Exploring the Mechanism of Spatial Narration: The Representation and Significance of Programming in OMA’s Architecture

Starting from the theoretical thinking of ‘Spatial Narration’ and ‘Programming’, this paper investigates the meaning of ‘Programming’ in ‘Spatial Narration’. Viewing ‘Programming’ as a core mean of spatial narration, this paper explores its representation and significance in architectural projects designed by OMA. Its performance includes...

Landscape Strategies in Architecture

This thesis explores the ways in which landscape is relevant as a concept for designing architecture. Buildings that have been designed like landscapes have become a topic in contemporary architecture. The apparent distinction between architecture and landscape is questioned in exemplary theories and new designs.<br/><br/>The core of this thesis...

A Benchmark Study on Operational Modal Analysis System Identification Algorithms for Operating Offshore Wind Turbines

Recently, Offshore Wind Turbines (OWT) have attracted great attention in an effort to make a shift from fossil-based energy sources towards an enhanced sustainable and renewable energy production. In order to achieve the renewables targets and reduce the cost of wind energy, OWTs are consistently increasing in size. Therefore, research has...

Bayesian oma of offshore rock lighthouses: Surprises with close modes, symmetry and alignment

A set of seven rock lighthouses around the British Isles was studied by a combination of forced and ambient vibration tests executed with some extreme logistical constraints. Forced vibration testing of the circular section masonry towers combined with experimental modal analysis identified modes with alignment assumed the same as the shaker...

Bayesian operational modal analysis of offshore rock lighthouses: Close modes, alignment, symmetry and uncertainty

Despite use of GPS, lighthouses remain critical infrastructure for preserving safety of mariners and maritime trade, and the most dramatic examples are probably the Victorian era masonry towers located on remote offshore reefs around the British Isles and exposed to extreme weather conditions. Due to their age and likely increasing future...

A Matter of Perspective

This thesis proposes the construction of three temporary pavilions at Place Francois Mitterrand in Lille, France. The pavilions will be part of the event “Lille World Design Capital” of 2020.<br/>“Everything is a matter of perspective”. Place Francois Mitterrand, the public core of the 1989’s Euralille Masterplan by OMA, is seen by many as a...

Structural Health Assessment through Vibration Monitoring on FPSOs

In the offshore oil and gas industry, production takes place at more and more remote locations, with Floating Production Storage Offloading units (FPSO’s) often being selected for field development. These units may remain on station during their entire lifetime while operating under adverse weather conditions. Inspections, which have to be...

Next-generation wind turbine tower modeling: Uncertainty quantification

The natural frequency of wind turbine towers can be more than 10% off from the designed frequency. This frequency is important for control because it sets bandwidth limits to some of the control loops. Improving the model will result in better control and load reduction that will in turn contribute to the decrease of the cost of wind energy. The...

Mediating Between Cultures: Architectural attitudes towards a globalizing world

The general aim of this essay is to better understand the effects of globalization on architecture as well as its inherent possibilities. This research has specifically been oriented on architectural attitudes towards these processes. In order to gain an understanding of globalization processes their socio-economic consequences are first...

Deconstructing Rotterdam's modern city centre

In the 20th century, the Dutch city of Rotterdam was radically transformed from a historic town into a modern city, becoming the selfacclaimed 'city of architecture', home to international architectural design offices, publishers and institutions. Although it is already 60 years after the destruction of the Rotterdam inner city, the city still...

Cadavre Exquis: Dutch Architecture with Landscape Methods Vol. 3. (pre-release 0.02)

Contemporary architecture is increasingly influenced by the concept of landscape, and this is particularly the case in the Netherlands. Like at many other places, a new mindset is emerging, transforming the core values of the disciplines of architecture and urbanism with the notion of the organization of architectural space as a landscape....