Will Machine Learning accelerate productivity growth in the United States?

Mobilizing Progressive Efforts in Reducing Gun Violence in America Through Design Intervention

The objective of this project was to explore the context of gun violence in America using the Vision in Product (ViP) design process to identify and design an intervention that would help reduce gun violence in the United States. I began by investigating the vast nature of this domain to gain a bird’s-eye view and deeper understanding of this...

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...

The Opportunity in the Vacancy: The Effects of Automobile Dependence in U.S. Cities

Automobile dependence and suburban sprawl have a cyclical compounding relationship. Automobiles require a large amount of space and infrastructure in order to be an effective means of transit. This prompts constructing the urban environment at a lower density, which generates suburban sprawl. The low-density development then requires an...

Crowdfunding Real Estate: Institutions and Markets. An Institutional Comparison on the Growth-patterns and Behaviour of Crowdfunding Real Estate Markets in the Netherlands and United States

This study compares the growth-patterns and behaviour of crowdfunding real estate in the United States and Netherlands. An institutional approach is adopted to find dominant and favourable factors that require stimulation in the Netherlands. Empirical data is gathered through a twofold mechanism of document analysis and semi-structured...

A scenario analysis of the energy use in the U.S. steel industry: Possibilities for and limitations to energy transition

Much attention is directed towards how to rapidly decarbonise the energy system. Unlike the present energy system based on fossil fuels, an energy system based on renewable energy sources with hydrogen and electricity as energy carriers would be sustainable in terms of CO2 emissions. Whereas in certain sectors (e.g. transport) the opportunities...

UTBF - United Transborder Federation Parliament Building

A building for the newly established transborder federation at the divide between Mexico and the United States of America.

Redesign of the Paso del Norte Border Bridge

The result of a year long investigation into the US-Mexico border region and subsequent redesign of the border crossing between El Paso and Ciudad Juarez.

HOMETOWN/TEMP: Providing a temporary home to homeless people by adapting tent communities in Seattle

HOMETOWN/TEMP is about tent communities that can provide a temporary home to homeless people in the City of Seattle. The project focuses on social sustainability and the adaptation of tent communities in Seattle, on all scales of the city. For people who become homeless in a war or disaster areas relief organizations will provide help rather...

The Social Clustering: A relational alternative towards urban regeneration in the city of Newark

Urban project to stop/ slow down the displacement process of socio-economic weaker classes in the city of Newark. This context is particularly interesting, as the authorities in the USA are quite weak, and therefor stand virtually powerless to this process taking place.