De Vocht, S. (mentor); Pimlott, M. (mentor); Rosbottom, D.J. (mentor); Klooster, M.W. (mentor); Ploeger, H.D. (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2021","The project seeks to stabilise and reverse the degradation of the pier’s walls so it remains available to its users. The structure acts as a stabilizer for this piece of land, so as not to let it disappear.
The light structure takes inspiration from a bird perched on a branch, a metaphor for young Amsterdammer’s searching for their place in the city. I relate this lightness with the temporality of a youth hostel, where young people come and go, renting cabins within the structure and using the campsite on the pier.
The project encompasses a conversation between the new structure, which encases floors and spaces, and the existing structure of the pier. The essence of the project is showcased in an investigation of the structure, which is expressed as a piece of architecture in its own right.","Degradation; Architecture; Camping; Structure; Pier; Hotel; doughnut economy; Timber; Revival; Heritage; Amsterdam","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","","","52.38962159480495, 4.892966243648897"
"uuid:250f4436-fab9-4e04-a648-7b00fa9b4b73","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:250f4436-fab9-4e04-a648-7b00fa9b4b73","Clipping Kampung: Nurturing Resilience in Hoptille Through Lessons from Kampung","Nurhadi Nugraha, Nurhadi (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Clarke, Nicholas (mentor); Warries, G.Y. (graduation committee); Spoormans, L.G.K. (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2021","Clipping Kampung aims to improve the resilience of Hoptille neighbourhood in Amsterdam based on lessons learned from Indonesian Kampung. At least, two main qualities from Kampung that are useful for Hoptille’s resilience problem have been identified: adaptability and transformability. The Kampung has a quality to be more adaptable due to its residents’ bond that encourages them to help and take care of each other and their environment. Moreover, it also has a transformability quality, in which the neighbourhood’s function shifts, enriches and organically grows over time. This project believes that time is the dimension that allows people to add layers of growth to their environment. Understanding the Kampung qualities can help create intervention and framework to tackle Hoptille’s socio-spatial issues, hence improving its resilience. Based on the qualities mentioned above, Clipping Kampung is designed as an intervention that offers flexibility and option towards future needs by accommodating the change of functions or size in the Hoptille neighbourhood more flexibly while also promoting higher adaptability.","Heritage & Architecture; Hoptille; Amsterdam; Dutch Housing; Kampung; 80s; Open Building; Participatory Design; Resilience","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Heritage & Architecture","","52.309502, 4.954290"
"uuid:2a5f90cf-8b30-41e1-a9e5-492c3de59ddc","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:2a5f90cf-8b30-41e1-a9e5-492c3de59ddc","Finding Common Grounds: Adapting Heritage Meaning i","Monique Vashti, Monique (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Verschuure, G.A (mentor); Bet, E.M. (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2021","Finding Common Grounds: Adapting Heritage meaning in Socially Diverse Couperusbuurt is a renewalproject of Amsterdam’s Western Garden Cities neighbourhood. Western Garden Cities Amsterdam orWestelijke Tuinsteden is a post-war neighbourhood considered heritage by the Municipality of Amsterdam.Currently, Westelijke Tuinsteden of Couperusbuurt fails to provide a liveable built environment forits residents. Its heritage status causes the neighbourhood to be alienated from development which ledthe neighbourhood to be outdated to the current needs. In contrast, the neighbourhood’s heritage form isalso vulnerable due to the municipality’s densification agenda. Simultaneously, some residents in Couperusbuurtare vulnerable socio-economic groups, contributing to social segregation issues in Amsterdam.This situation has pushed them out of social comfort and spatial comfort due to their dissatisfaction withtheir neighbourhoods. This research aims to identify the heritage importance of Westelijke Tuinsteden,integrate it with the spatial planning & development of Couperusbuurt and translate it into possible designelements to achieve socio-spatial cohesion and a liveable Couperusbuurt.The methods used in identifying heritage are built upon theoretical studies that indicate the dynamic approachto heritage, which means that heritage value is not limited to its form. Thus, heritage has a flexiblelayer that could be integrated into the future redevelopment as long as it could transfer the initial value ormeaning. The investigation found that the heritage value in Couperusbuurt is collectivity through community.Then, in integrating it with planning, the collectivity value is translated into spatial and social planningstrategy which are community-driven spatial strategy and participatory planning. Later, these strategies areelaborated into design exploration process.The design exploration in this research is done through scenario design. Design by scenario is beneficial tovisualise extreme possibilities, accommodating different needs from different stakeholders, and as a toolof participatory planning. In doing so, there are two design scenarios which are centralised collectivity anddistributed collectivity. Each scenario shares the common ground value that is collectivity as the heritageimportance for the neighbourhood’s renewal.The output of this project will be used as a material for the ongoing Couperusbuurt’s renewal projectwhich is conducted by the Municipality of Amsterdam and Housing Corporation, Stadgenoot.","adapting heritage; neighbourhood renewal; design by scenario; participatory planning; Westelijke Tuinsteden Amsterdam","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Landscape Architecture","","52.3563° N, 4.8096° E"
"uuid:ea8b9650-40aa-4d83-a0a4-d09f6c1ae1f6","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:ea8b9650-40aa-4d83-a0a4-d09f6c1ae1f6","The Social Identity of a Three-Hundred-Meter Long Building: Interventions to the mid-rise building on the Hoptille street","Lichtenveldt, Stefan (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment; TU Delft Heritage & Design)","Clarke, Nicholas (mentor); Spoormans, L.G.K. (graduation committee); Warries, G.Y. (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2021","This project explores a residential building from 1982 that can be found in Amsterdam. Using several interviews and research into the potential heritage values of the building a transformation is proposed.","Heritage and Architecture; 80s; Community; Architectural design; Post-modernism; Amsterdam; Bijlmer; H-buurt; Hoptille","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Heritage & Architecture","","52.3096240741551, 4.954533681470205"
"uuid:d29fdb24-34d1-40e4-986c-dac85d43797a","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:d29fdb24-34d1-40e4-986c-dac85d43797a","Metropolitan Virus: A strategic planning framework to improve the resilience of the Metropolitan Region Amsterdam in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic","Wang, Yaqi (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Viseu Cardoso, Rodrigo (mentor); Forgaci, C. (mentor); Daamen, T.A. (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2021","Metropolitan regions are the most urbanized and globalized areas as the concentration of population and economy in the world, which makes them exposed to various global emergency risks like pandemics. And the COVID-19 outbroke from Wuhan (China) at the end of 2019, offered an up-to-date perspective as an opportunity to investigate and improve the vulnerability of metropolitan regions in highly contagious global diseases. Metropolitan Region Amsterdam, is one of the most developed regions in the Netherlands and the world, who is playing a significant role in globalization. However, in this emerging public health crisis, MRA has been the most vulnerable region as the current epidemic hotspot. The concentration of corona cases in the region has resulted in various negative impacts, both directly and indirectly.
Considering these problems, this project is a research-oriented design in MRA for the post-pandemic vision. Firstly, through a series of theoretical, political, and spatial analysis, the main problem of MRA is that it is vulnerable to the direct and indirect effects of the pandemic due to a vicious cycle of urban vulnerability which has been exposed and intensified by the hazard of COVID-19. And the basic reason is related to its attachment to continuous economic growth. The government of MRA has also paid attention to this problem and attempted to transfer its development from a pro-financial model to a pro-well-being model with a theoretical underpinning called “Doughnut Economics”. However, like many other experimental tests, this transformation follows the traditional planning method which is not suitable for dynamic risks like the pandemic. Therefore, this research is aiming at spatial and political strategies based on the methodology of dynamic planning to improve urban resilience facing the pandemic in the post-COVID MRA. And the final concrete outcomes will be on different scales. There will be a vision of post-COVID MRA through a set of strategies of municipalities and institutions to improve urban resilience. And on a local scale, there will be a resilient design for different pandemic vulnerabilities for an equal and sustainable community.","Globalization; Metropolitan Region Amsterdam; COVID-19; Urban vulnerability; Urban resilience","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Complex Cities","","52.370216, 4.895168"
"uuid:6ff0fb59-72ec-4b19-a8e3-5fee51f677a9","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:6ff0fb59-72ec-4b19-a8e3-5fee51f677a9","Hoptille - from Stigma to Charisma: Image enhancing transformation of post-modern architecture while retaining its identity","Louwerens, Cornee (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Clarke, Nicholas (mentor); Warries, G.Y. (graduation committee); Spoormans, L.G.K. (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2021","This graduation thesis was executed within the studio New Heritage in which the question was raised whether postmodern architecture can be valued as heritage. Multiple postmodern neighbourhoods suffer from a stigma. Outsiders have a negative image where insiders are much more positive about their neighbourhood. This master thesis focusses on the project site Hoptille, located in the Bijlmermeer, Amsterdam-Southeast. It answers the design question: “How to transform the current neighbourhood in such a way that both insiders and outsiders would live in Hoptille by a neutral or positive choice?”. This transformation balances the interests of insiders and outsiders resulting in image enhancement in combination with the preservation of identity. Finally, densification has been taken into account regarding the topical question of 1 million homes by 2030.","Stigma; Charisma; Identity; Densification; insiders; outsiders; 1 million homes; Hoptille; H-buurt; Bijlmermeer; Amsterdam South-east; Amsterdam; Almere Haven; New Heritage; preservation of identity; image enhancement; demountable; characteristics; orientation; circulation; postmodern; architecture; 80s; negative; low-rise; mid-rise; posters; ghetto; safety; energy neutral; Bijlmer; Residential; transformation; social problems; ethnic background; poverty","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Heritage & Architecture","New Heritage","52.309433, 4.954407"
"uuid:e966bc05-1660-410c-8da6-86b4dba131d6","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:e966bc05-1660-410c-8da6-86b4dba131d6","Quantification of Aviation's Impact on Air Quality near Schiphol Airport using Low-Cost Gas Sensors","Maes, Jeff (TU Delft Aerospace Engineering)","Dedoussi, I.C. (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2021","A lowcost multipollutant sensor box is developed, calibrated and deployed to quantify aviationattributable air quality impacts at Amsterdam Schiphol airport. The sensor box contains four lowcost electrochemical gas sensors that respond to CO, NO, NO2 and O3 concentrations in ambient air. Additional sensors in the sensor box allow the determination of pressure, temperature, relative humidity, sound intensity, UVlight, visible light and IRlight. The pressure, temperature and relative humidity sensors assist in calibrating the gas measurements obtained by the gas sensors. Sound intensity measurements and ADSB data assist in the detection of nearby aircraft activity. Calibration of the sensor box was done by collocating it for ∼74 hours with an air quality monitor of the Dutch air quality network in Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands. Regulatory air quality data could be obtained at 10 s resolution for CO, NO and NO2. The absence of regulatory O3 measurements results in discarding the corresponding lowcost sensor in further analysis. Next, multivariate linear regression and random forest models were constructed to transform the raw sensor box measurements into meaningful concentrations. The random forest model has a strong tendency to overfit, even though it performs better in absolute numbers. The final calibration models for each species are multivariate linear regression models with an RMSE for CO, NO and NO2 of 118.13 μgm−3, 2.38 μgm−3 and 3.96 μgm−3, respectively. Corresponding correlation coefficients are 0.94, 0.99 and 0.98. Three different types of aircraft activity have been evaluated by deploying the sensor box at Amsterdam Schiphol airport. On 22 January 2021, the air quality impacts from landings on the Polderbaan were investigated by deploying the sensor box ∼200 m from the runway. On both 17 and 19 February 2021, the impact of aircraft departures on the Aalsmeerbaan and Kaagbaan were investigated by measuring ∼300 m from the runway. Finally, on 30 March 2021, air quality impacts from taxiing aircraft were obtained by taking measurements on the airport apron with aircraft coming as close as 43 m to the sensor box. The obtained sensor box measurements represent total air quality concentrations, which contain impacts from multiple sources. Quantifying the proportion of aviationattributable concentrations is achieved via a datadriven approach in which a baseline signal helps to extract the local aviationattributable signal. It was found that this strategy results in local signals that can be linked to activity from aircraft.","air quality; low-cost sensors; aircraft; air quality sensor box; Schiphol Amsterdam Airport; air pollution; alphasense; gas sensing; airport","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Aerospace Engineering","",""
"uuid:1def0bee-7912-4d8a-9bc7-af1d7c8375c3","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:1def0bee-7912-4d8a-9bc7-af1d7c8375c3","Imagining a post-COVID world: Exploring long term travel behavior changes due to the COVID-19 pandemic and its regional implications on urban mobility","Oirbans, Leonard (TU Delft Technology, Policy and Management)","Annema, J.A. (mentor); de Bruijne, M.L.C. (graduation committee); van Wee, G.P. (graduation committee); Snelder, M. (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2021","This master thesis explores the potential influences of the COVID-19 pandemic on travel behavior change, and projects potential implications of long term travel behavior changes due to the COVID-19 pandemic on accessibility and the allocation of public space in the city of Amsterdam, the Netherlands for the year 2030. The first result of this thesis consists of the conceptualization of direct effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and policy measures on travel and activity patterns within a theoretical framework, based on travel behavior change theories. Reasoning from this framework it can be concluded that post-COVID-19 three general direct effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and policy measures on travel and activity patterns may be expected: (1) a shift from onsite to online work-related activities, (2) the respacing and retiming of work-related travel patterns and (3) a modal shift towards active modes of transport such as walking and cycling. The second result of this thesis are the creation of four exploratory post-COVID-19 travel behavior scenarios, based on participatory intuitive logic scenario planning methodology following an adaptation of the standard approach, including a novel scenario switchboard. The third and final result of this thesis are simulation results which project congestion rates and travel times by car, and the modal split within the city of Amsterdam in the year 2030 using a tour-based travel model. Based on the results as calculated within the travel model of the four post-COVID-19 travel behavior scenarios, it can be concluded that reduced work-related activities and its consequential changes to work-related travel patterns: (1) strongly alleviates congestion rates during the morning and evening rush hours, (2) decreases travel time from the city center of Amsterdam to certain other zones in Amsterdam with 1 to 2 minutes per person per trip, and (3) provides arguments to allocate more public space towards cycling infrastructure, especially within the district of Nieuw West.","travel behavior change; Covid-19; scenario building; urban mobility; travel model; Amsterdam 2030","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Complex Systems Engineering and Management (CoSEM)","",""
"uuid:54f170c6-c838-46f2-8556-40a87112fd48","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:54f170c6-c838-46f2-8556-40a87112fd48","From Grey to Green: case studies into the use of collective green spaces in Amsterdam built late 19th/early 20th century","Latour, Sophie (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment; TU Delft History & Complexity)","van Geest, J.M. (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2021","Green spaces are of great relevance today as climate change and the current pandemic highlight the need for more nature in the urban realm. The environmental, psychological and economical benefits of green space in rapid urban densification is clearly evident and increasingly, green is (re)introduced in cities. Private, public or collective green spaces are also strong enablers for civic engagement. The focus of extant research has mainly been on public or private green spaces while collective green spaces seem less investigated. This thesis endeavours to join different disciplines connecting collective green spaces, linking these to spaces in Amsterdam built in the late 19th, early 20th century, and investigates if use has changed over the last century. Three characteristics were identified used for the analysis of collective green spaces: ownership, accessibility and sociability. The case studies investigated are: Vondelpark, Bellamyplein and Zaanhof. The analysis shows that ownership has indeed changed over the last century, but that accessibility and sociability remained relatively similar, within the historical boundaries and zeitgeist of the different periods. Ownership changed from private to public as maintenance could not be afforded anymore and municipalities controlled urban planning. Collective green spaces were designed to bring residents together, providing play areas for children and to enjoy nature individually or together; this is still very accurate 100 years later. While this research has made a small contribution to the research canon, further research could investigate additional characteristics and expand the number of collective green spaces in Amsterdam, the Netherlands or internationally.","AR2A011; Collective Spaces; Green Spaces; Amsterdam","en","student report","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences","AR2A011",""
"uuid:3cb77a72-04c4-4d3e-8dea-b613664dd00d","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:3cb77a72-04c4-4d3e-8dea-b613664dd00d","De Steeg: een onderzoek naar de geschiedenis en toekomst van Amsterdamse stegen","van der Scheer, Zwaan (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment; TU Delft History & Complexity)","van Thoor, M.T.A. (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2021","Stegen hebben voor lange tijd een negatief imago gehad, dit is nu echter aan het veranderen. In deze scriptie zal onderzoek gedaan worden naar wat de invloed van stegen op de leefomgeving van steden is geweest en hoe deze zich zal ontwikkelen. Hoe stegen in Amsterdam zijn ontstaan verschilt per steeg, maar vooral per periode. De eerste stegen waren paden omhoog langs de dijken naar de Amstel. Later ontstonden stegen vooral als dwarswegen op de grote wegen voor een betere ontsluiting. Toen de grachtengordel werd gebouwd, was het bouwen van stegen verboden, maar bij de aanleg van de Jordaan hielden de bewoners zich daar niet meer aan. Stegen werden steeds meer verwaarloosd en aan het eind van de 20e eeuw werden stegen in Amsterdam hierom dichtgezet. De steeg heeft over het algemeen geen positief imago gehad, maar er zijn veel ontwikkelingen op het gebied van de verbetering van stegen. Wereldwijd worden boeken en wetenschappelijke artikelen geschreven over de potentie van stegen. Er wordt onderzoek gedaan naar hoe de steeg optimaal benut kan worden zodat deze een positieve invloed kunnen hebben op de leefomgeving van de stad en de kansen die stegen een stad kunnen bieden worden steeds meer erkent.","AR2A011; Alley; Steeg; Amsterdam; Leefomgeving","nl","student report","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences","AR2A011",""
"uuid:867c95ce-0e67-4c50-99d9-734028ac13dc","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:867c95ce-0e67-4c50-99d9-734028ac13dc","Het Coöperatiehuis en het Vierwindenhuis: Een vergelijking van twee Amsterdamse woningbouwcomplexen met geïntegreerde collectieve functies","van Vliet, Kimberly (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Schoonman, J.A. (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2021","Concluderend is het antwoord op de onderzoeksvraag ‘Wat zijn overeenkomsten en verschillen tussen de collectieve woonvormen van het Coöperatiehuis (1930) en het Vierwindenhuis (1980) en hoe komt dit tot uitdrukking in de ontwerpen?’ dat het Coöperatiehuis en het Vierwindenhuis met verschillende ontwerpfilosofieën ontwikkeld zijn. Ze zijn met verschillende theorieën en filosofieën bedacht die niet op elkaar aansluiten. Daarbij was de situatie in Amsterdam verschillend. In 1930 was er woningnood, waarop Zomers Buiten reageerde met arbeiderswoningen. In 1980 was er onrust in Amsterdam door krakers en tegenstellingen van de stad. Hierdoor ontstonden experimentele woningbouwprojecten, waaronder het Vierwindenhuis. Overeenkomsten tussen beide projecten zijn onder andere dat zowel Zomers Buiten als Elders een nieuwe woonvorm ontwikkeld hebben met hun projecten. Deze nieuwe woonvormen komen overeen in het integreren van collectieve functies, waarvan de invulling erg verschilt. Hiernaast hebben beide projecten een gezamenlijke binnentuin, die bij beiden is ontstaan door de schakeling van woningen in de wooncomplexen.","AR2A011; Coöperatiehuis; Vierwindenhuis; collective functions; housing; Amsterdam","nl","student report","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences","AR2A011","52.381389, 4.833611"
"uuid:aee634f4-e362-4148-90d8-95495f2f6afb","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:aee634f4-e362-4148-90d8-95495f2f6afb","A place for all households in urban areas: An exploratory study of housing preferences and housing affordability of middle-income households in relation to rental housing supply","Koesen, Anne (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","van der Heijden, H.M.H. (mentor); Haffner, M.E.A. (graduation committee); Boumeester, H.J.F.M. (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2021","Due to several factors, under which the widespread flexibilization in the job market and the fact that it ended up becoming more difficult to take out a mortgage, middle-income households ended up not having access to owner-occupied housing in Dutch urban areas. Also, middle-income households’ incomes are too high to qualify for the social housing segment. Therefore, they depend on private rental housing in the Randstad. However, there is a shortage of private rental housing. Due to this lack of private rental housing, rental housing prices have increased tremendously. And this occurred while households’ incomes have not been rising to the same extent. Furthermore, organisations that rely on key workers have a more difficult time finding employees in urban areas. Middle-income households, including the households that can potentially fill up these vacancies, are often forced to move to other areas to find housing that fits their preferences. Therefore, it is essential to gain knowledge of how private rental housing for middle-income households can become affordable. Having knowledge of housing affordability in relation to housing preferences is vital to understand how the private rental housing supply for middle-income households can be increased and preserved in urban areas. Therefore, this research seeks to answer: “How can the rental housing supply in urban areas in the Netherlands, that is affordable for middle-income households, be increased following their preferences?” With this research question posed, the research aims to provide insight into middle-income households' housing affordability. It also aims to present the middle-income households’ rental housing preferences. To reach this aim, the methodology applied in this research is a mixed-method with an embedded design. This research made use of the WoON 2018 data and the semi-structured interview method. To conclude, the findings of this research were validated by an expert panel. The comprehensive quantitative research, regarding what middle-income’s housing preferences are, demonstrated that these preferences are not sufficiently affordably facilitated in Groot-Amsterdam. Delving into these results together with the qualitative research, this study determined what instruments could be used to increase and preserve the affordable rental housing supply for middle-income households following their housing preferences. This research evinced that in Groot-Amsterdam, housing with five rooms is not sufficiently facilitated in the mid-segment rental housing supply. Additionally, for the couple, couple-one-child, couple-two-children, couple-three-children, and one-parent-three-children households earning a gross annual income near €36,798, mid-segment rental housing is not affordable. In order to provide affordable housing for all middle-income households, the central government should assume a more active role in steering toward increasing the mid-segment rental housing supply. Thereby, they should enlarge the housing associations’ playing field. Furthermore, they should limit their role to spatial planning, providing infrastructure, and providing monetary means. Next to that, there should be a balance between municipal demands on development programmes and land prices. Together, the municipality and market actors should determine the demands of the development programme. An independent third party should calculate the residual land value.","housing preferences; private rental housing; housing affordability; the Randstad; Groot-Amsterdam; middle-income households; steering instruments","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Management in the Built Environment","",""
"uuid:559282f4-5343-4993-b18c-a1fbb6006b53","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:559282f4-5343-4993-b18c-a1fbb6006b53","Spatial disparities in operator performance and attractiveness of ride-pooling in Amsterdam","Maričić, Marko (TU Delft Civil Engineering and Geosciences)","Kucharski, R.M. (mentor); Cats, O. (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2021","Despite its potential benefits of reduced traffic congestion and discounted trips, incorporating ride-pooling in a city comes with a set of challenges that require thorough analysis, optimisation, and planning. Even though, services like \textit{Uber} have existed in Amsterdam for over a decade, city wide ride-pooling has yet to be implemented. This paper uses an algorithm for exact matching of attractive shared rides (ExMAS) and Albatross travel demand data to map and analyse the spatial disparities of key performance indicators of a ride-pooling service in Amsterdam and discover the potential of certain areas in the city. The experiments utilised a set of increasing discounted fares for ride-pooling with increasing travel demand levels. A ride-pooling service with higher discounted fares generally increased the attractiveness of the system and reduced the total vehicle hours, when compared to its non-shared counterpart. It was found that the largest vehicle hour reduction were in areas on the periphery of Amsterdam (namely the West, North, and East areas) where rides of higher degree and longer trips lengths were more likely. However, the user attractiveness of the system tended to be higher in central areas of the city where trip density was higher, trip length shorter, and ride degrees lower. The study also determined that variance of the vehicle hours and user attractiveness decreased and stabilised with increasing demand level. This paper could be a starting point in optimising the possible roll out schemes for a ride-pooling service in Amsterdam.","ride-sharing; ride-pooling; Amsterdam; performance; Spatial analysis","en","student report","","","","","","","","","","","","Civil Engineering | Transport and Planning","",""
"uuid:a8f23924-b4e3-43de-8205-497bea680335","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:a8f23924-b4e3-43de-8205-497bea680335","Urban Farming in the Western Garden City: A study to the employment and benefits of urban farming techniques in three neighbouhroods of Amsterdam","Valdes Troncoso, Joaquin (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Smit, M.J. (mentor); Adema, F. (graduation committee); Tsui, T.P.Y. (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2021","The linear food supply chain is putting significant pressures on our resources and our environment. Moreover, global warming is leading to climate change, making our environment more uncertain and challenging food safety around the globe. Therefore new ways of producing food locally need to be researched. This paper investigates how food can be produced within the boundaries of the city of Amsterdam. It studies the suitability of different urban farming techniques within the infrastructure of the neighbourhood through three different scenarios. The scenarios are based on the three pillars of sustainability (social, economic and environmental) and measure a set of indicators (food production, monetary income, job creation, water retention, energy production, esthetic values, social values and biodiversity). The results of the scenarios are afterwards compared to the social and spatial needs of the neighbourhood, from which the most suitable scenario can be chosen. The research has been done for three neighbourhoods from the New West borough in Amsterdam: Geuzenveld, Osdorp Midden and Middenveldsche Akkerpolder. The results show that for Osdorp Midden and Geuzenveld, the scenario focusing on economics is the most suitable for helping with the high rate of poverty and unemployment in the neighbourhood. On the other hand, for Middelveldsche Akkerpolder the scenario focused on creating social values can help strengthening the missing social ties and create a sense of community in the neighbourhood.","Urban Farming; Circularity; Value Creation; Urban Metabolism; Neighbourhood; Urban Planning; Nieuw West; Amsterdam","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences","","52.356300, 4.809600"
"uuid:d59a7db9-a6cc-411e-90db-0dda2c8f32c1","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:d59a7db9-a6cc-411e-90db-0dda2c8f32c1","Limiting amount of information can increase chances for successful collaboration: Network pictures in the procurement of innovation context. Based on the case study in the City of Amsterdam CTO Innovation Team","Supera, Jakub (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Ploum, Lisa (mentor); Wesselink, Renate (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution); Wageningen University & Research (degree granting institution)","2021","Public procurement in the European Union is an important part of interaction between governments and the market. According to the European Commission1 every year over 250 000 public authorities in the EU spend around 14% of GDP (around €2 trillion per year) on the purchase of services, works and supplies. Often perceived as a purely bureaucratic process, it is in fact one of the key procedures to shape the quality of the public spending. Public spending in question addresses wide range of the problems including metropolitan challenges of the modern world. As the local and national governments approach key issues such as climate change, public health, or transition towards zero-emission economy, they need to do it accordingly with the public procurement regulations. There are always exceptions possible but overall and on bigger scale it is not possible to avoid them. Having said that, public procurement with all its own challenges is one of the key elements of public policy creation and implementation. From the author's own working experience, challenges of public procurement include a wide range of issues from personal relations, procedural and financial requirements to sourcing knowledge and information necessary for describing the procured services, works or supplies. This experience showed also that certain people working in the field of procurement are more successful than others although they must follow the same set of rules as the rest of the organisation. This observation sparked interest which resulted in this thesis.","Innovation; Communication; Public Procurement; Amsterdam; Networks; Collaboration","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Metropolitan Analysis, Design and Engineering (MADE)","",""
"uuid:1707791a-f000-40ca-8cc6-eb10ca3c4bc2","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:1707791a-f000-40ca-8cc6-eb10ca3c4bc2","Natural passive housing in the Lange Bretten of Amsterdam","Escher, Rosemarie (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Smit, M.J. (mentor); van den Ham, E.R. (graduation committee); Tomesen, P.L. (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2021","This graduation project focuses on the architectural design of a passive and nature inclusive housing complex in the Lange Bretten, a natural area in Amsterdam-West. The complex offers a temporary home for the growing group of economic homeless of Amsterdam. The design goals for this type of housing include the symbiosis between these residents and the natural environment of the Lange Bretten, the use of nature’s elements (the air, earth, water and light) in passive techniques and the improvement of the natural and recreational quality of the Lange Bretten. The research paper focuses on the last two goals in particular.","Natural Building Materials; Bio-based materials; Positive footprint; Low-Tech Design; Passive Design; Amsterdam; Bretten; natural environment; nature inclusive; Natural elements; Housing; homeless; Architecture","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences","","52.387611, 4.779500"
"uuid:a0fdfa81-9fbb-47cb-b5a0-4ca999ca8121","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:a0fdfa81-9fbb-47cb-b5a0-4ca999ca8121","The historic quay walls of Amsterdam: A study into the hidden structural capacity of masonry quay walls under the condition of a partly failing foundation","Voortman, Rick (TU Delft Civil Engineering and Geosciences)","Rots, J.G. (mentor); de Gijt, J.G. (graduation committee); Korswagen Eguren, P.A. (graduation committee); van den Elzen, Martijn (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2021","The city of Amsterdam contains about 1600 bridges and 600 kilometres of quay walls. Of these walls, about 200 kilometres are of masonry walls placed on a timber floor and founded on timber piles. These quay walls are sometimes over 100 years old. Due to the increasing loads in the past century and the degrading of material properties in the masonry wall and timber elements, the quay walls are in bad shape. When designing a quay wall, a cross-sectional analysis is used to calculate the desired dimensions to withstand the loads. When this calculation is performed on a quay wall over a 100 years old, containing a failing pile foundation, the quay wall should fail. However, many of the quay walls under the condition of a partly failing foundation, are deforming, but still standing. During recent years, at 16 locations in Amsterdam, the risk of collapse appeared imminent, and emergency structures are put into place. Possible practical measures are removing trees on the quay walls, traffic limitations in the city centre and placing temporary struts and sheet piles to provide stability. Since the scale of the problem in Amsterdam is large, the time to renovate all the quay walls is lengthy. Therefore, there is a need for knowledge on the state of quay walls at the end of their life phase when partly failing. Different failure mechanisms occur, and various measures are developed to control those and provide (temporary) stability. This research answers the question: How can 2D analyses of quay walls, in multiple directions, under the condition of a partly failing foundation, provide insight into the hidden structural capacity within the masonry work? The study focuses on the severeness and scale of the foundation defects in the quay wall's cross-sectional and longitudinal direction. For the longitudinal models, the effects of the masonry material qualities are studied by using different material properties. Also examined is the effect of the failing foundation pile's post-peak behaviour, modelled as brittle and checked for plastic behaviour. Finally, the relevancy of the timber floor is studied for a stiff continuous floor and most notable, the full removal of the floor. To study this, two 2D regular plane stress, nonlinear elastic, finite element models are created in Diana FEA. The foundation piles are modelled as nonlinear elastic springs via a force-displacement diagram. The foundation piles' defects are modelled by assuming a smaller pile diameter, resulting in a weaker force-displacement diagram and larger displacements in the quay wall system. The foundation defects can be scaled over a small or big area by adapting multiple foundation piles over the length of the quay wall. The masonry's behaviour is researched by using a macro material model using smeared material properties for the brick and mortar, resulting in a continuous material. The material model used is the Total Strain Rotating Crack Model, which can be used in a 3D analysis of the quay wall system in future research. Finally, the interface between the timber floor and masonry is modelled using a coulomb friction interface criterion. This simulates the effects of the mortar layer connecting the timber floor and masonry work in a quay wall. The results conclude that analysing a foundation defect in the cross-sectional direction of the quay wall results in instability of the wall without further horizontal and vertical constraints to keep the quay wall in place. Modelling the pile foundation defects using a reduced pile diameter and consequently, a decreased force-displacement diagram as spring input provides the model with temporary stability. Ultimately, the cross-sectional analyses contribute little knowledge on residual strength and hidden structural capacity. Separately, the longitudinal model implements a vertical constraint in the masonry by using the bending capacities of the material. The results present an expected correlation between the scale of the foundation defects and the vertical displacements. Similar to the cross-sectional analyses, the reduced pile capacity of the foundation piles provides the model residual strength compared to the situation where the total failure of a timber pile is used. The timber foundation pile's failure mechanism needs to be researched in-depth since the results present a notable difference for crack patterns and force-displacement curvatures when modelled brittle or plastically. For brittle failure, a horizontal crack forms at the tip of the central, vertical crack, due to the abrupt enlargement in vertical displacement of the quay wall. The functionality of the timber floor in the longitudinal analyses presents itself when the crack patterns are analysed. The presence of the timber floor results in multiple smaller cracks instead of a single large crack when foundation defects of the quay wall system are analysed without a timber floor. It can be concluded that the masonry quality, most notably the tensile strength, affect the results significantly in terms of maximum values in the force-displacement diagrams and crack development. The material properties are based on Groningen masonry experiments, and it is recommended to perform experiments to the masonry quality of Amsterdam quay walls. Finally, the observed displacements related to the intervention points of the municipality conclude that foundation defects result in cracks for displacements below the marking points of 20 and 25 millimetres. For weaker masonry, the quay wall fails before the indication values. It is recommended to perform more measurements to the quay walls in Amsterdam and study the reliability of the intervention points.","Quay walls; Masonry; Finite Element Analysis; Pile foundations; Amsterdam; Total Strain Crack Model","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Civil Engineering | Structural Engineering | Hydraulic Structures","",""
"uuid:0435cbe5-9d7e-4576-b0bd-6b75a6deba91","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:0435cbe5-9d7e-4576-b0bd-6b75a6deba91","Growing up in the city: High-rise as an alternative for housing families in Amsterdam","de Veth, Koen (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Kupers, T.W. (mentor); Adema, F. (mentor); van der Putt, P.S. (mentor); Mulder, A. (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2021","Families are an important factor in the liveability of neighbourhoods. As more and more families are leaving Amsterdam, innovative ideas are needed to reverse this
trend. In this graduation project a residential tower is proposed, an uncommon building form in the Netherlands, especially for this specific target group. With the alternative typology presented in this project, relatively more families will be able to stay in the city.","Families; High-rise; Dwelling; Amsterdam","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Dwelling","","52.3998718,4.8711156"
"uuid:8a3d4a50-3e36-4e07-9581-85b9b1925b0b","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:8a3d4a50-3e36-4e07-9581-85b9b1925b0b","Spatial and temporal relation between drinking water temperature and indicators for microbial water quality in the drinking water distribution system of Amsterdam","Speksnijder, Rogier (TU Delft Civil Engineering and Geosciences)","van der Hoek, J.P. (mentor); Abraham, E. (graduation committee); Zlatanovic, L. (graduation committee); Steffelbauer, D.B. (graduation committee); Lam, K.L. (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2021","Intensive urbanisation enhances warming of cities’ ambient and subsoil environment. The local drinking water distribution system (DWDS) is likewise affected. Hotspots of anthropogenic heating were perceived to influence drinking water temperature and pose a threat for microbial drinking water quality. Information on temporal and spatial relation between drinking water temperature and microbial indicating parameters was however scarce. This is especially the case for a full scale unchlorinated DWDS in a metropolitan area. Therefore, this research aimed to explore the spatial and temporal relation between drinking water temperature and microbial indicating parameters Aeromonas and Heterotrophic Plate count (HPC). 11 Years of sample data from the DWDS in the metropole of Amsterdam was explored, with the objective to possibly draw conclusions beyond this DWDS. This DWDS consists of two interconnected subsystems. Each subsystem is fed by its own treatment facility. Areas with repetitive exceedance of threshold temperature (14 oC) for accelerating Aeromonas growth, were not inextricably tied to repetitive exceedance of the Aeromonas standard for safe drinking water. Areas with repetitive exceedance of the Aeromonas standard were often linked to prolonged residence time. For regions on the outskirt of observed DWDS it was suggested that the influence of residence time was more important than the absolute water temperature to explain Aeromonas concentrations.","drinking water distribution system; anthropogenic heating; Hotspots; microbial indicating parameters; Aeromonas; Heterotrophic Plate count; HPC; spatial; temporal; residence time; treatment; reservoir; profile plot; Amsterdam","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Water Management","",""
"uuid:be2b94fa-94ff-4618-9055-7bf1cb1edc49","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:be2b94fa-94ff-4618-9055-7bf1cb1edc49","Cities and infectious diseases: Assessing the exposure of pedestrians to virus transmission along city streets","Psyllidis, A. (TU Delft Internet of Things); Duarte, Fábio (Massachusetts Institute of Technology); Teeuwen, R.F.L. (TU Delft Human-Centred Artificial Intelligence); Salazar Miranda, Arianna (Massachusetts Institute of Technology); Benson, Tom (Massachusetts Institute of Technology); Bozzon, A. (TU Delft Human-Centred Artificial Intelligence)","","2021","As cities resume life in public space, they face the difficult task of retaining outdoor activity while decreasing exposure to airborne viruses, such as the novel coronavirus. Even though the transmission risk is higher in indoor spaces, recent evidence suggests that physical contact outdoors also contributes to an increased virus exposure. Given that streets constitute the largest percentage of public space in cities, there is an increasing need to prioritise their use to minimise transmission risk. However, city officials currently lack the assessment tools to achieve this. This article evaluates the extent to which street segments are associated with spatiotemporal variations of potential exposures of pedestrians to virus transmission. We develop a multi-component risk score that considers both urban form and human activity along streets over time, including (a) an assessment of pedestrian infrastructure according to the average width of pavements, (b) a measure of accessibility for each street based on its position in the street network, (c) an activity exposure score that identifies places along streets where exposure could be higher and (d) an estimate of the number of pedestrians that will pass through each street during weekdays and weekends. We use Amsterdam in the Netherlands as a case study to illustrate how our score could be used to assess the exposure of pedestrians to virus transmission along streets. Our approach can be replicated in other cities facing a similar challenge of bringing life back to the streets while minimising transmission risks.","Amsterdam; COVID-19; exposure; street network; urban morphology","en","journal article","","","","","","","","","","","Internet of Things","","",""
"uuid:3d860084-efd2-430d-8d61-32701d6a6f0c","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:3d860084-efd2-430d-8d61-32701d6a6f0c","Robust flight-to-gate assignment with landside capacity constraints","L’Ortye, J. (Student TU Delft); Mitici, M.A. (TU Delft Air Transport & Operations); Visser, H.G. (TU Delft Air Transport & Operations)","","2021","At the interface between airport airside and landside operations, the assignment of flights to gates is key to ensure efficient operations and a high quality of service for passengers. We propose a mixed-integer linear program for an integrated flight-to-gate assignment that considers both airside as well as landside constraints on the capabilities of facilities such as check-in, security or transfer to handle passengers. Moreover, our assignment is robust in that it constrains the probability of multiple flights being assigned to the same gate. Having obtained an integrated, robust flight-to-gate assignment, we analyse the associated quality of service at the landside facilities. Overall, our model supports the design of a robust, integrated airside-landside assignment of flights to gates at an airport.","Amsterdam Airport Schiphol; flight splitting; Flight-to-gate; landside airport constraints; robust optimization","en","journal article","","","","","","","","","","","Air Transport & Operations","","",""
"uuid:ce4a3946-0883-461b-852d-136e89ac2f71","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:ce4a3946-0883-461b-852d-136e89ac2f71","Governance and power in the metropolitan regions of the Randstad","Spaans, M. (TU Delft Land Development); Zonneveld, W.A.M. (TU Delft Spatial Planning and Strategy); Stead, D. (TU Delft Spatial Planning and Strategy)","Zonneveld, W.A.M. (editor); Nadin, Vincent (editor)","2021","This chapter focuses on the nature and powers of governance arrangements in two Dutch metropolitan areas, both situated in the Randstad: the Metropolitan Region Amsterdam (Metropoolregio Amsterdam) and the Metropolitan Region Rotterdam The Hague (Metropoolregio Rotterdam Den Haag ). It considers the power of process by analysing the actor network and relations. The chapter deals with an overview of recent international trends in metropolitan governance. It then presents a summary of trends in sub-national governance in the Netherlands. Territorial governance is being redefined in the light of important societal challenges, new powers and responsibilities and new attempts to increase the societal relevance of planning. Metropolitan governance bodies – bodies aiming at organising responsibilities among public authorities in metropolitan areas – are extremely common in most OECD countries. Amidst the economic recession of the 1980s cooperation between the three Randstad provinces picked up again in various domains from 1985 onwards, including spatial planning.","Randstad; Spatial Planning; Metropolitan Region Amsterdam; Metropolitan Region Rotterdam The Hague; Regional governance","en","book chapter","Routledge - Taylor & Francis Group","","","","","Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository 'You share, we take care!' - Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public.","","2021-06-30","","","Land Development","","",""
"uuid:3b0dfb0b-8c78-47d6-9297-700a12ac56d5","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:3b0dfb0b-8c78-47d6-9297-700a12ac56d5","Towards Fossil Free Cities—A Supermarket, Greenhouse & Dwelling Integrated Energy System as an Alternative to District Heating: Amsterdam Case Study","ten Caat, P.N. (TU Delft Climate Design and Sustainability); Graamans, L.J.A. (Wageningen University & Research); Tenpierik, M.J. (TU Delft Building Physics); van den Dobbelsteen, A.A.J.F. (TU Delft Climate Design and Sustainability)","","2021","The municipality of Amsterdam has set stringent carbon emission reduction targets: 55% by 2030 and 95% by 2050 for the entire metropolitan area. One of the key strategies to achieve these goals entails a disconnection of all households from the natural gas supply by 2040 and connecting them to the existing city-wide heat grid. This paper aims to demonstrate the value of considering local energy potentials at the city block level by exploring the potential of a rooftop greenhouse solar collector as a renewable alternative to centralized district heating. An existing supermarket and an ATES component complete this local energy synergy. The thermal energy balance of the three urban functions were determined and integrated into hourly energy profiles to locate and quantify the simultaneous and mismatched discrepancies between energy excess and demand. The excess thermal energy extracted from one 850 m2 greenhouse can sustain up to 47 dwellings, provided it is kept under specific interior climate set points. Carbon accounting was applied to evaluate the system performance of the business-as-usual situation, the district heating option and the local system. The avoided emissions due to the substitution of natural gas by solar thermal energy do not outweigh the additional emissions consequential to the fossil-based electricity consumption of the greenhouse’s crop growing lights, but when the daily photoperiod is reduced from 16 h to 12 h, the system performs equally to the business-as-usual situation. Deactivating growth lighting completely does make this local energy solution carbon competitive with district heating. This study points out that rooftop greenhouses applied as solar collectors can be a suitable alternative energy solution to conventional district heating, but the absence of growing lights will lead to diminished agricultural yields.","Amsterdam; CO emissions; Carbon accounting; Energy transition; FEW nexus; Solar energy; Sustainable city; Synergetic design; Urban farming","en","journal article","","","","","","","","","","","Climate Design and Sustainability","","",""
"uuid:43820685-c20d-4bbd-8127-aea825b27b95","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:43820685-c20d-4bbd-8127-aea825b27b95","Adaptive Reuse of Cultural Heritage in Amsterdam: Identifying Challenges and Solutions through the Historic Urban Landscape Approach","Pintossi, Nadia (Eindhoven University of Technology); Ikiz Kaya, Deniz (Eindhoven University of Technology); Pereira Roders, A. (TU Delft Architectural Engineering +Technology)","Pottgiesser, Uta (editor); Fatoric, Sandra (editor); Hein, Carola (editor); de Maaker, Erik (editor); Pereira Roders, Ana (editor)","2021","The conservation of cultural heritage through its adaptive reuse contributes to the transition towards circular cities enhancing urban liveability and tackles challenges such as resource scarcity (UN SDG target 11.4) and waste prevention (UN SDG target 12.5). By regenerating heritage resources and maintaining their values over time, adaptive reuse comes out as a circular practice that can boost wellbeing and create new values, e.g. spill over effects. Currently, the knowledge on challenges affecting cultural heritage adaptive reuse is limited in scope, geographical area, and stakeholders’ contribution. This study thus seeks to address such limitations by identifying what challenges cultural heritage adaptive reuse entails and how to overcome them. This identification uses the steps of the holistic and integrated approach set forward by the 2011 UNESCO Recommendation on the Historic Urban Landscape. This study is based on a case study analysis entailing a workshop in the City of Amsterdam. A wide range of [46] stakeholders from the public, private, and civic sectors participated. The qualitative dataset was analysed through content analysis revealing that the identified challenges mainly concern the domains of knowledge, interest, and civic engagement. In sum, this study provides insights in cultural heritage adaptive reuse practices by enabling a better understanding of their challenges from multi-stakeholders’ perspectives. This research also raises awareness on challenges and sets out the basis for further developing solutions and tools to overcome them facilitating the transition from a reactive towards a proactive attitude in adaptive reuse practices.","Adaptive reuse; Amsterdam; Challenge and Solution Analysis; Cultural heritage; Historic Urban Landscape approach","en","conference paper","TU Delft OPEN","","","","","","","","","Architectural Engineering +Technology","","","",""
"uuid:ac2eebe5-90c3-402e-b643-7c70f076a734","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:ac2eebe5-90c3-402e-b643-7c70f076a734","The governance of live-work mix: Actors and instruments in Amsterdam and Brussels development projects","Uyttebrouck, Constance (Université de Liège); Remøy, H.T. (TU Delft Real Estate Management); Teller, Jacques (Université de Liège)","","2021","This paper addresses the governance of the ‘live-work mix’. This concept refers to the renewed intertwining of living and working activities in new housing and urban development in the context of welfare state restructuring, development of the knowledge economy and globalisation. Implementing live-work goals can be difficult because a consensus between public and private actors is usually needed to develop such projects. In this paper, we examine the actors and instruments that assist in the implementation of live-work goals in targeted areas. We survey live-work development by analysing three illustrative projects in Brussels and Amsterdam, cities with comparable strategies but distinct planning systems. Our results indicate that state support is essential to enhance live-work mix, especially because the market remains reluctant to mix functions and focuses primarily on housing development. Flexible and tailor-made instruments are used, sometimes co-authored by public and private actors, to reach consensus. These instruments illustrate variants of strategic planning. Despite a shared interest in attracting target groups to redevelopment areas, the consensus-building process is affected by discrepancies in the nature of live-work mix.","Amsterdam; Brussels; Collaborative planning; Governance; Planning instruments","en","journal article","","","","","","Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository 'You share, we take care!' - Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public.","","2021-09-03","","","Real Estate Management","","",""
"uuid:ead21631-9cde-47a1-8114-6c2855b4601c","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:ead21631-9cde-47a1-8114-6c2855b4601c","Identifying Challenges and Solutions in Cultural Heritage Adaptive Reuse through the Historic Urban Landscape Approach in Amsterdam","Pintossi, Nadia (Eindhoven University of Technology); Ikiz Kaya, Deniz (Eindhoven University of Technology); Pereira Roders, A. (TU Delft Architectural Engineering +Technology)","","2021","Cultural heritage drives and enables sustainable urban development. The adaptive reuse of cultural heritage creates values while prolonging the lifespan of heritage. Similarly, circular economy creates value while extending the useful life of materials and elements through their reuse. Existing studies on adaptive reuse challenges seldom focus on cultural heritage properties, and they are often identified through the engagement of a limited variety of stakeholders, as compared to the actors normally involved in adaptive reuse. Filling this gap, this paper provides a preliminary baseline of challenges faced by the city of Amsterdam from the perspective of various involved stakeholders, and suggests solutions to address them. The participants represented the public, private, knowledge, and third sectors. The methods used were the following: for data collection, a multidisciplinary workshop using the steps of the Historic Urban Landscape approach as an assessment framework applied to multiple scales on adaptive reuse, and for data analysis, manifest content analysis. The results expanded the range of challenges and solutions reported by previous literature on the adaptive reuse of cultural heritage in content and scale by identifying 61 themes—e.g., knowledge and civic engagement. Tools and stakeholders were also identified. These findings provide a reference for future practice, policymaking, and decision-making, facilitating the adaptive reuse of cultural heritage to capitalize on its potential for sustainable development and circular economy.","Adaptive reuse; Amsterdam; Challenge–solution identification; Cultural heritage; Historic urban landscape; Stakeholder engagement","en","journal article","","","","","","","","","","Architectural Engineering +Technology","","","",""
"uuid:647eb5dd-2c0d-4d3c-9e66-2e18d560f6e5","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:647eb5dd-2c0d-4d3c-9e66-2e18d560f6e5","Pig Farming vs. Solar Farming: Exploring Novel Opportunities for the Energy Transition","ten Caat, P.N. (TU Delft Climate Design and Sustainability); Tillie, Nico (TU Delft Landscape Architecture); Tenpierik, M.J. (TU Delft Building Physics)","Roggema, Rob (editor)","2021","Amsterdam aims to bring down its carbon footprint by 55% in 2030 and by 95% in 2050. For the built environment, plotted pathways towards carbon neutrality primarily revolve around the reduction of fossil based energy demand and the transition towards renewable energy production strategies. The consumption of food resources, and its significant corresponding carbon footprints, remain up to this day outside the scope of the city’s carbon accounting. At the interface of the building sector and the agricultural sector, under-explored possibilities for synergistic and sustainable resource management come to light. For a more holistic and veracious evaluation, this research expands the carbon inventory of the urban dweller with the food category and then explores, by means of a case study, a novel strategy for the decarbonisation of the built environment: urban pig farming in Amsterdam. A theoretical farming system is added to an urban context and coupled with the existing local resource flows, allowing for new output-input links. The capacity of the farm, i.e. the maximum number of animals at any time, is determined by the daily food waste output of the neighbourhood. A comparison is drawn with a conventional method for the energy transition: photovoltaic energy, for which two common array configurations are assessed. The three scenarios are evaluated on three aspects relevant to the energy transition of the built environment: avoided carbon emissions, produced thermal energy and produced electrical energy, normalised per square meter surface area. Carbon accounting shows that an integrated pig production facility of 495 m2, holding 79 animals, can potentially reduce the carbon emissions of Kattenburg by 218 tons (−5.6%) a year, i.e. 441 kg CO2/m2. The solar farm has a net impact of 42 kg/m2/yr if the panel array configuration is based on optimal panel angle and 77 kg/m2/yr if the configuration is based on optimal ground surface area cover. This study intends to spark further discussion on urban farming by showing that an integrated pig farm can potentially avoid between 6–10 times more carbon emissions compared to a solar farm.","carbon footprint; Amsterdam; urban farming; Energy transition; Renewable Energy","en","book chapter","Springer","","","","","Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository 'You share, we take care!' - Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public.","","2021-07-28","","","Climate Design and Sustainability","","",""
"uuid:312f5643-3ea9-496a-a53c-be7779e26eb8","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:312f5643-3ea9-496a-a53c-be7779e26eb8","Identifying the Transit Needs of Socioeconomic Groups by Evaluating the Relationship between a Network's Supply and Demand: A Case Study of the City of Amsterdam","Drybrough, Ben (TU Delft Civil Engineering and Geosciences; TU Delft Transport and Planning)","Cats, Oded (graduation committee); van Oort, Niels (graduation committee); Kroesen, M. (graduation committee); Kouwenberg, Machiel (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2020","An inclusive and sustainable transport network allows people the opportunity to access their daily needs. When there is a discrepancy between someone’s transport needs and their supplied network, they are at the risk of experiencing transport poverty. This study looks to define the transport needs for clusters of neighbourhoods of different socioeconomic and demographic characteristics in Amsterdam, The Netherlands by evaluating the relationship between the network’s supply and demand. Neighbourhoods are grouped through their characteristics using a Latent Class Clustering Analysis into likewise clusters. Supply and demand indicators are designed for each neighbourhood using GTFS and smart card ridership data. The effect of a neighbourhood’s cluster on the relationship is analyzed through an interaction effects linear regression. It was found that improvements to the supply indicators had a positive relationship with the overall demand of the network. However, this is consistent for all defined clusters of Amsterdam which is contrary to the expectations of the analysis. It was assumed that the supply indicators, reflecting convenience and efficiency of the network, would be needed variably for different socioeconomic groups of Amsterdam. These findings provide valuable insights into the current needs of Amsterdam residents, the state of the public transit network, and how transport planners should focus future infrastructure improvements. Insights are also gathered on how transport poverty research may be improved through statistical clustering techniques and using data in order to measure the use of the network.","Transport poverty; Public transport; GTFS data; Smartcard data; Clustering techniques; Amsterdam","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Civil Engineering | Transport and Planning","",""
"uuid:dcef0d57-5594-4c2d-8d2b-dda75e61b8f7","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:dcef0d57-5594-4c2d-8d2b-dda75e61b8f7","Geotechnical Bearing Capacity of Timber Piles in the City of Amsterdam: Derivation of bearing capacity prediction factors based on static load tests conducted on instrumented timber piles","Honardar, Siavash (TU Delft Civil Engineering & Geosciences)","Korff, M. (mentor); de Lange, Dirk (graduation committee); Gavin, Kenneth (graduation committee); Ravenshorst, G.J.P. (graduation committee); Spruit, Rodriaan (graduation committee); Op De Kelder, Martin (graduation committee); Hutcheson, Erik (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2020","class=""MsoNormal"">In the city of Amsterdam, many structures, such as houses,bridges and quay walls, are founded on wooden piles. In order to gain insightinto the safety of such structures, assessment of the foundations is required.As part of an experimental framework assessing the safety of bridges and quaywalls in the city of Amsterdam, a number of piles are instrumented with fiberoptic sensors and load tested in compression. These tests aim to providedetailed information on the behavior of timber piles subjected to loading. Thisinformation can be used to determine the geotechnical bearing capacity of suchpiles. An in-depth analysis is conducted on 8 timber piles tested within thisframework. The conducted analysis has resulted in a variation ofoutcomes. Without including the effects of residual loads, an average baseresistance of 130 kN is observed. Upon inclusion of residual loads the averagetrue base resistance increases to a value of 188 kN. The average shaftcapacities in the bearing sand layer for scenarios excluding and includingresidual effects are 48 and 60 kN respectively. The correlation factor αp is derived usingthree cone resistance averaging techniques. The Koppejan method hasconsistently resulted in the highest derived αp factors withvalues of 1.09 and 1.61 for scenarios excluding and including residual loadsrespectively. The scenario excluding residual effects has resulted in anaverage αsof 0.009 for the bearing sand layer. Upon inclusion of residual loads, thederived αsfactor for the first sand layer amounts to 0.012. This increase in shear forcesis also observed in the Pleistocene peat layer. Therefore, residual loadsredistribute the capacity of the piles by increasing the shaft resistance inthe bearing sand and Pleistocene peat, while simultaneously decreasing theshear stresses in the Holocene layers above. Conclusively, timber pile characteristics such as variationin geometry and mechanical properties have significant effects on the capacityof the piles. Additionally, these variations result in fluctuations in thecalculated load distribution along the pile. Local smoothing of thesefluctuations results in higher apparent loads, most specifically at the pilebase. Therefore, smoothing algorithms are not implemented in this analysis. Thevariation in diameter along the entire length of each pile directly affects theload distribution. Despite this influence, no trend is observed for thevariation of αp factors with respect to pile tip diameter. Anapparent relationship between the tapering of the pile in the bearing sandlayer and the derived αs factors suggests that tapering effectivelyincreases the shear forces along the shaft in that layer. Furthermore, the usage of fiber optic sensors on woodenpiles has proven to be effective. The variation in local behavior of wood isclearly illustrated through the conducted analysis. As a consequence of thebiological nature of wood, the local behavior of wooden piles is best capturedby sensing technologies measuring strains at high spatial frequencies. ","Bearing capacity; Geotechnical Bearing Capacity; Timber piles; wooden structure; Amsterdam; Foundations; Soil-structure interaction; geo-engineering; Fiber optic sensors; Pile load test","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Applied Earth Sciences","",""
"uuid:7087bc2c-bac8-41c7-8ec9-6de3abe8d333","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:7087bc2c-bac8-41c7-8ec9-6de3abe8d333","The Effect of Airbnb in the Gentrification Process in Amsterdam","Tejedor Galindo, F.H. (TU Delft Technology, Policy and Management)","Verma, T. (mentor); Gürses, F.S. (mentor); Galeano Galvan, M.J. (mentor); Doorn, N. (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2020","In a globalized world, the rapid development in digital technologies and finance has enabled the successful growth of Airbnb around the world. The basic idea behind this growth is to take advantage of the underused assets —houses, apartments, or rooms and to profit from them. The spectacular growth in main cities has caused the social fabric of the city was negatively impacted. The diminishing local welfare, shortage in the housing market, and to the need for identifying ways to regulate the operations are the major concerns of local government who perceive Airbnb as a disruptor of the main city sub-systems —social, urban infrastructure, and governance. In this regard, it is important to understand the evolution in the adoption of Airbnb to explain the conditions that enabled the rapid absorption. Moreover, how people perceive houses as a profitable source of additional income becomes relevant in the discussion of commodification of housing. As a result, the connection with gentrification as an urban process that relates socio-economic conditions and the housing system emerges as a possible connection with Airbnb. The available data on Airbnb, households, and houses allows analyzing the potential correlations between Airbnb and the socio-economic conditions. This can help the decision-makers to understand the relationship between the role of Airbnb and the socio-economic conditions of a city. From a theoretical idea about the causes, effects, and facets of gentrification, this dissertation aims to bridge the gap between Airbnb as a socio-technical platform and the commodification of housing.
This study focuses on three main aspects. Firstly, the gentrification theory is revisited in order to determine the dimensions of gentrification that can be measured. The proposal is based on the measurable characteristics of households and housing. Consequently, income as a proxy of socio-economic conditions is used to identify gentrified neighborhoods. Moreover, a set of novel indicators are derived to quantify the main changes in household socio-economic characteristics and housing dynamics. The framework developed can be adapted to different city cases around the world. To study the relationships this dissertation applies the framework to the case study of Amsterdam by using data from 2007 to 2018.
Second, Airbnb has not evenly spread in the city. The concentration in some areas leads to think that there are neighborhoods more impacted than others. Specifically, the convergence of Airbnb operations and the gentrification process is important for finding potential relationships.
The web-scrapped data from Airbnb for Amsterdam is used to make cross-comparisons with the indicators in gentrified neighborhoods from 2015 to 2018. The analysis focused on the total listings, prices, and expected revenue aggregated at the neighborhood level. Additionally, an analysis of the propensity of short-term rentals given the long term rentals is carried out to identify how Airbnb exert pressures in the existing housing system. The geographical visualization of results helps to identify the main relationships.
Thirdly, To shift from the idea that houses are part of common needs to be a profitable income source represents a challenge for urban planners and governments. Therefore, since gentrification and Airbnb are urban phenomenons with potential impacts in the housing system, the research intends to find insights about the link with the commodification of housing. The analysis of relationships between the household characteristics and housing dynamics with Airbnb revenue aims to identify how some segments of the population benefit more than others. In this regard, three log-linear regression models explain the behavior in gentrified neighborhoods, other neighborhoods, and Amsterdam's city. The comparison is carried out using the growth percentage derived from the regressions to make the effect comparable.
In total 30 neighborhoods out of 98 were identified as gentrified by income growth by applying the methodology proposed. The first comparisons showed that gentrified neighborhoods have more Airbnb listings, higher prices per night, and revenue per year. However, gentrified neighborhoods with low and average income show higher revenues than high income. Moreover, the analysis of the price growth reveals that 11 neighborhoods coincide with neighborhoods gentrified by income. Besides, districts of Oost, Zuid, West, and Noord contains neighborhoods with this condition.
The detailed analysis using the indicators show that short-term rentals are unevenly distributed in the city. Further, this distribution is related to household characteristics and housing dynamics. In particular, the short-rentals growth per year is related to the characteristics of household compositions, age, ethnicity, migration, education level, housing living characteristics, property valuation, and property age. Further, the expected revenue per year shows relationships with these characteristics. However, aspects such as the neighborhood level of privatization are inversely correlated with the revenue in gentrified neighborhoods. Moreover, the growth in Airbnb revenue in gentrified neighborhoods helps identify potential rent gaps and opportunities to exacerbate gentrification patterns.
There are relationships between Airbnb and gentrification, which goes beyond the increment in rent prices. The quantitative analysis showed that some populations are profiting more than others because Airbnb has spread in neighborhoods with specific characteristics. For instance, neighborhoods with higher percentages of young-adults of western origin and highly educated are receiving more benefits from Airbnb. Moreover, Airbnb's concentration is characterized by neighborhoods with relatively small living spaces with medium property values. These findings help understand that people in neighborhoods gentrified are getting more benefits for Airbnb. Besides, these neighborhoods are also characterized by high social mobility and small-medium-sized living spaces with fewer private owners. Consequently, rental prices can increase because the housing market is pressured in two ways; by the ongoing gentrification and the exacerbation of short-term rentals. In this regard, people in these areas can perceive Airbnb as an incentive to shift the living house condition to an economic one.
Based on these findings, the municipality needs to revisit the regulation imposed on the whole short-term rentals. The necessity to evaluate the differential impact per neighborhood matters because some specific populations and houses have more propensity for Airbnb.
Many niche-level sustainable mobility initiatives are started with the goal to support this transition. However, several of these initiatives get stranded in their process of being implemented in the mobility regime. Numerous studies have established on which aspects of mobility the most can be achieved regarding sustainability, but there is limited research performed into the inhibiting factors for sustainable mobility initiatives. This study aims at identifying the factors that negatively affect the potential influence of sustainable mobility initiatives on a regime-level transition to sustainable mobility in the Amsterdam Metropolitan Region, as well as identifying the inhibiting factors that are the probable cause of the stranding of these initiatives. In this context, niche initiatives are defined as actors (or groups of actors) aiming to implement a small-scale innovation or service, intended for a specific purpose, into the mobility regime. The regime in this research is the current market field and operation of mobility in Amsterdam.
Case studies of initiatives implemented in Amsterdam and interviews with persons connected to these cases were performed to discover inhibiting factors. The interviews were semi-structured by six categories of aspects based on academic literature. The results showed recurring patterns of the need for financial, governmental and societal support by the initiatives. These results indicate that the three dominant aspects of support required by these initiatives are: sufficient financial capacity to develop and sustain the initiative with its required complementary technologies and infrastructure, governmental support and institutional embedding and societal support caused by sustainability awareness.
On this basis, future initiative starters must inform and prepare themselves for these aspects to support the implementation of their initiative and governmental parties must participate in supporting these initiatives in order to support the sustainable mobility transition.","Sustainable mobility; Urban areas; Regime transitions; Stranded initiatives; Amsterdam; Case studies","en","master thesis","","","","","","Joint Master of Science in Metropolitan Analysis, Design and Engineering at Delft University of Technology and Wageningen University & Research.","","","","","","Metropolitan Analysis, Design and Engineering (MADE)","",""
"uuid:ecdb0899-a6c9-46ca-b9c7-37d105c3419a","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:ecdb0899-a6c9-46ca-b9c7-37d105c3419a","Make Compact Work: Patterns of densification and intensification of functions in live work environments: Zaanstad, Metropolitan region Amsterdam","Stuyt, Mae-Ling (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment; TU Delft Urbanism)","Hausleitner, B. (mentor); Qu, L. (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2020","What is the future of urban industrial land? This is a challenge urban design and planning field has only just started to undertake. Currently, the differentiation between the urban core as the front stage zone for human residence and entertainment versus the rural periphery as the backstage zone for production, logistics and energy harvesting is becoming more distinct. The restructuring of urban economies away from manufacturing and toward services has resulted in divided labour markets that generate few moderate income jobs and has generated new demand for urban living. This is putting pressure on the diversity and the social inclusiveness of cities. Even though industries have become cleaner and safer due to new technological developments, for many cities and planners adopting compact city strategies and urban revitalisation is associated with mixed-use of commercial and residential redevelopment only. By not including industries, current development is contributing to industrial suburban sprawl. Often, the housing demand is met by the transformation of former industrial land into residential areas or mixed-use environments. As increasing housing demands in cities drive up land prices, businesses have difficulty finding affordable work spaces. This way suitable industrial land in cities remains unaddressed and becomes increasingly scarce. Finding out what roles industries should have in the city is a new challenge relevant in many metropolitan areas. Manufacturing and services are interrelated and for each to thrive, both need to be present. At present, there is not enough knowledge on how to incorporate industries in dense urban environments in a socially acceptable, liveable and sustainable way. The perception of industry needs to change in the minds of people, especially of those involved in urban development, for it to regain its role as a good productive member of the city. As the Zaantreek is the oldest industrial region in the World, it has a long tradition of living in close proximity to industries. It has even become part of the identity of the region. As a result there is a strong cultural and societal acceptance of industries. At the same time the municipality of Zaanstad has no expansion options left because of the surrounding natural reserves and nuisance contours of Schiphol and the Western Harbour of Amsterdam. Therefore, it is an ideal location to investigate how urban industrial integration in cities can be combined with other functions to achieve densification and create qualitative live work environments. In this thesis, spatial qualities or patterns of live work environments are explored and developed. Scenarios are developed for Zaanstad in terms of future economic trends and densification possibilities to eventually assess the adaptive capacity of the design. The designs are developed by applying the patterns on location in the framework of the scenarios. In this way, patterns are developed that contribute to better spatial organisation and transitions of functions and create qualitative live work environments. All together, the use of patterns to steer urban design and as a strategic planning method is reflected upon.","Pattern language; Strategic planing; Densification; Mixed-use development; Live-work environments; Urban industrial integration; Compact City; Liveability; Metropolitan region of Amsterdam","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences","","52.450889, 4.819642"
"uuid:e64647de-d9b3-4eda-8db2-7af48bc8c151","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:e64647de-d9b3-4eda-8db2-7af48bc8c151","Responsible Technologies in Public Spaces","Daswani, Siddharth (TU Delft Industrial Design Engineering)","Kortuem, G.W. (mentor); Smit, I.R. (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2020","History has taught us that not all innovation is good innovation. Just take for example the ecological devastation the DDT and the carcinogenic asbestos have caused. The advancement in new technologies like AI, IoT, autonomous robots and big data brings with it plenty of uncertainties, risks and ethical questions that need answers to if we wish to reap their benefits safely. We need these technologies to tackle some of the greater challenges of your society (like sustainability) but at the same time, we require ways to know how they should be deployed responsibly. This project focuses on the responsible deployment of technologies in the city of Amsterdam and this project has been done in collaboration with the Cities of Things Labs and the AMS institute. The project starts with an initial problem statement of “How can the “Principles for Accountable Algorithms and a Social Impact Statement for Algorithms” be used to develop a strategic framework for responsible Al innovation in Amsterdam” and to answer this question a literature review was done, Municipalities were researched, perception of the citizens were researched and in order to understand the relation of devices to the city a technology called Scan Cars was researched. Later in the project, the initial problem statement was reformulated into a change statement. The formulated change statement was “I want citizens to get well informed about what data collecting devices are doing in public spaces so that citizens can help authorities decide what is best for them” the value of transparency and the ladder of citizen participation were seen as means for achieving the above statement. The final design that was developed is a mobile application that shows citizens where the various data collecting devices are around them in the city, what actions do these devices take after they collect the data, how do the devices work and it gives citizens the opportunity to respond to these devices by either asking a question, giving feedback or participate in programs that work to improve the way of working of these devices in the city. In order to ensure technologies responsible usage in the city, it is important to reduce as many uncertainties about the devices as possible. This can be done by making sure every citizen has the channels to ask questions, give feedback and even raise their voices against these devices anonymously. It is also part of the municipalities “inclusive digital city” ambitions and interests to work on such platforms. In conclusion, the application is one such channel that the city should be developing for informing and empowering their citizens and the recommendations given in the report can be the first steps for fully developing the application.","Strategic Design; Responsible technology; Transparency; citizen participation; responsible innovation; Scan Car; ScanAuto; Amsterdam; public space","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Strategic Product Design","",""
"uuid:7d5b182f-08b5-4e50-9466-546ab803b5d2","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:7d5b182f-08b5-4e50-9466-546ab803b5d2","Empowering smart city residents through legibility: A Digital Tool to Discover Smart City Projects","Esquivel Duran, Paloma (TU Delft Industrial Design Engineering)","Kortuem, G.W. (mentor); Lomas, J.D. (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2020","The role that smart technologies play and the data they generate is becoming central in cities; cities are adopting technologies as a new way of governance and making policies based on data. Increasingly, governments and companies implement data-driven strategies, and the number of sensors in the public space is increasing. This translates into abysmal amounts of data about people, their behavior and habits. While the use of smart technologies in cities and specifically in Amsterdam has many potential benefits—from improving local economy and transportation to quality of life and e-governance—there is a growing concern about the ethical risks. Martinez-Balleste et al. (2013) identify that their use in cities jeopardize citizens’ privacy. Moreover, one of the main problems of smart technologies in the public realm is that they are often placed without users’ consent and without providing any notice of their presence. At the same time, the attitude of smart city residents towards this new paradigm — along with the ethical, social and privacy implications that derive from it — is one of indifference. The misalignment between smart city residents attitudes and privacy behaviour is what motivates this project. This project aims to engage smart city residents with smart technologies in order to create awareness, better understanding of the privacy implications and build a democratic process for smart cities. The design solution focuses on empowering smart city users by making smart technologies, its privacy implications and data insights legible for users. By building this knowledge and making privacy implications more visible, users will be able to notice smart technologies in the public realm and spread awareness. Moreover, they will be better equipped to make inform decisions about smart city projects and co-shape the city they envision.","Smart City; Artificial Intelligence and Design; Design for Interaction; Sensors; Ethics; Internet of Things; Amsterdam; legibility","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Design for Interaction","",""
"uuid:581b063f-d892-4899-b72c-e7215470ef39","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:581b063f-d892-4899-b72c-e7215470ef39","Feasible charging infrastructure for battery electric trucks in Amsterdam","Chung, Edwin (TU Delft Civil Engineering and Geosciences)","Tavasszy, L.A. (mentor); Enserink, B. (graduation committee); van Binsbergen, A.J. (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2020","The municipal of Amsterdam plans to implement a zero emission (ZE) zone by 2025. A plan is required to implement a battery electric truck (BET) charging infrastructure. To derive at the preferred feasible BET charging infrastructures, the research assesses the available BET, available charging methods, stakeholder perception, and BET energy demand in the municipality of Amsterdam. The research suggests a stationary catenary charging infrastructure, with the carrier, shipper, and charging point operator responsible for constructing, maintaining, and operating the charging stations. The municipal should take a pro-active role in the implementation and are advised to postpone the ZE zone implementation to give more time for technology development of BET and stationary catenary, and give more time for the construction of the charging stations.","Amsterdam; Battery electric truck; Charging infrastructure; Charging method; Zero emission zone","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Transport, Infrastructure and Logistics","",""
"uuid:6608757e-a207-4955-8a8a-eefad26b434d","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:6608757e-a207-4955-8a8a-eefad26b434d","Increasing the resilience of urban areas to extreme precipitation: Are the residents ready?: The receptivity for effective rainproof measures on private terrain in the neighbourhood De Baarsjes, Amsterdam","Krijnen, Katrice (TU Delft Civil Engineering and Geosciences)","van de Ven, F.H.M. (mentor); van de Giesen, N.C. (mentor); Scholten, L. (mentor); Mouter, N. (mentor); Poortinga, Irene (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2020","Water challenges the livelihood of all living beings through its scarcity and its abundance. Due to climate change these extremes will intensify in the future. As mankind continues to cluster in economic centre points, housing areas as well as infrastructure increases. This situation forces the water to run off rather than infiltrate. Inundated areas place a threat to health and mankind will be forced to increase the resilience in urban areas. Adaptation to more extreme weather situation on private terrain is necessary as private space contributes 50% of the area. In order to stimulate inhabitants to adapt different measures it is essential to get an idea of their receptivity. The receptivity model of Jeffrey and Seaton (2009) offers a framework to understand with which of the 4 A’s (Awareness, Association, Acquisition and Application) residents are struggling most. A sequential mixed method of combining questionnaires and focus groups was used to collect data on residents’ receptivity and perceived effectiveness of potential rainproof measures. Additionally, the hydrologic expected effectiveness of selected rainproof measures was analysed with help of the Adaptation Support Tool and compared to the perceived effectiveness. Although residents are developing all 4 A’s simultaneously to different extend and speed, it appears that residents are struggling with Awareness. Their experience with flooding and water damage reveals awareness of the issue itself; however, hesitation to implement countermeasures was noticed. The awareness of solutions is missing for more than half of the respondents. The association with their own agenda and recognising the benefits is not yet widespread among residents. The acquisition requirement of receptivity – the knowledge about implementation, operation and maintenance – is missing. It is evident that the application requirement cannot be accomplished as acquisition is absent. Residents demand additional information. The development of the 4 A’s, specifically Association and Acquisition, require more attention. Residents recognise their own responsibility for the private lot, but also shared responsibility and thus community actions are expected. Residents insist that the municipality and Waternet fulfil their tasks within their responsibilities. Transparency and communication with residents are important features, whereby provision of tailor-made advice has high importance. Recognising responsibilities and also dependencies between different stakeholders as well as knowledge requests reveal lacking receptivity and further encouragement is required. Frontrunners can hereby play an important role. The effectiveness of countermeasures is an important consideration for increasing resilience. Evidently respondents indicated rainwater barrels as possible measure to temporarily store water. Green roofs were also well known. The perceived effectiveness scored relatively high for all temporary water storage measures. The Adaptation Support Tool (AST ) calculated effectiveness between 2% and 42%, where this is a percentage of a 60mm precipitation storage target. The highest effectiveness of 42% is achieved by intensive green roofs, whereas the costs are relatively high. A rainwater pond on the other hand has low investment and maintenance costs and scored an effectiveness of 22%. Green gardens reveal higher costs, but also greater effectiveness. It is expected that all gardens already have some green spaces and a simple intervention as reducing tiles could contribute up to 30% of the target. The calculations demonstrate that none of the measures could achieve the target alone. A combination is required, whereby the order of implementation can be guided by their effectiveness and costs. For improving receptivity of residents, several points should be considered. First of all connect residents with similar issues, they possibly motivate each other and develop an urge to action. Tailor-made information improves information distribution. Residents are reluctant due to unfamiliarity with alternatives for their specific situation. It is also important that residents are aware of the effectiveness and the costs of measures for when they need to chose. The AST calculations give insight in the effectiveness and costs of measures. Transparency of tasks, responsibilities and choices of the municipality, Waternet and Amsterdam Rainproof could provide a positive mindset towards the implementation of rainproof measures. Communication about (possible) barriers might be helpful in order to prepare residents. It is important that the municipality promotes climate adaptation throughout the entire legal and organisational levels.","Receptivity; Rainproof; Climate Adaptation; Private Terrain; Resilience; Amsterdam; Awareness; Adaptation","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Water Management","","52.368430, 4.857049"
"uuid:b1d66af3-0acb-475e-a4d4-06bf948aea17","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:b1d66af3-0acb-475e-a4d4-06bf948aea17","Timber Creep of Historic Urban Quay Walls: The influence of timber creep on the assessment of inner-city quay walls","Spannenburg, Trevor (TU Delft Civil Engineering and Geosciences)","Korff, M. (mentor); Peters, D.J. (graduation committee); Gard, W.F. (graduation committee); van de Kuilen, J.W.G. (graduation committee); op de Kelder, M. (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2020","Amsterdam and many other cities consist of a network of old quay walls, which sometimes have been constructed over a century ago. A large uncertainty exists concerning the current safety of these quay walls and their remaining service lifetime. In the current framework for the assessment of old urban quay walls, the influence of timber creep in the structure is being omitted. It had been expected that a part of the excessive deformations occurred are part of this timber creep as opposed to progressive failure. Hence, this research studied the influence of wood creep on the structural behaviour of old urban quay walls, using a case study based on the Herengracht. For the modelling of the quay walls, use has been made of the Embedded Beam Row (EBR) elements in Plaxis 2D. As this element type has no material model which takes into account creep,
use has been made of pseudo-elasticity. The behaviour over time had been modelled by reducing the elastic stiffness of the EBR elements with increasing creep factors. To force Plaxis to perform calculations, this stiffness reduction has been introduced as a reduced strength in the form of a custom moment-curvature diagram. At the time of writing, the Embedded Beam Row had not yet been validated for cohesive soils. Hence, a verification has been executed of the EBR using a full-scale load test performed on a pile group in Salt Lake City. In
this case, a 3x5 pile group driven in multi-layered cohesive and non-cohesive soils had been laterally loaded. The results included deformations, total horizontal load and bending moment distributions over depth. It
has been found that the EBR provides reasonable results when modelling laterally loaded pile groups. The force-displacement curve from the field test was only slightly stiffer compared to those obtained using Plaxis 2D. Maximum bending moments obtained using the EBR had been found to be 20 to 30% compared to the experimental data. The group efficiency of the pile group was initially lower for small displacements, which was likely caused by the lack of installation effects of driven piles in the Plaxis model. It has been observed
that the Interface Stiffness Factors (ISF) that are used to calibrate the EBR behaviour have a limited range. Increasing the ISF values beyond a certain limit will no longer affect results, as the interface connecting the EBR to the soil will have become practically rigid at this point. Nevertheless, it has been concluded the EBR can be used in this case to model laterally loaded pile groups. The influence of the timber creep on the structural behaviour of quay walls has been studied using a model based on the Herengracht in Amsterdam. A maximum creep factor has been applied of Φ=1.6. Two methods have been used to apply the final creep factor. With the ""Direct"" method, the maximum creep factor was
applied in the same phase as the load. With the ""Indirect"" method, the creep factor has been applied incrementally in steps of 0.1. It has been observed that the results from these methods deviate significantly. With the Indirect method, larger creep displacements have been calculated, as well as lower maximum compressive stresses in the piles. The creep behaviour has been studied in more depth using the Indirect method. In this case study, creep displacements of 2.22 times the initial displacement have been calculated. When plotted against the increasing creep factors, it has been observed a power function could be fitted to the data. In addition, a stress reduction of 0.590 times the initial maximum compressive stress has been observed in the front two pile rows. This stress reduction was achieved at φ=0.4. In the most landinwards pile row, stresses
continued to decrease, with a reduced rate beyond φ=0.4. A sensitivity analysis has been performed to study which parameters have significant influence on the creep behaviour. Conclusions were drawn based on the relative change in horizontal displacement and maximum compressive stress in the front pile row. It has been concluded that the shear strength parameters of the top layer, the elastic modulus of the timber, surface load and the geometry have the largest influence on the creep behaviour. Furthermore, it has been discovered
that the size of the creep factor steps influences the final stress and displacement. With decreasing stepsize, convergence occurred in the results. From the results it has been concluded that the structural behaviour of
old urban quay walls is significantly influenced by timber creep. The inclusion of timber creep resulted in large displacement increases, but also in stress reduction. The results suggest that excessive deformations of quay walls does not mean that an ultimate limit state has been reached. It is recommended to include the timber creep in the modelling and assessment of existing quay walls.","Quay structures; Quay walls; creep; timber creep; timber; urban quay walls; historic quay walls; old quay walls; wood; wood creep; timber quay walls; plaxis 2d; EBR; Embedded Beam Row; Laterally loaded pile; pile group; horizontally loaded piles; Laterally loaded pile group; ISF; Interface Stiffness Factor; Herengracht; Amsterdam; FEM; soil; modelling; pseudo-elasticity; creep factor","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","","",""
"uuid:21cf41be-4749-4d54-bae8-6eda33392270","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:21cf41be-4749-4d54-bae8-6eda33392270","Integrating data center waste heat into the district heating network in Amsterdam","Hattink, Laura (TU Delft Technology, Policy and Management)","Korevaar, G. (mentor); Correljé, A. (mentor); Chappin, E.J.L. (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2020","District heating is gaining popularity and can serve as an alternative for the use of natural gas to provide heat to residential areas. District heating systems can make use of heat sources that are often locally distracted and would have otherwise been wasted. Data centers could act as low temperature heat sources by recovering residual heat for district heating purposes. However, integration issues arise on various levels. This research aimed to provide insights into how data center waste heat in Amsterdam can be integrated into the district heating network.
The district heating concept are explained by investigating the technical, economic, environmental, and institutional concepts. District heating markets of the Netherlands, Sweden, and Denmark were compared, based on the type of markets (regulated or deregulated), the pricing structures, the degree of market opening, and the ownership structure. Next, a system engineering approach was developed to find and test opportunities to integrate data center waste heat into the district heating network of Amsterdam. The approach could offer support in the feasibility phase before making development decisions for a district heating network case. The network layered approach that was applied for the case of Amsterdam was used as the starting point for a pilot project in Amsterdam, modeled in the simulation tool EnergyPRO
The investigation into possible integration opportunities has resulted in a two-step approach: Creating a theoretical understanding of the district heating system for a specific case, and also looking into a practical case study by using a simulation tool. The decision-making and waste heat integration will simply not be ready in a day. Still, a clear vision of the functionality and interdependencies of all system components support steps towards successful integration.
Firstly, theoretical study is executed in topics of urban identity, all-age-friendly city, and urban forest to conclude a theoretical framework of restorative and identity-narrative green network. Secondly, based on the theoretical framework, site study is executed in topics of urban fabric, site visit of the dike, and urban forest tradition. Thirdly, these studies provide site-speci c strategies to build Amsterdam Noord with a restorative and identity-narrative plan, to develop the all-age-friendly-ness and its identity. As the result, this project proposes a multi-scale plan for Amsterdam Noord. In city scale (L), Amsterdam Noord is divided into 3 zones, with different urbanization plans, to integrate into the expanding Amsterdam center as well as preserve and develop its identity. In green system scale (M), a multi-functional and restorative urban forest network is designed with the old dike as its spine, to improve connectivity within and beyond Amsterdam Noord. In green space scale (S), urban forest places are designed to offer sensorial experiences related to identity elements, as well as provide all-age-friendly space and program for Noord. The results of this project will provide a new view about how Amsterdam Noord can be developed into a future garden city, which is all-age-friendly, green, and related to its own identity as a dike city.","Urban forest; Urban identity; Age-friendly city; Garden city; Amsterdam Noord","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","","",""
"uuid:31b722d1-4c4d-4777-94c1-d291d7a31136","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:31b722d1-4c4d-4777-94c1-d291d7a31136","Computational toolkit for early-stage cost assessment and optimisation of BIPV façades","Özdemir, T. (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Nourian, P. (mentor); Snijders, A. (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2020","Reduction of energy consumption and to increase its generation is necessary, as the population lives in urban settlements consume three-quarters of global resources, and these numbers are continually growing. Building-integrated photovoltaic panels (BIPV) which would assist for the resolution of the problem can be applied by replacing the façade cladding with BIPV panels whenever possible. The optimum orientation of PV panels for the Netherlands is south with an angle of 37°, which maximises total electricity production. While the process is simple for new buildings and systems installed in areas with no orientation restrictions or horizon obstructions, the scenario becomes more challenging in urban settlements. As the premises cannot be reoriented in an urban context, solutions may be finding the best places to install BIPV panels on the façade and tilting them. This process can be deployed simultaneously with the building refurbishment that is needed to reach the current envelope insulation standards. Tilting can increase the energy yield, but this would increase the production costs and thus, initial investment costs. The balance between energy yield and added production costs can be found by locating the right panel in the right place on a limited budget. In this study, an early-stage computational design method to optimally allocate and reorient BIPV façade modules to reach a cost-effective and applicable solution is presented. The method was tested in a case setting of a concrete façade retrofit.","BIPV; LWS; iterative algorithm; Optimisation; cost effectiveness analysis; AMC Amsterdam","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","","","52.293793, 4.959090"
"uuid:ace40eb9-3cb6-4bdf-bb9d-7c21cdc51c69","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:ace40eb9-3cb6-4bdf-bb9d-7c21cdc51c69","Better Together: Collective housing design for the New Urban Middle- Income family in the Minervahaven of Amsterdam","Swart, Emelie (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","van der Putt, P.S. (mentor); Kupers, T.W. (mentor); Adema, F. (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2020","Too many families are leaving the city because of the lack of affordable and suitable dwellings for them to grow and stay in the city center. Fragmentation on the dwelling market leads to the phenomenon that urban families are leaving the city center of Amsterdam because the rents are increasing. This is happening in such a way that the gap between social rent (low segment) and the high segment makes sure that families in the middle-class segment are shifting towards the higher segment. Because of this they are forced to search for better, suitable dwellings outside the city center. Therefore, solutions such as building more compact and with shared facilities can result in a more affordable and social resilient living environment that provides a stronger relation between neighborhood and city.
Amsterdam is becoming a more exclusive city as housing prices are rising because of the overpopulation. As a result, the middle class has a hard time staying in the city. Earning too much for social housing but too little for free sector, the gap between social housing and high income dwellings is growing, driving the middle class out of Amsterdam. Both socially and economically it is of great importance for Amsterdam to maintain this group.","Urban families; Collective Housing Design; Minervahaven Amsterdam","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","2020-07-04","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences","",""
"uuid:1c0b68fe-4be0-41cc-a561-bfa28c14e562","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:1c0b68fe-4be0-41cc-a561-bfa28c14e562","A new standard for urban family living","Rijpkema, Sjoerd (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Kupers, T.W. (mentor); van der Putt, P.S. (mentor); Adema, F. (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2020","Young families are leaving the city, moving to outskirts, and surrounding municipalities. There seems to be a mismatch, in an increasing amount families cannot find a dwelling or think that living in the city is not suitable for children. This is an undesirable trend, as children determine to a large extent the support of many facilities, make cities alive and maintain the cities culture.
The Netherlands is faced with a massive task of creating a million new homes before 2030. As the housing stock is increasing, as well is the call to densify the city in order to maintain surrounding green. But in what suitable way can we house urban families in high density? Traditional high rise does not always accommodate this in a suitable way, especially the lack of a smooth transition from private to public causes problems. In order to maintain families for the city, there is a need for a new standard for urban family living.","Urban families; Transition; Density; Amsterdam","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Dwelling","","52.397271, 4.872192"
"uuid:efb97fd5-1c9e-4a09-a78a-ba4d6a6ae942","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:efb97fd5-1c9e-4a09-a78a-ba4d6a6ae942","Artist Housing: The value of implementing a 'live-work' environment for artists in Minervahaven, Amsterdam","Teurlings, Nick (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Kupers, Theo (mentor); Adema, Ferry (graduation committee); van der Putt, Pierijn (graduation committee); Marzot, Nicola (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2020","This project is motivated by the voices of the Amsterdam artists, for whom it becomes increasingly difficult to live and work in the city. The independent artists, activists, working-class people, among many other low- and mid-income groups who gave Amsterdam its unique, diverse and open character, have been driven out of the city centre for decades. Their place in the city is increasingly being taken by a homogeneous high-income group, leaving a unilateral street culture. Most striking about this issue is that artists are often accused of being contributors to this process called gentrification. The creativity of artists is often used by urban policy makers and developers to revitalize deprived urban areas. Their presence changes the perception of an area and forms an attractive business climate for today’s creative-knowledge economy. This adds value to the assets of property owners which causes an increase in house prices and leads to the eviction of the local inhabitants and even the artists themselves. In their search for a new place to live and work, groups of artists started inhabiting old, mostly industrial light spaces but it seems that no matter where they go, gentrification is just around the corner. As a response to this unfair gentrification process and the decreasing amount of affordable live- and workspaces, the final design facilitates a new and permanent ‘live-work’ building for many different types of artists to give them back their right to the city.","Amsterdam; Arts; Culture; Artist Housing; Broedplaats; Gentrification; Creative Class; Creative City; Collective Housing; Collaboration; Connectivity","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Dwelling","","52.397691, 4.875745"
"uuid:c83b7c92-fc9e-46c3-b14f-299deff45602","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:c83b7c92-fc9e-46c3-b14f-299deff45602","Benefit of the common - housing for the urban families","Kaniuk, Marta (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Kupers, T.W. (mentor); Adema, F. (mentor); van der Putt, P.S. (mentor); Luoma, Tuuli (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2020","The Netherlands is facing the problem of shortage of suitable housing. Predictions warn about the need of additional million houses for 2030. The rising number of immigrants arriving to the dutch capital city forced the municipality of Amsterdam to prepare a vision for Havenstad 2050 - a development of industrial areas for the residential purposes. A big challenge and responsibility lies in the urban planning that would prepare the area towards the new function in the city. Hence the proposition of the urban plan for Minervahaven was one of the first confrontations with the area. High density that characterised it raised the question: how to organise the life of inhabitants in a way that the density wouldn’t be experienced? The research of Robin Dunbar, british anthropologist and evolutionary psychologist, about the diversed relationships in groups of different numbers became my main inspiration and focus of interests for the graduation project. It influenced the organisation of the building and the decision to cluster people in communities of certain sizes to stimulate certain relationships by encounters between tenants. The final design is an attempt to find an answer for the lack of suitable family housing in the city and decreasing feeling of creating a community.","Dwelling; Co-housing; Amsterdam; community; architecture","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Dwelling","","52.399702, 4.870955"
"uuid:66a36738-f385-49b7-94f1-501ab9bb5264","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:66a36738-f385-49b7-94f1-501ab9bb5264","The nurturing city","Goma Garcia-Ganges, Samuel (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Kupers, Theo (mentor); Adema, Ferry (graduation committee); van der Putt, Pierijn (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2020","Increasing ground prices are displacing the middle class families from Amsterdam. The available housing is either too expensive or simply unfit for families. They are therefore forced by the circumstances to move to the suburbs, away from their job, family and friends in the city. In the process, the city loses valuable middle class workers and the social cohesion that families ensure. We need solutions to this lack of affordable urban housing that is suitable for families. This project explores one alternative form of housing that has the potential to meet that challenge: co-housing. The key in this kind of housing is the externalization of those functions that don’t necessarily need to take place in the private realm. In that way, co-housing provides with private units that share common spaces, usually a large kitchen and dining room, as well as playing spaces for children. This brings down the housing costs and suits the needs of the urban middle class families. The project therefore answers the question: How to provide affordable and suitable housing for middle class urban families in a high-density urban context? The solution involves the use of stacked co-housing communities.","Dutch; Dwelling; Co-housing; Cohousing; Urban families; Amsterdam","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Dwelling","","52.399183, 4.877120"
"uuid:616417b7-dfcb-4429-9cae-0408b4dc5ff7","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:616417b7-dfcb-4429-9cae-0408b4dc5ff7","Real Estate at Schiphol Amsterdam Airport: Creating a program to foster the strategic growth of Schiphol based on the knowledge economy","Yadav, Shrey (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Koppels, P.W. (mentor); Van den Berghe, K.B.J. (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2020","This report focuses on the optimal utilization of commercial office real estate at Schiphol Amsterdam Airport to further contribute to the Mainport Strategy of the Netherlands. It is important to realize that the non-aeronautical activities play a crucial role for the business of the airport, especially considering factors such as a limit on the number of flight transfers per year and the increasing airport charges, that contribute negatively to the aviation business. This research emphasizes focuses on the emergent knowledge economy and how a functional program for office real estate at the airport can further contribute to the knowledge-intensive firms locating there. The literature review forms the base for the research which shows the existing Mainport strategy and Schiphol’s role, followed by an insight into the emergent knowledge economy and its potential for the airport location. Next, the empirical part of this research includes understanding the demands of the knowledge corporations at the airport, the strategies used by the office providers, and experts opinions to corroborate the findings from the demand and supply side. Thus, using this triangulation scheme, strategic recommendations are made for an optimal utilization of the office space to Schiphol Real Estate. This research is highly pertinent not only to the real estate department at Schiphol and other knowledge corporations who are looking to (re)locate in the airport vicinity, and also for other airports around the world to provide appropriate real estate for the commercial office spaces.","Schiphol Amsterdam Airport; Mainport concept; Knowledge economy; Office space; Airport City; Airport office location","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Management in the Built Environment","",""
"uuid:a62d7b96-2315-42f0-a305-d1d3b4f03940","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:a62d7b96-2315-42f0-a305-d1d3b4f03940","Creating sparkles at De Nederlandsche Bank: Connecting potential visitors to the exhibition of the National Numismatic Collection","Hendriksen, Iris (TU Delft Industrial Design Engineering; TU Delft Human-Centered Design; De Nederlandsche Bank)","van Erp, Jeroen (graduation committee); Jepma, Erik (graduation committee); de Gooijer, Annemieke (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2020","De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB) will be renovating their building in Amsterdam. In contrast to the ambience of the current building, the new building is designed to radiate openness, friendliness and sociality. This thesis suggests a manifestation that will create sparkles for potential visitors in the environment of DNB. The sparkles are for the National Numismatic Collection (NNC) as well as for DNB in general. The manifestation functions as the bridge between DNB, with its stately and businesslike appearance, and the average person in our society (especially young adults) with their personal, emotional and human traits. Meet ‘Perspective’. The design, located in the Frederikspark, stimulates the sparkle within the potential visitors of DNB by challenging their perspective mentally and physically. A tunnel of rings guide people to the entrance of the building. Every ring presents an auditive message on the different sides of the concept value, such as historical value or emotional value. The discovering of these sides goes together with the optical illusion that some ovals are rotated in such a way that they seem circles from the front. The interaction vision metaphor for this is Alice in Wonderland, where she gets interested to explore more when she sees the talking rabbit. ‘Perspective’ is adaptable to the wishes of DNB, for either Holidays, DNB campaigns or social issues in society. The audio fragments can be adjusted and for the lighting inside of the rings different colours can be used. The design attracts people and engages them with the message of DNB. It triggers them to walk into of the building and have a coffee, wander along the art collection and delve into the exhibition area of the NNC.","User Experience; Amsterdam; De Nederlandsche Bank; UX-design; Museum Futures Lab; Museum Experience; Sparkles; Emotional Connection; Optical Illusion; National Numismatic Collection","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Design for Interaction","","52.360028, 4.899806"
"uuid:4688cc06-dd2a-451c-b6bb-0c0a0068802e","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:4688cc06-dd2a-451c-b6bb-0c0a0068802e","Urban quay walls: A numerical study to recognize foundation defects via masonry damage patterns","Grund, Mitchel (TU Delft Civil Engineering and Geosciences)","Rots, Jan (mentor); Esposito, Rita (mentor); de Gijt, Jarit (mentor); Roggeveld, Richard (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2020","The city of Amsterdam has a large number of old quay walls with rotten foundation piles. These foundation piles need to be identified and measures need to be taken. The urban quay walls are supported by two types of foundation: pinewood piles, which are easily affected by bacterial decay and spruce piles. To understand the mechanical behaviour of quay walls better, it is needed to know the type of wood used for each pile foundation along the 200 km of quay walls currently showing signs of damage. For that reason, specialized diving teams are hired to identify the rotten piles and foundation defects, to know which foundation piles need replacement. Since the area is very large and diving inspections are costly and lengthy in time, there is a need to correlate the foundation defect to the masonry damage above the water level. The masonry above the water level could give lots of information about the condition of the foundation, due to cracks or deformations in the masonry. This research could help to relate foundation defects with damage patterns in the masonry. Understanding this relation helps to identify foundation defects at an earlier stage and helps the municipality to prioritize the replacement of foundation piles. The thesis aims to find indicators above the water line to identify foundation problems by studying the crack patterns in a typical unreinforced masonry quay in Amsterdam. From the point of view of the masonry structures, failure of foundation piles results in a settlement deformation causing cracking. This research will support the current work by Sweco in helping to find foundation defects from above the waterline via masonry damage patterns in quay walls. This will be achieved by performing a parametric study, bases on 2D nonlinear finite element analyses, varying the extent of the pile defects, the material properties of the masonry and lateral boundary conditions for a selected representative base case. To simulate the damage in masonry, a smeared crack approach was used. The foundation defects were simulated by applying a settlement deformation to the quay wall. A Gaussian settlement deformation profile was imposed and the ratio between the length of the profile and the length of the quay wall was varied to simulate the failure of single or multiple piles. To capture the influence of the material properties of masonry (especially related to tension failure), three types of masonry were defined: weak, average and strong. The influence of the boundary conditions at the edges was checked by performing analyses with horizontally free lateral sides and with horizontally fixed lateral side. This is done to simulate the effect of arching in the structure. Eventually, the influence of the location of the foundation defect was analyzed by comparing a symmetric Gaussian settlement deformation with an asymmetric settlement. The analyses show correlations between the vertical displacement at the top of the structure and the length of the settlement profile. As expected, this can be interpreted with the fact that if several piles are damaged simultaneously, a larger portion of the quay wall is cracking. The material properties of the masonry influence the development of crack patterns. The stronger is the masonry, meaning increasing the values of Young’s modulus, tensile strength and fracture energy, the larger is the settlement displacement needed to obtain the same crack pattern. The lateral constraints contribute mostly to the development of the horizontal crack since no horizontal cracks appeared in situations without these constraints. Since the influence of additional loads is not considered in the analysis and the model is modelled in 2D it is recommended to analyze the influence of both in further studies. It is also recommended to validate the model against field measurements since no verification has been done.","Unreinforced masonry structures; Quay walls; finite element analysis; Amsterdam","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Civil Engineering | Structural Engineering | Hydraulic Structures","",""
"uuid:9e8063a5-2d83-4868-abb4-be19ec8c94a2","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:9e8063a5-2d83-4868-abb4-be19ec8c94a2","De haven en de stad: Een selffulfilling (Amsterdams) conflict?","Van den Berghe, K.B.J. (TU Delft Urban Development Management)","","2020","In 2016 bracht de Raad voor de Leefomgeving en Infrastructuur (RLI) het rapport ‘Mainports voorbij’ uit (RLI, 2016). In het rapport wordt gesteld dat de twee belangrijkste ‘mainports ’, de haven van Rotterdam en Schiphol Amsterdam, in tegenstelling tot wat ze zelf en vele anderen beweerden, niet de ‘motoren’ zijn van de Nederlandse economie. Sindsdien is het rapport nooit weg geweest uit de discussie.
Het RLI rapport vormt de aanleiding voor dit artikel. Het gaat niet dieper in op de technische en economische modellen die de basis vormen van de pro of contra stem, maar schets het grotere verhaal. Met name focust het artikel op het ruimtelijke aspect. De centrale probleemstelling is dat de focus vanuit havens op globale processen weliswaar voor een enorme economische groei gezorgd heeft, maar wel voor een verlies aan belang heeft gezorgd in zijn regio. Tegelijkertijd is door de toenemende focus van de stad op de dienstensector, het belang van de (her)maakindustrie en zijn ruimtelijke nabijheid sterk afgenomen. Deze twee samen, verklaren voor een groot deel waarom we in bepaalde havensteden wel of niet een ruimtelijk conflict tussen haven en stad zien.
This research explores challenges and opportunities towards improving airport taxiway systems. Therefore, a currently lacking definition for taxiway system at systems level is defined first. Besides, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for taxiway systems are defined in order to identify parameters for improving the system based on stakeholders' point of views: safety, capacity, robustness, and environmental impact. Also, methods for assessing taxiway systems on these identified KPIs are defined. Next, AAS is used as a case study to analyze the performance of the taxiway system at the airport on the defined safety KPI. As part of the safety analysis of AAS, for the first time a taxiway system was analyzed on the Sustainable Safety vision as developed for road traffic - and showed to be valuable. Based on the safety analysis, challenges and opportunities within the taxiway system are identified and recommendations provided.","Taxiway System; Airport Surface Safety; Sustainable Safety; Amsterdam Airport Schiphol","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Transport, Infrastructure and Logistics","",""
"uuid:e951d656-0a24-4904-b329-0fddbc4845d6","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:e951d656-0a24-4904-b329-0fddbc4845d6","Designing for the women of the Begijnhof in Amsterdam: Understanding the architectural settings and the needs of the Beguinages of the Begijnhof in Amsterdam, during the Middle Ages, Reformation and contemporary period","Al Zamily, Baeda (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Novas Ferradas, M. (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2020","The purpose of this thesis is to analyse the origin, history, and the architectural setting of the Begijnhof in Amsterdam throughout significant periods of change, the Middle Ages, the Reformation and the contemporary era. The combination of these aspects depicts the architectural setting of the Begijnhof that support the needs of the female inhabitants, the Beguinages. This research has been conducted by literature study and a case study of the Begijnhof in building plans (archival research). The results show the architectural settings of the Begijnhof are translated for the needs: independence, safety, religion, work and reputation. These aspects influence and enhance each other. The architectural settings are translations of these needs, most of them are outside the domestic sphere, in the courtyard and its attributes. When designing for the Beguinages, it turns out it is important to design holistically, socially oriented and slow paced.","Begijnhof; Amsterdam; History; Beguinages; Middle Ages; architecture; reformation","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences","Begijnhof","52.369612890235544, 4.890121372767168"
"uuid:d4cb82c0-0e61-4e7b-aea6-f11bc4a867e5","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:d4cb82c0-0e61-4e7b-aea6-f11bc4a867e5","Amsterdam 2049: Story-driven scenarios to prepare the city for autonomous vehicles","Kenter, Jos (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Muñoz Sanz, Victor (mentor); Harteveld, Maurice (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2020","Out of all the countries in the world, the Netherlands has the most ‘autonomous vehicle’-ready road network (KPMG, 2019). It is the result of years of investing in state-of-the-art technologies and putting in place the needed policies, and it seems to pay off: our country is likely to be amongst the early adapters as soon as these vehicles enter the market. Claiming this desired role of a frontrunner comes with many large challenges and responsibility, however. Being one of the first to be able to put autonomous vehicles on the roads, means that we should be one of the first also to have the right policies in place - there is no luxury of waiting and learning from good examples, or mistakes, made elsewhere. But what are these ‘right’ policies then? And what other kind of – perhaps unexpected - moments of choice might appear? What happens after we have made the decision to allow private autonomous vehicles full access to our inner-cities. Or what are the consequences of leaving a large role for the market to experiment freely, whilst staying passive as a public sector? There is a need for forecasting studies that help to expose these kind of potential choices - projects that try to speculate about the future from diverse perspectives. Amsterdam 2049 is such a project that aims to generate insights into these required actions, through constructing and providing future scenarios that give an idea of the potential implications of autonomous vehicles on the city of the future. By doing so, it establishes a sense of urgency amongst policy-makers and planners, as well as providing them with recommendations, from policies to spatial interventions, on how to act. Structural behind these future scenarios is the development of a unique storytelling-scenario method, which will in its own way combine several useful theories and urbanism insights to produce informative, imaginative and compelling stories about Amsterdam and autonomous vehicles. The stories thus end up as a unique combination of urbanism - with maps, sections and impressions -, ‘complex system theory’ – giving insight into ‘system transitions’ that provides a structure and timeline – and the visual language of the graphic novel – with personal perspectives, dialogues and imaginative visualizations – which altogether lead to accessible, forecasts that can inspire and inform those involved in decision-making.","Autonomous Vehicles; Forecasting; scenario building; Storytelling; Amsterdam; Urbanism; Comics","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences","",""
"uuid:bb6a74ab-81e3-4cb8-808f-a87617ca9a2f","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:bb6a74ab-81e3-4cb8-808f-a87617ca9a2f","Implementing urban waterway transport as a sustainable freight transport solution: A case study for the city of Amsterdam","Roosmale Nepveu, Maarten Nepveu (TU Delft Technology, Policy and Management)","Annema, J.A. (mentor); van Wee, G.P. (graduation committee); van de Kaa, G. (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2020","Urbanisation levels keep rising and all major cities in Europe face common transport and traffic problems. The city of Amsterdam needs a reliable transport and mobility system to foster economic growth, but at the same time transport is causing congestion, pollution and accidents. To scientifically explore the research question, Transport Innovation Adoption Theory and Transition Management Theory are used as theoretical research lenses. The Political Economy Framework Political Economy Framework (PEF) from Feitelson and Salomon (2004), has been complemented with the PESTEL Classification Framework to systematically address the feasibility of Urban Waterway Transport (UWT).
Desk-research and expert interviewing have been used to obtain a rich understanding of the factors determining feasibility and a focus group meeting is organised to envision pathways to overcome existing failure factors. The extent to which waterway transport can be implemented as a sustainable freight transport solution depends on the condition that the alternative, road transport, becomes less attractive. Many of the canal walls and bridges in Amsterdam are in bad condition and as a result of maintenance projects and a ban on heavy freight vehicles in the centre, road accessibility is considered to decrease. This stimulates a modal shift towards waterway transport, but a lack of transshipment locations, vague transport policy and failing cooperation seem reason for failing implementation.
Currently, clear policy and efficient transshipment technology are lacking. Both public and private actors recognised the importance of executing pilots to fill existing knowledge gaps regarding the development of transport policy and technology. Waterway transporters are willing to participate in long-term pilots, but require political support in the form of temporarily transshipment permits and subsidies to succeed. Conflicting public interests and a lack of long-term focus seem to hold against the providence of financial and regulatory support.
For practical purposes, this thesis contributes by recommending the Transition Management Approach to foster sustainable waterway transport development. Three practical policy strategies are suggested to foster the potential for implementing urban waterway transport in Amsterdam.
This study theoretically contributes by providing an innovative analysis framework that constitutes a pragmatic, dynamic and multi-level perspective approach to improve understanding on innovation implementation. To support policy makers and scientists in the evaluation of innovations, it is recommended to explore and improve the applicability of the suggested framework by applying the framework to address other cases.","Urban Waterway Transport; Inland Waterway Transport; City Logistics; Amsterdam; Urban Freight Transport","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Complex Systems Engineering and Management (CoSEM)","",""
"uuid:e5e5249b-c122-4d02-a936-2e379abccece","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:e5e5249b-c122-4d02-a936-2e379abccece","Planning degrowth: An explorative study into the value of a degrowth approach for sustainable urban planning in Amsterdam","van der Wal, Laurens (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Fletcher, Robert (mentor); Wandl, Alex (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution); Wageningen University & Research (degree granting institution)","2020","Sustainable urban planning aims to decrease the ecological footprint of cities while maintaining or increasing social welfare, however it does not consider limits to economic growth and therefore undermines its own ambition. The upcoming field of degrowth offers a theoretical answer to this dilemma but the degrowth lens has only scarcely been applied to existing cities and the field of urban planning. This thesis addresses these gaps by exploring to what extent a growth mindset underpins planning in the city of Amsterdam and what the need and potential for degrowth could be in sustainable urban planning for the city’s future. The qualitative research design includes a document analysis of degrowth proposals for urban planning, a historical analysis of urban planning focusing on degrowth precedents and finally interviews with respondents related to sustainable urban planning and degrowth. This study shows there is an urgent necessity for a degrowth approach in sustainable urban planning in Amsterdam which currently does not sufficiently address issues of global and long-term social and environmental impact. Degrowth can address these issues with a broad pallet of proposals from the planning process itself, to the design of public space and large economic policy changes. This study provides an overview of these degrowth proposals for sustainable urban planning but also shows that a degrowth implementation faces big obstacles. The study concludes that an example project such as the re-localization of the food system of Amsterdam can be a valuable showcase for a degrowth approach in sustainable urban planning.","degrowth; sustainable urban planning; Amsterdam; policy proposals; historical analysis; interviews","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Metropolitan Analysis, Design and Engineering (MADE)","",""
"uuid:259c58c8-fc17-43d2-b51d-cacc6f72e416","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:259c58c8-fc17-43d2-b51d-cacc6f72e416","Eco-Inclusive Opportunity: Operationalising Environmental assets towards a resilient densification","Dillon Peynado, Thomas (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Hooimeijer, Fransje (mentor); Hausleitner, Birgit (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2020","We have entered the epoch of the Anthropocene. Now with humanity itself being a sizeable force of nature, we can no longer ignore the impact we have on the planet’s systems, as it is also increasingly impacting our societies, through climate change. This is occurring while major cities are still experiencing an increase in population. Amsterdam is expected to reach a population of over one million within two decades, and with scarce space for development the city is being forced to reconsider its position on density. Now with the ambition of transforming a part of the harbor into the new district of Havenstad, challenges regarding space, mobility, water management and heat stress arise and come to a head. How can this area be developed into a resilient high-density environment? In this research the themes of density, liveability and ecosystem services are combined in the pursuit of an evidence-based approach to develop a city for the future, capable of absorbing changes and allowing a wide variety of uses within the area. Here ecosystem services perform a crucial part in safeguarding and increasing liveability within this high-density environment. To understand the interrelations the research relies on a combination of a literature review, external input and refernce studies into high density environments within planned and existing neighbourhoods in Amsterdam and other cities. This project operates along the lines of the opportunistic approach as explained by Ahern(2007), to treat spatial challenges, widely present in the area, as opportunities, rather than as complications, looking for additional uses of the existing environment. The design has a strong focus on the mobility, to make a necessary shift away from personal motorized mobility, and the blue green networks that provide ecosystem services for the area, to allow for a high density whilst maintaining a high liveability in the area.","Amsterdam; Density; Liveability; Ecosystem Services; Resilience; Mobility","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Urbanism","","52.392109, 4.851146"
"uuid:86e239cd-de60-473d-bc87-bc1e190aa5d8","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:86e239cd-de60-473d-bc87-bc1e190aa5d8","ONE MINERVAHAVEN: Metropolitan high-rise living in Amsterdam","Kraai, Casper (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Kupers, Theo (mentor); van der Putt, Pierijn (mentor); Adema, Ferry (mentor); Mulder, André (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2020","Amsterdam is currently experiencing a period of significant growth, demographically as well as economically. It is becoming more international, more affluent, but also more crowded. In the process, the city's status as 'werelddorp' is changing into that of a metropolis. Such a scale change requires a rethinking of what it means to live and dwell in Amsterdam. As such, this graduation project investigates what constitutes a contemporary metropolitan living and dwelling environment, within the scope of housing design. Having defined this as a high density high-rise living environment, the design focuses on creating a high-rise building that accommodates a contemporary metropolitan lifestyle.","Dutch Housing; Dwelling; Amsterdam; Graduation project; High-rise; Metropolis; Expats","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Dwelling","Dutch Housing Graduation Studio","52.3998718, 4.8689269"
"uuid:194693f8-a012-4497-af5f-59ca3557421f","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:194693f8-a012-4497-af5f-59ca3557421f","Zero-waste in lifestyle and building design: A zero-waste residential building design to stimulate a zero-waste lifestyle","Ham, Mandy (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Kupers, Theo (mentor); van der Putt, Pierijn (graduation committee); Adema, Ferry (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2020","My graduation project focuses on zero-waste, in lifestyle and building design. By choosing this graduation topic, I was able to tackle a problem that many cities are facing and will be facing in the future if nothing changes. The stock of natural resources is shrinking, which is caused by our consumerism and throw-away society. Cities are becoming more and more dense, because of the urbanization. And these problems together will create massive amounts of waste in the city that can’t be send to landfill because there is not enough space. And it can’t be burned because it creates to much CO2. And the fact that humanity is growing, will make the problem even bigger if we don’t change anything, because we will keep on extracting more and more resources from our earth and we will be sending waste to landfill more and more as well. If only we could change our lifestyle and the way we design buildings, a future in which resources can be used over and over again, will save our earth. The biggest challenge, is changing the lifestyle of people in their homes, as not much residential buildings or homes focus on waste streams. The building I’ve designed is a reflection of this tipping point. The iconic tower is designed by the idea that the building could collapse any time, but it is still holding up because it tries to change the way we use earth’s resources and the way we live today. The building tackles different social challenges regarding to live a zero-waste lifestyle. It supports a self-sufficient lifestyle by integrating a communal vegetable garden, a rooftop greenhouse and a shop with local products. Also, it reduces consumerism because the dwellings are designed including most of the furniture and the building accommodates a shared stuff library, which makes it possible for people to rent stuff and products we don’t use daily. The building also accommodates separating waste streams, as this is very important if we want to be able to reuse, recycle or rot products in the future. Next to the social challenges, there were also some technical challenges in designing a high-density tower. The structure of the building is made out of wood. The design reduces the use of materials, which means that the ‘ruwbouw-is-afbouw’ principle is used as well as the design is based on standard sizes, which reduces ‘waste’ materials on site. The building is designed in a low-tech energy-efficient way, so it is almost zero-energy on itself. The building is an addition to future sustainable developments, in which one of the larges problems to tackle is the exhausting of our earth. This building could change the way we design residential buildings and change the way we use them. The design is based on twelve zero-waste design guidlines which have been formulated by extensive research. By using these design guidlines, every future architect will be able to design a building that supports a self-sufficient lifestyle and a circular building.","Zero-waste; Lifestyle; Design; Circular building; Zero waste lifestyle; Zero waste design; Sustainabilty; Dwelling; Dutch Housing; Amsterdam","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Dwelling","",""
"uuid:d3896a01-ebbd-4179-acbe-8bb335000976","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:d3896a01-ebbd-4179-acbe-8bb335000976","De Omarming: A dementia friendly living environment","Ezink, Jeroen (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Kupers, Theo (mentor); van der Putt, Pierijn (mentor); Adema, Ferry (mentor); Mulder, André (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2020","A living environment designed for elderly people and elderly people with dementia. If the residents, the elderly people, gets dementia they will be able to continue their life in the same, trusted living environment, without moving to other living environments.","dementia; elderly; minervahaven; dwelling; dutch housing; living environment; dementia friendly; amsterdam","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Dwelling","Dwelling","52.399167, 4.873889"
"uuid:a88a6e98-22b3-4a1a-90c7-600f80358733","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:a88a6e98-22b3-4a1a-90c7-600f80358733","Back to square one: Multiple generations under one roof","de Wringer, Karianne (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Kupers, Theo (mentor); van der Putt, Pierijn (mentor); Adema, Ferry (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2020","Nowadays, we are back to square one, elderly live independently for longer and are forced to be more self-reliant again, just like they were before the Second World War, before the emergency law of Willem Drees. The traditional welfare state is changing into a participation society. In 2013 King Willem-Alexander stated: “Everyone who is able, is asked to take responsibility for his or her own life” (Rijksoverheid, 2013). As a result, those in need of care receive care at home as much as possible, instead of in an institution. In many cases they rely on their social network. Friends and family then become informal caregivers. This demand for care will increase together with the growing amount of
elderly in the Netherlands, aging. In addition, the change of the traditional welfare state into a participation society strengthened the loneliness of the elderly. In conclusion, the housing market of elderly requires a new layout. The tendency towards a more participatory society asks for a living environment where multiple generations live closer together. By accommodating multiple generations under one roof within a participation supporting, non-institutional environment, the elderly live independently for longer, together with securing their integration into society.","Multiple generations; Upcoming participation society; Elderly; Families; Amsterdam; Dwelling","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Dwelling","Dutch Housing","52.397194, 4.881889"
"uuid:d0afe20e-f4ce-4f19-ba0a-faf2fd68a089","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:d0afe20e-f4ce-4f19-ba0a-faf2fd68a089","Modern families in Amsterdam","van Vliet, Frank (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Kupers, Theo (mentor); Adema, Ferry (graduation committee); van der Putt, Pierijn (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2020","Design for a residential building for the modern family in Amsterdam. The modern family, a diverse target group with a variety of wishes and needs which are not provided by the current housing stock. This project provides housing for this target group which suits their specific needs. Providing a supportive environment for both children and parents.","Dutch Housing; Modern families; Amsterdam; Dwelling; Streets in the air","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Dwelling","Between Standard and Ideals","52.397770, 4.875236"
"uuid:3f03db8b-0b2c-493c-ad6f-d859b32e7ccf","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:3f03db8b-0b2c-493c-ad6f-d859b32e7ccf","The children who pay the price: Modern families in Amsterdam","van Rijzingen, Max (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Kupers, Theo (mentor); Adema, Ferry (mentor); van der Putt, Pierijn (mentor); Mulder, André (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2020","Families are the center of society. They bring life to the neighborhood and the city as a whole. Children play a crucial role and turn the city from a place of mobility to a space of activity. However, not every child grows up in the social setting we are familiar with. More and more children grow up in a modern type of family in which they need to deal with rapidly changing social circumstances. Architecture can offer solution to help these families finding their place inside the city. Prioritizing the children in the living environment and the support for parents and stepparents offers the baseline of a design for modern families.
These two key points shape the base of this graduation project focused on both the modern and traditional families. Because every family deserves a home and every child needs the opportunity to be child without paying the price for the social circumstances in the family.","Modern families; housing; Amsterdam; Dutch Housing","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Dwelling","Between Standards and Ideals","52.398196, 4.871684"
"uuid:c8b85050-cd11-45eb-b3ac-c3624259654f","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:c8b85050-cd11-45eb-b3ac-c3624259654f","Design for Change: An adaptable housing complex which deals with the impermanence of architecture","Enzio Pozzi, Leonardo (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Parravicini, M. (mentor); van der Zaag, E.J. (graduation committee); Stoutjesdijk, P.M.M. (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2020","The Individual household will represent almost 75% of the household increase in the Netherlands in the coming years. This lead to an increase in the sense of isolation among citizens of all ages. Therefore, there is the urge of housing, specifically designed for this target group, which avoid isolation and foster social interaction. Additionally, it should be clear that we have to move from the current linear economy to a circular one where resources are reused multiple times instead of wasted after the first use. By combining these social and technical challenges the project aims to answer the current need of housing for individuals inviting inhabitants to make full use of the shared spaces. Embracing the field of design for disassembly, the building also aims to be constantly able to adapt to the ever-changing needs of the society, avoiding wastefulness of resources while fostering their reuse.","Housing; Circular building; Reuse; Co-Living; Adaptability; Design for disassembly; Amsterdam; Timber building; Modular building","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences","","52.375334, 4.915831"
"uuid:fbca9e1c-713d-4c15-8779-8d0d89d4b1ec","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:fbca9e1c-713d-4c15-8779-8d0d89d4b1ec","Tour Haven-Stad: Smart Mobility & Urban Development in Haven-Stad, Amsterdam","Kuijper, J.A. (TU Delft Theory, Territories & Transitions)","Kuijper, Joran (editor); Cavallo, Roberto (editor); de Boer, Hans (editor); van der Wal, Iris (editor)","2020","Maps represent reality in a consciously filtered and scaled way. We—not only designers but anyone who wants to interfere with the built environment—need maps to get a clutter-free overview of space. Moreover, we can project and infer very specific data of a location on a map creating a model and providing information that could never be perceived from a real-life visit. Nevertheless, we cannot perceive a space and its identity without experiencing it.","Tour; Site Visit; Mobility; Urban Development; Amsterdam; Haven-Stad","en","book chapter","TU Delft OPEN Publishing","","","","","","","","","","Theory, Territories & Transitions","","",""
"uuid:13293e83-2be5-4965-a270-491b14951515","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:13293e83-2be5-4965-a270-491b14951515","The Transforming Dutch City seen through the Infrastructural Changes: Railways and the Case of Amsterdam","Cavallo, R. (TU Delft Theory, Territories & Transitions)","Kuijper, Joran (editor); Cavallo, Roberto (editor); de Boer, Hans (editor); van der Wal, Iris (editor)","2020","The relation between infrastructures and urban transformations is a complex matter. When we look at the Randstad, this part of the Netherlands is characterized by not only its urban development in the last 150 years, but also by the fact that the territory changed; herein geomorphology, waterways, and railroads play an important role. Since the Middle Ages, a well-developed system of canals is ordering landscape and cities, while roads had shallow relevance. Therefore, it is not a coincidence that the first Dutch railroads were positioned parallel to the canals. Land expropriation was easier there and the railway layout could be kept as straight as possible, saving resources.","Smart mobility; Railways; Urban transformation; Amsterdam; Dutch City","en","book chapter","TU Delft OPEN Publishing","","","","","","","","","","Theory, Territories & Transitions","","",""
"uuid:7fa9f695-987f-4b93-a7f5-e32fad794704","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:7fa9f695-987f-4b93-a7f5-e32fad794704","Classifying Pathways for Smart City Development: Comparing Design, Governance and Implementation in Amsterdam, Barcelona, Dubai, and Abu Dhabi","Noori, Negar (Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam); Hoppe, T. (TU Delft Organisation & Governance); de Jong, Martin (Rotterdam School of Management; Fudan University)","","2020","The emergence of the Internet of Things (IoT) as the new paradigm of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and rapid changes in technology and urban needs urge cities around the world towards formulating smart city policies. Nevertheless, policy makers, city planners, and practitioners appear to have quite different expectations from what smart cities can offer them. This has led to the emergence of different types of smart cities and pathways of development. This paper aims to answer the research question: When comparing a selection of smart city projects, can we classify pathways for their implementation? We do this by using a cross-case research design of four cities to explore commonalities and differences in development patterns. An input-output (IO) model of smart city development is used to retrieve which design variables are at play and lead to which output. The four cases pertain to the following smart city projects: Smart Dubai, Masdar City, Barcelona Smart City, and Amsterdam Smart City. Our analysis shows that Amsterdam is based on a business-driven approach that puts innovation at its core; for Masdar, technological optimism is the main essence of the pathway; social inclusion is the focus of Barcelona Smart City; and visionary ambitious leadership is the main driver for Smart Dubai. Based on these insights, a classification for smart city development pathways is established. The results of the present study are useful to academic researchers, smart city practitioners, and policy makers.","Amsterdam Smart City; Barcelona Smart City; Comparative analysis; Design variables; Digitization; Input-output model; Masdar City; Smart city; Smart Dubai; Smart governance","en","journal article","","","","","","","","","","","Organisation & Governance","","",""
"uuid:fc9cf4d6-82fe-402e-b866-1029832c5a77","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:fc9cf4d6-82fe-402e-b866-1029832c5a77","Urban Commoning and Architectural Situated Knowledge: The Architects’ Role in the Transformation of the NDSM Ship Wharf, Amsterdam","Havik, K.M. (TU Delft Situated Architecture); Pllumbi, Dorina (TU Delft Situated Architecture)","","2020","This article discusses the collaborative processes behind the redevelopment of the Dutch state heritage ship wharf NDSM in Amsterdam as a case of urban commoning that took place around the year 2000 – before the term became commonly used in urban studies. It explores how the former shipwharf was transformed into an “incubator”: a creative hub with artist studios, theater spaces, a skate park and other facilities for cultural production. In this article, we specifically investigate the role of architects in this context. Unfolding the process reveals the emergence of the figure of the participant-architect who participates in the shared authorship, within a collective situated knowledge. This knowledge is simultaneously produced in the place and productive of the place.","NDSM Amsterdam; architectural knowledge; collective; process; urban commoning; users","en","journal article","","","","","","","","","","","Situated Architecture","","",""
"uuid:297bb91c-6fe4-46d3-9544-a5cccca9c853","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:297bb91c-6fe4-46d3-9544-a5cccca9c853","Sturing op toeristische gentrificatie in stadscentra: Lessen uit Amsterdamse stadsstraten","van Zoest, S.P. (TU Delft Practice Chair Urban Area Development); Verheul, W.J. (TU Delft Urban Development Management)","","2020","The extensive growth of urban tourism is influencing the living environment of urban citizens worldwide, which is among others due to changes in the range of commercial amenities. For example, the existing supply of retail and hospitality services is gradually changing from a focus on inhabitants to the tourist. As a result, the call for municipal intervention grows. However, little is known about the steerability of this development. In this article we therefore asses how tourism affects the range of commercial amenities in city streets, and what local policy responses are most suitable. The research builds on the concepts of tourism gentrification and different types of ‘policy-instrument fit’. Our case study of the city centre of Amsterdam, including a media and policy document analysis, as well as in-depth interviews with stakeholders, show that some problems caused by mass tourism require 'hard' forms of government control, while others require a 'softer' process approach, linking local parties to jointly improve a city street. The presented steering perspectives are not only relevant for the city of Amsterdam, but also for many other towns within, and beyond, the Netherlands, that are struggling with the growth of tourism.","Urban governance; policy fit; tourism gentrification; city centre; Amsterdam","nl","journal article","","","","","","Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository 'You share, we take care!' - Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public.","","2020-12-31","","","Urban Development Management","","",""
"uuid:a45362fc-16e3-4f81-8394-f57aac8526e7","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:a45362fc-16e3-4f81-8394-f57aac8526e7","Architecture & Urban Design—Amsterdam and Boston: MSc 2 Elective Design Studio AR0067 Spring 2018–2019","","Cavallo, R. (editor); Harteveld, Maurice (editor); Kuijper, J.A. (editor); Hoogkamer, S.S. (editor)","2020","At TU Delft, in the interdisciplinary MSc II Design Studio Architecture & Urban Design, students of the master tracks Architecture, Urbanism and Landscape Architecture of the Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment work closely together. The integrative approach of this graduate course setting allows the students to examine urban space as architectural space and architectural space as urban space. Through an experimental design method, developed during the 2018 national research project Stad van de Toekomst,1 the studio is founded on the interest in the intervention in the built environment and its immediate effect on architecture and urban design. The global framework of the Stad van de Toekomst project is directly projected on Amsterdam Sloterdijk Station and Boston South Station areas, compressed and applied to this ten-week graduate course. Taken from a wider angle, the project is motivated by urgent social as well as local tasks in the urban areas, varying from housing demand, social inclusiveness, new economy, climate adaptation, and the like, taking into account the transitions in energy, mobility, circularity, and digitization. This echoes through in the central question of the Stad van de Toekomst project: How can we design and develop a transformation area in an integral way into an attractive and future-proof urban environment? In addition particularly, the project is motivated by the major system transitions impacting on societal tasks effectively desiring progressive urbanization in the first place.","architecture; urban design; Amsterdam; Boston; design studio; infrastructure; mobility; landscape architecture; public space; hybridization","en","book","TU Delft OPEN Publishing","978-94-6366-291-8","","","","","","","","","Theory, Territories & Transitions","","",""
"uuid:95ebaa1b-34ba-4f8f-af3c-31acd41b76e5","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:95ebaa1b-34ba-4f8f-af3c-31acd41b76e5","Introduction: Continuously changing urban conditions","Cavallo, R. (TU Delft Theory, Territories & Transitions); Harteveld, Maurice (TU Delft Urban Design); Kuijper, J.A. (TU Delft Theory, Territories & Transitions)","Cavallo, Roberto (editor); Harteveld, Maurice (editor); Kuijper, Joran (editor); Hoogkamer, Sanne (editor)","2020","","architecture; urban design; urbanization; Amsterdam; Boston; design studio; infrastructure; mobility; public space; landscape architecture","en","book chapter","TU Delft OPEN Publishing","","","","","","","","","","Theory, Territories & Transitions","","",""
"uuid:c8d3fb96-122a-40d1-8061-a1dd4ac3a4d8","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:c8d3fb96-122a-40d1-8061-a1dd4ac3a4d8","Challenges of Urban Living Labs towards the Future of Local Innovation","Ersoy, A. (TU Delft Urban Development Management); van Bueren, Ellen (TU Delft Urban Development Management)","","2020","Finding new approaches to overcome complex urban problems such as climate change has always been of interest to policymakers and academics. The changing dynamics of urban development result in the diversification of new practices during which experimentation is used to inform urban practice. Amongst these approaches, urban living labs (ULLs) have become a popular form of urban experimental innovation in many countries in the last decade. These ULLs respond to the increased complexity of future challenges calling for local solutions that acknowledge the local conditions—political, technical, and social. Even though a great deal of attention has been given to this form of urban innovation, there has been little consideration of the learning and innovation processes within ULLs. Based on a comparative case study of three innovation projects in a ULL in the city of Amsterdam, we analyse and discuss the claims of ULLs regarding innovation and the different orders of learning they foster. We argue that in the processes of experimentation within ULLs, combining mechanisms of learning and innovation is key to promoting the development of particular local solutions. However, since the learning processes are especially concerned within a particular ULL learning setting, there is a mismatch between the expectations of policymakers, industry, citizens, and knowledge institutes, as well as how the lessons learned can be useful for other contexts.","Amsterdam; Future challenges; Learning; Local innovation; Urban living labs","en","journal article","","","","","","","","","","","Urban Development Management","","",""
"uuid:167a00e0-e752-4ced-811f-2974648bce9a","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:167a00e0-e752-4ced-811f-2974648bce9a","Trends in Demand of Urban Surface Water Extractions and in Situ Use Functions","van der Meulen, E. S. (Deltares; Wageningen University & Research); Sutton, N. B. (Wageningen University & Research); van de Ven, F.H.M. (TU Delft Water Resources; Deltares); van Oel, P. R. (Wageningen University & Research); Rijnaarts, H. H.M. (Wageningen University & Research)","","2020","Scientific literature currently lacks comprehensive understanding of urban surface water use functions. This hampers sound analysis of the demand and potential supply of these functions. This study provides a comprehensive overview of potential use functions, by integrating knowledge from ecosystem services and integrated urban water management fields. Analysis of water-related management plans for Toronto and Amsterdam shows that surface water is currently being used for a variety of functions related to nutrition, energy, water regulation, recreation, symbolic use, transportation and floating buildings. Notably, many use functions involve in situ use, rather than water extractions. Interviewed water managers and spatial planners in both cities expect demand of most use functions to increase by 2040, especially demand for thermal energy extraction, recreation and transportation. Some identified novel demands, such as climate regulation and reuse of waste products from waterway maintenance. Increasing demand is mainly driven by urban growth, climate change and sustainability ambitions. This study found urban surface water uses that are usually not acknowledged in scientific literature on urban water management. This comprehensive overview supports planning, design, and maintenance of urban surface waters, laying the foundation for future research on supply and demand of urban water use functions.","Amsterdam; Ecosystem services; Toronto; Urban water resources management; Water demand; Water use","en","journal article","","","","","","","","","","","Water Resources","","",""
"uuid:af85c70a-0331-408e-be2b-d5edc2489c81","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:af85c70a-0331-408e-be2b-d5edc2489c81","Smart Mobility & Urban Development in Haven-Stad, Amsterdam: 2019 Summer School","","Kuijper, J.A. (editor); Cavallo, R. (editor); de Boer, J.J. (editor); van der Wal, I.A. (editor)","2020","Which approaches and scenarios of smart (multimodal) mobility can be tested and applied to the future urban development of Haven-Stad, Amsterdam?
This is the main question the participants of the 2019 Summer School started working on. Included in this book are the results of this intense week of work done by 41 professionals, academics, and students from over 20 countries. Furthermore, invited experts from academia, government, and practice share their experience on urban development and mobility within the fields of urban planning and architectural design at various spatial scales.","Mobility; MaaS; Mobility as a Service (MaaS); urban densification; Urban Development; Haven-Stad; Amsterdam; Urbanization; Multimodal; Station; Infrastructure","en","book","TU Delft OPEN Publishing","978-94-6366-270-3","","","","","","","","","Theory, Territories & Transitions","","",""
"uuid:77ebadc7-8af9-4b42-8f36-a94755eb5009","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:77ebadc7-8af9-4b42-8f36-a94755eb5009","Exploring the Potential of Uber Movement Data: An Amsterdam case study","Krishnan, Vishruth (TU Delft Civil Engineering and Geosciences)","van Lint, J.W.C. (mentor); Calvert, S.C. (mentor); Bozzon, Alessandro (graduation committee); Knijff, Tom (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2019","With the increasing use of big data in varied applications to improve decision making and provide new insights, the research explores the potential of the Uber Movement data set released by Uber comprising of travel times from one zone to the other. A better understanding of the potential of the dataset could lead to the addition of the existing tool kit of Transport planners and city officials at the municipality of Amsterdam. Moreover, it would be the first of a kind data set enabling an understanding of taxi movement in the city. The Uber Movement Travel Time comprises of the average travel time between two wijken, where the ‘sourceid’ and ‘dstid’ do not correspond to the origin and destination of a trip but simply represent the directionality of the travel time measured. The data is aggregated across different levels of temporal detail and the number of data points directly corresponds to the level of temporal aggregation. For instance, if the quarterly aggregated data for the different days of the week is downloaded, the number of data points between a ‘sourceid’ and ‘dstid’ cannot exceed seven.
Three aspects of the data set were explored: 1) ability to capture the demand for Ubers 2) ability to capture recurrent congestion and 3) ability to capture non-recurrent congestion. While the data according to the Uber Movement and previously used instances, the data is suited for performance (recurrent congestion and non-recurrent congestion) and impact-related studies of the network. The absence of route related information limits the applications of the data. The potential of the data is also limited by the data sparsity. The potential of the data was best revealed through demand studies which indicated a skewed user group of tourists, airport users (to and fro), work-related trips and users using Ubers late at night. In addition, with respect to the goals of the municipality in managing traffic activity across different zones and time periods, by implementing and extending an existing model in the form of adding ‘occupancy related measures’ and ‘shortest path’. Thus, based on the data penetration levels and travel time data, the model developed offers insights at a strategic level to the city in the form of Spatio-temporal concentration of Uber vehicles, occupancy levels through the day. The potential of the data lies in its ability to offer strategic insights to the city of Amsterdam and the greater Amsterdam region in the form of the unique Spatio-temporal spread of Uber vehicles across different hours of the day.","Uber Movement; Amsterdam; Markov chains; Travel time","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Civil Engineering | Transport and Planning","","52.3667, 4.8945"
"uuid:0932a74a-7903-49a6-978d-7df64d92ef67","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:0932a74a-7903-49a6-978d-7df64d92ef67","A Home for the expat in Amsterdam: An International Neighbourhood Tower","Mulleners, bas (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Kupers, Theo (mentor); Adema, Ferry (mentor); van der Putt, Pierijn (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2019","This building focuses on living together and creating a community for the Expats in Amsterdam. By creating units that include smaller residential communities with transition zones for private-, community- and public life in the city. The building attempts to provide a stimulus for the emergence of a more tangible new community. Housing construction remains an important theme in architecture. Especially considering the current tightness in the housing market. This results in a search for densification strategies to meet the housing needs of large cities. The Expettenflats are two residential buildings on the Minervahaven in Amsterdam with a differentiated range of furnished apartments. The facade is characterized by the sleek concrete structure and the gold-bronze head of anodized aluminum elements. The deep negro attempts to give the residents a ""framed view"" of the harbor and the city. Within the design it was important to create a truly sustainable building with a materialization that can easily stand the test of time, while at the same time having a lifespan of at least 100 years and having the flexibility to perform multiple functions.Amsterdam is more and more becoming a city of migrants, both domestic and international. Everyone is so used to people coming and going, they are reluctant to connect. During the Dutch Housing graduation studio I designed mixed-use towers, to give the growing fluid population, predominantly the expats, a place Amsterdam society. The building tries to give the expat a face by creating a building that reveals their qualities to the Dutch population. These new planned high-rise buildings, planned on the intersection of the new urban plan and the existing business district of the Danzigkade, at the Minervahaven in Amsterdam. The building was designed with certain conceptual principles at the bases, established to reflect neighbourhood concerns and ambitions: An expat community, (the intersection lies in the heart of the city’s urban expansion and its tech and creative industries, openness and accessibility to everyone, artistic and cultural activities, small-scale retail, bold street statement, and celebrate the new industries and inhabitants. Through this possible conceptual design principles were introduced for for the development’s podium. These concepts were eventually converted into a collected form that composed of various aspects that refined the qualities of the building, the site and the possible functional interpretations. The refined concept for the podium concepts presents a combination of favoured elements for different uses, along with a proposed dwelling plan for expats in the towers. The site upon which the towers are placed is a central public square for the neighbourhood, and the building has to recognize, embrace, and celebrate that. The building took inspiration from the two streets it is connected with. The Danzigkade has low-rise and retail plinths, while intermediate streets form residential courts. The towers are respectively divided into 3 and 4 separate masses. The public floors above every six floors that create different distinct volumes within the vertical raster that create a transition between the base volume and the tower element. Topping off at approximately 95 meters, the tower’s exterior consists of an alternating pattern of solids and voids, clad in a combination of architectural metal panels and vision glass.","Dwelling; Amsterdam; Diversity","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Dwelling","Dutch Housing",""
"uuid:0783d385-072c-4f2f-a0f9-2512fccc82f5","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:0783d385-072c-4f2f-a0f9-2512fccc82f5","Amstel Health Base: Engaging in health in the future city","Janmaat, Eliza (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Caso, Olindo (mentor); Koskamp, Gilbert (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2019","When looking at the future we try to imagine what will be factors in life we value the most. When it comes to focussing on the main quality of life it comes down to our health. Health will grow into becoming a lifestyle and not only a clinical state. Within a city where the population count will grow towards 1.5 million inhabitants it is the task of the designer to preserve or enhance life quality. Engaging in social, mental and physical health in an everyday life will be the main focus in a growing city. Nowadays the level of medical possibilities is not equal to the system it is housed in. With the rise of technology within the medical field a new typology can develop to serve the public need to engage in health, which will be an everyday activity. The Amstel Health Base is the example of a decentralized connected healthcare network in the city of Amsterdam in 2100, where the care is provided towards the patient by experiencing a complete autonomous visit and exiting the building in a state of betterment. The building serves a strong public role, where all facets of health have a place.","Amsterdam; Health; Public building; Amstel; Future; 2100","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Complex Projects","Complex Projects: AMS MID City","52.337485, 4.921274"
"uuid:60becead-eb46-474b-ada7-3c218567d5fc","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:60becead-eb46-474b-ada7-3c218567d5fc","The role of grid-size energy storage in enabling a community-level energy hub: Case study in Zuid-Oost Amsterdam Region","Gao, Xiang (TU Delft Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science)","Palensky, P. (mentor); Cvetkovic, M. (mentor); van der Meer, Arjen (graduation committee); Ghaffarian Niasar, M. (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2019","To follow the rapid advance of the Energy Transition, the technology and application of the renewable energy resources and energy storage devices have been developed in an unstoppable speed. When the application of energy storage technology starts to prosper gradually over the world, there are some problems showing up while lots of advantages are being advocated. There are plenty of batteries staying unused or being wasted for over half of the lifetime of the system, especially for the behind-the-meter energy storage system. The business models are usually built just for one or two primary services for customers and grid that makes only a limited part of time occupied, leaving the essential untapped values aside. And also, it is common that the energy storage system is coupled with PV panels or wind turbines. In this case, how to increase the on-site solar energy self-consumption becomes an attractive issue considering the sizeable financial benefit it can bring. What is more, when putting the attention on the neighborhood or community level where there is more than one participator in this picture, how to create the extra value or bonus benefit using the existed system and equipment can be an interesting topic. This report will focus on the grid-size battery installed behind the meter within a commercial community. A methodology of the energy hub with two different lays providing all kinds of services will be proposed. As the result, the value of grid-size energy storage in enabling a community-level energy hub for both battery-owner and neighbors will be explored to cope with all the above problems. There will be a case study conducted in the selected Zuid-Oost Amsterdam region. In the end, how much benefit the energy hub can create for not only the battery-owner but also for the whole community and society will be discussed.","Energy storage; Energy hub; Flexibility; Amsterdam; business case","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Electrical Engineering | Electrical Power Engineering","",""
"uuid:bc6acefc-fb96-417f-95f0-bd48ca01ec4f","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:bc6acefc-fb96-417f-95f0-bd48ca01ec4f","Detox Life Sharing Community: A green connector","Wang, Yijun (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Caso, Olindo (mentor); Koskamp, Gilbert (graduation committee); Zeinstra, Jurjen (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2019","In the future, with the development of AI, robotics and medical technology, people have higher life expectancy and focus more on mental/spiritual experience. Amstel, as a developing Amsterdam sub-center, is expected to become an (P)Leisure area by 2100. However, not every future residents can live a happy life. With virtual technology addiction, widening wealth gap and rising unemployment rate, the number of NEETs (those who are Not in Education, Employment or Training) will grow significantly. How assist them to rebuild self confidence, learn skills, and return to society is a big problem. Detox Life Sharing Community is a unique future social housing for the rehabilitation of NEETs. The healing effect of greenery plays an important part in this community. Moreover, through a collective lifestyle, the NEETs are encouraged to leave their comfort zone and rebuild social relations. By working with urban farming(tradition of Amstel), NEETs gain knowledge and give back to the community, even creating economic benefits for the entire city. This community is not only the place where the NEETs detox, but also a cultural center of the locals.","2100; Amsterdam; Amstel; urban farming; NEET; Future social housing; Rehabilitation","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Complex Projects","",""
"uuid:26887dfe-f35f-425a-b964-5d966024bee5","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:26887dfe-f35f-425a-b964-5d966024bee5","(in)human architecture: The confrontation between automated waste infrastructure and the human urban context in 2100 Amsterdam","Goossens, Twan (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Smidihen, Hrvoje (graduation committee); Willekens, Luc (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2019","As a part of the Complex Projects Graduation Studio this project is set in 2100 Amsterdam and part of a collective research and design effort to look forward in architecture and urbanism. Due to technological advancements, automation and the advent of the circular economy, it may be advantageous to locate a recycling and sorting facility inside the city centre of Amsterdam to ease congestion and reduce the amount of storage capacity required for households and businesses. The central research question of this master thesis is: How will waste treatment be incorporated into the urban fabric of the city centre of Amsterdam in 2100? Subsequently, the design question is: How can the confrontation and interaction between human society and the automated infrastructure that supports it be designed? The results hint at a new type of architecture, expressive in its form and functionalism yet adapted to its urban context. The public is taught about the circular economy by attracting them with futuristic playgrounds, sporting facilities and iconic architectural elements and confronting them with waste processes. Take a look at the P5 presentation and the poster/drawing set to find out more.","Urban context; Automation; Circular economy; 2100; Design project; Amsterdam","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Complex Projects","Complex Projects: AMS MID City","52.390102, 4.899763"
"uuid:d708d240-6130-4a70-bf36-5019b525ced7","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:d708d240-6130-4a70-bf36-5019b525ced7","Engaging citizens with smart city through dialogues evoked by playful and speculative experience design","Chang, Hao-Yung (TU Delft Industrial Design Engineering)","Vermeeren, Arnold (mentor); Calderon Gonzalez, Alicia (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2019","With the development of technology, in a city context , the topic of smart city has become more and more popular. Smart city can bring positive changes to citizens' lives but might also cause risk and conflicts. However, in most cases, the development of smart city is a top-down process that rarely involves citizens' opinions. Building upon the above background, this project aims at designing a playful experience to engage citizens in smart-city-related topics. In the research through design phase of this project, through conducting the generative session with citizens in Amsterdam, the project aim concretized into the design goal: To trigger citizens' awareness on the possible pros and cons of using the technology of data collection and analysis as a manner to make a city better, and further formulate their stands through more in-depth discussions on smart city topics that are more relevant to their daily lives in a playful way. In the ideation and prototyping phase of this project, two rounds of prototype test were conducted with Amsterdam citizens, and the insights generated contributed to the iteration of the design. The final concept: Future News Stand is a co-creatable opinion sensitizer which aims at engaging citizens in the discussions of the possible future scenarios in a city in a playful and speculative way. The design of Future News Stand consists of two parts. (1) Future News Co-creation Toolkit is a set of paper tools with instructions that help to imagine and generate future scenarios on a particular topic in a brainstorming session setup. (2) Future News Stand is a portable installation for evoking discussions about a particular future scenario with citizens on the streets. The combination of these two parts of design enables the co-creatable quality and the adaptability of Future News Stand. That is, the content on the Future News Stand can be easily changeable, and co-creatable depends on the (stakeholder's) purpose of usage. In this project, the future transport in Amsterdam was chosen to be the main topic for discussions. The final test with seven citizens in Amsterdam showed the promising abilities of the design to trigger citizens' interests in the future transport in Amsterdam and evoke discussions on it. Equally important, the experience was perceived as playful and enjoyable by the participants. Besides, the Future news co-creation toolkit is invited and has a high possibility to become part of ""co-creation navigator"" - Waag's online co-creation tool collection.","Smart City; speculative design; co-creation; dialogue; playful; Amsterdam","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Design for Interaction","",""
"uuid:031c1820-a249-45ce-a691-44d7aa7f75aa","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:031c1820-a249-45ce-a691-44d7aa7f75aa","Food Waste through the Food-Water-Energy Nexus Lenses: A Case Study of Amsterdam","Coudard, Antoine (TU Delft Technology, Policy and Management)","de Koning, Jotte (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2019","Food waste is a global issue that causes various but significant global impacts, wasting millions of hectares of arable land, 0.75 to 1.25 trillion of cubic meter of water per year, and about 1.5% of the global energy production. In developed nations, food waste occurs mainly at the retail and consumer stage. By 2050, 80% of the global food consumption will take place within cities. Cities are also a key nexus of energy, water, and food flows. Amsterdam offers an interesting case study as the city does not have any comprehensive strategy to tackle the food waste produced within its boundaries. Yet, the city has shown ambitions in transforming itself into a sustainable metropolis with strong renewable energy and circular strategies. This study uses the Food-Energy-Water (FEW) Nexus approach, particularly suited to understand the interactions and interconnections between Amsterdam’s food flows and the energy and water systems. This study performs a Material Flow Analysis to quantify the different food waste (FW) flows and their origins. It finds that households are the main producers of food waste compared to FW-producing businesses in Amsterdam. Bread, dairy, vegetables, and fruits are the largest avoidable FW, while vegetable peels, fruits peels, coffee grounds, and potatoes peels constitute the bulk of unavoidable food waste. It then quantifies the embedded energy and water present within these food flows. Using the latest developments in the field of bio-based economy regarding food waste valorization, it provides an inventory of the potential technologies available to valorize Amsterdam’s FW. The study then quantifies the energy and water inputs of 12 of these food waste-valorizing technologies. This step confirms the large knowledge gap regarding the water and energy intensities of the latest bio-based technologies. The type and amount of recovered resources through these technologies are also quantified. In addition, this study provides a review of the current social and commercial initiatives based in Amsterdam tackling this issue of food waste. It offers a six-category qualitative framework to assess their food waste rescue potential. Then, a new food waste management and valorization framework is proposed, based on the Value Pyramid model from the bio-based economy, the Food Waste Management Hierarchy framework, and the FEW nexus insights developed in this study. This new framework enables to outline strategies for both Amsterdam’s avoidable and unavoidable food waste flows. It suggests anaerobic digestion, Black Soldier Fly bioconversion, and composting as potential FEW-efficient solutions for Amsterdam’s unavoidable FW. Last, Amsterdam’s FW stakeholders are analyzed through their importance, interests, and potential roles in a future FW scheme. It suggests that the municipality and AEB, Amsterdam’s Waste-to-Energy plant should be at the center of a future FW valorization scheme. Overall, this study combines the FEW nexus perspective and the bio-based economy approach to identify the best options to manage and valorize Amsterdam’s food waste.","Food Waste; Amsterdam; Urban Metabolism; Industrial Ecology; Food-Energy-Water Nexus; bio-based economy","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Industrial Ecology","",""
"uuid:2c2f2860-646f-45b0-9d1a-f558257753ab","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:2c2f2860-646f-45b0-9d1a-f558257753ab","New perspective on the [food] landscapes in MRA 2050: Developing a new perspective & design for resilient and attractive agricultural landscapes in the metropolitan region of Amsterdam in 2050","Min, Anne-wil (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Aalbers, K.P.M. (mentor); Tillie, Nico (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2019","The purpose of this graduation report is to give an overview and inspiration on the route towards a resilient & attractive metropolitan [food] landscape of Amsterdam in 2050. The topic of research is the impact of climate change, unsustainable agriculture and urbanisation towards 2050, on the agricultural landscapes in the metropolitan region of Amsterdam, in the Netherlands. With the challenges and the problems that arise from these, it becomes inevitable to design a transition of the [food] landscapes in the region. Therefore the following research question is defined: ‘‘How to design a new perspective on the food landscapes in the metropolitan region of Amsterdam towards 2050 for a landscape that is resilient to the effects of climate change, to restore the ecosystem (in the freshwater) of the landscape and create opportunities for new activities to start that will strengthen the connection between cities and landscapes, for a resilient & attractive region?’’ A new method is used to find solutions for the three challenges in an integrative way, as there is a lot of potential in the synergy of the solutions. The maximization method provides an overview of individual solutions for the problems in the region, which can be used if the challenges change over time. Subsequently, in the optimization phase, the solutions with the most potential to be combined are given (water storage, new food types, a circular water system, purifying nature & greenhouses). In the final integration phase, the solutions are integrated into the landscapes of the region. An innovative element in this research is the addition of scenarios for the future transition of agricultural landscapes to the maximization method to create climate resilient, purifying agriculture or recreational [food] landscapes. This, together with interviews, results in a new perspective on the [food] landscapes in the region, that is a design for the landscapes created by the synergy between the solutions for the challenges (with a focus on the purifying & climate resilient scenarios). With a new perspective, pilot projects are designed to give an example of the new perspective solutions through the scales and by using the unique characteristics of the agricultural landscapes in the region (in Waterland, Haarlemmermeer, Zaanstreek & the Beemster). In the conclusion, the new perspective combined with pilot projects will create solutions for the challenges in the metropolitan region of Amsterdam towards 2050.","Agricultural landscapes; Climate change; Ecosystem pollution; Urbanisation; Metropolitan region of Amsterdam; Maximization method; Synergy solutions; Scenarios; Pilot projects","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Urbanism","","52.3702157,4.8951679"
"uuid:22d7a2e8-27fa-434a-85d4-428bb178cec6","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:22d7a2e8-27fa-434a-85d4-428bb178cec6","Between dwelling and rail: seeking mutual benefit in transit oriented development and railway station expansion in the peri-urban area","Rouwenhorst, Jasper (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Cavallo, Roberto (mentor); Parravicini, Mauro (mentor); Harteveld, Maurice (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2019","A new approach is needed for redeveloping peri-urban railway stations in the Netherlands, like Amsterdam Lelylaan,to solve a set of pressing issues in their specific context: the monocentric character of many of our cities, the poor quality of public space around peripheral railway stations, and the disconnection between the local and the city scale. As our country is urbanising and the influence of Transit Oriented Development (TOD) is growing, the smaller station turns into an instigator for new urban developments just outside of the ring highway in cities like Amsterdam, where 50.000 new dwellings will be realised by the year 2030, in existing built environments.
In the peri-urban sphere, at the urban fringe, stacked apartments next to station areas are offering the density that lets many more inhabitants benefit from living in the city, through the infrastructure network: living somewhere, travelling and working somewhere else, connected on a city scale. But at the moment, these peri-urban railway stations are small and outdated, and often unattractive. Spoorbouwmeester Eric Luiten (Spoorbouwmeester, 2018) points out how changes in the transit network through the years have especially impacted smaller railway stations in peripheral areas: gradually, increased efficiency and technology have resulted in ticket offices at
these stations going vacant. No more amenities are needed today at these stations than a ticket machine and a platform. These stations show that they have no social significance or added qualities, locally, which in turn reflects onto the quality of their surrounding public space. The station areas were designed only as a necessity.
The perceived issue is that the transit oriented city diminishes local values and qualities and replaces them with infrastructure, nodes and efficiency on a non-local scale. At this moment when new urban developments focus on public transport nodes, the railway station is in the middle of this change as something that is both part of the network and part of the local built environment.
Today, contrasting developments are taking place: we are designing our cities with TOD focusing on the efficiency of the connected city, but at the same time aim to enhance the quality of local public space around station buildings and peripheral neighborhoods. We are building mixed-use buildings that are extremely well connected to amenities elsewhere in the city while also offering as much as their inhabitants need inside or near the building itself. Architects and urban planners as well as Bureau Spoorbouwmeester are looking to redevelop railway stations together with their environments as an integral master plan. This integral approach was used for the first time with the NSP program for the six largest railway stations in the Netherlands. As a result of this successful program, the interweaving of station and urban plan has become a standard in the vision of Bureau Spoorbouwmeester and the appointment of a Landscape Architect as their director ensures this new policy.
With this duality of city network and local qualities, a great challenge is taking shape for the peri-urban railway station. On one hand, there is the realisation that we need to integrate the station into its local environment to enhance the quality of the surrounding public space and liveability of the neighborhood which in many cases of post-war neighborhoods is considered an issue. On the other hand these stations and new urban developments are advertising connectivity and mobility within the city network as the new way of living, a diversification of life through the possibilities of the transit oriented city and the sharing of spaces that it offers. The station area now has these two very different perspectives, but the next step should be to study these two perspectives alongside eachother, and to start blurring them: the station as the perfect mediator, offering a place that is connected to city life and at the same time extends this city life and its livelyhood into the local public sphere.","Station development; Railway station; peri urban areas; architecture; Transit Oriented Development; amsterdam; lelylaan; Strategic Design","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","","City of the Future","52.357638, 4.834053"
"uuid:a86993a8-4779-4531-8099-f71ea2d15a47","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:a86993a8-4779-4531-8099-f71ea2d15a47","HUMAM: Hub for Urban Mobility for Amsterdam Metropolitan area","Ulkü, Mesut (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Cavallo, Roberto (mentor); Parravicini, Mauro (graduation committee); Baggen, John (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2019","This project is the result of the research for the graduation project of Project HUMAM; Hub for Urban Mobility for the Amsterdam Metropolitan area. The project focuses on the future demands of the Amsterdam Municipality in which they expect an increase of 70.000 new households and 50.000 new working areas over the coming 30 - 40 years in Havenstad area. More people are moving from their village to the city or the suburbs, creating a full expanse of the city boundary and less space to accommodate the residents. However, the Municipality acknowledge the fact that this growth also brings difficulty in the accommodation of the expected households. Amsterdam Havenstad has been chosen to be the new urban core for these developments. The area is well-known for its extensive industries and enterprises, making this area rich and profound for the economic heart of the city, which will make its shift towards a mixed-use region for industry and residents. To accommodate these amount of people, the Municipality sees new opportunities in technological innovations and sees the use of a car as a potential problem in terms of land-use and health. Therefore, project HUMAM will analyse and research the Sloterdijk area, to accommodate a transportation hub for the city. This hub enables the district to ban the car and put the focus on Automated Vehicles and shared possibilities. To keep Sloterdijk connected, the hub will perform as the catalyst for the area. This project tries to posit a vision of a future where anyone in the city can go wherever they want, whenever they want to, and accordingly, a place where we share our spaces in total connectivity with our mechanic neighbours. Project HUMAM will be the landmark of innovation and offers solutions to this growing problem.","Architecture; HUMAM; Hub; Mobility; Amsterdam; Sloterdijk; Station; Automated driving; Architectural design; City of the future; Cross Domain","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences","","52.3874537, 4.8356646"
"uuid:1699b274-0c28-4004-9a4d-245921d35ab8","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:1699b274-0c28-4004-9a4d-245921d35ab8","Station Agora at Holendrecht: Future Station of Zuid-Oost","Tsui, Andy (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","de Koning, S. (mentor); Koskamp, G. (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2019","","Complex Projects; Urban design; Amsterdam; Holendrecht; Station; Market; Zuidoost; Zuid-Oost; AMS MID","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","2019-07-03","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Complex Projects","",""
"uuid:098b385b-5e63-4559-931d-679837bd13db","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:098b385b-5e63-4559-931d-679837bd13db","Reverse Household Waste Flow Mapping","Oldenburg, Davey (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Šileryte, Rusne (mentor); Stoter, Jantien (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2019","Our linear way of producing has to come to an end. More and more companies and government institutions see the value of circularity of raw materials. The municipal- ity of Amsterdam published several reports to clarify the directions towards circu- larity. A report on waste-chains highlights the importance of organic residual flows for circular economy transition. This thesis focuses on organic residual streams, the lack of understanding of these streams has been mentioned as an obstacle to plan- ning by many of regional stakeholders. The topic of this thesis is formulated within the context of the REPAiR project by the AMS Institute. The starting point of this thesis is the waste collection location in public space and follows the waste back to the retailers of food. The households are identified, after which the used trashcan and the retailers of food are identified.
To create the geographical connection between the three nodes in this thesis, a related works research is conducted. The main source of food waste is food retail and the main disposal is collection of residual waste. Since the municipality of Amsterdam is not collection organic waste separately, residual waste is considered. Multiple researches added spatial dimensions to their material flows, trying to cre- ate a better insight in sinks and flows of the chains. Household level is not reached. This leads to the research question: How can household waste flows be mapped in reverse based on their environment?
To create the mentioned connections, two main methods are developed. First, the method household-to-trashcan and second, the method household-to-retail. The first method is simulating the pedestrian path from a household towards their used trashcan. A least cost raster is created from the BGT, the direct environment is translated into walkability values representing the willingness to walk on a certain object. By comparing the paths to different trashcans, the trashcan reachable with the smallest least cost value is picked. Another factor is inserted, considering that walking to the trashcan is mandatory trip, executed in as less time as possible, city hotspots are inserted. The hypothesis suggests that people are willing to walk further, if the residents can combine their trip to the trashcan with their trip to, for example, the supermarket. By changing the values in the least cost raster, this direction is made preferable. After the validation of this method is concluded, that a stronger influence of the city hotspot (among the tested values), results in a higher positive correlation of the number of households per trashcan and the mass of waste in the trashcan in kg.
The second method household-to-retail, is a demonstration, due to the uncer- tainly and the many involved personal factors. Food retailers in different isochrone areas are given importance values based on their distance towards the considered household and the floor size of the retailer.
After establishing the connections from trashcan to household and from house- hold to food retail, reverse distribution of the waste measure in the trashcan can be executed. In this way is known which household contributed how many kg per year to the trash composition of the used trashcan. When adding the other step, the contribution by the food retailers can be given.
This thesis generates the first step in mapping residual waste flows touching household level. Promising positive correlations between the number of households using a trashcan and the kg measured inside this trashcan are shown. The method household-to-retail cannot be validated and is therefore only a demonstration. The outcome of this thesis is a step in the right direction to be able to follow waste through the waste chain, by analyzing results in trash composition and knowing which households and retailer contribute to this composition.","Waste; Flow; Mapping; Amsterdam; reverse chain; household waste; household detail","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Geomatics","",""
"uuid:71cb9565-2e55-4733-a96e-e8b74abfc615","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:71cb9565-2e55-4733-a96e-e8b74abfc615","Families in the city","Visser, Daphne (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Kupers, Theo (mentor); Adema, Ferry (mentor); van der Putt, Pierijn (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2019","The number of households in Amsterdam has decreased significantly over the past few years. This trend seems to continue and may result in an unbalanced age composition within the city. The design of the apartment complex NEST 020 contributes to the preservation of families in the city.","families; city; amsterdam; housing","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences","",""
"uuid:40e4a0ee-54d8-4948-82cc-600b498ec30d","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:40e4a0ee-54d8-4948-82cc-600b498ec30d","The Buffer Zone on Marineterrein: A Safe and Inclusive District for Civilians and Marines","Chrysanthou, Sofia (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Lamers, Emiel (mentor); Bilow, Marcel (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2019","The thesis projects seeks to renew the relationship between the Royal Dutch Marine Camp and the city of Amsterdam. With the Royal Dutch Marines breaking an administrative agreement in July 2018 and deciding to continue occupy about 50% of the area on Marineterrein, the visions and ambitions for the development of a future-proof district had been compromised. The presence of the Navy Base in the city centre and the border that currently separates civilians from marines contradicts the character of the new development and is an anachronism that needs drastic changes. At the same time, mass-tourism and the expansion of NEMO museum onto Marineterrein poses a threat for the distraction of the tranquil character of Marineterrein with possible new touristic related attractions replacing local amenities as precedented already all around Amsterdam. The thesis project focuses on all these issues and tries to create an in-between space, offering facilities for both the civilians and the marines while retaining a peaceful character by redirecting the touristic crowds. The projects tries to diminish the use of high walls and fences and decrease the need for intensifying security, intelligent surveillance systems and defensive mechanisms by putting in place crime prevention strategies through environmental design. The border on Marineterrein is now transformed into a buffer zone, a safe and inclusive district for civilians and marines that offers opportunities for interaction, while renewing the relationship and integration of such institution onto the urban fabric.","Urban Planning; Security; Buffer; Marineterrein Amsterdam; Royal Dutch Marines","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences","",""
"uuid:98b8afdd-c128-47dc-ab4b-420332b8e4fe","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:98b8afdd-c128-47dc-ab4b-420332b8e4fe","Urban Families in Dense Cities","Gerbrandij, Robbie (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Kupers, Theo (mentor); Adema, Ferry (graduation committee); van der Putt, Pierijn (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2019","With the population growing worldwide and the ideal number of squared meters used per person increasing, cities such as Amsterdam are facing new expansion challenges; needing more dwellings whilst less buildable space is available. This dichotomy causes several groups of people in our society to move out of the cities. One of these migrating groups are families. Recent research has shown that many young families in Amsterdam are dissatisfied with their homes and with their living environment and as a result many of them move away from the city. As a consequence, the diversity within cities decreases, resulting in the segregation of the population. However, families have a preference towards living in the city, but the problem is that the housing supply is not sufficiently tuned to their needs. In other words, the right houses are missing. Families with a modest income are usually dependent on the outdated housing stock. As a result, they either stay dissatisfied in their current dwelling or move outside the city. A straightforward solution is building enough suitable dwellings for families. However, building dwellings with gardens for everyone is not feasible because of the lack of space and the high prices of the land. These issues that cities are facing, have brought me to my graduation topic. I have researched how we can design affordable and good quality family apartments in dense areas such as in a city. How we can design dwellings with the right size, the right layout, the right number of rooms and the right costs.","Families; Amsterdam; Dwelling","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences","","52.399190, 4.875968"
"uuid:46309d91-7a2d-4048-8dc9-b955ec0f6bb3","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:46309d91-7a2d-4048-8dc9-b955ec0f6bb3","The Maritime Mile: A sustainable sportscape in Amsterdam","Schaafsma, Bonnie (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Lamers, Emiel (mentor); Bilow, Marcel (mentor); van der Heijden, Harry (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2019","Sports are moving away from the city centre. This is happening despite a growing need for sports, especially among young people. While sports can help create a healthy city through encouraging interaction with their surroundings and the city, they also positively affect the social cohesion of neighbourhoods. The need for sports is specifically focussed on sports in the public space and on multifunctional accommodations, allowing a more diverse and free use. As the Marineterrein in Amsterdam is a testing ground for new initiatives and architecture or use of space, it forms the ideal location for a sports infused area. The Maritime Mile embeds sports into the public space with a jogging route that runs along the edges but also through the centre of the area. A variety of sports places and functions lie adjacent to the one mile long route. A large sports building with swimming pool and a smaller 24/7 changing facility, a swimming dock with changing facilities, bathrooms and showers for prolonged stay, a diving tower with a viewing point, a small skate park, a football field with a viewing area and a parklike area with an interactive fountain together make up a diverse program, offering activities to many different users. Water is used throughout the plan to make the design more sustainable and create a more comfortable and pleasant experience.","Water; Sports; Amsterdam; Public space; Route","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences","","52.375297, 4.915666"
"uuid:a34f7717-75e7-4a2c-b972-0d6f1d4156e3","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:a34f7717-75e7-4a2c-b972-0d6f1d4156e3","Future Mobility x Livability: Seeking new opportunities to enhance livability in Amsterdam","Heide, Kendra (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Lub, Marco (mentor); van Loon, Frits (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2019","The city of Amsterdam is prospering, the amount of residents and visitors continues to grow every year. With this rapid population increase there are more people seeking to travel each day. This increases the pressure on all types of modalities in Amsterdam. As a result of this, the city becomes more busy, congestion increases, the air quality gets worse, noise caused by traffic increases and the public space diminishes. The current mobility systems have negative and positive effects on the livability in Amsterdam. The way people move through cities is changing rapidly. New technologies in mobility are making it possible for people to navigate through their city more safely and efficiently. Different modes of automated mobility will emerge in the next 30 years. (Papa & Ferreira, 2018) There are still many uncertainties related to their spatial impact on our cities. This graduation project attempts to identify how automated mobility can contribute to enhance livability in Amsterdam. It explores the spatial impact of automated mobility in Amsterdam. To understand this spatial impact the research projects first identifies the scenarios on how automated mobility will be implemented and subsequently researches how this new mobility system can contribute to enhance livability. The design project seeks to propose a model for the implementation of automated mobility in Amsterdam that contributes to enhancing livability.","Amsterdam; Automated mobility; Environmental health; Scenarios; Livability","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","","",""
"uuid:70548bd3-f916-44d3-b19c-5e5e03edf015","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:70548bd3-f916-44d3-b19c-5e5e03edf015","Housing for the Inbetweeners","Tolboom, Gitta (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Kupers, Theo (mentor); Adema, Ferry (mentor); van der Putt, Pierijn (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2019","“A dwelling, residential building and living environment that meets the individual wishes and needs of the inbetweeners” In the Netherlands the percentage of people over 55 years old will increase to 37% in 2040. Furthermore, people are getting older now and in the further. One can easily differ 30 years within this age group, which also indicates people differ greatly. A dichotomy arises in this group: the 55 to 75 years old and 75 years and older. The first group is characterized by, for example, their good health. It is a group that often leaves adult family live behind (empty nest), but also does not belong to the group of elderly. This group of so called ‘inbetweeners’ is very diverse: couples, singles, still working or retired, a traveller, artist, athlete or bon vivant. They each have individual varying housing wishes and needs, which must be reflected in the living environments, residential buildings and dwellings intended for this target group of inbetweeners.","Inbetweeners; Population change; Dutch Housing; Dwelling; Amsterdam","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences","","52.399961, 4.875295"
"uuid:f22bfc1c-c8aa-4b1e-a1ea-1dd22933de1e","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:f22bfc1c-c8aa-4b1e-a1ea-1dd22933de1e","Intersections: A reinterpretation of density at mobility hubs","Bok, Sebastian (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Smidihen, Hrvoje (mentor); van der Meel, Hubert (mentor); Hackauf, Ulf (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2019","Over time physical intersections such as mobility hubs have grown to places with high densities of users. The same accounts for digital intersections such as social media platforms which also have grown to places with high amounts of users. Both make use of density as a focal point for public activity. Physical mobility hubs for example offer the convenience of facilities on the go. However digital platforms are replacing activities that are previously done in the physical realm. What remains offline? New digital lifestyles also affect the way people use a mobility hub with people living in their own digital cocoon. Nonetheless transport can’t be simulated virtually and therefor remains an physical mean in the future. Altogether this poses a situation where the meaning of public spaces at a physical mobility hub is on the verge of change. Intersections, a reinterpretation of density at mobility hubs, is about physical activity that can’t be done online and reflects on new digital lifestyles.","Density; Mobility hub; Physical activity; Digital lifestyles; 2100; Amsterdam; Complex Projects","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences","Complex Projects","52.386277, 4.882251"
"uuid:f205f21e-4cbd-458a-bc33-b339e9d56ef7","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:f205f21e-4cbd-458a-bc33-b339e9d56ef7","City Recovery Garden: Integrate Urban Farm into the AMC Amsterdam","Wang, Xiaoyu (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Snijders, Anne (mentor); Tomesen, Paddy (graduation committee); de Krieger, Jos (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2019","With the medical services becoming decentralized and even remoted via tele-therapy,the traditional exclusive AMC with such a massive building needs a new
position and identity. This proposal aims to turn the AMC into a city recovery garden that promote the culture of health by integrating urban farming and promoting new identity of health awareness and illness prevention.","urban farming; AMC Amsterdam; new identity","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences","",""
"uuid:9f8b14d0-3f8f-43d4-9cbf-78f86c34f4d7","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:9f8b14d0-3f8f-43d4-9cbf-78f86c34f4d7","Nomadic Hub","Piszcz, Dagmara (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Smidihen, H. (mentor); van der Meel, H.L. (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2019","The Amsterdam is currently facing a housing crisis, which, especially in the center, is party caused with people moving to Amsterdam of short period of time. The temporariness of housing will be even more present in the future. The researched characteristics of year 2100 will be globalization, fast transportation, flexibility in terms of work and housing. Moreover, the climate change, causing rising water level and air temperature, together with political crisis will result in unavoidable migrations. Migration, therefore, will become one of the crucial human’s rights. Combining all aforementioned future factors, I come up to conclusion that in year 2100 we will face a new nomadic lifestyle. Nomads will be people who, rather than living in one place, will be in constant move, as the technology and political situation around the world will allow for that. The project, which emerged from a formation of new nomadic lifestyle, is a design for a Nomadic Hub, located in the north part of Amsterdam Centraal, in year 2100. It will allow it users for relocation between different destinations, while living in their personalized unit - pod. For pod's relocation the project assumes the use of upcoming global network of Hyper-loop combined with a metro. The project consist of two parts: permanent, built on site structure, which hosts public and shared functions for co-living, and the other part of the building, which is a dynamically changing arrangement of plug-in private pods. Pods enter the building through the underground distribution system, are lifted up by pods elevators and plug-in to the permanent structure. The Nomadic Hub is an architectural experiment, which makes this unique, futuristic housing experience possible to happen.","Amsterdam Centraal; Nomadic Hub; 2100; housing; future; Co-Living","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences","",""
"uuid:1b2d73f5-1568-4912-866f-23de04580553","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:1b2d73f5-1568-4912-866f-23de04580553","The Playhouse: Real Life Simulator","Domian, Aleksandra (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Smidihen, Hrvoje (mentor); van der Meel, Hubert (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2019","The design assignment is a response for a need of a public physical space that can inhabit 22nd century community. “The Playhouse” is a new type of community centre where people can spend their free time, interact with each other, develop their hobbies, stimulate their creativity, and seek out new goals and experiences.The question of the role of leisure and free time is an important issue for the future condition of public life in Amsterdam 2100. Due to the development of new technologies, total automation, and emergence or new life styles (freelancers, universal basic income takers and nomads), the new type of physical space will be needed to inhabit future community of XXII century and respond to their needs. The proposed design solution will provide space for participation, interaction, recreation and entertainment. In the hybrid reality where material formations of physical spaces will be complemented by virtual ones people can interact with each other, develop their hobbies, stimulate their creativity, and seek out new goals and experiences.
The program is divided into four categories - Physical, Semi Virtual, Virtual and Support. ‘Physical’ spaces are located on the ground floor and include park and food hall. ‘Semi Virtual’ functions consist of VR Disco Hall, VR Performance Hall and VR Sports Hall. Those spaces are event venues experiencing together in one physical space and by means of virtual technology. To ‘Virtual’ function belongs Job Training Academy that consists of VR Theme Rooms, which are meant to be experienced in Virtual (VR) and Augmented (AR) Reality. Finally, ’Support’ functions consist of Research & Innovation Lab with offices and workshops for VR Developers and VR Designers and Facilities such as storages, mechanical rooms and server rooms. The program elements of various leisure related functions are interweaving with each other offering different experiences and possibilities of interactions in the mix of physical and virtual realms.","Amsterdam 2100; Playhouse; Future; Virtual Reality; Public space","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Complex Projects","AMS MID City",""
"uuid:a8a7c1b6-13ac-479c-b13c-731b3c72e87a","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:a8a7c1b6-13ac-479c-b13c-731b3c72e87a","Urban Delta: Local Place in Zuid-Oost, Amsterdam","Kicińska, Dobrawa (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment; TU Delft Architecture)","de Koning, Stefan (mentor); Koskamp, Gilbert (mentor); Meijers, Lidy (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2019","The project is concerned with the district of Zuidoost, currently inhabited by mostly non-western immigrants and functioning as a sleeping district. As the area is missing defined local public space, the project aims to provide with space in which people of different backgrounds can meet and interact with each other, and therefore enable to form a local community. In order for such space to be successful in the 2100, times in which people would spend a lot of their free time in the virtual reality, it needs to utilize true qualities of the physical space and smartly develop its attractiveness.","public space; Amsterdam; Future cities","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences","",""
"uuid:452f24fa-01d6-40ed-a804-1f7716625d59","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:452f24fa-01d6-40ed-a804-1f7716625d59","People-oriented Street Design: Transform street from spaces into places with Automated Vehicle as a trigger","Song, Yue (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment; TU Delft Urbanism)","Dijkstra, Rients (mentor); van Nes, Akkelies (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2019","Improving the quality of urban spaces has always been the central concern for the urban designers. Street as the typical type of public spaces comprises more than 80% of public space in cities, but they often fail to provide a space where people can safely walk, bicycle and socialize, this mainly because cars dramatically occupies most street spaces, street is no longer a social space but just traffic corridor. Automated vehicle as the new technological regime will allow organizing transport supply in a radically different way, especially when fully automated vehicle are applied. Peple will be released from drving and road infrstructure will also change. It is a huge opportunity to bring street back to more people-oriented design.
I choose Amsterdam-zuidoost, a typical area with low quality of street as my design target, trying to be an eye-opener to figure out To what extent and in what way can automated vehicle be a trigger to transform automobile-oriented street into people-oriented street when 100% used.
I build up my two extreme scenarios according to different policy, also street protypes under these two scenarios. In scenario 1, SYMBIOSIS STREET,we can see a more vivid future street with diverse functions and activities, also more sustainable environment. If we are lead to this condition, strict rules for AVs and our travel behavior should be accepted, apart from this, more taxes regarding travel miles, ownership will also be inevitable.On the other hand, we will have more efficient and convenient public transport system, more equal society and less social segragation. While this needs Top-down policy and coorperation of AV companies and everyone of us. In scenario 2,FLUID STREET, there will be freedom for everyone to choose their own way to travel, loose policy will encourage indivadual ownership and long travel miles and time on streets. To garuntee the efficiency and safety, there will be no more interactions between people and AVs, people will across street by cars, moving projects provide them with everything and space they need for daily life, their activities actually are restricted in cars, their neighborhoods and different buildings. This kind of new lifestyle makes people rely much more on vehicles, causing privacy and internect safety concerns, and it is unfair for people who cannot afford AVs and rely on public transportation. If we let AVs go, this is probably our future. And it is our choose to lead to which senario.
The whole project, from research to design, is an urban experiment on walkable and efficient-functional city centers. Scenario building is the core approach that has linked research with design. Also, it is a bridge to connect the existing reality with future reality. First, the theoretical study of walkability and traffic efficiency provides the objects for analytical research of Amsterdam. It also helps to select the driving forces for scenario building. Second, theories about viability and vitality provide the evaluation materials for scenario assessment. And the urban design is the continuation of selected scenarios. The key idea of the final design is the movable programme, which means urban functions/human activities can travel in the city like automated vehicles. In the final, the project presents a dynamic urban system and flexible streetscape. It reshapes the relationship between walkability and traffic efficiency by redefining the meaning of city centers and public street with emphasizing on time dimension","walkability; traffic efficiency; movable urban programme; scenario building; Amsterdam Centrum; Automated vehicles; Pedestrian","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences","","52.370216, 4.895168"
"uuid:0251a53d-757c-4aad-8bd3-21444fe01fc0","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:0251a53d-757c-4aad-8bd3-21444fe01fc0","Seeking the just city","Gribling, Saskia (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment; TU Delft Practice Chair Urban Area Development)","Ersoy, A. (mentor); Harteveld, M.G.A.D. (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2019","Starting from the acknowledgment of cities as the spontaneous and obvious theatre for civic and politics, aim of this research is to understand how and if is there a way to work, as policy makers towards a just city. Based on Fainstein definition, the term justice is the one “encompassing equity, democracy, and diversity”. Said that, is it possible to pinpoint a frame of preconditions that are essential to any urban area development in order to be considered just? Is it just a Utopia or is it an ideal worth to strive for? In order to answer those questions, an ethical definition of such concepts needs to be researched and stated. The role of management in the built environment, urban planning, and design need to be defined as well, particularly with a transdisciplair approach. How does urban planning development affect the different actors that are going to use the area? What does it mean, considering the shaping of the urban in the future?
The filer of the gap created by urban planning theory and reality becomes even more direct when talking about such a concrete base concept as justice (Young, 1990). Therefore, aim of this research is not to look-analyse but to listen-understand the specific Urban Area Development Project in order to understand the reasons behind the decisions making process, to unpack the aspirations of both policy makers and designers. Looking at HavanStad as a specific case study this graduation research will make clear how these actors have been dealing with accessibility and the right to the city.","just city; Accessibility; inclusiveness; democracy; Urban Area Development; Havenstad; Amsterdam","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Management in the Built Environment","City of the Future",""
"uuid:e3f2614e-7497-445e-aac4-6f431058b640","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:e3f2614e-7497-445e-aac4-6f431058b640","Using simulation models and model interpretations for long-term policy-making in cities: Case study of long-term planning of office space in Amsterdam","Delemarre, Julia (TU Delft Technology, Policy and Management; TU Delft Multi Actor Systems)","Cunningham, Scott (mentor); de Bruijn, Hans (graduation committee); Louw, Erik (graduation committee); van Vliet, Martijn (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2019","Simulation models are increasingly used to substantiate long-term planning policy decisions. The communication of model results from modellers to policy-makers has not received much attention by scholars. While, without correct interpretation and correct use of model results the quality of the model itself is irrelevant for the impact of the model on policy. This research analyses this gap in literature by looking at a system from model to policy, using the case of the 2017 office policy of Amsterdam.","simulation models; Model communication; Amsterdam; Office policy; Long-term planning; model interpretation","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","","",""
"uuid:7e63673e-6e35-41bc-9f68-b37a9a307a3d","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:7e63673e-6e35-41bc-9f68-b37a9a307a3d","Assessing the future of heat supply in Amsterdam using an energy justice framework","van Stam, Martijn (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Weijnen, M.P.C. (mentor); Harteveld, M.G.A.D. (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution); Wageningen University & Research (degree granting institution)","2019","Heat services are essential to the Dutch society. Currently, earthquakes in Groningen and CO2-emission reduction goals accelerate the heat transition. This research explores the effects of this transition using an energy justice framework, answering the following research question: “What is the impact of the transition from natural gas heat supply to sustainable heat provision on energy justice in the metropolitan area of Amsterdam?”","Energy transition; heat services; energy justice; inclusiveness; Amsterdam","en","master thesis","","","","","","Joint Master of Science in Metropolitan Analysis, Design and Engineering at Delft University of Technology and Wageningen University & Research.","","","","","","Metropolitan Analysis, Design and Engineering (MADE)","",""
"uuid:dd254e36-6969-43f5-8669-370bdac41575","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:dd254e36-6969-43f5-8669-370bdac41575","Hybrid Hydro Habitat: A translation of energy and water measures into architectural and socio-economic value","Daniël, Maäyan (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Willekens, Luc (mentor); Merkeley, Tanner (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2019","The municipality of Amsterdam has come forth with a request for architecture students of the Technical University of Delft within the studio of Complex Projects to investigate the future challenges of Amsterdam through scenario-research and hence come up with proposed spatial and/or architectural configurations for the year 2050. This all with the objective to develop a sustainable city. This project answers this question on an integrative level tackling multiple seemingly conflicting developments within the urban realm of Amsterdam Zuid-Oost; the energy-transition, urbanization and water-protection. Since Amsterdam is facing an increasing urbanization, the directly related resulting increase of hardened area and waste-water will require an increase of water storage and hence an intelligent water network in order to tackle the simultaneously increasing flood risk caused by multiple factors such as climate change and soil subsidence. Simultaneously, an increasing demand for energy storage as a result of a transition towards renewable energy sources (since renewable energy sources imply an imbalance between the energy demand and the energy generation) require flood-proof energy-batteries. Since water and its energy storage capacity has currently been introduced by multiple scientific sources as a sustainable (flood-proof etc.) alternative for the ion-based battery the idea of integrating a water-battery within the urban fabric where water storage will be highly needed has hence been introduced as an answer to the problem in this report. Hence, allowing water to flow through the highly urbanized urban fabric of Amsterdam Zuid-Oost in 2050 and using both its kinetic and chemical energy capacity (salinized ground-water; blue energy) to store energy. The height difference caused by the introduction of an elevated park near the area around Bullewijk station could hence be used in order for the water to flow down and extract its gravitational energy. The resulting architectural composition which incorporates a water-battery system, sport-, cultural- and educational facilities hence embodies a calming atmosphere in a vibrant city allowing currently segregated socio-economic groups to meet and hence inspire one another.","Water battery; Urbanization; Blue Energy; Water storage; Energy storage; Amsterdam Zuid-Oost; Future; Amsterdam; Salinization; 2050; Bijlmer; Smart City","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences","","52.303608,4.956773"
"uuid:671c1baf-f5d8-434c-a6f7-aa4d7874d125","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:671c1baf-f5d8-434c-a6f7-aa4d7874d125","Digital Nomad Hub Amsterdam: Where global travel meets the local level","van Vliet, Reinier (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Kupers, Theo (mentor); van der Putt, Pierijn (graduation committee); Adema, Ferry (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2019","As a result of the vigorous and complex forces of globalization, which continue to increase the connectedness of our global village, tourism and the search for authentic experiences rise. While being aware of the paradoxes that come with authenticity, this co-living building at the Weteringcircuit in Amsterdam provides digital nomads with basic necessities like places to work, services to share and a social environment. In order to stay away from offering a generic experience, it tries to connect to local Amsterdam/Dutch traditions by incorporating various design arrangements and solutions found in the immediate surroundings.","Dwelling; Amsterdam; globalisation; Authenticity; Co-working; Digital Nomads; Co-living","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Dwelling","","52.3590122,4.8913488"
"uuid:2f1dfcd8-25b7-4669-abee-1c65748ce38c","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:2f1dfcd8-25b7-4669-abee-1c65748ce38c","‘A New City in the Port’: An actor centered institutional analysis of the strategic governance and planning process around Amsterdam Haven-Stad","Pliakis, Filip (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Daamen, T.A. (mentor); Louw, E. (mentor); Overschie, M.G.F. (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2019","In December 2017, the municipality of Amsterdam announced the development of a new city in its port: Haven-Stad. The plan comprises a redevelopment strategy to transform port lands towards a mixed use urban area with up to 70.000 dwellings. This announcement caused a conflict between port users and the city. This integration of various stakeholders and interests is key for successful urban area redevelopment, especially in the complex port-city interface. Goal of this thesis is to understand and learn from the presumed conflict between port and city in the case of Amsterdam. Therefore, an actor-centered institutional analysis was conducted of the strategic governance and planning around Haven-Stad. The level of integration between scales, sectors and agencies per outcome of each planning phase was measured and then set against the analysed institutional setting. This research identified various socio-cultural, legal-economic and governance factors in the institutional setting that affect plan making in the port-city interface. Various subjects, such as relaxed environmental regulations, decentralized urban planning and change of the political landscape have contributed to unintegrated planning and conflicts. The municipality has a culture of blueprint strategic urban planning and is focused on integrating different departments and solving an ongoing housing crisis. On the other hand, the fact that the port is fossil fuel based and corporatized -but municipally owned- limited its ability to prevent urban takeover. This thesis recommends the development of a true and joint port-urban vision, the enhancement of cooperation between local, regional and national stakeholders and the involvement of private parties and port users in plan making. In an outlook towards the introduction of the new Environment and Planning Act, this research indicates that decentralized and flexible planning instruments may increase the chance for potential conflicts in industrial and waterfront redevelopment areas.","Amsterdam Haven-Stad; Waterfront redevelopment; Port-city interface; Urban development management; Actor analysis; Institutional analysis; Housing crisis","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Management in the Built Environment","",""
"uuid:a1e4ca6f-3611-47dd-ae4a-92e1b2de33a1","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:a1e4ca6f-3611-47dd-ae4a-92e1b2de33a1","One small span: Leaping the IJ","Gorter, Noud (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Smits, J.E.P. (mentor); Bilow, M. (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2019","Over the last decades Amsterdam has grown exponentially north of the IJ, and this trend is expected to continue. The number of commuters across the river is expected to increase, but there is currently no fixed connection for cyclists or pedestrians, which use ponds. The municipality has proposed a bridge across the IJ between the Hamerkwartier and Java Island areas. With a large required heights, two movable bridge parts and very little space, this is a complicated case, both on urban design and technical level. A solution was found in a cable stayed bridge with split bridge decks. This complex construction required additional stabilizing elements and supports, but did fulfill the requirements. The end result of this study serves as an indication that the construction of a bridge on this location is possible and can lead to satisfying results, but in this complex case, simplicity as a starting requirement will probably lead to more pleasing design.","Bridge design; Amsterdam; Cable stayed bridge","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Building Technology | Sustainable Design","","52.381211, 4.922518"
"uuid:ed07c934-d719-431c-a08e-b7cecde69612","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:ed07c934-d719-431c-a08e-b7cecde69612","ARthouse Sloterdijk: Een nieuwe schouwburg als bestemming aan de A10 boulevard van Amsterdam 2050","Woudenberg, Rafaël (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","de Koning, S. (mentor); Fokkinga, J.D. (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2019","In light of the huge growth in population and tourism that Amsterdam will encounter in the future, the city might have to work towards a polycentral urban setup in which multiple city centers can contribute to the (social-, cultural-, economic-) wellbeing of the overall city. In this project we find that the likelihood of Sloterdijk, a place known for its transit node Sloterdijk Station and the nearby A10 ringroad-highway, becoming one of these poli-centers is high. But the A10 ringroad as a connecting factor between multiple new poli-centers will get a new meaning as well. The Western part of the ringroad will likely expand towards the A5, A9, A1 highway to reduce heavy transit within the city of Amsterdam. Could we in this case create a more approachable A10 highway, and what would that need? Looking at presidents of great European ringroads, like the Ringstrasse in Vienna, Boulevard de Marechaux in Paris, Boulevard Ring in Moscow but also the Binnenring of Amsterdam, we find that these places are full of green, approachable for pedestrians and cyclists, and with a great variety of cultural destination. In Amsterdam most of the cultural amenities are clustered within the old inner city. This results in a great pressure on the inner-city with overcrowding as a result. Sloterdijk has a few Cultural amenities on its own near the Sloterdijk station but these will have to relocate due to the envisioned future densification. Because of the need for cultural destinations at a renewed A10 ringroad, the solution became the clustering of these cultural amenities and the formalization of a multifunctional theater; a place for music, drama, pop-podia, movies and other means of performing art. Due to the fact that the project is based in the context of Amsterdam 2050, another question arose; what will the future of theater look like? Currently we can see the birth of new digital technologies that combine digital art with reality; Augmented Reality. Eventually these technologies could mean the addition of another production unit within the theater production team that we know. Digital attributes will become part of the story and the spectacle on the podium. This puts the AR in the ARthouse.
Many of the quay walls on Amsterdam’s canals have either reached the end of their lifespan or need replacing because of damage caused by overloading and the overuse of heavy supply trucks. Currently, a length of 200 km out of the total length of 300 km of quay walls have reached the end of their 100-year service life, and some walls have even passed that limit. In 2017, five incidents of quay-wall failure occurred. In 2018, three such incidents occurred. Hence, these quay walls are in critical need of replacement. Many are located along busy canals, which means that closing these canals will almost certainly directly lead to the congestion of traffic flow on the water. This is highly undesirable for the tourist sector. At the moment, there is no research being conducted into how to manage quay-wall renovations without disturbing transport over water.
The main goal of this research project was to develop a first version of a model through which the impact of the quay wall renovations on transport over water (e.g., passenger transport and pleasure craft) can be assessed. Thus, the main research question for this project was as follows: ""How can the impact on nautical traffic flow and congestion patterns of quay wall upgrade works in the canals of the City of Amsterdam be assessed?” A model was constructed based on the Amsterdam canal traffic analysis. An agent-based modeling framework was selected as a suitable framework, because it could give insight into not only if and when congestion occurs, but also why congestion occurs. The ABM framework is able to represent the distinct sailing speed and route selection of each vessel type, can reproduce the (routing) behavior of the three vessel types that interact, and had the additional option to incorporate the irrational behavior. Each vessel was modeled as an entity with its own logic (step-by-step instructions) and making its own decisions while moving on a graph. In order to reproduce observed traffic flow and congestion patterns, modeled vessel objects needed to move through this network, calculate their routes based on the network structure and properties, and queue at crossings. Therefore, this study applied network logic (graph theory) and queueing theory. This project used the open-source NetworkX package in Python to construct a network (graph) based on the spatial coordinates of the Amsterdam canal network, with nodes at crossings and bridges and edges connecting the nodes. Each vessel object in the model used algorithms from the NetworkX package to calculate its route on the network. The model also used the SimPy package to simulate queueing and crossing congestion at crossings with discrete time steps. To summarize, the model simulated on a microscopic level, used discrete time steps, and applied the agent-based modeling framework. As this model is developed within a community setting at the TU Delft, this model, and other transport network analysis models, can be viewed and found at https://github.com/TUDelft- CITG/Transport- Network- Analysis","Congestion; Nautical traffic; Traffic Congestion; maritime transportation; Amsterdam; canals; quaywall; quay structures; simulated model; Python; Simulations; agent based model","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Civil Engineering | Hydraulic Engineering","",""
"uuid:396e5112-19a0-48d3-b83d-9341a9fad583","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:396e5112-19a0-48d3-b83d-9341a9fad583","Pumping when the wind blows: Demand response in the Dutch delta","van der Heijden, Ties (TU Delft Civil Engineering and Geosciences)","Abraham, E. (mentor); van Nooijen, R.R.P. (mentor); Palensky, P. (mentor); Lugt, Dorien (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2019","This thesis investigates the potential of a large pumping station in IJmuiden, the Nether-lands, for participating in Demand Response. Due to climate change, renewable energy is onthe rise. The intermittency of energy, together with its unpredictable supply, are a big hurdlefor the energy transition. Two methods are promising solutions to this problem; large scaleenergy storage and demand response. Since large scale energy storage is not yet economi-cally feasible, demand response has an important role to play in the early days of the energytransition.Using energy when it is generated requires a data-stream from the generation facilities onproduction, which is not (yet) widely available. The market price, however, is an indicationof the scarcity of energy, since it is based on the ratio between supply and demand. Besidesthat, there is a correlation between a low energy price and sustainable energy productionsince marginal costs of sustainable energy production are lower than fossil energy produc-tion. This makes using sustainable energy cheaper that fossil energy, and gives DemandResponse a business case.In this thesis, a Model Predictive Control is created that uses energy market data to minimizeenergy costs. Multiple energy markets are analyzed with respect for their suitability for thepumping station in IJmuiden to act on them. The day ahead market is called the APX inthe Netherlands, and this is where energy is bought and sold the day before consumption.The intraday market, also called the flexibility market, is where energy can be bought andsold up to 5 minutes before consumption. A strategy combining these two markets will beevaluated. This is done by using a predicted day ahead price, generated by a SARIMA model,to create a plan. This plan will then be followed, but deviations from the plan are allowedagainst intraday market price.Due to imperfections of the market (mismatch between supply and demand), imbalances areoccurring. These imbalances result in frequency deviations of the grid, and voltage devia-tions. Tenner, the Dutch TSO (Transmission system operator), is responsible for minimizingthese imbalances. In order to minimize the imbalance, TenneT gives a real-time indication ofthe imbalance on the grid, and positive contributions are rewarded while negative contribu-tions are punished. This is done through the use of the imbalance price; a price per volumeof imbalance caused or solved. The imbalance price is based on the aFRR market, wherebids can be done on possible activation. Since the imbalance market is a fast-acting market,it is not suitable for a large pumping station like IJmuiden. However, the aFRR market willbe analyzed in this thesis.The effects of expected future development, like sea level rise and energy market changes,will be analyzed and simulated as well. A higher sea level would result in more pumping, andless discharging under gravity. Which causes the the pump schedule to become less flexible.The results show that it is possible to apply demand response to a pumping station, and theintraday market makes it possible for the MPC to adjust its energy use during the day.The aFRR market analysis shows a lot of potential for the pumping station, possibly makingup for all energy costs made through the spot markets.The conclusion of this thesis is that Rijkswaterstaat can possibly save energy costs on pump-ing, based on the fixed energy price, provided by Rijkswaterstaat, they pay now. Based ona reference scenario where the MPC only minimizes energy use, and a fixed ENDEX energyprice, the proposed MPC makes about 10% less costs in the German market scenario. TheDutch market scenario does not show cost savings. In the Netherlands there is not muchcorrelation between low energy prices and renewable energy yet, since renewable energy isnot a big part of the energy mix in the Netherlands. This correlation is expected to becomemore present when the Dutch energy mix becomes more sustainable. This is expected toresult in lower CO2emission through the energy use of the pumping station. However, moreresearch is needed to confirm this.","pumping; demand; response; side; management; smart; grid; sustainable; energy; market; day ahead; intraday; optimization; pyomo; ipopt; NLP; mpc; model; predictive; control; schedule; water; ijmuiden; pumping station; ijsselmeer; markermeer; noordzeekanaal; amsterdam-rijnkanaal; rijkswaterstaat","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Water Management","","52.470852, 4.601499"
"uuid:d0e77af0-8b91-4382-870c-d9e7deaba3c1","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:d0e77af0-8b91-4382-870c-d9e7deaba3c1","The Marinepassage: A case study project for circular design & material usage strategies in architecture","Amory, Jelmer (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","van de Pas, Roel (mentor); van der Zaag, Engbert (graduation committee); Stoutjesdijk, Pieter (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2019","The Marinepassage is a case study design project for circular architecture, using a guidance tool framework for circular buildings. It is located at the Marineterrein in Amsterdam and contains temporary program aimed at stimulating innovative businesses and institutions, enhancing the waterpark area and facilitating events.","Marineterrein Amsterdam; circular building; circular design strategies; circular material usage strategies; temporary program","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences","","52.373611, 4.916667"
"uuid:d63b93f9-8f31-4ecf-8538-08c3e33614bf","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:d63b93f9-8f31-4ecf-8538-08c3e33614bf","Active Amsterdam: The Blue Stairs - The city as a healthy living environment","Gankema, Josien (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Kupers, Theo (mentor); Adema, Ferry (mentor); van der Putt, Pierijn (mentor); van Wijk, Charlotte (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2019","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.","Healthy city; Active city; Active design; Dwelling; Amsterdam","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences","",""
"uuid:ed67a916-c5c4-4e0f-9e0e-42eb22cf268e","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:ed67a916-c5c4-4e0f-9e0e-42eb22cf268e","Slotermarket: an inclusive center for a gardencity 2.0","van Stelten, Caroline (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","de Koning, S. (mentor); Fokkinga, J.D. (mentor); Lub, M. (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2019","The prognosis for Amsterdam is that the population will grow until almost one million inhabitants in 2040 which leads to the fact that densification is needed to house all these people. Another prediction is that migration flows will increase, which means that diversity still will be a big topic in the future. Nowadays Amsterdam houses many nationalities and subgroups. Analyzing Sloterdijk, its demographics show more than 50% of the population is from non-western background. The people had to deal with the consequences of segregation in spatial, social and economical way. Problems as loneliness and a high unemployment rate are reason to doubt the approach of Amsterdam of dealing with integration of lower social classes and immigrants. What will happen when diversity will grow? Will this lead to a bigger segregation? Segregation arises where different groups of people aren’t meeting each other anymore and therefore do not understand each other’s world. The Slotermarket will form a new inclusive center for the local community in Sloterdijk in the future garden city 2.0. The building will house a market where different people of Sloterdijk can sell their goods next to each other. The market should be an inclusive place where different cultures could find their place now and in the future as migration flows are unpredictable. Therefore a flexible structure of pixels is made. On top of the retail functions, housing towers appear above the roof that covers the market. The roof functions as a connecting element, embracing all the pixels underneath the roof. On the other hand the roof is the meeting spot for the residents of the tower. Bridges are connecting the housing towers to the roof gardens with green houses. The inhabitants of the towers share several amenities as cars, workplaces, a sports room, a dining room and thus gardens and greenhouses on the roof. In this market a new typology is proposed: the city in a building, inspired by the souk and bazaars in the Middle East where the market is integrated in the streets of the city and by that is interwoven in the urban fabric. The Slotermarket is interwoven in its surroundings by embracing the green structures of the garden city. The future life in the garden cities will be focused around the ideals of social interaction, participation, sharing facilities and food production.
How can the architecture of a residential building create an active way for people to get involved in the food system again? In order to answer this question research studies have been made, including literature studies, plan analyses and site analysis. When people who share the same interest and fascination about food awareness will live at the same residential building or in the same neighborhood, they can share their knowledge and build up an sustainable urban environment with a sustainable food system. Due to this people can relate much better to their food.","Dutch Housing; Amsterdam; Food Production; Wintergardens; Vegetable gardens; Urban farming; Sustainability; Food awareness","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Dwelling","","52.3604, 4.89957000000004"
"uuid:096efed1-3cda-471b-80b3-a1ac62d4ca5c","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:096efed1-3cda-471b-80b3-a1ac62d4ca5c","The collective living street: Flexible and affordable family dwellings in the city center of Amsterdam","de Boer, Thaïsa (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment; TU Delft Architecture)","Kupers, T.W. (mentor); van der Putt, P.S. (mentor); Adema, F. (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2019","Collective dwelling design for the new urban middle income family. Attention is paid to enhance social interaction. The design forms a proposal for flexible and affordable family dwellings to keep the middle class in (the city center) of Amsterdam.","Amsterdam; Collective Housing; dwelling; families; Flexible housing","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Dwelling","",""
"uuid:c85b0b1f-177a-4907-ad96-cfb9c2e00bdd","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:c85b0b1f-177a-4907-ad96-cfb9c2e00bdd","Live/work-building: Towards an efficient use of the city","Schrijver, Remco (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Kupers, T.W. (mentor); Adema, F. (mentor); van der Putt, P.S. (mentor); Vande Putte, H.J.M. (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2019","Since the economic crisis there is a shortage in both dwellings and offices. As a reaction on this the building consists out of dwellings and office spaces for internation orientated companies and expats. By combining dwellings and offices, the building will be used 24/7 with which the building will be used in an efficient way.","Amsterdam; Expats; Dwelling; office building; Tower; Rooftop green","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Dwelling","",""
"uuid:515dec9c-ae4f-4690-976f-d2287db204de","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:515dec9c-ae4f-4690-976f-d2287db204de","OverTourism: Housing for locals in touristic hotspots","Poldermans, Gijs (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Kupers, Theo (mentor); Adema, Ferry (graduation committee); van der Putt, Pierijn (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2019","The city centre of Amsterdam is becoming unaffordable and uninhabitable for its locals. This project features the design for a residential building where social cohesion, liveability and the interaction between tourists and the inhabitants are vocal points.","Dwelling; Amsterdam; Elevated street; Families; Tourism; Enclave; social cohesion","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences","","52.359737, 4.891294"
"uuid:dc001b21-b9d7-4882-b3e9-4dd276f8294f","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:dc001b21-b9d7-4882-b3e9-4dd276f8294f","Residence of Reunion: The Inclusive City","Faber, Liesbeth (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Kupers, Theo (mentor); Adema, Ferry (graduation committee); van der Putt, Pierijn (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2019","Social housing for refugee families focussing specifically on three aspects:
1. Designing suitable housing for families within the typology of the gallery flat,
2. Designing for refugees: social and spatial needs of this target group
3. The multicultural floor plan: what can different dwelling cultures add to the standard Dutch gallery floor plan?
Since the building is located in the city centre of Amsterdam, the notion of designing compact floor plans is also an important addition to these previous aspects.","Families; Refugees; Dwelling; Gallery; Apartment Building; Courtyard; Social housing; Flexibility; Compact; Tower; Plinth; Amsterdam; Manifesto; Multicultural Floor plan","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences","","52.366926, 4.924369"
"uuid:49f4764f-406a-4978-aedb-5ff51428609c","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:49f4764f-406a-4978-aedb-5ff51428609c","Compact > City: Young Professional Living","Klaseboer, Stefan (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Kupers, T.W. (mentor); Adema, F. (graduation committee); van der Putt, P.S. (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2019","Over the last hundred years cities have sprawled out. Amsterdam despite being one of the denser cities also faced this phenomenon. Today, Amsterdam is very desired by dwellers and it puts the city in a difficult situation. The city can’t expand outwards and need to densify within the city perimeters. However, with the design philosophy of the Compact City there are many attractive opportunities to make Amsterdam a better city through building more qualitative better spaces with high densities. The design proposal adds within a complex urban fabric two buildings that will help to create a new hotspot for development at the outer east side of the Golden Age city expansion area of the city of Amsterdam. The building aims for Young Urban Professionals, a group that stood at the beginning of the current revitalization of the city. There outgoing and ambitious lifestyle were the inspiration for a new typology. One that put its emphasis on the communal realm. For a group that must get their social interaction from friends this space is of most importance. The private realm is a micro-unit that through its design could remain small and pushes the density levels upwards. The building’s design is a combination of maximizing the potential build volume while still connecting to the urban fabric that it stands in. The facades extend the precious green structure that is present at the location and the facades merge with the brickwork found in the older buildings in the surrounding. Touches of the Amsterdam School are found back in the design and windows are designed to offer maximal flexibility of the floorplans inside. Between the load bearing walls that span 7,8 meters there are three variations possible. One that holds one 60m² apartment or in the case of this design with two times a 30m² micro-apartment or three times a 20m² micro-apartment. This flexibility will ensure that the building can adapt to any future changes that may occur and remain sustainable. The building has one of the highest standards of insulation and is detailed to be as airtight as possible to ensure a minimized loss of energy. The CO2 controlled mechanical ventilation system with heat recovery, hot and cold geothermal storage, and a dry system floor heating all ensure maximal comfort with minimal energy.","Compact City; Micro Appartments; Flexibility; Young Urban Professionals; YUP; Amsterdam","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Dwelling","Between Standards and Ideals","52.366909, 4.923985"
"uuid:a0170ff8-9ab3-465c-b042-ba1a052f5297","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:a0170ff8-9ab3-465c-b042-ba1a052f5297","AMC Amsterdam as green lung for its inhabitants and environment","Beerens, Jeroen (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Snijders, A. (mentor); Bilow, M. (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2019","The Academic Medical Center (AMC) is one of the largest hospitals in the Netherlands and it is located in the Bijlmer district. The complex was built in 1981 and consists of 64 hectares of land. The complex is surround by a green belt where also the former psychiatric center was located. The AMC can be seen as a stand-alone city, with daily facilities, the hospital, the university en its big variety of users. The characteristic feature of the AMC monolith, that it manifests itself as an inner city, with large streets and squares and a wide range of facilities, is why it can be compared to a big city as Amsterdam. Where life takes place inside the city. As a result, the AMC has never been built with a connection to its surroundings and is there no connection with the new park to be built near the main entrance.
The main entrance is an unclear element from the parking space and also creates a certain boundary between inside and outside. When patients, employees, visitors and students enter the AMC through the main entrance, they enter the city through a dark, depressed corridor, which makes people feel even more inclined to feel ill. In particular, a hospital such as the AMC should contribute to the well-being of its patients and inhabitants.
Climate change is an important point of attention for the whole world. Especially in big cities as Amsterdam, which is one of the most polluted cities in the Netherlands. Global warming is dangerous for the living environment in the cities and are in densely populated cities as Amsterdam a real thread and is one of the greatest effects of climate change.
A second problem is the disappearance of greenery in the city, and the increasing air pollution. Nature, such as parks, shrubs, plants and trees (green) can contribute to creating a healthier living environment in the city. But instead of more green being realised in the city, it disappears by the fact that cities are getting overcrowded. In the past centuries parks were built to enhance the urban climate. Meanwhile the urban ground is developed in such a high density, and the costs for sites have risen so quickly that (new) parks are very rare in the urban structure. Urban parks disappear and they are transformed into “stamp” parks. The result: the city becomes more and more polluted and gets warmer.
This report attempts to evaluate the positive effects of integration of nature on building scale. Research shows that green/nature can filter this air pollution and make a positive contribution to counteracting the rising temperature. The integration of a green façade and green roof in the built environment can play an important role in this. The green elements have besides an esthetically value, also psychological and energetic benefits. When these elements are designed correctly, the building can contribute to a healthier living environment.
2 -depleted groundwater, which is enriched in ammonium and phosphorus due to the subsurface mineralization of organic matter under sulfate-reducing conditions. This groundwater is mixed in the ditches during wet periods with O 2 -rich runoff, and iron- and phosphate-rich drain water. Unlike natural catchments, the newly created, separated urban flow routes lead to mixing of water in the main surface water itself, shortcutting much of the soil and shallow subsurface. This leads to low O 2 and high ammonia concentrations in dry periods, which might be mitigated by water level management or artificially increasing O 2 levels by water inlet or artificially aeration of the main water canals. Further research is necessary how to optimize artificial urban systems to deliver a better ecological and chemical status of the surface water.","Amsterdam; Groundwater quality; Groundwater-surface water interaction; Nutrients; Radon; Surface water quality","en","journal article","","","","","","Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository ‘You share, we take care!’ – Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public.","","2019-10-29","","","Sanitary Engineering","","",""
"uuid:75ca9ecd-8d03-4e8d-90f2-df60ee360a50","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:75ca9ecd-8d03-4e8d-90f2-df60ee360a50","Understanding how Amsterdam City tourism marketing addresses cruise tourists’ motivations regarding culture","Dai, T. (TU Delft OLD History of Architecture & Urban Planning; Southeast University); Hein, C.M. (TU Delft History, Form & Aesthetics); Zhang, Tong (Southeast University)","","2019","This paper argues that a gap exists between the marketing of shore excursions and cruise tourists’ expectations of ‘local flavor’ experiences. The paper first establishes that this discrepancy exists, then aims to refine the focus of marketing and promotion, and finally proposes strategies for improving cruise tourists’ satisfaction. Amsterdam, a city eager to attract more cruise tourists, is chosen as the case area to evaluate the alignment of marketing and passenger expectation. The study is based on an analysis of tours proposed by cruise companies, using a word frequency analysis of their narratives, and on structured interviews with 228 passengers. The result indicates that marketers should more effectively focus on and promote ‘local flavor’ experience. They could place a stronger emphasis on local identity by cooperating with more local partners and engaging tourists in product design.","Amsterdam; Cultural tourism; ICT; Motivation; Satisfaction; Sea cruise tourism; Shore excursion; Tourism marketing","en","journal article","","","","","","","","","","","OLD History of Architecture & Urban Planning","","",""
"uuid:09688652-cad3-42a2-aeee-9a3d8c3664ac","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:09688652-cad3-42a2-aeee-9a3d8c3664ac","Green-House: Aquaponic farm and green residence","van der Woude, Steven (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","de Koning, Stefan (mentor); Fokkinga, Jelke (mentor); Romein, Arie (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2018","Metropoles around the world are projected to keep growing in the coming years. Their population is increasing and with it the size and density of the city. Amsterdam is no exception to this projected growth with a population estimated to be larger than one million around 2050. As a consequence, we can see the housing and land prices skyrocket and the demand for new buildable space increase. ‘Green-House’ proposes to combine green recreation (allotment gardening) with the possibility for housing and hyper functional urban farming in a new architectural typology. With accessible green, it can sustain biodiversity in the city whilst embracing the densification and increasing the quality of life of the inhabitants with local food production.","Amsterdam 2050; Sustainability; Greenhouse; Complex Projects; Housing; Allotment; Sloterdijk; Biodiversity","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","","",""
"uuid:39e22954-5f0b-47a1-a4ae-474b9c34a7c1","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:39e22954-5f0b-47a1-a4ae-474b9c34a7c1","Amstel Admiralty: A circularly built environment for Living Working in 2050","Elswijk, Wietse (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Caso, O. (mentor); Koskamp, G. (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2018","The spatial planning in the Amstel area can be attributed to its heavy infrastructure. As in the scenario for 2050 mobility takes on a smaller shape, the area becomes a far denser agglomeration of productive spaces focused on the experience of both the walker and the cyclist. Accessibility gains the upper hand over centrality, see also what happened to the Zuidas commercial district which the municipality originally wanted in the city center. As this development continues to evolve the A10 gets downgraded and opens up space for bigger program in the old highway exits. Where the neighborhoods and office parks where a product of homogenization in the past. Now these programs are melting into singular entities where the multiplicity of uses generates public space and productive collective. It will provide space for both individual expressions and unified ambitions.
The resulting program looks to incorporate living and working and a stimulative environment for productivity with offices centered around an atrium and housing around an elevated courtyard. The downgraded A10 has a significant role in the determination of the public space which surrounds the block, it contrasts the collective enclosed spaces with the open and freely accessible boulevard. Aided by densification of the boulevard by buildings on similar scale, the street life climbs up onto the activity route and onto the courtyard.
Further research explores the possibilities of materializing the architectural design in a way that reduces waste. Recycling and design for deconstruction are not the only methods to deal with the waste stream produced by the building industry. The reconfiguration of materials does not guarantee the best quality. Material longevity adds to the character of the building and shows the users behavior through its wear on surfaces, this adds a familiarity. As is evidenced by the appreciation for the patina on old buildings. Durable materials can take priority over temporary constructions. Maintenance and separation of the more temporary layers of the building is key for this approach.","Amsterdam; Amstel; 2050; circular building; working living environment","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Complex Projects","AMS Mid City","52.33244128850754,4.929197101118916"
"uuid:380d9592-9f32-4f43-84a1-7a5630b8476d","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:380d9592-9f32-4f43-84a1-7a5630b8476d","City Plaza: Designing a new relationship to the water","Otisons, Andris (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Caso, Olindo (mentor); Koskamp, Gilbert (graduation committee); de Wit, Leontine (graduation committee); Vitner, Daan (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2018","The project examines the relationship between a city and a waterfront. With the ongoing waterfront redevelopment projects it is necessary to step back and evaluate the current trends and impacts of them on the city. City Plaza proposes a unique and original way to merge architecture and waterfronts and proposes a new structure and relationship of our city edge and waterfront occupation.","Waterfront; Amsterdam; Revitalization; Concert hall; Opera house","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","","AMS Mid City",""
"uuid:66b9047d-d4c1-4c13-9204-9d4a89b05c29","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:66b9047d-d4c1-4c13-9204-9d4a89b05c29","The border node: A shared mobility project in the fringe belt of Amsterdam","de Heij, Cas (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Caso, O. (mentor); Koskamp, G. (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2018","The project intends to answer the question how to deal with the mobility of people in the future city. The project is located on the fringe belt of Amsterdam in the western harbour area. An area with high potential for future development. The increasing population and density create more pressure on the existing mobility network. New technological developments create opportunities for new ways and more efficient ways of moving around, improving the mobility network.","Mobility; Amsterdam; Shared mobility","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences","",""
"uuid:0eb95b7d-b259-4fbd-baca-95de616b41a3","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:0eb95b7d-b259-4fbd-baca-95de616b41a3","Cyber Security Assessment of Public Electric Vehicle Chargers in Amsterdam","Carranza Pasten, Monica (TU Delft Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science)","Palensky, Peter (mentor); Cvetkovic, Milos (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2018","With the inclusion of Electric Vehicles Charging Stations in the city of Amsterdam, there is not enough knowledge to understand if the electrical grid infrastructure can withstand this increase in the load. In this thesis work the distribution grid of Amsterdam has been replicated and a cyber attack against the EV Charging Stations has been launched. The behaviour of the grid components has been tested and a cyber security assessment of the attack scenario has been developed.","Cyber Security; Electrical Grid; Amsterdam; Electric Vehicle; Charging Station","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","","",""
"uuid:1681be87-b2c4-4bd8-8dc2-385a630708f9","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:1681be87-b2c4-4bd8-8dc2-385a630708f9","The design of a Just in Time delivery system to optimise the build-up process of trade shows","Verwaal, Auke (TU Delft Industrial Design Engineering)","Santema, Sicco (mentor); Bluemink, Bart (graduation committee); Baas, Bret (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2018","RAI Amsterdam is the largest exhibition and conference centres in the Netherlands and host of various national and international trade shows, exhibitions, and congresses that visit Amsterdam. When a trade show is built, hundreds of stand builders work on their individual stands within their assigned floor space. In the exhibition halls, with more than 50 to 100 stands per hall, a challenge occurs—building a trade show with different stand builders, each working on their own stand, with their own design and their own schedule. During the build-up freight trucks, carrying the stand materials are parked outside the venue halls waiting to unload the materials. The problem RAI Amsterdam has is that RAI Amsterdam has limited space available for trucks to park and unload. The space is not sufficient to allow all the trucks to park at the same time. As a result, the trucks that are waiting to enter the parking space at the RAI cause traffic accumulation and obstruct roads into Amsterdam. Instead RAI being a valued part of Amsterdam, it is seen as a burden on the city. Therefore the goal of this project is to determine methods to reduce the volume of freight traffic during the build-up of trade shows at RAI Amsterdam. The solution to this problem was found in the principles of Lean manufacturing. Lean is about removing waste throughout the manufacturing process. One type of the waste is inventory. To improve the logistics of the build-up is to unburden the logistical situation outside the halls is by organising what is happing insides. By removing the materials that are stored around trade shows stand during the build-up, has impact on the volume of trucks that bring the materials. By removing the materials and only give the stand builders the materials they need at the moment they need is known in the world of logistics as Just in Time delivery. With insights gathered from interview with various stakeholders, modelling the current build-up process, case studies and organising a co-creation session in which participant played a game in where they simulated the current and new build-up process, an automated Just in Time delivery system was created. By making use of a hub (owned by logistics service company DB Schenker), between the storage facilities of stand builders and RAI Amsterdam, the materials can be brought to the hub and only when necessary shipped to the venue halls of RAI Amsterdam. The hub contains a distribution centre that receives, store, manage and ship materials when they are necessary. The result of the system is that the volume of trucks currently at the RAI are moved to the hub and from the hub only the freight trucks drive to RAI Amsterdam that carry the materials that are necessary at that moment in time.","Just in Time Delivery; Trade shows; RAI Amsterdam; Lean Manufacturing; Build-up process; Simulation games","en","master thesis","","","","","","","Campus only","","","","","Strategic Product Design","","52.34154189999999, 4.888079100000027"
"uuid:b8a68d5b-ffef-401c-b94e-6ee955c5a2cf","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:b8a68d5b-ffef-401c-b94e-6ee955c5a2cf","From landscape to mindscape: Spatial narration of touristic Amsterdam","Dai, T. (Southeast University); Zhuang, T. (TU Delft OLD Housing Quality and Process Innovation); Yan, J. (TU Delft OLD Housing Systems); Zhang, Tong (Southeast University)","","2018","The cultural attributes of architecture in touristic cities are vital to city image building, city branding, and rebranding, as well as generating more economic profits for sustainable urban development, and protecting cultural sustainability. However, many studies on this theme focus on the singularity of architecture referring to its stylistic or morphological definitions, lacking attention to visitors' cultural experiences in the architectures. Considering the importance of personal experience involved in cultural activities as a process of spatial narration through which architecture makes sense to visitors and generates cultural values, the aim of this paper is to reveal the respective correlations between different types of architecture regarding the cultural experience it imparts and the non-positive dimensions of the city image. This research builds a categorization system of three cultural types of architecture, and designs a questionnaire to collect tourists' personal opinions concerning architectures and the city image of Amsterdam's waterfront in order to calculate such correlations statistically. The results associate architectures with 'tourism-oriented', 'present/process-based', and 'mass' cultural types with non-positive dimensions of city image, which leads to further discussions of 'authenticity', 'identity', and 'mass culture', suggesting the significance of urban cultural policies and local communities in terms of city rebranding.","Amsterdam; Architecture; City image; Cultural attractions; Cultural experience; Cultural tourism; Rebranding; Sustainability; Urban development","en","journal article","","","","","","","","","","","OLD Housing Quality and Process Innovation","","",""
"uuid:2b3384ca-dcc3-49a6-9e22-c1bbf6a6c190","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:2b3384ca-dcc3-49a6-9e22-c1bbf6a6c190","Flexible work, flexible stay: Residential Complex Design","Du, Jingling (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Steenbruggen, Steven (mentor); van der Meel, Hubert (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2018","In the Netherlands - and indeed most of the Western world - the prospect of a shrinking population and decreasing economic growth appear to be the most pressing issues. Town planning can greatly contribute to a more sustainable world, and the means it needs to do so are at the heart of the discipline, in the form of rational zoning, that is, the design of urban patterns that minimize the need for traffic. ""Densification"" is often promoted as a means to achieve this - though, obviously, everything depends on where it occurs. Besides, in the future, the employment policy will be changed. More and more people will work more flexible especially the female employees and the elderly. Zuidas acting as a business district has to face the challenge of the transition of employment policy. And how is the old historic district like Oud Zuid going to change in the future under the change of employment policy? Under such circumstance, how to design a complex based on the city fabric which is more suitable for the future lifestyle is what I want to solve in this graduation project.
My project is to change an historical residential house into a living-working complex, providing public service like retails, library, exhibition, working space, etc. It is providing a possibility to solve the future problem: a growing number of people will become independent professionals and the urban nomads. Besides, it’s a trial of historical building’s renovation. I hope it could benefit to explore the means to reuse the heritage to meet the future demands.","Residential; Complex; Amsterdam; Office","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","","",""
"uuid:c6124403-f20e-4e63-96e3-e5e731e6cf18","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:c6124403-f20e-4e63-96e3-e5e731e6cf18","Future Node: Amsterdam Sloterdijk 2050","Dreesmann, Floris (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","de Koning, Stefan (mentor); Fokkinga, Jelke (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2018","Amsterdam Sloterdijk currently can be best described as a desolate office-area next to a major multi-modal mobility hub. At the same time amsterdam at large is facing challenges it has never seen before. The city is getting over-crowded, housing prices have increased sharply, and the limits of it's mobility network are already reached. Continuing on the current path the city can simply not absorb the projected growth towards 2050. 'Future Node' proposes to leverage sloterdijk's underutilized potential by providing the critical mass to develop sloterdijk into one of amsterdam's new polycenters. Only in this way the city's growth can be absorbed whilst keeping it accessible.
the first intervention involves optimizing The infrastructural situation around Sloterdijk. The herein redirected ground-based tracks allow for a roundabout to smoothly connect the surrounding areas under the fly-over tracks, and directly connect the a10 to a underground transferium.
The building itself is a direct result of this infrastructural context. The outer diameter protrudes over the tracks to provide fronts in 3 direction, the inner diameter maximizes the central plaza. An interior network of passages let in light whilst providing the mixed-use building with a urban quality.
As such, future node will form the focal point of both mobility flows and urban life.","Amsterdam 2050; future node; transit oriented development; Sloterdijk; railway; station; Complex Projects; mobility","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","","",""
"uuid:efe6a38f-2d17-4fea-a662-1239463d58ee","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:efe6a38f-2d17-4fea-a662-1239463d58ee","bike factory 4.0","Du, Yishan (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Steenbruggen, Steven (mentor); van der Meel, Hubert (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2018","Discussions about bicycle never stop in Amsterdam. After all these years’ theory as well as practice, it is generally accepted that in such a compact and flat city, bike has been and would remain the best way of mobility in the next few decades.
However, according to statistics, though bike has been the best appreciated mode of mobility for Amsterdamers, public transports and cars that are less convenient in the city are still the first choices for visitors of Amsterdam.
So in promoting bike as a sustainable and applicable way within the city, there’s still a huge potential in visitors who constitute 1/3 of the whole population, to raise their awareness and finally raise their choices for bike when transferring on the edge of the city.","bike; factory; Amsterdam","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","","",""
"uuid:33ca8305-f54c-43c6-b293-19fc8f9b19b9","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:33ca8305-f54c-43c6-b293-19fc8f9b19b9","De Boele Housing: Housing reform in Oud Zuid and Zuidas","Borbély, Blanka (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Steenbruggen, Steven (mentor); van der Meel, Hubert (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2018","The following thesis is an architectural and urban design for the expanding Zuidas area in Amsterdam for the year of 2050. It is a social and economical experiment of different social classes living together, and taking advantage of the interdependence they have on each other.","housing; social reform; social justice; Amsterdam","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences","","52.3702141, 4.8951761"
"uuid:b739254c-823f-48bd-ad8c-894197f06e79","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:b739254c-823f-48bd-ad8c-894197f06e79","(Dis)Continuity: Life in urban conditions of Amsterdam 2050","Strupiński, Michał (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Steenbruggen, Steven (mentor); van der Meel, Hubert (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2018","Amsterdam faces a problem common to many historical metropolises of Europe – how to maintain constant transformation of urban fabric in a changing world while preserving its heritage at the same time? Pushing new investments outside the borders of historical areas create a risk of transforming a living organism of a city into an artificial open-air museum, with no relation to new districts that are becoming standalone cities on their own. In Amsterdam this process is visible especially in the south, where a new financial centre, Zuidas, is becoming an isolated island of international corporations, detached from the rest of the city and nearby Oud Zuid that, on the other hand, lacks public and cultural functions.
In my project I attempt to improve urban environment by creating connections over the borders and effectively breaking isolated clusters, maintaining continuity within the city and between the districts, as well as enhance life quality and environment between the buildings. The project is a landmark, a reference point in a new network of walkability that introduces a concept of a new typology of a public function for Amsterdam 2050 – a climate centre. Its aim is to multiply green area ratio and purify the air, effectively improving local climate as well as offering a new activity space for locals and an attraction for tourists outside their cluster within the central city.","climate; Urban farming; vertical garden; hortus conclusus; Urban Environment; Health; slow down; Amsterdam 2050; climate centre","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","","","52.351165262, 4.874496502"
"uuid:33359903-ab10-41fd-af96-1d5391dfc28c","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:33359903-ab10-41fd-af96-1d5391dfc28c","The BAR[N]: Botanical Research Institute Amsterdam","Görtz, René (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Smidihen, H. (mentor); Mulder, K.B. (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2018","The historic landscape is changing due to global warming. Valuable ecosystems are disappearing and have to be adapted or replaced in order to make the Dutch landscape future-proof. For this reason a new botanical research institute was proposed. The purpose will be the protection of local and global ecosystems along with providing research into new agricultural implementations. Next to this it will act as an extension and new entrance to Amsterdamse Bos through the construction of a bridge connecting Schiphol Corridor to Amsterdamse Bos, welcoming visitors, gardeners and researchers.
THE BAR[N] gives answer to the hypothetical question: what if the Dutch Cultural landscape and its philosophy were captured and frozen into the design of the Botanical Research Institute?","Botanical garden; Landscape; Amsterdam; Architecture; Amsterdamse Bos; Polder Meerzicht; Schiphol Corridor","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Complex Projects","Schiphol Corridor 2050","52.327839, 4.820777"
"uuid:d5ca751e-a169-4e88-824e-ddec2541629c","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:d5ca751e-a169-4e88-824e-ddec2541629c","The Shared Platform: Cohabitation and sharing on the IJ","Giokari, Lydia (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Caso, O. (mentor); Koskamp, G. (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2018","As the predictions of the future suggest, in the horizon of 2050 the model of the sharing economy will be extensively established. This model will affect not only the way we inhabit and use possessions but also space. The increasing phenomena such as Airbnb, pose the question of whether the lifestyle of 2050 will lead to a new typology of the house: The house as a Shared Platform. In this platform-model, people will live as a community and they will use space as a resource, together with other possessions such as the bike or the boat–since water mobility will be extensively used on the IJ river. Cohabitation will be the strategy to cope with the changing socio-economic conditions; community and space as resources and means of self-sufficiency. Zaanstad, a former industrial area which will be fully redeveloped in 2050 into a dense working and living district, will be the ideal place for such an experimentation; the perfect location for the sharing community to be established and grow on the river. Since most of the land will be already occupied by 2050, water will be the new plot for development. The Shared Platform will initiate this new strategy of building on the water that relates to the strong bond of Amsterdam with the river. Introducing new urban relationships with its surroundings, the Platform will trigger urban sprawl on the IJ. People will travel and spend the night in the Shared Platform to experience this cohabitation community. They will get to know the habits and lifestyle of the real locals of the place. The unique location on the banks of the IJ and the water mobility network of ferries and water-taxis will strengthen the experience. The Shared Platform will consist a prototype for the new lifestyle.","Amsterdam 2050; Sharing Economy; IJ river; Cohabitation; platform; Future; Zaanstad; Complex Projects","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Complex Projects","","52.408786, 4.863316"
"uuid:1db5ee5c-e815-44f4-830a-2813e6f841a5","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:1db5ee5c-e815-44f4-830a-2813e6f841a5","The Butterfly: A sense of home, community and integration for expat families in Amsterdam","Plas, Stefan (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment; TU Delft Architecture)","van der Putt, Pierijn (mentor); Kupers, Theo (mentor); Adema, Ferry (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2018","Attracting foreign talents is crucial for governments and companies for a strong international competitive position. However, the Netherlands are falling behind in attracting foreign knowledge workers, despite the fact that we are one of the top competing economies. So, to boost our economy, a more attractive environment for expats is valuable.
Our biggest weaknesses as a country and for Amsterdam in particular are the ease of integration and finding affordable housing, while the family life is our biggest strength. So these are factors to respectively improve and maintain. In addition to this, research shows that expats face feelings of loneliness upon arrival in a new country. A way to battle these feelings is to create a community.
These factors all play a role in the research and design, hence the subtitle. The design answers to this subtitle through a layering of this community and engagement with the neighbourhood.","expats; amsterdam; housing; serviced apartments; knowledge workers","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","","","52.358900, 4.892000"
"uuid:3a09cae9-8344-473f-bd0a-6ff45b2dfdab","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:3a09cae9-8344-473f-bd0a-6ff45b2dfdab","In The Garden of Anthropos: The City as a Place for Production","Habostad, Petter (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Caso, O. (mentor); Koskamp, G. (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2018","The project acts as a way to bring production back to the city as a part of everyday life in the year 2050, in a time when industry has become individualised as a result of the fourth industrial revolution. At the same time, additive manufacturing (3D-printing) makes it possible to produce just about anything; from shoes and textiles to synthetic biological human tissues, blood cells and organs.
This type of production breaks down several barriers such as the two sides of supply and demand within sharing economy, but also the stance we take of the artificial and the genuine, technology-ecology and city-nature. What does it really mean to be human in a world where anything can be produced from synthesised DNA - is technological production just an extension of our biological selves?
By using the enclosed garden as a typology, the project incorporates production spaces on the lower floors and dwellings on the upper floors, creating a close relationship between living and working. It transpires from the urban to the natural and offers spaces for both individual and communal production within a complete man-made environment, reflecting on human cultivation and production within the historical concept of the garden bridging city and nature.","architecture; garden; garden city; production; Industry; Industry 4.0; additive manufacturing; ecology; amsterdam; Complex Projects; Anthropocene; manufacturing","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Complex Projects","","52.416456, 4.864843"
"uuid:f467458e-0d1c-4732-8220-45e880d1110e","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:f467458e-0d1c-4732-8220-45e880d1110e","Backyard Beauty: Powerplant of 2050","Merkens, Dennis (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Caso, O. (mentor); Koskamp, G. (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2018","In 2050 the characteristics of the Port of Amsterdam will be totally changed. Enormous developments will change our area to a highly dense urban city. The Hemweg centrale will be closed down, but how can we create our energy then? The demand for energy will increase. New technique shows other ways of creating energy, like nuclear fusion. Nuclear fusion is a way of creating energy in the same way as the sun. With intense heat atoms will merge and in this progress the atoms will create a lot of energy. This new type of creating energy is safe, does not contribute to the greenhouses gases and the fuel is cheap and virtually limitless. But how to design a powerplant in a dense urban city? My powerplant will stand in a park and it will attract people with the additional function. Normally a powerplant is locked behind a fence. But there is a new movement, namely a more public powerplant. In 2050 this type will be a normal phenomenon. My powerplant will stand in a park and it will attract people with the additional function. In the building, just like a heart, the machine produces energy. This process is visible and the plinth is public. There is also a route through the building that explains the process of processing energy. All these characteristics are need for a powerplant that fits the need of 2050.","Powerplant; Amsterdam; 2050; Nuclear Fusion; Energy; Combining functions","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Complex Projects","Zaanstad",""
"uuid:2a6aa53e-0735-49e1-ad01-7d7541d53bd8","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:2a6aa53e-0735-49e1-ad01-7d7541d53bd8","Amsterdam Food Factory: An architectural investigation in inner city, high tech food production","van Koten, Gjalt (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Jansse, S.P. (mentor); Verkuijlen, S.H. (graduation committee); van Warmerdam, R.J.G. (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2018","The thesis focusses on the architectural investigation of modern food production techniques. Feeding our cities becomes an increasing train on our environment and our society has never been as much disconnected from the origins of the nutrition as in our current time.
The thesis proposes a food production laboratory at the border of Amsterdam. Good infrastructural connections and the proximity to a high density city stimulate the interaction with the way our food is grown and locally accessible.","Food Production; Architecture; Amsterdam; zeeburgereiland; Factory design; Landscape; Greenhouses; Education architecture","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","2018-06-28","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Complex Projects","AMS Mid City",""
"uuid:726f96af-e957-40a2-85f0-bfaaae204182","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:726f96af-e957-40a2-85f0-bfaaae204182","Recreatieve ecologie: Verbetering van de ruimtelijke kwaliteit door een samensmelting van recreatieve en ecologische belangen voor het Amsterdamse stadsmeer Nieuwe Meer","Kattemölle, Anneloes (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Asselbergs, M.F. (mentor); van de Voort, J.A. (mentor); Hooimeijer, F.L. (mentor); Vitner-Hamming, D. (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2018","Het toenemende gebruik van de openbare Amsterdamse ruimte presenteert de gemeente van Amsterdam met de uitdaging om maatregelen treffen ter optimalisatie van duurzame benutting en ruimtelijke organisatie voor stadsplas de Nieuwe Meer. De kansen en ambities die voortvloeien uit deze uitdaging zijn opgenomen in verschillende gemeentelijke visies, met elk een eigen thema. Daarnaast zijn er nog een tal van andere belanghebbenden zoals omwonenden, huidige gebruikers, bedrijven, en verenigingen. Samen met de gemeente delen zij de ambitie om de kansen van het gebied beter te benutten, al lijken er door de verschillende stakeholders uiteenlopende belangen en plannen vastgesteld te worden voor dezelfde geografische ruimte. De fusie van deze uiteenlopende belangen zou meer dan de som van zijn delen kunnen creëren.
In deze thesis ligt de aandacht voor duurzame stedelijke ontwikkeling op de samenkomst van sociale, ecologische, economische en projectmatige belangen, ook wel verwoord als People, Planet, Prosperity en Project. Het doel van deze thesis is om het fysieke landschap van de Nieuwe Meer in Amsterdam aan te passen aan de belangen van verschillende actoren op duurzame wijze, en om op die manier toegevoegde waarde te creëren op het gebied van sociologie, ecologie, economie en het project. Daarom is deze thesis gericht op het beantwoorden van de volgende vraag: Hoe kan de People-Planet-Prosperity-Project (PPPP) methode toegevoegde waarde creëren voor de fusie van recreatie en ecologie in de Nieuwe Meer in Amsterdam?
Om een antwoord te kunnen geven op de onderzoeksvraag is een theoretische basis gevormd van het begrip ruimtelijke kwaliteit, de People-Planet-Prosperity-Project methode, en de Fusie van Belangenstrategie. Vanuit dit perspectief zijn vervolgens twee case studie-projecten geanalyseerd, resulterend in praktische inzichten in duurzame ontwerpstrategieën en generieke lessen voor een gelijksoortige ontwerpopgave. Om inzicht te winnen in de belangen en wensen van de stakeholders van de Nieuwe Meer is kwalitatief onderzoek uitgevoerd in de vorm van literatuuronderzoek, mondelinge individuele interviews en een online enquête. Het resultaat van het onderzoek bestaat uit een ambitiekaart voor de Nieuwe Meer waarin al deze belangen zijn samengevoegd en gevisualiseerd. Aan de hand van deze ambitiekaart is gezocht naar oplossingen voor een fusie van de ogenschijnlijk tegenstrijdige belangen en plannen, welke vorm hebben gekregen in een projectvoorstel voor een duurzame wakeboardbaan met bijbehorende landschappelijke elementen en horecavoorzieningen, als recreatieve impuls voor de Nieuwe Meer.","Duurzame gebiedsontwikkeling; Ruimtelijke kwaliteit; Meervoudig ruimtegebruik; People-Planet-Prosperity-Project; Fusie van belangen; Nieuwe Meer Amsterdam; Wakeboarden","nl","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Explorelab","","52.3702157, 4.895167899999933"
"uuid:c0726d6d-2174-47b2-9aad-d4fe211b0df9","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:c0726d6d-2174-47b2-9aad-d4fe211b0df9","[Re] Start-up: Sluisbuurt [Re]start-up Hub","Zhang, Shushen (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Jansse, Sven (mentor); Verkuijlen, Stephan (graduation committee); van Warmerdam, Ronald (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2018","The focus of the graduation studio AMS MID CITY is creating future scenarios through architectural design with as a testing ground the city of Amsterdam in 2050. The posed problem I encountered during my research on work in the future and the city is that the pace of the revolution of works grows faster than ever. So individuals have been forced to adapt to social progress and technological development. A lot of new business will start during the transition period. However, a lot of people working in traditional, lowskilled jobs will lose their job because of replacing by robots.
The ambition of my project is to help people adapting to the new age in terms of the job (re)start-ups.
Our group site location is on Zeeburgereisland, the outskirt of the central Amsterdam, isolated to the mainland for decades. In our group vision we are going to make it isolated but well-connected, a pilot and self-sufficient. In our site, there are 40% of social housing out of the whole housing amounts. It means a lot of people living on the island are lowerclass. They are mainly engaged in low-skilled jobs (about to be replaced by technology in the future), due to their limited educational resources. In 2050, a large proportion of people will need the occupation transition.
The design brief resulted in the design of “an [Re]startup Hub”. A future [Re]start-up hub, which works on educating and integrating the skills and abilities of different people, so that they can learn from each other, and create job opportunities. The value of places will shift to the promotion of networking, socializing, collaboration, hyper-individualized learning, and will be spaces where serendipity, unplanned encounters, unanticipated opportunities, and coincidences can occur, encouraging diversity activities, communication, and creativity.
Furthermore, by researching different case studies of urban agriculture I came to the conclusion that food production in urban environments is a subject that is closely connected with both social and technical issues. From the research I realized that if future cities need to reach to a level that they are self-sufficient and self-sustained in the case of food supply, people need first to be more conscious about it. That meant for me that people had first to start being more aware about the problem of their lost connection with their food, and when they succeed to be aware about it, then they can move forward to the next step, which is to start creating self-sufficient neighborhoods and dealing with more technical issues. Therefore the most important factor for my design was that of educating people about the food supply problem and urban food production in general. And that could be achieved by having some food-based activities situated in the premises of the building and which have an educational character.","FOOD; urban agriculture; Architecture; Housing; Dwelling; Amsterdam; food production; Urban farming; Greenhouse; Sustainability; High density housing","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences","Stonghold Amsterdam","52.3668941,4.922801299999946"
"uuid:65292ee8-d219-4218-bfd7-1c5ed4029352","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:65292ee8-d219-4218-bfd7-1c5ed4029352","City in Balance: a spatial vision and strategy on the continuity between centre and periphery in Amsterdam","Albers, Cateau (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Read, Stephen (graduation committee); Dijkstra, Rients (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2018","Amsterdam is dealing with a discontinuity between a gentrified urban centre and a disadvantaged periphery, caused by the presence of different spatial concepts. The centre follows the concept of centralisation and therefore has fine grain, marked by the richness of connections between the different scaled grids. Centrality happens on the streets and so these streets, including the radials, function as high streets full of vital urban life. The periphery, however, follows the concept of decentralisation and has a coarse grain with a disengagement between the different scaled-grids. The vivid high streets of the centre change into traffic arteries, characterised by a thinness of experience of public space. Centrality happens in self-contained pockets and neighbourhoods are culturally and socially homogeneous. In between centre and periphery the Ringzone is located, which is actually a grey zone dominated by the metropolitan scale.
Meanwhile, the municipality aims to maintain welfare and prosperity for all residents and therefore should acknowledge the social and economic importance of public space. The social benefit of spatial interventions is, however, not visible in the municipal strategy and in the scale and character of the projects close to the Ringzone. Moreover, trends like gentrification and fragmentation cause a growing dichotomy between centre and periphery. Amsterdam should not take this for granted, but needs to restore the balance between centre and periphery by creating continuity of vital urban life instead. Therefore, the city should focus on linking the concept of centralisation and decentralisation by making use of the radials connecting both city parts and crossing the Ring. The radials have potential as arteries of public life and the local economy, leading towards a reorientation process from centre towards periphery. Vital urban life is the end-product of the different scaled grids in the city and creating urban life therefore starts by integrating these grids. The strategy shows how Amsterdam can make a step towards continuity by zooming in on several locations in Amsterdam’s peripheral district Nieuw-West. This new approach towards the radials contribute to ‘The City in Balance’ and offers new insight for both other city parts and entire cities dealing with a dichotomy.","Amsterdam; centre; periphery; continuity; Ringzone; infrastructure; dichotomy; gentrification","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","","",""
"uuid:6bb08d50-0ba8-417c-9370-f799e352623a","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:6bb08d50-0ba8-417c-9370-f799e352623a","HAND_MADE: Architecture for craftsmanship","de Wit, Marilene (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Kupers, Theo (mentor); Adema, Ferry (mentor); van der Putt, Pierijn (mentor); Klijn, Olv (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2018","In the future, cities will face many challenges. We need to densify our cities while at the same time preserve qualities and identities on different scales. One of these identities is that of craftsmanship and the rich industrial history of Amsterdam.
The separation between living and working is outdated, especially for the growing part of the population that sees the benefit of working in their own business or as a freelancer. But the existing housing stock and urban planning do not reflect this need yet on a large scale. New types of housing that combine living and working should be developed to answer to this need. This approach is called live-work design, or zero-commute housing, and if done correctly it has many benefits for the people, as well as the city and the economy.
The Zeeburgerpad is a site that is centrally located on the east of the old Amsterdam Stronghold ring, but has been neglected since it’s rich industrial history of small scale crafts business became obsolete after the Second World War.
At the same time, craftsmanship is rapidly disappearing from our city-life and culture. Especially the production crafts that need large spaces and are therefore being pushed out to the perimeter of the city under the influence of rising prices of housing and workspaces. This is not only an issue for the people involved but also for the city as a whole, which needs diversity and small-scale businesses in order to remain healthy. Also, we need prevent the destruction of knowledge and cultural heritage that will irreversible if we don’t start integrating solutions for this in our urban fabric.
In this master thesis I developed a proposal that re-introduces the small crafts business to the Zeeburgerpad in the more traditional way of living where you work. This proposal includes the collective use of a large woodworking workshop and its big machinery, dwellings that can be used in a flexible way according to the needs of the type of business and household composition, and shops and services on the ground floor. This strategy of combining collective use, collaboration, learning and shopping can bring the value of craftsmanship in our cities to attention, be a boost to the re-valuation of craftsmanship in our culture, and give craftsmen the opportunity to stay in the city center of Amsterdam.
Reaching this goal started with an extensive analysis of the current water nuisance in the city. The water nuisance has been explained by several correlations: the correlation between water nuisance and streets with a predominant retail function, and between water nuisance and the most common spatial typology. These correlations form the basis for the chosen strategic design locations: OLVG west on building scale, Javastraat on building (block) scale, Rokin on street scale and Rivierenbuurt on neighbourhood scale. Similar locations are of frequent occurrence in the city and could be transformed in the same way.
The four design sites have been extensively analysed to find out what aspects of that location were in need of improvement, apart from the storm water resilience itself. This analysis has been done on several scales and revealed guidelines for the desirable interventions, related to environmental and socio-economic urban aspects. At Rokin, for example, the high pressure on public space resulted in underground interventions related to storm water resilience and interventions above the surface that provide the human activities of that location. Most of the design components contribute to the stormwater resilience of the city, but address other, additional benefits as well. These additional benefits include both environmental and socio-economic aspects. The designed vegetable garden on the roof of OLVG west, for example, improves the storm water resilience of that location, but creates a recreational facility too.
Implementing interventions on several scales creates a network of interventions that work together. In practise this means that when the storage or infiltration of a design component has been reached, other components should compensate. In this way, interventions on smaller scales can create a network of interventions that functions on the city scale. When the locations similar to the strategic design sites are being transformed too, this network arises. In this way, Amsterdam will become a storm water resilient, future-proof and liveable city.","Storm water resilience; Sustainability; Amsterdam; Multi-lateral solutions; Network design","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences","","52.370216, 4.895168"
"uuid:a8f07b06-a9a3-4b53-aa99-f66819e073c5","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:a8f07b06-a9a3-4b53-aa99-f66819e073c5","Forget me not: “Dwelling in the past, designing for the future”","Blokker, Jeffrey (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Adema, Ferry (mentor); Kupers, Theo (mentor); van der Putt, Pierijn (mentor); Nase, Ilir (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2018","Our cities in the Netherlands become more dense, and our population increasingly older. This will increase the pressure on our society and care system. This is especially true in relation to the portion of our population that will be diagnosed with dementia, because in 2040 this amount will have doubled. The focus of this research has been how to densify a city such as Amsterdam, and provide suitable housing for people with dementia.
In this case the choice was to reuse an existing building, located at the intersection of the Gillis van Ledenberchstraat and the Zaagmolenstraat in Amsterdam. In a city such as Amsterdam there are almost no vacant plots available and the existing buildings, public spaces and other characteristics of the city are often protected, making reuse of older buildings a method that can be effective in densifying the city. Not only is the old building reused, but a volume is added on top to be able to create a higher density of housing. In order to do this, the history and structure need to be analyzed as well as the future needs and developments.
The reused building is a compact volume, which is transformed into a building that hosts a co-housing scheme. This is not only housing for people with dementia themselves, but also for their partners. This concept of housing them together seems logical but is not yet being implemented on a large scale. In this way the couples can share the care and be each other’s support system, while at the same time lowering the stress on the caregivers and economy. The ability of couples to stay together when the disease progresses is a more dignified and effective solution than the current standard provides.
The research concluded three design elements of high importance for people with dementia, which were social interaction, contact to nature and accessibility. We see these things as normal necessities in our daily lives but for a person with dementia these elements become unavailable as their world becomes increasingly limited. This is why these elements are available on each floor of the building as well as in the urban plan.
On the ground floor the building offers space for other program to provide for the surrounding residents, integrating the building with the rest of the neighborhood, while at the same time providing inclusion for the people living in the co-housing scheme on the levels above. Two out of the five levels are reserved for the people who are left behind after their partner has passed away. They can also live in a co-housing scheme, preventing isolation and loneliness. In this scheme there is also housing reserved for music students. They can have an affordable place to live and practice music, which is beneficial to people with dementia, while at the same time providing a different dynamic and interaction for the single elderly.
This thesis is an attempt to see different solutions to a growing issue, that integrates elderly in our urban fabric and can be a step towards an inclusive city in the future.
Firstly, our food system is under a lot of pressure. Worldwide we are not able to feed the global population. On a smaller scale the population of cities is growing due to urbanization. The urbanization causes difficulties to feed the urban citizens. Next to that, urbanizations also causes a growing distance between us and our food. A close relation with the food we eat is helping to understand the need for change.
Secondly, due to the earlier mentioned urbanization, Amsterdam is facing a housing shortage. Especially starters do have a hard time finding a suitable place to live within the city. Starters on the housing market cannot find a place to live because of a lack of availability and affordability. Densification of the city will help solving the housing shortage and the high prices.
Subsequently, the results of the research were applied to a design location in Amsterdam Nieuw-West. The building combines social housing for the elderly with facilities for the neighborhood, to ensure more liveliness in and around the building. By mixing the elderly with other generations, both groups can benefit from each other’s help. The shared spaces are designed in a way that the residents can meet each other in a natural way. Since the apartments are intended for social rent, the housing is relatively small; 30m2, 45m2 & 60m2. The apartments are not only designed for the elderly, but also suitable for other target groups, like single households, students and starters. By small adjustments, such as sliding walls, the housing can still enable aging in place.","Architecture; Elderly; Informal encounter; built environment; social interaction; Social housing; social architecture; loneliness; Amsterdam; Healthcare architecture; Aging in place","mul","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Health","","52.356947, 4.787218"
"uuid:702aacb7-dcb0-44d4-b33c-961a34f7317c","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:702aacb7-dcb0-44d4-b33c-961a34f7317c","To the benefit of the common: A study towards housing for socially vulnerable target groups in Amsterdam","van Iwaarden, Jarno (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Kupers, T.W. (mentor); van der Putt, P.S. (mentor); Adema, F. (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2018","","Dwelling; Housing; Amsterdam; vulnerability; Dutch","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Dwelling","",""
"uuid:f1e9fe58-2a18-4e23-acdd-a914d908a899","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:f1e9fe58-2a18-4e23-acdd-a914d908a899","Smart Small Living at the Groenmarkt","Bakkes, Jamie (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Kupers, Theo (mentor); Adema, Ferry (mentor); van der Putt, Pierijn (mentor); Mulder, André (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2018","I did my graduation project at the master track Dutch Dwelling, Architecture. The studio focuses on the future city and its densification.
Amsterdam has a shortage of affordable houses for starters. During the crisis Amsterdam has hardly built new dwelling projects. At the same time Amsterdam has become increasingly popular in recent years. Therefore, the demand for housing is enormous. Due to the overheated housing market, it has become almost impossible for starters to find an affordable property in Amsterdam. Also private rent has risen enormously. In addition, there is no progress in social housing. The position of the starters is getting worse and that does not benefit diversity for a 'socially healthy' city. Densification of the city and more efficient living are the solution for a future liveable city. Therefore, one must think about the efficiency of a dwelling. With the high square meters price in Amsterdam, compact apartments could be the solution to create affordable houses for starters.
This graduation project focuses on these affordable compact apartments and the common facilities that come with it. The project has a strong urban context in the inner city of Amsterdam, at the Groenmarkt. This is an area with a high potential with a quay along the Singelgracht and space for a new beautiful square.
There is an increasing amount of young families that leave the big cities. In this Amsterdam has the highest number of all cities in the Netherlands. The main reason for leaving is the extension of the family (or plan to), which results in new requirements for the house and living environment. Most families want to stay in the city but can’t find a house that meets the new requirements. They look for more space, a safe environment for children to play and for an affordable price. This is not possible in the housing market of Amsterdam.
To provide a living environment for these young families in Amsterdam the research reviewed the needs of young families and investigated which design solutions could satisfy them on the scale of the neighbourhood, building and dwelling. These design solutions are obtained from literature and six case studies and combined in a scheme. The main aspects that are important for the living environment of young families are: safety, facilities, playing and interaction, supervision, space and identity. All the design solutions are divided into these aspects.
A personal choice of some of the design solutions from the six topics provide the focus of the design. The design creates affordable housing and a safe living environment in the city center of Amsterdam, on the Tweede Weteringsplantsoen. To provide this the design expends the living space of the residents towards the collective space of the building. This consists out of a court-like raised square and a new street level on the fourth floor of the complex with a gallery and small squares. These open spaces at the top provide the characteristic form of the building and a strong identity. The dwellings are orientated towards the collective spaces of the building, to allow for supervision of the children playing outside. Children of different ages can slowly expend their range of action from the safety of the shared spaces of the building towards the city. The layout of the dwellings provides flexible use of the rooms and the possibility to create more rooms.","Housing; Amsterdam; High density housing; Urban families; Young families","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","","","52.358903, 4.892447"
"uuid:dc33d805-2171-488a-ba9b-89e6af055a03","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:dc33d805-2171-488a-ba9b-89e6af055a03","Adopting circular innovative technologies in the construction supply chain of the MRA: Supply Chain through the lenses of the service dominant logic’s foundational premises","Abbasova, Zarifa (TU Delft Civil Engineering and Geosciences)","Schraven, Daan (mentor); Volker, Leentje (mentor); Hertogh, Marcel (mentor); Visser, Helen (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2018","The construction sector is one of the biggest consumers of raw materials and generates large amounts of construction waste as well. CE is a way to delink the construction sector from the consumption of finite resources of the earth and excessive waste generation. Despite of the fact that there are a lot of interventions, such as Commodity agreement, Transition Agenda, it is not clear how CE can be executed in practice. This research aims to develop a guidance and a framework on the adoption of more circular innovative technologies in construction projects and to propose an approach that can support involved parties in order to realize more circular construction projects. This research adopts a unique approach in transitioning the construction sector to a CE using Service Dominant Logic (SDL). One of the key sources of non – adoption of CE is the lack of harmony or agreement on a suitable definition of CE for the construction sector. This may compromise the process of decision-making and eventually lead to ineffective policy interventions. Successfully implementing CE in the construction sector needs a definition that covers the whole construction supply chain to provide understanding of material flows in the economy.","Circular Economy; Supply Chain; Service Dominant Logic; MRA; Contracting; Amsterdam Metropolitan area","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","","",""
"uuid:3c8c3a6b-e79e-4ec7-a1a3-a083b3cb587f","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:3c8c3a6b-e79e-4ec7-a1a3-a083b3cb587f","I am de-n-city: Reallocation of space: transforming urban environment into a circular system","Kortman, Anne Sophie (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment); Boraei, Sara (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment); Dillon Peynado, Thomas (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment); Peters, Boaz (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment); Song, Yue (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Qu, L. (mentor); Hackauf, U.D. (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2018","The Amsterdam Metropolitan area, and especially Amsterdam city, attracts large amounts of people due to the diverse economy opportunities, cultural and recreational activities, and the strong connection of the region by public transport and road network. The need for space, resources, and mobility are increasing and will keep increasing due to the growth of population and, thus, the rise of demand. This unbalanced distribution requires full use of spaces and resources.
The main focus of the project is to identify what causes this unbalanced distribution by researching the different densities of the region, in order to make the region more stable and move it towards the circular economy. At the same time, the project focuses on the spatial conditions of the different neighbourhoods and tries to increase the livability levels in order for the general quality of life of the citizens will be improved. The main tool that we used during our research, but also later on the vision and strategy plan, is density. Firstly, we analyze the region by understating what the different densities that can be found in it are, and how they work. Afterwards, the focus shifts to the analysis of the different neighborhoods, trying to determinate and understand the different densities that can be found in the small scale. Finally, we try to find what opportunities and potential do these densities create for the different neighborhoods.
By analyzing the different densities and typologies in the region, we highlight the importance of sharing spaces in terms of facilities, transportation, and waste management for the inhabitants, in order to help AMA move towards a more sustainable and balanced future direction.
The innovations that we make depend on the existing situation, the density, and the character of the city. Taking into account these aspects and the regional analysis, we decide what needs to be densified in terms of facilities. These new density developments either make the existing identities of the city stronger, or, in the cases of lack of identity, we propose new ones to be adopted.
This interpretations will release the pressure on Amsterdam city, balance the region, create more livable spaces, and move the AMA towards circularity.","density; Circulair economy; public transport; Amsterdam Metropolitan Area; waste management; use of space; livability; Diversity","en","student report","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Urbanism","AR2U086 R&D Studio – Spatial Strategies for the Global Metropolis",""
"uuid:2e8b92e4-61fd-4c3b-b796-fd912a14bc79","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:2e8b92e4-61fd-4c3b-b796-fd912a14bc79","Nudging with 3D video mapping: A strategy to influence the future Noord/Zuidlijn commuters behaviour at the Europaplein.","Kroezen, Ditmar (TU Delft Industrial Design Engineering)","Santema, Sicco (mentor); Calabretta, Giulia (graduation committee); van Nierop, Martin (graduation committee); Steur, Martijn (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2018","The RAI Amsterdam situated at the Europaplein is the Netherlands biggest convention center with a total of 115.000 m2 of exhibition grounds and 1.5 million annual visitors. Five times a year the RAI hosts events where the amount of exhibitors is to big to fit in the current buildings. At these moments pavilions are constructed at the Europaplein, the pavilions are there approximately 1/4th of the year. To strengthen the connection with the neighbourhood the RAI initiated project ‘De Plint’. This project is aimed at developing the borders of its property, both commercial and noncommercial for the coming years. ‘De Plint’ distinguishes two kinds of target groups, the ‘Moeters’, people who come at the RAI for their work, and the ‘Willers’ the target group who have nothing to do with the current operations of the RAI. As part of ‘De Plint’ this graduation assignment was initiated with the focus to enhance the experience of the ‘Willer’ at the Europaplein. The method used for this thesis is nudging, as Hansen & Jespersen (2013) describe: ‘Ways of influencing choice without limiting the choice set or making alternatives appreciably more costly in terms of time, trouble, social sanction, and so forth’. During the internal and external analysis of the RAI, the Europaplein and nudging, the future noord/zuidlijn commuter was chosen as the target group to design for. This target group is a result of one Amsterdam’s biggest construction challenges, the Noord/Zuidlijn metro, and the 22nd of July it will finally open. This metro will bring an estimated extra 7 million visitors to the Europaplein. Interviews with these future commuters showed that there is not a uniform way of prefered traveling by metro. The only thing their trips had in common was the frustration towards people who stand just outside of the metro station entrance. The biggest challenge that the RAI faces is facilitating these people through the crowdedness of the Europaplein full of pavilions from and to the Noord/Zuidlijn entrance. If this does not succeed neighbourhoods perception of the RAI will negatively be affected. Therefor the design statement for this graduation assignment was formed: “Design a nudging strategy that enables the future commuter to cross the Europaplein at full capacity to the Noord/Zuidlijn metro entrance the way they prefer” The nudging concept that is created is 3D video mapping at the pavilions of the RAI. The 3D mapping visuals attracts the eye of all the future commuters. The commuters can decide for themselves what their planning is. If they are being nudged and curious by the 3D mapping, the commuter can sit and have a look at the visuals. In this way they nudge the people away from the walking paths in front of the Noord/Zuidlijn entrance. When the future commuter is in a hurry the nudges can be neglected and walk over an obstruction free square to the Europaplein. The visuals will show all kinds of art created by local artist to strengthen the connection with the neighbourhood.","Nudge; Nudging; Behaviour change; Noord/Zuidlijn; RAI Amsterdam; Commuters; 3D mapping; Video Mapping","en","master thesis","","","","","","","Campus only","","","","","","","52.341304, 4.890547"
"uuid:e1f5ddd4-b1fa-40fc-b52c-11ca6d1f4974","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:e1f5ddd4-b1fa-40fc-b52c-11ca6d1f4974","Back to Reality: The Facebook Hall","Heldeweg, Eva (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Smidihen, H. (mentor); van Leest, C.N. (mentor); Willekens, L.A.M. (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2018","Problem statement - We are currently living in an individualized western society, connected virtually but disconnected physically with one another. Communication technology is one of the main causes of loneliness which has serious health consequences. There is a decline in public life in the city due to the rise of the internet. We are in need of more open societies where social and cultural exchange can take place. There will be a need for these places in Amsterdam that will simultaneously create communities where people socially interact with one another. Social media is currently the biggest online community and could provide a large contribution to their own market position and social entertainment by creating a physical space where this can occur in the city.
Research Question- How can social media contribute to providing a physical space for people to connect and spend their free time in the future?
Ambition- Taking people out of the virtual world to experience the physical world where they connect with oneself and others. Contributing to the development of high quality recreational destinations in the city center of Amsterdam. Strategy design of the Facebook Hall: symbol and test ground for future social media venues.","Amsterdam 2050; Facebook; Event Hall; Architecture; Spectacle","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Complex Projects","AMS Mid City","52.3819789, 4.8760284"
"uuid:66ef3bea-d4b5-42cb-adc1-c38e10610118","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:66ef3bea-d4b5-42cb-adc1-c38e10610118","One home suits all: between ideal and standard; compact & flexible city family apartment","Stegeman, Judith (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Kupers, Theo (mentor); Adema, Ferry (mentor); van der Putt, Pierijn (mentor); Nase, Ilir (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2018","More families prefer living in the city, as the city has to offer social networks and facilities close by. Whereas before families left to the suburban areas, they now become city families. This development is attractive for the city, as city families offer liveliness and have a good influence on the economics. However, the city has no suitable housing to offer, because of the newness of this development. There is a task for architects to design suitable city family housing. Firstly, suitable means compact, which makes the dwelling affordable for a large group of city families. Secondly, suitable means flexible in use and adjustable, which makes the dwelling appropriate for different families with different needs and backgrounds during the day and over time.
This results in a standard city family apartment that can be applied to different cities. The context of the location determines the limits in which this dwelling can be repeated and built up into a building. The testcase in this project was the Groenmarkt in Amsterdam, a perfect location for city families. It is situated on the edge of the city center on a sheltered spot. On this location a building has been designed that totally consists of the standard city family apartment. Because this standard dwelling has so much to offer by its flexibility no other types are necessary. When the dwelling demand changes in the future and families are moving out of the city again, the building can be turned into a building with compact studio's. The family apartments can be split up in two because of the two shafts, the structure and the bay width.
The dwelling layout and its window openings can be repeated in other projects. The repetition of units, the system of the building and its materialisation are dependent on the specific location.","Compact housing; Flexible housing; City Family Apartment; Multicultural; Amsterdam; Generic vs. specific; Repetition; Standard vs. ideal","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","","",""
"uuid:67356210-f6b8-4ba1-9fad-f2f57c155864","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:67356210-f6b8-4ba1-9fad-f2f57c155864","Towards a simple complex","Huisman, Alex (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Kupers, Theo (mentor); Adema, Ferry (mentor); van der Putt, Pierijn (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2018","The current interpretation of sustainability is rather ego centric. We tend to view sustainability as a tool to merely satisfy our own needs for esteem while the bigger picture is often placed in the background. This unconscious and unintended (mis)usage of sustainability is completely wrong and should be changed. Sustainability should become part of our primal necessities.
This graduation project and research focusses on how the built environment can be used in order to foster awareness and consciousness about sustainability and nudge people towards a sustainable mindset.","Housing; Amsterdam; Sustainability; Sustainable; Voluntary Simplicity; Compact housing; Collaborative housing; Collective housing; Manifesto; Architecture","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences","","52.366910, 4.924127"
"uuid:ceefdca7-10b5-44aa-a45f-e01c61b12369","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:ceefdca7-10b5-44aa-a45f-e01c61b12369","Amstel InnovUnion: A Podium for Creative Industry","Dai, Chenxi (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Caso, O. (mentor); Koskamp, G. (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2018","As one of the most important and attractive city in Europe, Amsterdam has seen a great growth of its residents in the recent years. How to offer enough houses for the new arrivals will be a continuous question for the managers of the city. The densification process has already started. Wasted lands like abandoned houses and old industrial areas are transformed into new residential and working areas. This process leads to the questions: How can we densify Amsterdam in a sustainable way? What kind of built environment is necessary to benefit the urban fabric and create local values?
The main aim of my graduation project is to create a space that could help connect the different groups of people and benefit the local creative production. The building is a headquarter of the guild of creative industry of Amsterdam. The building includes four exhibition halls, workshops, working space, a hostel, a shopping street and a public park. The building is located beside new city boulevard (which will be downgraded from the current A10 highway), with the shopping street and the park connecting both sides.
My project provides an answer to the question how the creative production could help rebuild the social connection in the future context of densified city fabric. The project could inspire the city planners to reconsidering the relationships between the production and the citizens, which will be quite meaningful for a healthy and sustainable deification process in Amsterdam and other large cities.","Amsterdam; 2050; Amstel; Complex Projects; Architecture; Creative Industry","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Complex Projects","",""
"uuid:83bf368e-72a2-4c5c-9b39-faa8c66d8c5f","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:83bf368e-72a2-4c5c-9b39-faa8c66d8c5f","The Workspace 2050: Between virtual and real","Daynovich, Yana (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Smidihen, Hrvoje (mentor); van Leest, Claudia (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2018","The aim of the thesis is to research how the workspace typology could change in distant future of 2050 in Amsterdam under the influence of immersive technologies, such as Virtual and Augmented reality. Such aspects as influence of technologies on company structures, space organization and program of a building are deeply investigated. The design proposal is build upon the conclusions made from the research and translated into architecture.","workspace; virtual reality; Amsterdam; Future","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","","CP_AMS_MID_CITY","52.382181, 4.906164"
"uuid:91e1b370-4b5b-4998-88bb-1d9d8a3d8de4","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:91e1b370-4b5b-4998-88bb-1d9d8a3d8de4","DenCity Lab: Productive Working Living","Borowska, Agnieszka (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Caso, O. (mentor); Koskamp, G. (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2018","Amsterdam is an expanding city, Strategy planning for 2040 emphasises especially the potential for population number increase and significant economic growth. The city has also a very high aspiration for being innovative and sustainable in every area of the development. The transformation of the city is connected strongly with global changes in the economy, technology and social conditions. City future is based on innovations in the production, services and related to their jobs. The mix of the living spaces with the small-scale industry, creative industry, and business is addressed to the very particular area in Amsterdam - Omval, the location which for decades settles the industry functions with warehouse space and overspread parking places. The proposal is based on the future meaning of the creative design process. Idealise, propose prototype, test, launch - those 5 steps of getting the product is going to be realised by people on a whole range of skills and experience by the user innovator approach. The industry 4.0 and Internet of things let create the open network of data where the product could be designed one spot but produced and launched all over the world.Following the future design process, the project contains the program of the Tech Plaza, the mix of high tech 3d printers production on a small scale, specialized mostly in prototyping. Further on the program contains the space for the flexible business. People can occupy the building 24/7h, so they need also the space for living there. That need is realized in two ways. The building contains the hotel for shorter stay and lofts for longer occupation. All functions in the building are connected to introduce the local social value, which means that within the very productive space there is also a strong community of creative, innovative people.Den is a word which describes the informal space for activities related to hobbies, for human interactions. Den mediate between the private living and the public industry functions to create a tool for creative thinking, idealising, prototyping and experimenting with the new ideas related to the future economy and society. Three levels of Den describe the scale of privacy or public relation people to function and the level of possible flexibility within the common space. It makes the building in spontaneous and fluent changes of the functionality inside.","Architecture; prototype; Residential; Industry 4.0; 2050; Amsterdam","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","2018-04-22","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Complex Projects","","52.335730, 4.921009"
"uuid:685faf1b-8734-4d9f-b448-da6e4a06b66b","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:685faf1b-8734-4d9f-b448-da6e4a06b66b","The food producing city of tomorrow: Food production versus city living","de Groene, Lisa (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","van der Putt, Pierijn (mentor); Kupers, Theo (mentor); Adema, Ferry (mentor); Ouwehand, André (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2018","I did my graduation project at the master track Dutch Dwelling, Architecture. The studio describes the graduation assignment as following: “The task in the Dutch Housing Graduation Studio is to design a housing project that fits in a scenario of your own making for the future of Amsterdam. Behind the brief for an apartment building lie the bigger questions of ‘how do we want to live in the
future?’ and ‘what do our cities need?’”
To answer this question, I asked myself what kind of problems Amsterdam will face in the future in order to be able to answer the first question, what will Amsterdam need in the future. There are numerous issues that the future city have to deal with, and my approach was that if a city focuses on food production within the urban fabric, it can at the same time tackle a lot of other
issues in different fields as energy, rainwater management and reusing resources. When focusing on food production in the city, you encounter two sides of this topic. There is a technical side and a social side. In my research and design I stress this twofold. The project is about combining these two elements, using technology to make the food production as efficient as possible and incorporating the social aspects of food production to increase the livability of
residents and the people visiting. To let these two elements profit from each other, the dwellers of the green and the green of the dwellers, was the challenge of the design.
I designed the dwellings for the project, a public ground floor, I designed the green house and a huge conservatory coffering these elements, saying that this is the part where all these elements come together. The main design question became how this conservatory can truthfully become the part that brings the project together. An other design focus point became the relation between inside and oudside, making the transition very gradually.","Housing; Amsterdam; high density housing; food production; Greenhouse; Urban farming; Sustainability; Conservatory","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","","","52.369755, 4.877087"
"uuid:246ff4bd-c737-4e7f-aeec-bf9f8bbd37d6","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:246ff4bd-c737-4e7f-aeec-bf9f8bbd37d6","Plek en Gebouw: Ontwerpen voor een circulaire economie","Brouwer, Lennart (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Klijn, Olv (mentor); Cuperus, Ype (mentor); Broersma, Siebe (mentor); Geldermans, Bob (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2018","In de huidige maatschappij worden producten na hun levensduur als afval gezien. Er wordt met een zodanig hoge snelheid een grote hoeveelheid afval geproduceerd dat dit niet op een natuurlijke manier verwerkt kan worden. Dit resulteert in mogelijke schade voor het milieu en de gezondheid van mensen. Deze situatie vraagt om een nieuwe benadering van bouwen en ontwerpen. Afval moet niet meer beschouwd worden als afval, maar als grondstof. Overal waar afval geproduceerd wordt, liggen kansen voor lokaal hergebruik. Om ervoor te zorgen dat resten niet schadelijk zijn voor de stad, moeten naar nieuwe mogelijkheden gekeken worden om met resten om te gaan. Door te streven naar een circulaire economie kan hergebruik gestimuleerd worden.
Ontwerpers kunnen een belangrijke rol spelen bij een transitie van een lineaire naar een circulaire economie. Nu hergebruik een steeds belangrijkere rol begint te spelen, wordt er gezocht naar mogelijkheden om kringlopen te sluiten en een circulaire economie te stimuleren. Hierbij zijn voornamelijk technische vraagstukken in het geding waarbij het doel is om vraag en aanbod van bijvoorbeeld warmte of elektriciteit op elkaar af te stemmen. Voor ontwerpers komen technische vraagstukken in een ander kader te staan.
De transitie van een lineaire naar een circulaire economie vraagt om nieuwe werkwijzen. Om uiteindelijk een ontwerp te kunnen maken dat gebaseerd is op een circulaire economie wordt in deze scriptie een stappenplan aangedragen. Als onderdeel hiervan is een tool ontwikkeld waarmee reststromen met behulp van een tool in kaart gebracht worden, zodanig dat deze hergebruikt kunnen worden in een ontwerp. Het ontwerp dat voortvloeit uit deze scriptie moet aantonen dat het mogelijk is om een ontwerp te maken dat gebaseerd is op restproducten. Het doel van het ontwerp is om reststromen en -producten van verschillende functies met elkaar in verbinding te brengen, zodat de discrepantie tussen vraag en aanbod opgeheven kan worden. Om bewustwording van de mogelijkheden van hergebruik te stimuleren zal het te ontwerpen gebouw een publieke functie krijgen, die afhankelijk is van het soort resten dat uit de directe omgeving beschikbaar is.
De tool die in deze scriptie is ontworpen dient als hulpmiddel om uiteindelijk ontwerpvoorwaarden te formuleren voor het te ontwerpen gebouw. Vanuit meerdere mogelijkheden die op de locatie geboden worden voor een ontwerp, is de volgende ontwerpopgave geformuleerd:
Het creëren van een tweedehands materialenmarkt waarbij de lokale bevolking de materialen kan gebruiken om eigen initiatieven in de openbare ruimte te ontwikkelen.
Door het aangedragen stappenplan te volgen kon worden aangetoond dat vanuit het stedelijk metabolisme ontwerpvoorwaarden voor een gebouw geformuleerd kunnen worden. Hierbij wordt gebruik gemaakt van restproducten uit de omgeving die anders als afval gezien zouden worden. Voor het te ontwerpen gebouw vormen deze restproducten nieuwe mogelijkheden om de omgeving te verbeteren. Op deze manier dienen de restproducten weer als grondstof en is van afval geen sprake. Door de materialen binnen gesloten kringlopen te houden zal de stad op deze locatie meer functioneren als een natuurlijk ecosysteem. Het beoogde ontwerp maakt van de restproducten iets positiefs waar de omgeving van kan profiteren. Door op meerdere plaatsen in de stad naar synergieën te zoeken, waarmee restproducten een nieuw doel kunnen dienen, kan de hele stad minder afhankelijk worden van import van materiaal.","Circulaire Economie; Stedelijk metabolisme; Hergebruik; Architectuur; Amsterdam; Arenapark; Nieuwe bouworde","nl","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","","","52.311989, 4.942952"
"uuid:6f3f6172-d2dd-429c-bc37-ddac2dee1841","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:6f3f6172-d2dd-429c-bc37-ddac2dee1841","Practicing social sensitivity: at primary school Klein Amsterdam","Troll, Wendela (TU Delft Industrial Design Engineering)","Sonneveld, Marieke (mentor); Tromp, Nynke (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2018","This project aims to contribute to the development of children’s social sensitivity. In this graduation project, social sensitivity is approached as a fundament for learning in the context of the new primary school Klein Amsterdam. Klein Amsterdam’s mission is to create schools as in-between spaces, in which children learn from society. Collaborating with Klein Amsterdam led to the following scope of the project: constructing learning lines for children to develop social sensitivity at primary school Klein Amsterdam. By studying the development of social sensitivity from various perspectives, the method ‘The Good Conflict’ was developed. The Good Conflict includes a framework of constructed learning lines that enable children to develop their social sensitivity. Research through design showed that children experience difficulties reflecting on their emotions. Learning about emotions starts by expanding a child’s emotional granularity, that is to say, the ability to differentiate between the specificity of emotions. This lead to the following design goal: ""I want children of six and seven years old to have a multi-sensory learning experience, which contributes to their emotional granularity, by engaging them in a story both physically and mentally.” The final design is a storytelling experience for in the classroom through which children immerse themselves in a story. The storytelling experience enables children to imagine themselves being the main character of the story. By embodying the story, guided by the narrator, the children safely experience the emotions of the character. With this, they are introduced to the associated body of language and facial expressions of the corresponding emotion. The story is communicated through spoken word (narration), music, sound effects and visuals that represent the context of the story to create a multi-sensory learning experience. The intended user experience was tested with a prototype in a classroom with children of six and seven years old. The test showed that the design goal was validated and the interaction qualities were met. The children embodied several emotions in the learning experience and reflected on these in the group reflection. During the group reflection, children were able to link the emotion(s) to the embodied experience. The outcome of this project is a starting point for further development at Klein Amsterdam.In order for the design to be further developed, the content needs to be altered for different age groups. Guidelines should be made to create appropriate content for the other age groups. Furthermore, new content for the learning experience should be created. If other schools are interested in the design, the learning community of Jeelo will take the creation of content in consideration.","social sensitivity; Klein Amsterdam; Education; Embodied storytelling; method; conflict","en","master thesis","","","","","","","Campus only","","","","","Design for Interaction","",""
"uuid:ee0185dd-92c3-4175-8efc-51c21da33b07","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:ee0185dd-92c3-4175-8efc-51c21da33b07","Agronomic Renaissance: Towards a socially fairer and circular agrifood system in the Amsterdam Metropolitan Area","Reinink, Sebastien (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment); Waldherr, Gabriela (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment); Liu, Chang (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment); Mujumdar, Gayatri (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment); Meng, Wanting (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Sepulveda Carmona, D.A. (mentor); Calabrese, L.M. (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2018","The AMA region wants to make the transition towards a circular economy. To make the circular economy happen, social, environmental and economic challenges have to be integrated in the transition. This report will identify these challenges and propose a vision, a development strategy and projects/policies to propose a new system in the sector where most of these challenges come together: the agrifood sector. The agrifood sector being one of the most polluting sectors in the world plays a key role in a circular economy. The project uses the circular economy as a tool to establish normative change in the case of the imbalanced agrifood sector. The development strategy of the project provides a framework for a future circular economy in a fairer agrifood sector. The framework encompasses localising the food network and creating a local circularity in the flows of energy, water, heat, fodder, CO2 circulation and organic material. This localisation aims to create jobs for the low to middle educated people that are struck by socio-spatial polarization. It also suggests new ways of protein production and of the usage of peatlands. The conclusion is that, while already a big portion of the circular economy can be realised, more research is needed to be able to make the circular economy happen in the agrifood sector. To balance the sector, it has to be deconcentrated and localised. This localisation is essentially a modern form of the traditional sector from the 18th and 19th century. Therefore it’s called an agronomic renaissance. Due to the traditional nature of the sector, institutional change has to happen, which can only be achieved by a long term strategy, strong policy and a periodical review. Giving the sector guidance and a perspective is important to instigate the change needed for a circular agrifood system that also accounts for the social, environmental and economic challenges mentioned. This project gives a possible direction for this long term perspective.","Circular Economy; Amsterdam metropolitan area; agrifood sector; localised agrifood networks; deconcentrating; new farmer; Food hub; spatial planning; regional development; localized","en","student report","","","","","","","","","","","","","REPAiR",""
"uuid:96966266-d7ce-41bf-9521-c7a7a5046e35","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:96966266-d7ce-41bf-9521-c7a7a5046e35","Food Island: Creating a Resilient Food System for the AMA","Leung, Ranee (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment; TU Delft Urbanism); Zhou, Yixiao (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment; TU Delft Urbanism); Rodríguez Salcedo, Cristian (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment; TU Delft Urbanism); von Meijenfeldt, Charlotte (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment; TU Delft Urbanism); van Marrewijk, Franka (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment; TU Delft Urbanism)","Balz, Verena Elisabeth (mentor); Dabrowski, M.M. (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2018","Governments and private and non-profit organisations from international to local levels have acknowledged the idea that more sustainable systems are required to reduce our ecological footprint (WWF, 2016, Jonkhoff, 2012). The food system is a very important aspect within our lives, socially as well as economically but it is also one of the most important causes of unsustainability. The Amsterdam Metropolitan Area (AMA), a key player within the global food sector, is also working to a more sustainable system with their focus on a circular economy. This research outlines the fact that in order to reach a more sustainable economy, there should also be an emphasis on resilience. In analyzing the region, there were several dependencies highlighted within the food system. Within the aspects of production, retail and end of life, each are dependent on a handful of controlling and dominating stakeholders as well as unsustainable and uncircular practices. Thus, there is a heavy emphasis on the food system needing to adapt and change to growing demands and trends.
This led to our research question of, How can the food system become more resilient in the AMA to promote a sustainable circular economy? In our research, scenario planning and weather mapping were used to showcase and locate feasible opportunities for our goals and strategies within the AMA. The primary strategies to create resiliency within the food system were to decentralize, diversify and connect aspects related to various urban and agri-food trends. This project envisions a decentralized system that contains a dense network of diverse and independent stakeholders with localized sustainable projects. There is also an emphasis on creating smaller and shorter connections within the chain.This includes incorporating and empowering various smaller stakeholders and actors with positive incentives but also restricting dominating stakeholders with policies and regulations. In addition, through the creation of more transparency through integrated and multiscaled design solutions, this will increase awareness and promote healthy and sustainable practices within the system. Food island encourages a thriving circular economy that is resilient and thus more sustainable.
adapt themselves to an exponentially developing society.
My graduation project has tried to adress these issues by researching the possible positive effects of the environment on mental health. In my opinion, architects and urban planners need to take responsibility in designing
restorative and healing environments. This is the case for houses and offices but not any less for public spaces and the overall urban environment. Especially for an era in which people will have more free time to spend. In stead of spending the largest part of their days in an office, they will spend more time in the
public realm.
By setting up a basic set of rules based on literature, neuro-scientific and typological research on scale, material, colours and light, architects and urbanist could implement brain restorative environments in the people’s daily life and try to help reduce serious stress-related problems.","mental health; environmental psychology; Amsterdam; amsterdam zuidoost; healing environments; Future; clinic; hammam; tower; lake; gaasperplas","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Complex Projects","","52.3058002,4.9809101,18"
"uuid:0ba2aee0-618e-49d2-81e7-2aa8887b7349","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:0ba2aee0-618e-49d2-81e7-2aa8887b7349","Upcycling Centre Zuidoost: From waste to resource","Eisma, Eric (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Willekens, Luc (mentor); Merkely, Tanner (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2018","The Zuidoost district is divided in mono-functional zones, such as housing in the Bijlmer and Holendrecht area and working in the Amstel III area. The Upcycling Centre Zuidoost will connect both sides in the future of 2050 in a physical, social and economic way. This is done by creating a building that becomes the driver of the circular economy. It is a place where waste is transported to and sorted, whereafter start-ups will upcycle the waste into new products. The start-ups will create new sustainable jobs to fight the high unemployment rate in Zuidoost and generate new local economic value. Program such as a market, shops and a restaurant will form an attractive and easily approachable building and creates social inclusion and interaction between all the different users.","Amsterdam; 2050; Future; Upcycling; Recycling; Zuidoost; Upcycling centre; Circular Economy","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences","","52.301400, 4.956000"
"uuid:5722cca3-66dd-4c82-b9f1-aad2d02c155e","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:5722cca3-66dd-4c82-b9f1-aad2d02c155e","Energy Academy: Power to the people","Hulsman, Tom (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Willikens, Luc (mentor); Jennen, Pierre (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2018","With technology dependent on electricity increasingly pervading our everyday life the access to energy becomes a driver for our general development and wellbeing. While the access to energy seems as something trivial there is a growing number of people which are unable to pay their electricity bills and are disconnected from the energy grid. With growing energy prices and the need for a costly large scale transition towards sustainable sources of energy this vulnerable group of people will only increase in the coming years. Amsterdam Zuidoost has a large population with low income and low education, while also existing of a large social housing stock of poor building quality. The possibility for this group to make their own housing self-sufficient or even less energy demanding is very low. Through the implementation of a power to ammonia (P2A) plant in this region they can have access to an affordable and clean source of energy. The idea behind this is the
possibility of this plant to buy in very cheap sustainable energy at moments when there is no demand and storing this for later times. This energy can then be redistributed during peak demand and provide the region with a constant and cheap source of energy. Local energy production creates substantial numbers of job opportunities and thus contributes to the local economy, provides social and environmental benefits and improves energy security. The P2A plant will be combined with educational facilities ranging from vocational to higher educational training and providing the neighbourhood with consultancies on energy usage, possible home interventions and information on energy in general.","Amsterdam; 2050; Future; Zuidoost; Power2Ammonia; Sustainable energy storage; Circular economy; Energy education; Social sustainability","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","","",""
"uuid:fb9a721f-de31-4605-a934-a61148a1dea2","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:fb9a721f-de31-4605-a934-a61148a1dea2","Redesigning Waste: The Change of perception and implementation of (plastic) waste into the built environment.","Schouten, Nico (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","van Bennekom, Henri (mentor); Bilow, Marcel (mentor); Setaki, Foteini (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2018","The way the western society currently treats waste is hazardous and can threaten not only the public health but also (very delicate) eco systems. Annually over 87 million tonnes of plastic are being produced. Only 2 % is reintroduced into the original purpose. The rest of this plastic is downcycled, landfilled, burned or leaked into the environment. Because plastic hardly deteriorates and the production of plastic with will not decrease anytime soon these problems will increase over time.
The building industry is the biggest consumer of raw materials and has one of the biggest carbon dioxide emissions of the world, therefore the building industry should act in a responsible and responsive way. We have to change our linear economy into a circular economy and thereby change our way of working, living and designing.
Redesigning waste focuses on the implementation of the plastic waste stream into the built environment. One of the main focus points understanding plastic as a material and where the negative connotation latched on to this material is coming from and then shifting (the public’s) perception towards a more positive outlook on this alien material. By consulting relevant literature, companies who have experience in the working field and potential customers a (new) roadmap towards the topic of creating value in this undervalued materials has been created.","Plastic Waste; Circular Economy; Architecture; Building technology; Perception; Re-use; Amsterdam; Buiksloterham","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","","","52.401543, 4.8907417"
"uuid:a867697e-3ac2-4231-a6d4-0d51d5902259","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:a867697e-3ac2-4231-a6d4-0d51d5902259","AORTA: A New Inclusive Center For Amsterdam Overamstel","Boomars, Sjoerd (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Caso, O. (mentor); Koskamp, G. (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2018","Amsterdam Overamstel is a site in rapid transition from an area which is anno 2018 mainly focused on low value commercial spaces and infrastructure. Especially this infrastructure has a fragmenting effect on the location. These fragments do not have clear connections and a hierarchy inbetween. Combined with the planned densification this could lead to serious nuisance and possible unequal development.
In order to tackle this problem and densify in a sustainable way new connections and a new hierarchy has to be implemented. AORTA does this by making the public transport hub (a metro station) the center to the newly build neighborhood. In order to not just be a monofunctional hub, the station is combined with another public function. In this case a library.
The envelope of a library combined with a station asks for a recognizable and autonomous building. This goal is reached with the facade and shape of it. The facade is constructed of a LED screen al around with a gradient in it. This way the public functions inside still have a nice view over the location and the square in front.","Amsterdam; Overamstel; Amstel; 2050; library; Architecture; makerspaces; metro; Station; Complex Projects","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Complex Projects","CP_AMS_MID_CITY",""
"uuid:ef71e6d3-637a-4a44-934f-990d12f24990","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:ef71e6d3-637a-4a44-934f-990d12f24990","Amstel Activity Route: A Landscape Of Movement: Health Stimulating Public Space of 2050","Rissik, Lisanne (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment; TU Delft Architecture)","Caso, O. (mentor); Koskamp, G. (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2018","Amsterdam is densifying and is expected to grow to over one million inhabitants by 2050. The densification arise questions about the implications of the pressure on the existing urban fabric, like the public space, but also the urban responsibility of public health. Altogether, how can a densified public space stimulate healthy behavior in terms of physical activity? The project addresses the disconnectivity in the Amstel area of Amsterdam, and facilitates new connections in a densified public space while facilitating indoor and outdoor physical activity program.","Public Space; Amsterdam; Densification; Healthy Environments; Connections; Physical Activity","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Complex Projects","Complex Projects",""
"uuid:b1e31b33-9ffb-4340-9a5a-6202a9ca2b2f","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:b1e31b33-9ffb-4340-9a5a-6202a9ca2b2f","Housing Affordability in Amsterdam: Mid-income Rental Housing","Harboe Sørensen, Arne (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Kupers, Theo (mentor); Adema, Ferry (mentor); van der Putt, Pierijn (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2018","The city of Amsterdam grows annually with approximately 12,000 inhabitants. However, one of the problems Amsterdam encounters is the fact that the housing stock appears to be scarce. Especially for the low- and mid-income group it is very difficult to find suitable housing. The main reason why more and more people are looking for rental property in the middle segment is because this group of people do not qualify for social housing and are locked out of home ownership, due to a lack of income and savings. The mid income group is therefore large and diverse, consisting of singles, couples and families that strongly contribute to the socio-economic power of the Metropolitan region of Amsterdam.
The so-called ‘Woonagenda 2025’ (Housing Agenda 2025), a framework and directional document for residential policy in Amsterdam until 2025, finds great shortages in mid-sector rental housing. Therefore the municipality of Amsterdam is committed to realizing more affordable housing for the middle class in the price range of € 710, - and € 1.100, - per month. As a result Amsterdam strives to build 20.000 new mid-sector rental homes by 2025. This new development in the mid-rent sector reduces the pressure on the housing market and increases the success rate for the middle income group. This leads to a more differentiated, attractive and undivided city of Amsterdam, in all parts of the city. Another advantage is that, moving people with middle income from the social sector to suitable middle-class sector creates opportunities for new entrants in the social housing sector.
Availability of suitable living space for employees in the business sector and public sector (teachers, nursing staff, assistants, etc.) promotes the business environment and the quality of the city and is thus the basis for further economic growth.
The aim of my graduation project is to develop housing for the free market rental segment with a rent between € 710 and € 1,100. The project mainly focusses on housing young professionals (people in their 20s and 30s who are employed in a profession), by designing affordable dwellings which meet the needs of mid-income households.","Mid-income; Rental Housing; Affordability; Amsterdam","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences","","52.37871, 4.878822"
"uuid:cc0de7dc-e9d6-484d-b51b-a967b07ed47d","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:cc0de7dc-e9d6-484d-b51b-a967b07ed47d","Amsterdam Zuid Oost Transportation hub in 2050","Chen, Duowen (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment; TU Delft Architecture)","Willekens, L.A.M. (mentor); Jennen, P.H.M. (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2018","Transportation hub in 2050 in the suburban area of Amsterdam. The design integrates efficiency of transportation with the slow public life of the locals","Future; Amsterdam; Suburban; Transportation hub","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Complex Cities","Transportation hub",""
"uuid:092e60ce-4359-4f46-ab77-b85be8275291","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:092e60ce-4359-4f46-ab77-b85be8275291","Culture change through fine arts: Implementing art venues in gentrified cities","van Faassen, Babette (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","van der Putt, P.S. (mentor); Kupers, T.W. (mentor); Adema, F. (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2018","This project is motivated by voice of the citizens of Amsterdam who fight the destructive monster called gentrification. The research prior to the design deals with complexity on different urban and architectural scale levels. The design proposes contra reaction against the culturally negative side effects of gentrification of the city centre of Amsterdam by preserving and intensifying the cities creative and artistic scenery.","Dwelling; housing; artist housing; Amsterdam; Paris; gentrification; culture; art; fine arts; artists; culture change","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Dwelling","",""
"uuid:e97bb7b2-2d90-4f51-b919-154f7f6e5c12","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:e97bb7b2-2d90-4f51-b919-154f7f6e5c12","Take Care!: Growing old at the Groenmarkt","Parênt, Anne (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Kupers, Theo (mentor); Adema, Ferry (graduation committee); van der Putt, Pierijn (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2018","My graduation project is about how elderly can continue to live independently for as long as possible, even when the demand for care eventually increases.
During the research, the following questions were adressed:
- Which (design) criteria make sure that people do not know when they have to go out for life?
- How can dwellings, that are especially designed for people of the third and fourth stages of life in the future, when the growth of people in the Netherlands is stagnates in the Netherlands?
These questions were answered by literature study into the design criteria and the analysis of 4 case studies. These case studies gave me insight into how the design criteria can be interwoven with the design. The research has been of great importance as input for my design, together with a location analysis.","elderly; Amsterdam; housing","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences","",""
"uuid:3bc36a97-2e18-4425-ab41-802095c15c98","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:3bc36a97-2e18-4425-ab41-802095c15c98","Third Golden Age","Papatheodorou, Dimitrios (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Kupers, Theo (mentor); van der Putt, Pierijn (mentor); Adema, Ferry (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2018","The city of Amsterdam is facing a housing shortage and according to the future population prognosis, the problem is going to become more severe due to growing immigration numbers. Following Brexit, Amsterdam, along with other European cities are competing to attract the biggest share of potentially relocated businesses and organisations from London. The lack of available housing options acts as a deterrent to expats looking for job opportunities in Amsterdam. The city wants to become a competitive and attractive destination to be able to generate more economic growth and become a major global business hub. According to its 2040 strategic plan, the city aims to provide more housing, especially in its inner area by densifying the already existing fabric, with suburban expansion not being seen as a viable option. This master thesis is exploring the high-rise as a form of densification in the belt of former fortification works within Amsterdam's city centre. The connection between the public realm and the high rise through the use of the plinth is explored in an effort to integrate the high-rise as an urban form within a historic city fabric. The design proposal aims to provide unique housing typologies for a high-rise, taking advantage of the access to views and combining it with the unexpected element of greenery on higher levels, with green towers becoming modern symbols of major cities across the world. The building works as a landmark for the city, being its tallest residential tower while catering for its residents and visitors through the provision of public facilities on ground and rooftop levels.","High-rise Building; Green; Densification; Expats; Amsterdam; Housing; Plinth; Third Golden Age; Landmark","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture and Dwelling","","52.359194, 4.900190"
"uuid:91ba7910-e5b4-46aa-b6f8-4283fdb1f9db","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:91ba7910-e5b4-46aa-b6f8-4283fdb1f9db","Airehousing: A contemporary perspective on the Airey-Strip","Kaipatty, Ruben (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Spoormans, Lidwine (mentor); Gremmen, Bas (mentor); Clarke, Nicholas (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2018","","Rehousing; Airey; Transformation; Amsterdam; Collective Private Commissioning","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","","",""
"uuid:720e9d17-9463-4c41-af4d-a88f6b0c64b2","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:720e9d17-9463-4c41-af4d-a88f6b0c64b2","‘Building with Nature’-type oplossingen voor waterveiligheidsproblematiek IJburg-Amsterdam","Jansma, Jil (TU Delft Civil Engineering and Geosciences; TU Delft Hydraulic Engineering)","Aarninkhof, Stefan (graduation committee); van den Bos, Jeroen (graduation committee); van Wesenbeeck, Bregje (graduation committee); van Hees, H. (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2018","Om aan de woningvraag te voldoen werd in 2000 de bouw van eilandengroep IJburg gestart in het IJmeer-Markermeer. IJburg bestaat uit twee fases die achtereenvolgend aan elkaar zouden worden aangelegd. In 2002 betrokken de eerste bewoners hun huizen op de eerste fase van IJburg. Momenteel is het laatste eiland van fase 1 nog onbebouwd en is gepland dat in 2023 wordt gestart met extra bebouwing van huizen op de tweede fase. Echter, verdere beslissingen met betrekking tot de gehele aanleg van IJburg in de tweede fase is op dit moment nog uiterst onzeker. Omdat het huidig waterbouwkundig ontwerp nog steeds uit gaat van de definitieve situatie van fase 1 en fase 2, is onderzoek naar het effect van het uitblijven van het Buiteneiland op de waterveiligheidsstatus nodig. Daarnaast is vanaf januari 2017 een nieuwe waterkeringsnormering en veiligheidsfilosofie voor dijken, dammen en duinen in Nederland wettelijk van kracht. Hieruit is de volgende hoofdvraag ontstaan voor het onderzoek: “Wat is het effect van de implementatie van de nieuwe normering voor primaire waterkeringen en het uitgestelde besluit van B&W voor het eiland Buiteneiland op de waterveiligheidsstatus in IJburg, welke BwN alternatieven bestaan er om de waterveiligheid in IJburg te garanderen, en welk alternatief wordt geadviseerd voor Gemeente Amsterdam?” Om de waterveiligheidsstatus van IJburg te beoordelen worden scenario’s opgesteld waarbij de twee ontwikkelingen in acht worden genomen: uitgesteld besluit met betrekking tot het aanleggen van Buiteneiland en de implementatie van de nieuwe normering voor primaire keringen in Nederland. De waterveiligheidsstatus wordt beoordeeld aan de hand van het berekenen met een vereiste kruinhoogte volgens Ontwerp Instrument 2014. De berekeningen worden uitgevoerd aan de door Rijksoverheid beschikbaar gestelde programma’s als Hydra Modellen en PC Overslag. Geconcludeerd kan worden dat de waterveiligheidsstatus onveilig en ‘worst case’ scenario als 0-alternatief wordt gesteld bij het ontwerpen van de BwN alternatieven. Om de eisen, randvoorwaarden en wensen, oftewel oplossingsrichtingen, voor de alternatieven vast te stellen wordt er een gebiedsanalyse, ecologische analyse en een stakeholderanalyse uitgevoerd. Hierbij wordt onderscheid gemaakt tussen de primaire functie waterveiligheid en de secundaire functies ecologie en recreatie. Uit de oplossingsrichtingen ontstaan een vijftal oplossingen, genoemd: IJmeer Wadden, Zanddam, Zandeiland, Groenstrand en Natuureiland. In de waterbouwkundig ontwerpen van de BwN alternatieven voor dijkverhoging wordt uitgegaan van natuurlijke elementen zoals wind, stroming, flora en fauna waardoor voordelen kunnen worden geboden voor zowel natuur, recreatie als kostenreductie. De alternatieven berusten op twee verschillende principes om de waterveiligheid te waarborgen zonder dat de kruinhoogte van de primaire waterkering moet worden verhoogd: dempen van golfslag door infrastructuur waarbij een schaduwzone in de IJburgbaai wordt gecreëerd en aanleggen van een zandige vooroever voor de huidige kering. De dagelijkse windcondities spelen een belangrijke rol in de ontwerpen betreffende onverdedigde zandige taluds. De zandige taluds bieden zowel voordelen voor natuur (land-waterovergangen en rust- en ruiplaatsen voor watervogels) als recreatie (windsurf-, kitesurf-, zwemmogelijkheden en creatie van stadsstrand). Daarnaast is het gebruik van zand in de ontwerpen gewenst doordat zand beschikbaar komt uit een ander project binnen IJburg. Hierdoor worden kosten gereduceerd en werk met werk gemaakt. Naast zand is er ook nagedacht om met slibmateriaal te werken. Het slibmateriaal is aanwezig in het systeemgebied en overmatig slib is ongewenst door het negatieve effect op de waterkwaliteit. Door het opnemen en verwerken van slibachtig materiaal wordt de waterkwaliteit verbeterd, natuurgebied ontwikkeld en een oplossing geboden op de waterveiligheidsproblematiek. Een laatste belangrijk aspect om voordelen te behalen in tegenstelling tot traditionele dijkverhoging, is het inspelen met het ontwerp op mogelijke beleidsplannen betreft de configuratie van eilanden. Dit wordt gedaan door het creëren van tijdelijke ontwerpen met een mogelijkheid tot permanent karakter.","Waterveiligheid; Building with Nature; IJburg-Amsterdam","nl","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Civil Engineering","",""
"uuid:b08016f8-67b2-4cf0-9a29-afe3fc6c0ac7","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:b08016f8-67b2-4cf0-9a29-afe3fc6c0ac7","[Re]Creation Oud Zuid","Zhuang, Selene (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Steenbruggen, S. (mentor); van der Meel, H.L. (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2018","The studio generates future scenarios in Amsterdam, 2050. The disconnection between the fasting growing business area Zuidas and the tranquil residential area of Oud Zuid, and the lack of amenities raised my concern about the living quality and sustainability of development in the future. My project will be a swimming complex in Oud Zuid, as a part of the public sports and leisure network in the city. Dutch people are the 4th most active among EU. 80% people in Amsterdam Zuid exercise at least weekly. There are already a lot of sports facilities in the Oud Zuid Area but more than half of the sports facilities are private, and the traditional sports club system is obstacles for the poor, the newcomers to the city or people do not belong to a certain social group to enjoy them these sports facilities. Apart from getting physically healthy, the face to face accompany of friends or even strangers will be very crucial for the future digital world to enhance mental health. Our appearances and the form of swimming itself also break down some barriers between different social groups. In the smart but probably also very expensive and crowded Amsterdam in 2050, I believe the primitive kind of leisure will have even bigger meaning to the city than now.","Oud Zuid; Amsterdam; public health; Swimming pool; Aquatic complex; sport; lesiure; recreation; future; Social inequality; Social integration; Beatrixpark; Plan Zuid; facility","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Complex Projects","AMS Mid City","52.343281, 4.884346"
"uuid:508519f9-cb38-4846-b8ec-fec94344f588","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:508519f9-cb38-4846-b8ec-fec94344f588","Float to Circularity: Connecting human needs with the material flow in the AMA","Moya Ortiz, Diego (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment); Durand López, Leyden (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment); Klimczak, Anna (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment); Stuyt, Mae-Ling (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment); Hu, Qiyao (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Hackauf, U.D. (mentor); Qu, L. (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2018","br/>The Metropolitan Region of Amsterdam (AMA) has proposed a transition from its current linear economic model to a circular one (Sustainable Amsterdam, 2015). However, the proposed strategy is based mainly on the participation of actors from the world of business and industry, relegating social actors to a peripheral level of its implementation. Additionally, the region is experiencing an important process of floating population in which we can identify different groups: students, expats, tourists and commuters. This process is influencing trends of gentrification, ethnic segregation, and suburbanization and is expected going to increase in the future. The project that we propose seeks to connect communities and material chains from an integrated approach, social and economical. The project is based on the incorporation of the students through the region as a pioneer group for sustainable, economic and social development. Students represent a social capital that is necessary for the development of the region. However, at the same time they are a group that currently is experiencing vulnerability and lack of integration. In this way, through a multi-scale study and an urban acupuncture strategy, the location of this group is projected into strategic areas in order to encourage social sustainability and inclusive economic development.","Amsterdam Metropolitan Area; Circular Economy; Social sustainability; Social participation; Floating population","en","student report","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Urbanism","",""
"uuid:cda78a1c-f08d-46b7-aa3f-6c6542057a87","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:cda78a1c-f08d-46b7-aa3f-6c6542057a87","Integration through Collaborative Housing?: Dutch Starters and Refugees Forming Self-Managing Communities in Amsterdam","Czischke, D.K. (TU Delft Housing Management); Huisman, C.J. (TU Delft Housing Management)","","2018","Since 2015, Europe has experienced an unprecedented influx of people fleeing countries facing political turmoil. Upon receiving asylum status, refugees in the Netherlands are currently regionally dispersed and individually housed in public housing. The municipality of Amsterdam has recently adopted an alternative approach, whereby young adult refugees and Dutch young adults are brought together in collaborative housing (Czischke, 2018). This article presents findings from a case study of the pilot project, launched in 2016, which houses over 500 young adults, half refugees and half Dutch together in temporary dwellings. The goal is to provide refugees with social and cultural tools to integrate in the host society by interacting with their peers through collective self-organisation. Compared with more traditional forms of housing refugees, integration through collaborative housing is expected to deliver results. Our study aims to examine this assumption by looking at the daily reality of collaboration and self-organisation amongst tenants in this pilot project, and interrogates how this approach may help the integration process. The analytical framework draws on Ager and Strang’s (2008) core domains of integration, which emphasises the role of social connections in the integration process. An ethnographic research design was adopted, including interviews and participant observation as data collection techniques. Preliminary findings indicate the gradual formation of social connections such as social bonds, social bridges and social links. Ultimately, we expect findings to inform better policies and practices in the field of housing and urban planning that help the integration of young refugees in European societies.","Amsterdam; collaborative housing; housing policy; refugee integration; self-organisation","en","journal article","","","","","","","","","","","Housing Management","","",""
"uuid:59ea8087-e25d-4fb6-a31c-455a7c452bf0","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:59ea8087-e25d-4fb6-a31c-455a7c452bf0","Social-Ecological-Technical systems in urban planning for a circular economy: an opportunity for horizontal integration","van der Leer, Janneke (Sweco); van Timmeren, A. (TU Delft Environmental Technology and Design); Wandl, Alex (TU Delft Environmental Technology and Design)","","2018","The Circular Economy (CE) is receiving interest worldwide as a way to overcome the currently dominating linear and wasteful production and consumption models of our society. Currently the implementation of CE thinking into practice is still in an early stage. As the main hubs of consumption and to a more limited extent also, production, metropolitan areas often are seen as crucial to achieving a successful transition towards a CE, and therefore it is necessary to find ways to integrate a CE based approach into urban planning practice. In this paper literature dealing with the concept of the CE is reviewed within an urban planning framework to examine how well integrated it is in the built environment, both vertically and horizontally, in ideas prevalent in CE literature. The paper aims to contribute to the understanding of how the concept of CE can be integrated into urban planning practice with a view to enabling urban planners to integrate CE into their work to further accelerate the implementation of CE in metropolitan areas. In this paper a framework is presented for understanding opportunities for the integration of CE into urban planning.","Amsterdam metropolitan area; Circular economy; integrated approach; SETS; systemic approach; urban planning","en","journal article","","","","","","Accepted Author Manuscript","","2019-08-31","","","Environmental Technology and Design","","",""
"uuid:2c02462f-bd81-4537-bd7e-e94cb4bdf61c","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:2c02462f-bd81-4537-bd7e-e94cb4bdf61c","Influence profile of wastewater chain in Amsterdam: Towards resilient system for phosphorus recovery and Valorisation","Amosov, M. V. (Organic Village); Zlatanovic, L. (TU Delft Sanitary Engineering); van der Hoek, J.P. (TU Delft Sanitary Engineering; Waternet)","Becerril, Lucia (editor); Leardi, Carlo (editor); Browning, Tyson R. (editor); Eppinger, Steven D. (editor)","2018","The wastewater system of Amsterdam offers an opportunity to recover phosphorus, and contribute to circular economy. However, it remains unclear where to intervene in system to maximize recovery and valorisation in a resilient and feasible way. The Design Structure Matrix method was tested to define the system architecture from Food-Water-Energy nexus perspective. Physical, phosphorus, and ownership dependencies between Infrastructure, Stakeholder, Resource and Cleantech domains (elements) of the wastewater system in Amsterdam are analyzed in a Multi-Domain Matrix model. Change Propagation Indicator quantified critical elements, and emergent changes. An Influence Profile unveiled four levels of system leverage: household, neighborhood, city-block, region. The stakeholders can engage into optimizations at each level, to generate individual and shared benefits. Hybrid infrastructure, plug&play solutions and modular approach to cleantech will harness up to 100% of phosphorus available. The method proved to be an effective tool for analysing complexity and engineering resilient solutions for the circular economy.","Amsterdam; Design; DSM; Nexus; Phosphorus; Resilience; Wastewater","en","conference paper","Lehrstuhl fur Produktentwicklung und Leichtbau","","","","","Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository ‘You share, we take care!’ – Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public.","","2019-04-17","","","Sanitary Engineering","","",""
"uuid:0a129506-a0ec-43b8-82a7-d4f4127aeb35","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:0a129506-a0ec-43b8-82a7-d4f4127aeb35","The new Green Belt","Oostendorp, W.C.W. (TU Delft Teachers of Practice); Kuijper, J.A. (TU Delft Theory, Territories & Transitions)","Triggianese, Manuela (editor); Cavallo, Roberto (editor); Baron, Nacima (editor); Kuijper, Joran (editor)","2018","","station; node; intermodality; Amsterdam metropolitan area","en","book chapter","TU Delft OPEN Publishing","","","","","","","","","","Teachers of Practice","","",""
"uuid:03c0345e-75b1-4637-a7bd-a27f55c9cb37","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:03c0345e-75b1-4637-a7bd-a27f55c9cb37","Inside the Ring, In the Ring or Outside the ring?: Redefining identity of the Ringroad A10 in Amsterdam","Nalepa, Magda (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment; TU Delft Architecture)","Caso, O. (mentor); van der Hoeven, F.D. (mentor); van der Meel, H.L. (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2017","The aim of this project is to bring the forgotten land of the RingA10 back to the city, by transforming the one purpose space into a multifunctional place of its own identity. The project Kunstwerk Ring A10 aims to connect the highway, the city and the human creating the layer of “In the ring” between “the inside” and “the outside”
on the map of Amsterdam. This will be done using the participatory methods of
research and design with a specific focus on redefining identity and creating perception of place.","Ring A10; Identity; Amsterdam; Participation","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Explorelab","","52.364089, 4.842287"
"uuid:702acd1c-ed1b-4ddf-99a2-08fcb4a2e96f","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:702acd1c-ed1b-4ddf-99a2-08fcb4a2e96f","Timber Top-Up: Sustainable densification and office transformation in the Amsterdam Navy Area","Zwanink, Bob (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Smit, M.J. (mentor); Tomesen, P.L. (mentor); Jennen, P.H.M. (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2017","How to top-up and transform vacant office space for dwellings in Amsterdam using timber construction? Several methods of light timber construction are researched and applied into a design to top-up an existing office building at the Marineterrein, Amsterdam.","Timber; Top-up; Optoppen; Light building; Densification; Amsterdam; Marineterrein","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences","","52.373797, 4.916523"
"uuid:0fa62772-e950-4ab9-bf47-1a98222d0c15","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:0fa62772-e950-4ab9-bf47-1a98222d0c15","The Breaburn Ensemble: A suitable alternative for golden agers in the city center of Amsterdam. Green and luxurious","Kaatee, Laurens (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Kupers, Theo (mentor); van der Putt, Pierijn (mentor); Adema, Ferry (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2017","In the coming years Amsterdam is facing an influx of people over the age of 65. This influx will be the most present in the Center and South districts of the city, districts that are known for their pre-war buildings. These buildings often lack mobility and accessibility needs for this target group. Suitable alternatives for people over the age of 65 with financial means that are currently living in the city center in canal houses are almost none existing. Therefor a new alternative for these ‘golden agers’ is desired. The project site is situated on the boundary of the old city center in a transition zone between the canal belt and 19th century expansion. The site, also know as the Applemarket, is a rare void in a dense city center area in which renewal of the current buildings almost never takes place. Therefor it makes it a great location for dwellings that suit the needs of this target group. Due to the lack of recreational green in the city center of Amsterdam and to counter the ambition of Amsterdam to densify the city, the site is approached as an open green space in which three buildings ‘land’. The Breaburn Ensemble is a composition of three buildings that occupy a small portion of this green space. Each building incorporates the green character of the site in a distinct way so it becomes part of the living quality of the individual dwellings. Also, public health & care related functions on the ground floor of each building are integrated. Carefully designed floorplans offer the resident a level of luxury and living space they were used to and feature state of the art technical elements for comfort. The Breaburn Ensemble is an all in one concept for golden agers set in familiar surroundings in a new green heart of the city.","dwelling; amsterdam; elderly; luxury; housing; ensemble; floorplan","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","","","52.369308, 4.876997"
"uuid:f259641b-8c22-423d-8c85-43943ecf4fa5","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:f259641b-8c22-423d-8c85-43943ecf4fa5","Stopping pattern and frequency optimization for multiple transport services","van Beurden, Merlijn (TU Delft Civil Engineering and Geosciences; TU Delft Transport and Planning)","Hoogendoorn, S.P. (mentor); Cats, O. (mentor); Warnier, Martijn (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2017","In my thesis, I have done research into the optimization of stopping patterns and frequencies of public transport services within a network. I have developed a model that takes both passenger and operator costs into account. The model has been run for a small fictional network and for the metro and train network of Amsterdam, to explore how the current public transport services could be improved.","Stopping pattern; frequency; optimization; Public Transport; Genetic Algorithm; Amsterdam","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Civil Engineering | Transport and Planning","",""
"uuid:9bf686b4-aae3-445d-af63-3b3dd0cb872f","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:9bf686b4-aae3-445d-af63-3b3dd0cb872f","Blockchain, for an enhanced passenger experience at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol","Poot, Tess (TU Delft Industrial Design Engineering)","Santema, Sicco (mentor); Bergema, Katinka (mentor); Gangsaas, Marit (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2017","This project is a graduation project for the master programme Strategic Product Design in collaboration with Schiphol Group. The goal of the project was to find out how blockchain technology can help Schiphol Group to enhance the passenger experience. Blockchain is seen as a technology that will disrupt many industries. But why is this? The core value of blockchain is trust. The blockchain is a decentralised database which enables people and organisations to do transactions without having to trust each other. People are enabled to transact for example money without involving a bank. Because of this, blockchain will change the way we transact value on a global scale. Therefore it is important to explore what this new technology can do for companies. In this thesis the possibilities for Schiphol Group are explored.
Schiphol Group has the ambition to become Europe’s prefered airport. Next to this, they have the ambition to become the world’s leading digital airport by 2018. To achieve this the airport has to continuously innovate. Schiphol Group does this by expanding the airport with the Capital Programme and by making the current airport smarter with the Digital Airport Programme. Both programmes aim to create an excellent seamless passenger process with a minimum of stressful moments.
At the moment passengers experience dissatisfaction in some parts of their journey. This moments are often the moments with the lowest control. These include the waiting times at check in, security and passport control. To decrease waiting times, Schiphol works on a project called Seamless Flow, that enables passengers to pass checks with biometric identification. But, implementing biometric identification brings along some challenges. Enrollment still takes quite some time. It is hard to proof the removal of personal data. Scanning a person’s passport presents challenges because of privacy legislation. Last, due to the central character of the database it takes more effort to protect the data. To enhance passengers control over their journey and to solve the challenges biometric identification brings, the concept of a self sovereign identity is proposed. A self sovereign identity is a system working with blockchain technology in which the user has consent and control over who he shares his data with. In a self sovereign identity system, identity providers provide the user of an attestation, a proof of correctness, for example that it is indeed the persons passport. The identity provider can be governement for example who gives out your passport. From the same attestation a hash, a number that represents the attestation, is written onto the blockchain. The relying party, an organisation like for example an airline who wants a confirmation of the passengers identity, can than compare what is presented by the user with what is on the blockchain.
When it’s a match, your identity is confirmed.
In the ideal situation Schiphol does not have a role in the self sovereign identity system. Until government enables such a system, Schiphol has the opportunity to
act as a identity provider. They can create attestations with the enrollment kiosks that are going to be used for biometric identification in the upcoming years.
To enable Schiphol to act as an identity provider, the TravelWallet service is created. The TravelWallet is an application for passengers that enables them to store their data safely, all in one place. You control who you show your data to at the airport. The app stores your data on your phone in a way only you are able to open it with your fingerprints. This way you never have to take out your passport or boarding card at the airport after you are enrolled. After you verified your account at the airport, you will receive a push notification with a request to share your data, for example from the airline you are flying with. When approving the request, the airline is only able to see the information and not able to share it. If your identity is verified, you receive a confirmation. With the confirmation you can pass the gates towards security.
The TravelWallet service has a lot of benefits for all the different stakeholders involved. The passenger will experience more control in their journey. They do not have to hassle with physical documents and they will have a faster and smoother journey. Schiphol will reduce the risk of cyberattacks and legal complications. Airlines can save time by replacing their time consuming identity verification methods. Implementing the TravelWallet will be expensive, but it can change the whole passenger journey and thereby save a lot of money. With the TravelWallet there is no need for a check-in desk (assuming that everyone uses
the self service bag drop), physical border control or employees for the boarding process. By digitizing these processes, money, time and space can be saved.","blockchain; passenger experience; Amsterdam Airport Schiphol","en","master thesis","","","","","","","Campus only","","","","","Strategic Product Design","",""
"uuid:d6cb95fd-8a6d-4f94-8d37-37b8ee40f5ae","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:d6cb95fd-8a6d-4f94-8d37-37b8ee40f5ae","Determinants of a safe interaction between Vulnerable Road Users and Automated Vehicles using Fuzzy Cognitive Mapping","Arends, Erik (TU Delft Civil Engineering and Geosciences; TU Delft Transport and Planning)","Hagenzieker, Marjan (mentor); Annema, Jan Anne (graduation committee); Nuñez Velasco, Pablo (graduation committee); de Kievit, Eric (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2017","The technology of automated driving systems that assist the human driver are in ongoing development and could potentially improve traffic safety and efficiency. At this moment, a lot of research into automated vehicles is carried out. The City of Amsterdam wants to know what impact AVs can have on traffic safety in their city. Most studies focus on the technology of the vehicle itself and its impact on society. An increasing number of studies is focussing on the human aspects, although most of these researches focus on the driver, while questions remain unanswered on vulnerable road users. At this moment, it is challenging to gain insights in the system of interaction. Due to the still-evolving technology of AVs, the impact on traffic safety cannot be accurately predicted. City of Amsterdam want to start pilots to test AVs on the public roads in order to gain insight in te system of a safe mutual interaction between automated vehicles and vulnerable road users.
First, the system of interaction needs to be known. Using the methodology of Fuzzy Cognitive Mapping (FCM), the determinants and behaviour of the system is identified. FCM is a fairly new method in the field of transport planning, but showed potential for this specific research in which scientific data is limited. The original approach to develop a FCM model is adapted. Therefore, the time it took to develop a conceptual FCM model during a workshop could have been limited and disadvantages of one strategy is balanced or mitigated with the advantages of other stragegies. This research is therefore also assessing if FCM can be a useful method in the field of transport planning.
The FCM model that describes that system of interaction is developed via a literature study and subsequent workshop. This resulted in a model of 21 determinants with 72 connections or relationships. Computations showed that the most important (key) determinants were the following concepts: Safe crossing behaviour, VRU friendly road design, AV friendly road design, Intelligent infrastructure and Identification and recognition. These key determinants, who each describe an idea of something formed by mentally combining all its characteristics or particulars, are considered most important in the system of interaction and should therefore be first be researched in pilots.
The results of the workshop and computations provide a first glance at the system and results. Interviews provided extensive state-of-the-art knowledge on the key determinants. The findings from the interviews are translated into an advice for the City of Amsterdam te develop and execute pilots. These pilots should be able to answer the most important and relevant research questions on the safe mutual interaction between automated vehicles and vulnerable road users in the urban environment.
FCM is found to be useful in the field of transport planning for specific case in which scientific research is limited, with a lack of quantitative data, but available qualitative data from professionals and where human behaviour plays an important role. For the still developing technology of automated driving systems, the method can be useful for as long as quantitative data is not available. As soon as such data is available, other methods are found to be more useful.","Automated vehicles; Vulnerable Road User; Determinants; Interactions; Fuzzy Cognitive Mapping; Urban Environment; Amsterdam","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Transport, Infrastructure and Logistics","","52.3616815, 4.9077197"
"uuid:05b0f759-463a-4207-912f-fee5d68bce5b","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:05b0f759-463a-4207-912f-fee5d68bce5b","Robust flight-to-gate assignment using flight presence probabilities","van Schaijk, Oscar R.P.; Visser, H.G. (TU Delft Air Transport & Operations)","","2017","In this paper we present a novel method to improve the robustness of solutions to the Flight-to-Gate Assignment Problem (FGAP), with the aim to reduce the need for gate re-planning due to unpredicted flight schedule disturbances in the daily operations at an airport. We propose an approach in which the deterministic gate constraints are replaced by stochastic gate constraints that incorporate the inherent stochastic flight delays in such a way so as to ensure that the expected gate conflict probability of two flights assigned to the same gate at the same time does not exceed a user-specified value. The novel approach is integrated into an existing multiple time slot FGAP model that relies on a binary integer programming formulation and is tested using real-life data pertaining to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. The results confirm that the proposed approach holds out great promise to improve the robustness of the FGAP solutions.","Amsterdam Airport Schiphol; Gate assignment; gate conflict; mathematical programming; robustness; stochastic gate constraints","en","journal article","","","","","","","","","","","Air Transport & Operations","","",""
"uuid:78f0b3e9-4de1-4163-b990-2b20969f848b","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:78f0b3e9-4de1-4163-b990-2b20969f848b","Community of Innovation: Marineterrein 2.0","Buśko, Adam (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Snijders, A. (mentor); Bilow, M. (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2017","This project is an attempt to transform a former military base Marineterrein, located in the center of Amsterdam into a Community of Innovation. Based on the research Home in digital age. Apartments for young innovators.
The focus lies on transforming two existing buildings of technical education facility for soldiers into a working and living unit. Said building would serve as a center of the Community. The intervention consists of two main elements: A permanent one – the roof which connects two buildings, encloses the space between them and provides energy for the complex. And a more temporary intervention inside the new building providing solutions for living, working and leisure, tailored to the needs of young innovators materialized through means of digital fabrication. Both elements are constructed out of wood to underline it’s growing significance as a construction material of the future and to be mindful of the environmental impact.
In order to design dwellings for the future, a new way of living, which should tackle the social and spatial issues cities are coping with, has to be found. This research states that many of the problems could be solved with a more collective way of life.
The design goal is a residential building with the maximum achievable communal
space and only the minimum needed private space for every individual. Thus,
the focus in this living environment lies on the collectively organised activities.
Nevertheless, every individual demands and requires a certain amount of privacy.
This research questions the strict separation between private and collective spaces and activities and gives a better understanding of ‘what’ can be collectivised and what needs to stay private. This will result in architectural guidelines to design ‘a more collective way of life’.","Shared living; collectivity; dwelling; privacy; explorelab; singles; Amsterdam; sharing; private unit; activities; social interaction","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Explorelab","",""
"uuid:6ba607f8-f627-4b2e-ac70-d7e49bb4d83d","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:6ba607f8-f627-4b2e-ac70-d7e49bb4d83d","Evergreen: Vitalisatie van oud Amsterdam","Hesterman, Wouter (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Kupers, Theo (mentor); Adema, Ferry (graduation committee); van der Putt, Pierijn (graduation committee); Trienekens, Otto (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2017","Woningbouw project in het centrum van Amsterdam, waarbij tuinieren en wonen gecombineerd worden.","Amsterdam; Dwelling; tuinieren; groene gevel; vegetatie","nl","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","","",""
"uuid:3cbc78fd-9f20-44ba-b765-deddb6327e63","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:3cbc78fd-9f20-44ba-b765-deddb6327e63","Sheltered Urbanity","Kosters, Roel (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Kupers, T.W. (mentor); van der Putt, P.S. (mentor); Adema, F. (mentor); Ouwehand, A.L. (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2017","After a period of suburbanization, the city of Amsterdam is growing in popularity among families. The city, however, doesn't respond to this trend. Most families living in Amsterdam are unhappy with their living situation. As a result, a lot of families are moving out of the city when the children grow older and families expand. For the city this is a major problem: families have a large influence on the city economy and contribute to a safe and diverse city. Families who choose for the city are looking for a so called 'sheltered urbanity'. This means that there are more families with children, qualitative outdoor space, accessible amenities and no fast traffic. When children grow older their action range expands. A living environment for families has to facilitate this process. Based on research, in this graduation project a design was made for a family friendly living environment in the inner city of Amsterdam.","families; city; Amsterdam; sheltered; urbanity","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Dwelling","",""
"uuid:9cd92806-e1b1-432f-b094-22a06cc8eda1","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:9cd92806-e1b1-432f-b094-22a06cc8eda1","(e)Co-Housing: Co-housing with like-minded people (ecological) of all ages - Living at the Apple Market inside the city belt of Amsterdam","de Lange, Mike (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Kupers, T.W. (mentor); van der Putt, P.S. (graduation committee); Adema, F. (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2017","Due to the increase of population in Amsterdam in 2040, 40.000 more dwellings are expected to be needed. This prime location, at the Apple Market, is currently unbuilt. The baby-boom in the Netherlands lead to a huge generation which nowadays is turning old. This generation of people are facing an aging peak in the year 2040 and bringing about 60,000 extra elderly people in Amsterdam.
Due to the changes in health care, the elderly should stay longer independently. If the elderly stay healthy, they can live independently with relatively little care. But if they get health problems, custom homes or extra care may be needed. Elderly people are increasingly thinking about how they can live comfortably and independently. The generation of now, must deal differently with the consequences of aging. For example, in the form of self-organized care/ informal care.
Amsterdam has the ambition to place itself in the top 5 of healthiest cities in Europe in 2033. The environmental impact of food is high. This is mainly due to the transport movements that are associated with the distribution of food, also a lot of food is thrown away and there is a lot of overconsumption of meat. I see Amsterdam as a city that can increase awareness of food production and sustainability by showing how food is growing, especially on this location.
This project brings together a variety of residents. Living in a common living environment with like-minded people of different ages offers an outcome.
What should the architectural design of buildings comply with in order to fit in the urban fabric of the compact city?
The main conclusions are:
- Buildings of the compact city should combine several functions to create vibrant areas.
- Due to the fact that the city is constantly changing the buildings should be flexible in every aspect to be able to adapt to possible future functional changes.
- Because of the limited space, public spaces are an important part of the compact city.
- The term energy should be a part of the architecture.
design
I used the conclusions of my research and the analysis of the intervention area as the base for my design. The outcome is an ensemble of three buildings surrounding a public square opening up to the water. One of the buildings makes a gesture to the existing parking garage by cantilevering over the garage and therefore it becomes part of the composition. Each building combines working and living in different ways. The floorplans are designed in a way to give the user as much freedom as possible to arrange it to their own wishes. This flexibility is also to be found in the structure of the buildings. The concrete casco, which is designed with as few as possible ongoing walls, offers freedom in the choice of layout variants. The facades are designed in a neutral way with respect to the underlying functions and thereby avoiding an explicit residential atmosphere. This will allow possible future functional adjustments without losing the identity.