Facade User Archetypes: Exploring the potential of self designed facade-user Archetypes in personalization of external shading systems in office buildings

Building envelopes are extremely significant in providing adequate indoor environment. They have tremendous impact on the energy requirements of buildings. The design methodology associated with building envelopes primarily addresses optimization for improving indoor environmental quality and energy efficiency of the buildings. This process does...

Architecture Through Conflict: How architects have redefined their profession while working in areas of conflict

Architects are being restricted in exercising their profession in East Jerusalem. This is mainly the result of the Israeli-Palestine conflict which has left its mark on the built environment of the city. This study aims to determine how architects have worked within the restrictions present in East Jerusalem. Specifically, it investigates how...

From traditional agriculture to AgTech: Towards a Sustainable Business Model

Agriculture is a fundamental element of every economy. However, global issues such as climate change, land deterioration, and a continuously growing population are strongly impacting the sector. It is estimated that by 2050 the population will increase by two billion, reaching 9 billion people to be fed. In the past 34 years, researchers...

A Business Model Taxonomy for Data Marketplaces: Data Trade in Various Trading Structures

Companies are increasingly reliant on internal and external data sources to innovate their products and services. Currently, companies produce data for their own usage and store it in data silos afterwards. This hinders secondary data usage, when companies reuse external data. Data marketplace owners enable data trade across companies, but...

The new port infrastructure: strategic design of a container data platform for Port of Rotterdam

Sea ports are undergoing a digital transformation, which can offer benefits for many involved stakeholders in the logistic chain. In order to stay relevant, Port of Rotterdam (PoR) should invest in developing new port infrastructure; digital connections that facilitate data exchange between logistic chain stakeholders. A strategic digital...

Re-Envision the Public Library: Searching for the new Library Identity: The House of Imagination

When people think of the public library, they mostly imagine a silent place full of books; a place open to anyone who wants to access information without being disturbed. This collective idea of the public library does not correspond any longer to the way public libraries are used, designed, built and managed. In the recent years many new ways...

De Straat Samen Gemaakt - Een onderzoek naar de ruimte en kaders waarbinnen placemaking structureel kan bijdragen aan de revitalisatie van de Bergweg in Rotterdam.

Placemaking as a structural tool for the collective end-user to customize the streets; research on the space and guidelines for the Bergweg, Rotterdam Citizen participation has been an important topic within the built environment for quite some time now. In the Netherlands this practice started as panel groups that provided input for the...

Advancing an archetype: Electric mobility in the markets of tomorrow

The current electric car is not living up to its potential. Currently mimicking conventional cars it does not utilize the inherent benefits of the EV in terms of packaging and experience. It can be though in the near future. Two researches were performed to explore the world of 2020, the target group inhabiting it, the cars on offer, and the...