Ori-act: Toolbox for urban re-activation

Ori-act is a toolbox using the principles of origami and cnc milling in order to provide inhabitants of depreciated neighborhoods in Rotterdam the means to build a physical platform to carry out their initiatives to reactivate their neighborhood.

Turning off the Tap: A climate resilient spatial solution for fluvial flooding in the United Kingdom

The main goal of this project is to develop a sustainable method to mitigate flooding of the non-tidal rivers in the United Kingdom which can be used by all stakeholders within the climate scenario of 2050. <br/>The focus on non-tidal rivers will mean the focus of flooding will be mainly on fluvial flooding, while pluvial flooding will be a...

De generatie van integratie: De rol van architectuur in het integratieproces

Hoewel met de piek in asielaanvragen in Nederland sinds 2015 is gebleken dat vroege integratie veel voordelen heeft, is de architectuur van Nederlandse asielzoekerscentra daar nog niet op aangepast. In de sociologie zijn veel onderzoeken gedaan naar voorwaarden voor de facilitatie van integratie, maar deze zijn nog nooit toepasbaar gemaakt voor...

Skills for Servitization: A Servitization Framework and Toolbox for a Service Design Consultant

Servitization: Shifting from products, to integrated product service bundles in B2B - Clients do not want standalone products, they want solutions. Those solutions often require a combination of products and services integrated in one effective solution. For the past 20 years, the provision of services has permeated almost every facet of...

A common perspective

A new intervention has been placed in the suburbs of Bogotá. This new design aims to fight the monotony of large infrastructural arteries running through the city, whilst connecting two neighbourhoods and reclaiming space for the pedestrian. A network of pedestrian bridges connect the scattered brick towers and together with the adjacent park...

Back to Nature

Back to Nature focuses on finding ways to integrate nature with architecture in order to harness the positive effects of nature on the human psyche. As such psychological theories on restorative environments, neurological theories on the stress response and architectural theories concerning the sensory systems are combined to create a...

Enabling inhabitants to act sustainably: From dispersion to concentration in Kaunas region

JUMP: A toolbox for designing Socially Tangible Media

Socially Tangible Media (STM) is a term describing an emerging category of products that aim to link social data to the materiality of objects and spaces. Digital networks are increasingly used to connect on a social level, while a growing number of objects are becoming part of such networks. The aim of this graduation project is to provide...

Safe and Dynamic Rijnmond-Drechtsteden: Rebalance the Natural Processes and Human Interventions Through Integrated Flood Risk Management

The project explores the way of close collaboration in the field of flood risk management and spatial development. This results in strategies for the Rijnmond-Drechtsteden region on 4 levels, and a key intervention for Numansdorp.

Toobox for Southwest the Hague

Toolbox for southwest The Hague, based on principals of Jane Jacobs

Enabling sustainable design at Designit: A case study and toolbox

The project investigates the design consultancy Designit to find ways which enable them to do more sustainable design. A research at Designit Denmark and a case study was performed to gain insights into the culture of Designit as well as practical aspects of sustainable design. The result is a toolbox, which can be implemented at the website of...

Public space for livable neighbourhoods: How generic spatial interventions can realize conditions for the development of public space to accomplish a dureable living environment in specific urban living areas

The report is an investigation into the possibilities of using generic methods to achieve certain levels of quality for public space, to stimulate, regulate but most of all conditionate spatial, social and economical developments. These developments should result in a more livable living environment.

Trust toolbox: For organizations that want to become trustworthy

This is a research and design graduation project for the Master-education tracks Integrated Product Design and Science Communication TU Delft, with a Sustainability-annotation (TiSD). The client of this project is Euro RSCG Bikker, a consultancy with the proposition ‘committed to trust’. The Bikker-consultants develop products and services in...