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Fontijn, Hella (author)This report describes the graduation project in collaboration with Total Design (TD), a creative agency specialised in Branding, Communications and Technology. The primary objective of this thesis is to enhance the internal collaboration between these three domains. To achieve this goal, the study explores the barriers to collaboration, using co...master thesis 2024
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Vork, Sebastiaan (author)The Netherlands is facing a housing shortage and adequate housing provision is lacking. Citizens are eager to act on their own through bottom-up initiatives. However, bottom-up initiatives (such as cooperative housing) do not thrive within the current housing market and therefore significant development of cooperative housing in the Netherlands...master thesis 2024
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Thiéblemont, Rémi (author), le Cozannet, Gonéri (author), Rohmer, Jérémy (author), Privat, Adrien (author), Guidez, Romain (author), Negulescu, Caterina (author), Philippenko, Xénia (author), Luijendijk, Arjen (author), Calkoen, F.R. (author), Nicholls, Robert J. (author)Coastal erosion and flooding are projected to increase during the 21<sup>st</sup> century due to sea-level rise (SLR). To prevent adverse impacts of unmanaged coastal development, national organizations can apply a land protection policy, which consists of acquiring coastal land to avoid further development. Yet, these reserved areas remain...journal article 2024
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Biely, Katharina (author), Sareen, Siddharth (author), de Vries, G. (author), Chappin, E.J.L. (author), Bauwens, Thomas (author), Montagnino, Fabio Maria (author)CO<sub>2</sub> emissions need to be reduced drastically to fight climate change and minimise the further increase of average global temperatures. The decarbonisation of the energy system aims at reducing CO<sub>2</sub> emissions and is thus urgently needed. This transition is facilitated by inter alia switching to renewable energy sources and...contribution to periodical 2024
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van der Wal, Annemiek (author)This thesis project aims to answer the following research question: “What was and is exactly the agency of design sketching with its affordances in the past, in the present and probably in the future?” To answer this question, the various roles of sketching in different design phases are studied, taking both a theoretical and practical...master thesis 2023
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van Esch, Peer (author)This study investigates the effects of the first phase of the Dutch two phase process project delivery method design on the information risk, the client-contractor <br/>relationship and risk allocation between client and contractor. The two phase process is a collaborative project delivery method which is used for infrastructure projects with...master thesis 2023
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Venkatraj, Karthikeya (author)The advent of Virtual Reality (VR) technologies has begun a shift in communication between people and their interaction with 3D virtual environments. VR has great potential to provide high immersion to users, allowing designers to create vivid and impossible interactions. However, while software and technology play a crucial role in creating a...master thesis 2023
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Biernacki, Jakub (author)In the face of the prevailing norms and practices in contemporary architecture, there is a growing need to find alternative ways of making architecture that prioritize human experiences, social interactions, and a deeper connection with the built environment. The examination of empowered play as a revolutionary approach to design is the focus of...master thesis 2023
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Lacigová, Tereza (author)In Assam, North-eastern India, the human population has been growing rapidly, which inevitably brings more urbanization and expansion of agricultural lands, leading to deforestation and the disappearance of natural habitats for wild animals. In connection with that, new highways and train tracks are being built, cutting through the already...master thesis 2023
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de Bruin, Just (author)This thesis explores the potential of difference and disruption as a productive ground for approaching gentrification in London. Multiple forces are driving the process of gentrification, the focus lies on the aspect of postmodern consumerism. A cultural change in which the individual, through a variety of choices, can meticulously stage their...master thesis 2023
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Mejia Hernandez, J.A. (author)The act of decolonizing can have quite different meanings, depending on the definition of the term colony used. In architecture, so-called decolonial studies suggest an opening towards new forms of knowledge. On the other hand, those who practice said studies often fall into different forms of determinism, which end up hindering that potential....journal article 2023
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Benitez Avila, C.A. (author), Hartmann, Andreas (author)Project managers activate their agentic powers in the (re)production of project governance structure and the institutional context of projects. By examining three ongoing Public Private Partnership (PPP) projects within the Dutch policy path, we provide evidence that managers aim to improve their working conditions when enacting three project...journal article 2023
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Gallego Mauleon, Miguel (author)Locating many of the contemporary architect’s flaws and shortcomings in its own process of becoming-subject, the Manual of the Anthropotekton aims at activating and situating the architectural student, practitioner, and educator in the position to launch an affirmative deconstruction of their own individuating Ego. This is accomplished through...master thesis 2022
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Gill, Peter (author)A wall is both a barrier and an opportunity. The ancient walls of Thessaloniki stand as a monument to this. Since their establishment in the 4th century their status and significance in the city has only grown. Thessaloniki was a trading town strategically placed on a hill overlooking the bay below. As it grew, so did the walls with them...master thesis 2022
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Bondavalli, Lorenzo (author)Starting from the Lefebvrian notion of urban society as a society that can realise itself only when urban occupants collectively use their ‘right’ to shape it, this research explores the impact of alternative socio-spatial processes on the contemporary cityscapes. At the same time inspecting the everyday human condition in relation to the...master thesis 2022
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Pesch, U. (author)The need to adapt to climate change brings about moral concerns that according to ‘eco-centric’ critiques cannot be resolved by modernist ethics, as this takes humans as the only beings capable of intentionality and rationality. However, if intentionality and rationality are reconsidered as ‘counterfactual hypotheses’ it becomes possible to...journal article 2022
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Marin, L. (author)This paper proposes a conceptual framework for evaluating how social networking platforms fare as epistemic environments for human users. I begin by proposing a situated concept of epistemic agency as fundamental for evaluating epistemic environments. Next, I show that algorithmic personalisation of information makes social networking platforms...journal article 2022
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Cornago Bonal, I. (author), van den Heuvel, D. (author)This chapter discusses the notion of ‘Open Building’ through its conceptualisations and implementations in the Netherlands since the 1960s until today. It focuses on the place of dwellers’ agency in the development of residential open buildings to investigate the potential of users’ empowerment. <br/><br/>The ‘Open Building’ approach synthesises...book chapter 2022
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Rijshouwer, Emiel A. (author), Leclercq, E.M. (author), van Zoonen, Liesbet (author)Digitization and datafication of public space have a significant impact on how cities are developed, governed, perceived and used. As technological developments are based upon political decisions, which impact people’s everyday lives, and from which not everyone benefits or suffers equally, we argue that ‘the smart city’ should be part of...journal article 2022
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Muravyov, Dmitry (author)While the prevalent view positions data as an objective and unbiased resource of truth about the world, scholars have noted that this understanding cannot be all-encompassing and data activists may comprehend the relationship between knowledge, reality, and data differently. Data activists are civil society actors with a critical stance towards...journal article 2022