Katoenveem: from cotton warehouse to creative hub

Katoenveem is a former cotton warehouse in the Merwe-Vierhavens area of Rotterdam. As a harbour heritage site it has a high cultural and historical value due to its unique past function and the systems that were installed for the transshipment of cotton, but also for the innovative construction method that was used and the resulting overall...

Lightfield adaptable surgical luminaire concept

Visual performance and visual comfort are a combined effect of the illumination characteristics and the illuminated objects. Current surgical lighting systems have a fixed shape illumination pattern, whereas the wound and surroundings have a variable shape and characteristics. A lighting system that is able to adapt its shape and light...

Architecture for Emergent Craftsmanship: Digitally manufactured, mass customized and reconfigurable workshops for makers

This project relates to 4th industrial revolution and the digital era and nswers the needs of todays craftsmen. Recent times prove that production of goods becomes decentralized while factories and mass production is being replaced by mass customization and digital craftsmanship. Todays artists and designers often collaborate and create co...

Liberating Access: Architecture as an open framework

The present MSc thesis is an architectural proposal for the redesign of building accessibility, aimed at creating adaptable architecture over time. Adaptability is understood as the measurable quality of a base building to accommodate a range of variations within the constraints of a proposed base structure. An extensive research comprising of...

The CE Meter: An instrument to assess the circular economy capacity of buildings

A direct connection can be made between adaptive building and sustainability (Wilkinson 2011). Market developments show increased demands by for flexibility and sustainability by users and owners as well as a growing understanding of the importance of a circular economy (Eichholtz 2009). Circular Economy (CE) is a rather recent way of looking at...

Adaptability and modularity of a children's stroller

Joolz is a company that finds itself in the premium section of the stroller market. With a portfolio containing two high end strollers and a fast growth into several new markets, it looks to expand its portfolio in different directions. The future goal is to be a company that can provide complete child care concepts for the first five years of...

Transformable architecture in relation to the climate of a building

The limitations of a normal building with added sunshades inspired me to start thinking about the possibility of an integrated sunshade with the ability of opening and closing like an added system. Before I was ready to make a transformable building that uses passive energy to influence the indoor climate in a positive way first research was...

Adaptive capacity of buildings: A determination method to promote flexible and sustainable construction

The subject adaptive construction is already for decades on the agenda of the construction sector. The adaptive capacity of a building includes all properties and qualities that enable the building keeping its (economic feasible) functionality during the technical life cycle, under altered conditions and needs. Meanwhile, the interest in...

Urban Shelter Proposal: Design of an Adaptable Community Center as an urban base for empowerment

Research | Guidelines for an Adaptable Community Center The research focuses on the transition of a so-called community center that has to adapt to several conditions in several chosen phases. Since the transitional community shelter is an entire separate structure that should function as an education and community center, and is designed and...

Graphic statics in funicular design: Calculating force equilibrium through complementary energy

This thesis develops a new methodology for generating thrust diagrams in statically indeterminate structures, and offers an example of how this method can be used to design a form active structure that changes its configurations according to the changing load conditions.

Adaptable U-value Facade

Solar refrigeration for emerging markets

An adaptable solar based refrigeration system for emerging markets. By using appropriate technology and high levels of local communcal empowerment, a customizable and affordable solar refrigeration system can be cocreated. The proposal is a culturally adaptable icemaker through a scalable technical design using low entry production techniques...

The Urban Chameleon: The financial consequences of an adaptable urban area concept from an investors' perspective

A research of the financial consequences of the large scale implementation of flexible building concepts, with an integrated facilitating network layer. Research has been done according to a financial calculation model.

"Adaptables" - An Adapative Facade for the Future Faculty of Architecture at Delft University of Technology

The aim of this research is to study the possibilities of adaptation in a façade in order to be able to design an adaptive façade for the future faculty of Architecture at TU Delft. In general, an adaptive façade has the ability to change, responding to changing internal and/or external climatic conditions influencing room comfort. It was...

Usable and adaptable business software

Background: To be able to adapt to the fast changing markets, companies require flexible systems to support them in their daily business. Instead, most Enterprise Support Software is made for a specific task, not designed to match the needs of a specific company, let alone adapt to changing requirements. To test if this can be changed, the...