Towards the Transformation of an Air Terminal Site: How can architecture transform enclosed urban areas and engender their transformation into public space?

The vast area that has become available with the closure of Atatürk Havalimanı has turned into a void in the metropolis. Although it is deeply ingrained in the fabric of the city and its infrastructure, the area is completely closed off and inaccessible to the public. This raises the question: How can architecture transform enclosed urban areas...

Financial feasibility of large-scale adaptation strategies for future SLR in northern Europe: NEED vs dike reinforcement

The effects of climate change are felt all around the world. An increased sea level goes hand in hand with an increased risk of flooding. To combat this, the coastlines must be reinforced to withstand future sea levels. However, repeatedly reinforcing coastlines to keep up with the sea level rise (SLR) could prove extremely costly. An...

Northern European Enclosure Dam: Success and failure factors for a very radical innovation

It is becoming increasingly clear that the current climate policy is not beneficial to our planet. Climate change is having several negative effects on the planetary environment and its health (Rig- not et al., 2011). Among these negative effects is the rise of the seawater level (Jevrejeva et al., 2014). Efforts are being made to counter this...

Detection System and Enclosure Design: for Quantum Random Number Generation

This report focuses on the design and implementation of both a detection system and an enclosure, which are designed to be used in a quantum random number generator. These parts are designed to be manufactured using off-the-shelf components to make the quantum random number generator affordable and accessible to a completely new user-group that...

The Northern European Enclosure Dam: A multidisciplinary project on the effects of the NEED

Many low-lying densely populated areas and important economical regions in Europe are threatened by sea level rise. \cite{groeskamp2020need} suggest an international cooperation to be able to protect these areas if climate change mitigation fails: the construction of the Northern European Enclosure Dam (NEED). In this research first order...

Assessment of Aesthetic Preferences in Relation to Vegetation-Created Enclosure in Chinese Urban Parks: A Case Study of Shenzhen Litchi Park

Building on the mystery/complexity/legibility/coherence model of Kaplan and Kaplan (1989) and up-to-date landscape visualization techniques, this paper presents a case study analyzing people's aesthetic preferences for scenes with varying levels of enclosure created through vegetation. Participants were asked to view 48 computer-generated...

Promenade Architectural Introvert - UvA Library Binnengasthuis Amsterdam

A research and design for a new university library for the UvA at the Binnengasthuis area in Amsterdam. The Binnengasthuis area is an enclosed and introvert enclave in the middle of Amsterdam. The research focusses on the relevance of the introversion at the site. The design creates a symbiosis between the existing buildings and the new added...

Cool by nature: Enclosure design of an air conditioning chiller powered by solar heat

Purix is a Danish start-up company with a production facility in Bari. Their product is a 2,5kW absorption chiller system for small businesses and consumers. The market area will be Italy in the first place with extension to other southern European markets. The high temparatures and solar irradiation make Southern Eu- rope a very suitable market...

A Multidisciplinary Optimization of Composite Space Enclosures

A design methodology for composite space enclosures was generated. As a result a panel of an electronics housing structure, as part of a general satellite traversing both GEO and LEO, was designed and optimized. A mass saving of 18% was achieved over a conventional aluminum panel, while assuring structural integrity for acceleration loads,...