Improving social support for teenagers with parental loss in secondary school environment

This research aims to explore the experiences and needs of social support after the teenager’s parental loss within the secondary school environment and proposes a design intervention. <br/><br/>Teenagers perceive grief more intensely compared to younger ages and adults since it aligns with the rapid transitions of their adolescence. In this...

PROMOTIVATE: Design for social dynamics to promote sustainable behavior in secondary schools

ENERGE is a research project working on managing energy consumption at the school level for sustainability. It is looking for solutions that extend data interactions to the field of behavioral change while taking both energy use and people’s comfort into account. <br/>This graduation project explores how to communicate information related to...

Redefining Centraal Beheer: A Montessori Education Center

This project seeks to give new purpose to the Centraal Beheer building in Apeldoorn, designed by Herman Hertzberger, by introducing a new Montessori Education program, containing a Primary School and Secondary School. Through interventions this design aims to redefine the spatial structure of Centraal Beheer, to create a well functioning...

Waldorf School: a creative sanctuary in the city

This graduation project explores how a secondary Waldorf School can engage with and contribute to the city center of Delft. The Waldorf School is in a continual conflict between achieving public approachability and maintaining an anthroposophical identity. With the growing interest in Waldorf Schools, the schools do not always know how to...