Architecture of Transitional Justice: The Cooperative as part of Post-Conflict Reconciliation in Colombia

The recent Colombian Peace Agreement between the government of Juan Manuel<br/>Santos and FARC-EP offers the opportunity to analyze the transitional justice<br/>model, that aims to address the past violent events and the future of the victims.<br/>The lack of involvement of architecture in the post-conflict dialogue on transitional justice,...

Water Management as a Peace Mechanism: An integrated and comprehensive new policy framework for the application of water management in stabilisation operations.

Water will be a root-cause or catalyst of conflicts. As a result, the Netherlands Armed Forces and its partners will be confronted with water issues in stabilisation operations. Consequently, a policy framework how to apply water management as a de-escalating, conflict prevention and resolution instrument in stabilisation operations is regarded...

Towards an architecture of experience

Many urban and architectural designs bring about a different experience in its visitors than the designer originally intended. Typical architectural qualities such as ‘dynamism’, ‘harmony‘, ‘lightness’ are often guiding themes in the de- sign, but hardly ever experienced in reality when the design has been built. Especially the notorious grand...