Hoogbouw vraagt om interieurstedebouw

Al decennia staren beleidsmakers en stedebouwkundigen zich blind op hoogbouwbeleid door middel van hoogteregulering. Ook al blijft dit vanuit gezondheid en welstand verstandig, dit is een eenzijdige benadering. Zeker nu er steeds meer openbare ruimtes binnen de hoogbouwprojecten ontworpen en gerealiseerd worden, rijst de vraag hoe we voorbij de...

Cities of the Future: Societal by Nature

Panelka Beyond Ideology: In between a remnant of Soviet reality and a catalyst for individuality

As the Soviet Union's territories spanned across 30 countries, the prefabricated apartment buildings (Panelka) have tattooed numerous cities across Europe.The ideological “leftovers” of the typology, together with their predetermined lifespan, the decaying material state, and the fragmented ownership create difficulties for big-scale...

The growing influence of the car and its effect on the ideas of the role and position of mobility in the city of the future: An architectural history thesis comparing the projects Plan Voisin, Broadacre City and Futurama by Le Corbusier, Frank Lloyd Wright and Norman Bel Geddes

The projects: Plan Voisin, Broadacre City and Futurama, of the three architects: Le Corbusier, Frank Lloyd Wright and Norman Bel Geddes, are all three based upon the criticism the architects had on the design of their contemporary city’s and the mobility within these urban structures. The coming up of the automobile had consequences for the city...

Mind the Gap: Improving social cohesion through Architecture

Social cohesion has been an essential part of the political agenda and policymakers for the past twenty years. Due to, among other things,<br/>modernisation, globalisation and individualisation of society, mutual ties are diminishing (Schiefer and van der Noll, 2016). This thesis aims to map the aspects that influence social cohesion and...

Place-making with the Makers: Exploring directions of place-making strategies in the redevelopment of industrial urban areas into mixed-use areas. Case of Schieoevers Noord, Delft

The lack of effective place-making strategies to transform industrial urban areas into mixed-use areas, and the limited knowledge of how manufacturers interact with other actors, have exposed the vulnerability to future challenges of these redevelopment processes. Therefore, this research aims to identify directions of place-making strategies to...

tunus - tiny house project: an interdisciplinary approach to architecture

A tiny house is a building for permanent human habitation that is specifically designed to have a limited ground surface. The tiny house design discussed in this report has a strong focus on circularity, sustainable material usage, smart systems, and affordability. To achieve an overall self-regulating and ecological concept, the aim is to...

The maker's paradigm

The thesis employs a anthropological methodology to understand the mechanism behind the success of innovation spaces. It is a multidisciplinary research approach to the design of Urban Innovation Districts.

HUMAM: Hub for Urban Mobility for Amsterdam Metropolitan area

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...