Conversational AI in the context of setting up a project brief: Creating a conversational AI tool for self-evaluating and improving the quality of inter-organisational design briefings.

The In-House Creative Studio faces a significant challenge due to an increasing workload among its team of creatives, which includes visual designers, concept creators, copywriters, producers, photographers, and project/event managers. This team may only experience slight expansion, despite the growing demand for campaign and event materials...

Project management in circular building projects: Developing a framework supporting the re-use of components

The environmental pressure on the planet and its limited capacities has resulted in the need for new building methodologies that respect this limited capacity. Building methods based on the principles of the Circular Economy could pose an answer to this problem. However, limited knowledge and tools are available to bring this into practice. This...

Houses are more than containers for Humans: The design brief with and within a cohousing group

As part of my graduation within Architecture, Explore Lab, I want to develop a method to help future residents and other involved parties of a collaborative housing group, to compile a clear and plenary design brief in order to create a coherent architectural design. After developing and applying this method I will redesign a former school...

Blue Connect: Design of an enhanced cabin crew briefing experience and setting for the KLM Crew Center

KLM has the ambition to be become most customer-centric airline company. Focusing on customer intimacy, KLM defines their purpose: Moving your world, by creating memorable experiences. In order to be successful towards customers, KLM has to start on employee level first, with the cabin crew to be more specific. For cabin crew, their journey...

In search for a Systems Engineering application for Real Estate Procurement: Evaluation of requirements management process in DBFMO-projects of the Rijksgebouwendienst

There is a growing acknowledgement that the requirements management process in the definition-phase of real estate projects is a crucial factor which significantly influences the total performance and problems in realized buildings can often be traced back to the management of this process. Many initiatives are conducted to analyse and improve...

Towards a green design brief: Development of a support for Dutch designers (and their clients)

THE GOAL The Dutch Association for Designers (BNO) is the largest organization of professional designers in the Netherlands and committed to support the interests of its members. BNO provides assistance in sustainable design through their ‘Groene Offerte’ (GO) community. However, there is no adequate sustainable support for during the briefing...

A Packaging Design Roadmap for Douwe Egberts Coffee

Strategymaking: Discovering, creating and pursuing opportunities and solutions

Strategymaking is a vision driven approach towards identifying, creating & pursuing strategies. The strategymaking process is one of learning and discovery but it is also one of capturing opportunities and solutions. A fortunate thing about rapid & disruptive change is that it does not only bring organizations turbulence and uncertainty, with...

Online crowdcontribution for the brief

Capturing office user experiences for the brief of an office building by means of a digital tool.