A new perspective on reducing overconsumption: Shift recreational shopping practices in city centres towards a practice that fosters long-term happiness

This master thesis shows the research and design to tackle overconsumption of products within the context of recreational shopping practices in city centres. Thereby show the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management how they could tackle the ‘Refuse’ strategy of their Circular R-ladder, which is currently unexplored.<br/><br/>Why...<br/>....

UN City Hub Beirut: A metro station in the city centre of Beirut

Joint Approach to Revitalise Kaunas City Centre. Exploring possibilities of Economic and Social Regeneration in the Context of Post-Socialist City Centre

The graduation project is called “Joint Approach to Revitalise Kaunas City Centre”. The study case is Kaunas, second biggest city in Lithuania and fourth biggest in the Baltic States. In the project it is aimed to create an active, liveable city centre and structure clear urban development framework. In order to do that a Masterplan parallel...

Waldorf School: a creative sanctuary in the city

This graduation project explores how a secondary Waldorf School can engage with and contribute to the city center of Delft. The Waldorf School is in a continual conflict between achieving public approachability and maintaining an anthroposophical identity. With the growing interest in Waldorf Schools, the schools do not always know how to...

Downtown is rising up! The revitalization of the city centre of Hengelo

Emptiness of retail floor space is a well known phenomenon in todays real life. In this thesis a programmatic intervention is suggested of how to reorganise the retail function of the city centre of Hengelo in order to diminish the amout of emptiness. Next to this new program typologies are introduced for the location so also suggestions are...

Zero emission concept of a future Amsterdam canal boat: Energy reduction and system integration coupled with an operational profile and environmental comparison method

Owing to new regulations starting from 2025, all commercial canal boats have to comply to zero local emission standards in Amsterdam. It is therefore vital that a clear emission indicator is made available for vessels with a varying operational profile, such as canal boats. In this paper, it is argued that current indicators, such as the Energy...

Pursuing Authentic City: Create new self-sustaining system of authentic city in Guangzhou historic city centre, China

Enabling the hybrid retailer.

Platform design to support city centre retailers in improving their value proposition

Measure, understand and improve cities: Visualizing pedestrian flows to improve inner-city quality in Delft using GPS-tracking technology

We all have walked on a street when suddenly someone comes over to you asking for directions. Sometimes, people do not know where they are and they do not know how to reach their destination. They are lost. However, people should not depend on others to find their way. The urban fabric should be legible enough to find one’s way. The problem...

The Best Choice: Translating consumers’ choices for inner city shopping centres

The master thesis goes into measuring real life choice consumers make when choosing an inner city shopping centre. The preferences of over 600 consumers in The Netherlands and Germany have been measured using a discrete choice method. To improve the knowledge within the research method used, two different layouts were used to measure consumers'...

Lost in the city: Searching for urban vitality in city centre of Kaunas

Fixing the Link - Creating a strong, vital and attractive link between the Dutch central railway station and city centre

The link between railway station and city centre in the Netherlands is becoming increasingly important in our cities; On the one hand the railway station is gaining importance as entrance to the city (Rooij, 2005; Bertolini & Dijst, 2003; NS, 2006; NS Poort, 2009) and on the other hand cities are promoting their city centres to attract visitors...