The study of urban form in the Netherlands

The study of urban form in the Netherlands has been heavily influenced by the Modern Movement and characterized by strong disciplinary specialization. On the one hand there is the distinction between art and engineering and on the other the search for instrumental universal rationality. This helps to explain the increasing interest, initially...

Typological Descriptions as Generative Guides for Historical Architecture

This paper presents a description grammar approach in the context of the generation of historical architectural typologies. The specific architectural context is classical period Ottoman mosques of the architect Sinan.

Ways to study corporate real estate management in healthcare: An analytical framework

Since 2008, after 35 years of a publicly supported healthcare real estate budget system, Dutch healthcare organisations have become financially responsible for the profits and risks of their real estate investment. Furthermore the Dutch healthcare system is in transition towards a regulated market system with growing competition between...

Mapping urban and social space: Towards a socio-cultural understanding of the built environment

Workshop 2. Session 2.1: Planning and everyday life