Urban Land Under Forces: The Progress and Setbacks of San Francisco’s Urban Transformation Since 1950

This thesis researches the urban transformations of two areas in San Francisco, the Northern Waterfront and the Western Addition area. By examining the contrast results of their redevelopments, lessons are derived in regard to planning strategies.

An urban development strategy for mixed-use office area transformation

Office vacancy has been a problem in the Netherlands for over decades. A large amount of the structurally vacant office metres can be found in monofunctional office areas – areas designed for offices only, focused on car users. A market shift in office demand has caused that structural vacant square meters in these office areas will not be...

Synecdoche, FRAMPOL: Contextualizing EU development policies in the post-Socialist context of eastern Poland

By tracing EU money streams, flowing from Brussels into the provinces of eastern Poland, the project explores the local effectiveness of European development policies, induced by their financial instruments. Frampol, a rural municipality and eponymous town planned by the Renaissance ideal, is studied as an example for the rural challenges...

Investor-led urban development. Lessons from community-oriented investment strategies applied by developing investors in the United States.

In Dutch urban development practice the emphasis is shifting toward incremental development processes and private sector-led development. Being long term oriented the investor is commonly considered the central actor in future urban development. However, it insight is needed in how the investor can be committed to incremental urban redevelopment...

From harbour to city: The transformation of the 'havenstad' to a flexible and multi-functional city district

Research towards the integration of flexibility in urban development. With this research a general development strategy is made. And this strategy is applied to make a design for the Minerva harbour in Amsterdam

Growing Future Haiti: Integrating emergent spatial demands into a community-supportive Post-disaster development strategy

After the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, the world attention shifted towards the country. The event offer the unique opportunity to redesign the post-disaster redevelopment strategy of the informal settlement, housing the large portion of the urban poor population in the devastated capital of Port-au-Prince. This thesis aims at the formulation of a...

Opening the besieged city: Exploring an inclusive development strategy for Tin Shui Wai in Hong Kong

Public housing system of Hong Kong was gradually established to meet the large demand of housing and intervene the property market since 1954. Together with the urban expansion to rural areas, new towns as self-sufficient areas were constructed to settle public housing in New Territory since 1970s. However, some new towns developed into public...

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...

2028: Real estate development strategies towards a successful Olympic legacy

Since the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, where the Dutch Olympians won a record amount of Olympic medals, the Olympic Dream has yet again awoken in the Netherlands. The dream to stage the Olympic once again, exactly 100 years after the first and only Olympiad in the Netherlands, was aimed at 2028. So why would the Netherlands want to host such an...

Hong Kong - Shenzhen Metropolitan Park Development: A sustainable and mutual benefit development plan for the cross-border area between Hong Kong and Shenzhen

This final thesis report is a specific plan and research project of the cross-border area between Hong Kong and Shenzhen metropolis. The aim is looking for a sustainable and mutual benefit development strategy of cross-border area between the metropolitan area which is under highly urbanization and conurbation process. The main approach is using...

Metropolitan Park Development: A Sustainable Development Strategy for the In-Between Cities Area in Hsinchu Metropolis

This thesis is a specific design and research project of the in-between cities area in Hsinchu metropolitan area, Taiwan. The aim is looking for a sustainable development strategy for the metropolitan area where is under highly urbanization and conurbation process. The main approach is using the analysis of governmental plans, regional contexts...