Attention as Practice: Buddhist Ethics Responses to Persuasive Technologies

The “attention economy” refers to the tech industry’s business model that treats human attention as a commodifiable resource. The libertarian critique of this model, dominant within tech and philosophical communities, claims that the persuasive technologies of the attention economy infringe on the individual user’s autonomy and therefore the...

Legislation and practice: the case of historic concrete buildings

Purpose: Only recently have historic concrete buildings received attention and the need for their protection has been understood. Their listing as architectural heritage in most countries is ruled by legislations. The research carried out within the framework of the CONSECH20 JPI project on the conservation of historic concrete buildings in...

RILEM TC 277-LHS report: lime-based mortars for restoration–a review on long-term durability aspects and experience from practice

For conservation interventions of historic masonry generally lime-based mortars such as pure air lime mortars, lime-pozzolan mortars, natural hydraulic lime mortars and ternary mortars (lime-pozzolan-cement) are used. The main reason is that their hygric and mechanical (strength and ductility) performance are easy to adapt to most existing...

Measurement and Practice of Transversal Competencies in Engineering Education: Evaluation of Perceptions and Stimulation of Reflections of industry, lecturers and students

The engineering industry has changed in the last decades with the increasing complexity of technology, the global mobility of the engineering profession, the concern with sustainability and social responsibility, and the need for innovation and creativity. This shift has caused employability issues that include both the lack of engineering...

Design for Change: Experimentele tijd-tekeningen in de praktijk

Ontwerp voor Verandering. Landschapsarchitecten communiceren met opdrachtgever en publiek via tekeningen. In grote lijnen is de wijze waarop ontwerpers hun werk representeren al decennia stabiel, gebaseerd op impliciete conventies. De standaardpresentatie van een ontwerp met de combinatie van plantekening, doorsnedes, visualisaties en...

A settling model for full-scale aerobic granular sludge

The settling behavior of aerobic granular sludge (AGS) in full-scale reactors is different from the settling of normal activated sludge. Current activated sludge models lack the features to describe the segregation of granules based on size during the settling process. This segregation plays an important role in the granulation process and...

Reflection in design education

In this article we evaluate the manner in which we at the Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment at the Delft University of Technology encourage the development of the capacity of reflection among our undergraduate students. First we explore the concept of reflection in relation to respectively experiential/reflective learning,...

Measuring Progress in Music Rehearsals

Practice is an essential part of learning and performing a piece of music. The goal of this thesis is to develop a system for analysing audio recordings of music rehearsals that aids the musician in their studies. We gather audio recordings of rehearsals from pianists and develop two key measures based on these recordings: 1. match distribution,...

Structured Reflection in Professional Design Practice

Theories regarding the implementation of more structured and frequent approaches to reflection in professional settings, is a topic that has received little attention in research. Therefore, the aim of this thesis was to gain a better understanding about design practitioners’ daily reflection patterns, with a focus on supporting a balanced...

The role of product designers in the transition towards the circular economy: A reality check

This paper examines the role of product designers in the transition towards the circular economy. Both scientific and grey literature show remarkable optimism when it comes to role strategic and coordinating role designers could play in this transition process. However, there has been little examination of the actual role and influence designers...

Wormhole University; Geo-pedagogy, Architecture and Practice

This project is a proposal for a school of architecture that tries to question how we should practice and educate in the current epoch of the Anthropocene. This geological time-frame enforces a change in our horizon that reveals the increasing contingency and complexity of our condition, creating a new urgency in the relationship between...