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The use of process simulation models in virtual commissioning of process automation software in drinking water treatment plants

This research deals with the contribution of process simulation models to the factory acceptance test (FAT) of process automation (PA) software of drinking water treatment plants. Two test teams tested the same piece of modified PA-software. One team used an advanced virtual commissioning (AVC) system existing of PA-emulation and integrated...

Planning a self organizing city: Flexible planning and design for a durable urban regeneration

‘The future of city-making is human-centric’, state-driven and market-driven urbanism have reflected their downsides. Human-driven city-making is oriented on an actual user and therefore should produce little vacancy and unnecessary space. Spaces will be directly equipped to suit the need and desires that the context provides. User will be more...

The European quarter, a future perspective. Spatial interventions from a stakeholder perspective in the European quarter in Brussels.

The arrival of the European Union in 1957 in Brussels has fundamentally changed the face of the city. The original early 20th century housing stock in the European quarter has almost totally been demolished and because of the absence of authoritative spatial plans or strategies, the district has been subjected to a continuous wave of speculative...

Participation in collectively sold private renovations

Several pilot projects have spawned an increasing number of schemes involving individuals in renovation. A well known and awarded (World Habitat Awards 2008) project is the “Wallisblok” also known as “De Dichterlijke Vrijheid”. This project involved the sale (for a symbolic amount) of a run down building block to a collective of future...

Participation in collectivily sold private renovations

Several pilot projects have spawned an increasing number of schemes involving individuals in renovation. A well known and awarded (World Habitat Awards 2008) project is the “Wallisblok” also known as “De Dichterlijke Vrijheid”. This project involved the sale (for a symbolic amount) of a run down building block to a collective of future...