Nurture in Nature: Contributing to childhood development in Bressoux & Droixhe by strengthening nature connectivity

'The Scarred City', the theme of the Urban Architecture graduation studio in 2022/2023. This location-based studio started with Droixhe/Bressoux, a troublesome and difficult area in Liège (Belgium), as the overarching project site. Starting with fieldwork and participatory research into the hidden social structures of Bressoux and Droixhe and...

Readiness-for-reuse of open government data for solving societal problems based on public participation: kindergartens in the City of Zagreb

Readiness for Re-Use of Open Government Data for Solving Societal Problems Based on Public Participation: Kindergartens in the City of Zagreb

Over the last decade, open data has become a hot topic that researchers and governments all over the world are eager to explore. The term first appeared in a 1995 document from an American scientific agency (Chignard, 2013), but its popularity increased when the U.S. president, Barrack Obama, signed the 2009 Memorandum on Transparency and Open...

Senses and reminiscence: A living environment for elderly with dementia combined with a kindergarten

Elderly with severe dementia live in nursing homes in most cases. In general, these places can be characterized as large scale, isolated and institutional. Based on social research, orientation, multi-sensorial stimulation and domesticity are essential aspects when designing a living environment for elderly with dementia. The importance of these...