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Kruidenier, Wessel (author)This master thesis aims to raise a discussion about the new Flemish Museum of Contemporary Art in Antwerp. The competition brief for the redevelopment of the M HKA, published by the Flemish Community in 2019, is taken as a key reference point. The brief proposes a move into a new, purpose-built museum on the site of a courthouse building that...master thesis 2023
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van Hees, Rafael (author)The scope of this graduation project is to design a new building for Antwerp’s Museum of contemporary art (M HKA). A building that can accommodate the museum’s ambitions following the transition from the M HKA to the Flemish Museum of contemporary art (VMHK). The museum has been appointed a location in Antwerp South for its new building and has...master thesis 2023
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Dembiecka, Dagna (author)M HKA institution has its roots in the avant-garde, bottom-up initiatives of artists who were escaping the rigidness of institutions and sought for alternative spaces to practice art. There is a fundamental contradiction between what M HKA’s history is and what future it wants. Therefore, I decided to take over the building that exists on the...master thesis 2023
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Bain, Kayla (author)The importance of this project is to make a creative center in Berlin, Germany that supports all forms of creative expression. A Potluck Creative Center will add space for creative ambitions and give communal enjoyment (value), to the neighborhood. A condenser for all informal creative forms, where persons who practice different forms can teach,...master thesis 2023
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Yu, C. (author)The study of the light field has become a valuable framework for capturing and analysing the complex distribution of light in natural environments. The directional, spatial, temporal and spectral structure of light, collectively influence the optical information available to an observer and thus impact our perception of the surrounding world....doctoral thesis 2023
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Powałka, Leon (author)Creating GPS art on the map is an interesting way to make one’s outdoor activity more engaging. Cyclists, runners and hikers can create impressive drawings on the map by traversing the road/pedestrian network in a carefully planned way. Such planning, however, is often tedious and time consuming, which makes the GPS artists have to meticulously...master thesis 2023
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Flatin, Simon (author)"Arctic Symphony" is an exploration into the intersection of architecture, music, dance, and the temporal dimensions of the Arctic landscape. This project, originally started as a graduation project, transcends traditional architecture by embracing the ever-changing dynamics of the Arctic environment and human interaction.<br/><br/>At the core...master thesis 2023
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van der Eng, Tijs (author)Ukiyo-e or “pictures of the floating world” is the woodblock printing tradition which dominated the Japanese art world throughout the Edo period in imperial Japan from the start of the 17th century until deep into the 19th century. The Ukiyo-e are generally characterized by its vibrant colours, dynamic compositions and depiction of everyday life...student report 2023
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van Balken, Kim (author)This research offers an interpretive analysis of Frances Macdonald's artistic portrayal of women during the Art Nouveau movement, with a focus on the evolving societal roles and positions of women. Through a visual analysis of Macdonald's artwork and a review of relevant literature, this thesis argues that her works can be interpreted as an...student report 2023
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van Duinen, Cassandre (author)This research paper focuses on a time in which contentious politics created more tensions between the youth and government, and how this conflict flourished into a social construct of new spaces. These concepts are to be explained further on in the paper. In order to provide an understanding of the relationship between contentious politics and...student report 2023
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Beck, Giulia (author)Tempelhof has become an oasis of leisure in a city that never sleeps, where the unplanned and spontaneous can take place. Its worth as a park, however, is always put against its land value. As Berlin expands, its demand for real-state grows as anywhere else in the world, and “the large green spot” in the center of its urban fabric always draws...master thesis 2023
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Fraaije, A. (author), van der Meij, Marjoleine G. (author), Vermeeren, A.P.O.S. (author), Kupper, Frank (author), Broerse, Jacqueline E.W. (author)The ‘smart city’ vision is popular, but it lacks citizen perspectives. The aim of this study was to gain insight into whether and how art-based citizen engagement can create more room for citizen perspectives in smart cities by developing and testing an art-based citizen engagement project in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. To that end, a...journal article 2023
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Urban built environments are spatial and material archives. Streets, buildings, open spaces, or infrastructures are registers of historical negotiations and repositories of data. Stories of power, geopolitics, economic systems, labour and culture can be revealed through road names and construction materials, portals and pediments, park benches...book 2023
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Matusovic, Marko (author), Parakkat, Amal Dev (author), Eisemann, E. (author)We introduce an approach for converting pixel art into high-quality vector images. While much progress has been made on automatic conversion, there is an inherent ambiguity in pixel art, which can lead to a mismatch with the artist's original intent. Further, there is room for incorporating aesthetic preferences during the conversion. In...journal article 2023
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Zhao, Y. (author), Stumpel, J.F.H.J. (author), de Ridder, H. (author), Wijntjes, M.W.A. (author)Most studies on the perception of style have used whole scenes/entire paintings; in our study, we isolated a single motif (an apple) to reduce or even eliminate the influence of composition, iconography, and other contextual information. In this article, we empirically address two fundamental questions of the existence (Experiment 1) and...journal article 2023
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Kuchner, Ulrike (author), Nasser, Mona (author), Steyaert, Pieter (author), Maranan, Diego S. (author), Birsel, Zeynep (author), Haines, Agatha (author), Peeters, Ann (author), Vermeulen, A.C.J. (author)In this paper, we argue for the integration of collaborative art practice in transdisciplinary (TD) research to generate ideas and engage researchers and non-academic stakeholders. We draw on the virtual and in-person (hybrid) participation of members of the TD collective Space Ecologies Art and Design (SEADS) during Biomodd, an art installation...journal article 2023
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Tang, Shunqi (author)Art is the universal language of humanity. Art viewing not only evokes aesthetic pleasure but also inspires people to create their own art. In this digital age, more and more museums democratize their art by making their digital collections freely available online. However, these online sources are mainly targeted at researchers and visit...master thesis 2022
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Landman, Michael (author)The Binckhorst in The Hague is one of the most promising development areas of The Netherlands. Over the next years, it will continue to develop into a high density mixed-use area. Among the tabula-rasa state of Binckhorst, a Public Building will be placed in the form of a music venue. Between the orthogonal high-rise blocks, a key-project will...master thesis 2022
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Song, Lulu (author)The project Open House, ‘gleans’ a derelict and underutilised part of the riverfront in Maastricht and gives it over to the everyday people of the city in the form of a public building - an Arts Centre for Maastricht. The ambition for the project is to create an architecture that will mesh seamlessly with the public realm, breaking down the...master thesis 2022
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Dobrevski, Anton (author)Architecture is a creative craft within certain limitations of program, technical requirements, environmental aspects, etc. and every project comes with a vast number of challenges that have to be tackled, giving the designer endless possibilities for solutions. A design tool used by many architects throughout the centuries to explore these...master thesis 2022