Suffragism and Housing Design: The Impact of the Feminist Transfer of Knowledge Between the USA and the Netherlands on Single's Dwelling in the Early 20th Century

Spaces are often tied to either implicit or explicit gender biases. For centuries, in both the Netherland’s and the USA's history, the public realm was envisioned as a space for men while the domestic spaces of a home were predominantly associated with women. However, at the turn of the twentieth century, this dichotomy began to be challenged....

Lake and reservoir volume variability from satellite imagery data: An assessment of the usability of high-resolution digital elevation models to extract water levels

Recent research suggested that the digital elevation models can be considered, as an alternative to the altimetry data. However, the water prohibits the ability of monitoring the construction the waterbed, due to the loss of the returning signal. The elevation models have therefore a flat surface, which prohibits the extraction of the water...

The Importance of a Safe Construction in the Fight Against Terrorism: A historical analysis of buildings subjected to terrorist attacks and the changes in structural and safety design

Terrorism is something the United States of America has had to deal with since 1789. Near the end of the 20th century such attacks had become more frequent and devastating with the most casualties caused by a single individual with the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995. This has led to a nationwide uncertainty if more buildings were at risk to be...

Height Inference for all USA Building Footprints in the Absence of Height Data

In recent years, the demand for 3D spatial information and 3D city models has increased, as they support and allow many different applications, e.g. noise simulations, energy demand estimations, and shadow analysis. Constructing a city model with 3D buildings requires elevation data (such as LiDAR or Digital Terrain Models), but unfortunately,...

Accelerating the Energy Transition: The Renewable Energy Business Environment in the top-7 Emitting Countries

The current energy infrastructure, energy policy, and the business environment are designed to support the conventional power system. Hence, it is crucial to create a conducive business environment to accelerate the deployment and power generation through solar PV and wind power. This research has adapted the theory of the business environment...

Tsunami awareness: a comparative assessment between Japan and the USA

Awareness about the threats posed by different types of coastal disasters has increased throughout the world, as people are exposed to the nature of these hazards through media reports on events in distant countries. This has resulted in coastal residents being aware about the destructive power of tsunamis, despite no such events having taken...

Built environment, travel attitudes and travel behaviour: Quasi-Longitudinal analysis of links in the case of Greeks relocating from US to Greece

In this study, the possible causal links between the built environment, travel attitudes and travel behaviour of people that have moved between totally different urban and transportation contexts were investigated. A quasi-longitudinal design was developed to collect data about the perceived neighbourhood characteristics, neighbourhood...

Architecture of production: Juárez Garment Factory

Design proposal for a garment factory in the Mexican city of Juarez, along the U.S. - Mexico border. The project proposes a new approach for factories in this region, which are facing many problems due to an ever increasing demand to reduce costs, to meet the requirements of the global market.

Waste Management Center

Due to Free Trade Agreement and location at USA – MEX border there is an overload of urban and toxic wastes which are very poorly managed or dumped illegaly. New position towards urban waste management encourages united El Paso – Juarez strategy and merges different types of waste management - sorting (recycling), Waste-to-Energy (WTE), reuse...

International Institute of Boundary Water

My graduation project focuses on providing a water management institute within a conceptual, better alternative for the unsustainable water management in twin cities Ciudad Juarez (Mexico) and El Paso (USA) which are divided by the Rio Grande. The Rio Grande is the main source of water for both twin cities and the rest of the region along the...

Landmark for Justice, a binational courthouse

The design of a binational courthouse on the border between the USA and Mexico. Located on the south side of the border, in Ciudad Juarez, it aims to be an incentive for further cooperation, between Ciudad Juarez and El Paso, and on a bigger scale in the border region.

Quasi-longitudinal analysis of links between built environment, travel attitudes and travel behavior: A case of Greeks relocating from US to Greece

Flood Risk Mitigation for the Jamaica Bay Area

Project Jamaica Bay is a response to superstorm Sandy, occurring in October, 2012. The storm was a disaster for New York City, causing around 50 billion US dollars of damage. Research shows that 75% of the expected annual dam-age in New York occurs around the Jamaica Bay area. Another problem that has been going on for several decades is the...

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