Returning the shells to the beach: Development of a beach cleaner add-on, enabling the mobile separation of shells and garbage.

This thesis consist of the graduation project executed in cooperation with the municipality of the Hague, at design studio DIDID in the Hague. The beaches of the Hague are cleaned by so called beach cleaners. Beach cleaners are large tractor pulled screening machines that effectively screen/rake garbage from the beach. There is however a problem...

150 000 – Parametric Control of PET Bottle Structure

In this paper we describe the pedagogical and methodological approach to a parametric project and workshop for the design of a tower which consists of 150000 PET bottles. The ultimate goal of the project is to actually realize the PET bottle tower; therefore the constraints on the projects are very strict. Additionally, because of the large...

Design of a form language for trash bins for the city of Amsterdam

The municipality of Amsterdam wants to improve the image of the city and its streets. Currently the streets are filled with many different objects that make the streets look crowded and inconsistent. Most of these objects are street furniture. The trash bin is a typical example of a street furniture object, that appears in many different forms...

Benchmark gemeentelijk afvalbeheer: Een empirisch onderzoek naar de productiviteit en kostendoelmatigheid

Dit onderzoek richt zich op de productiviteit van afvalinzameling en -verwijdering in de periode 2001-2009. Het doel is het in kaart brengen van productiviteitsontwikkelingen in de sector, inzicht te verschaffen in de onderlinge verschillen tussen gemeenten en beleidskeuzen te identificeren die doelmatigheid bevorderen. Speciale belangstelling...

Benchmark gemeentelijk afvalbeheer: Een empirisch onderzoek naar de productiviteit en kostendoelmatigheid

Traditionally, governments have played an important role in waste management due to their responsibility for public health and the environment. Collecting and processing domestic waste has been one of the local government’s core responsibilities for many years. City councils have a lot of freedom with regard to their waste management policy. For...