A specific transdisciplinary co-design workshop model to teach a multiple perspective problem approach for integrated nature-based design

Inter- and transdisciplinary place-based learning by international groups of students formed an integral component of the Partnerships for International Research and Education Coastal Flood Risk Reduction (PIRE-CFRR) program “Integrated, multiscale approaches for understanding how to reduce vulnerability to damaging events.” The program aimed to...

Measuring the educational effects of problem- and place-based research education programs: The student survey

This chapter evaluated the educational effects of an international integrative research education program by analyzing the survey of participating students of the NSF PIRE CFRR Program. The survey was conducted from 2016 to 2019, before and after the 2-week research field trip in the Netherlands. The results show that a problem- and place...

Application of 3D scanning in design education

Three-dimensional scanning technologies have brought great opportunities in ergonomic and product design education as well as research. Not only the anthropometric size but also the shape and posture of the human, form of a product, or interactions between the human and product obtained based on the 3D scanning have been usefully applied in...

Pradijsvogel met vuurvogels

The chapter describes the Chair Collection of the faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment of Delft Technical University. It summarizes the history of the collection and its use in education. A set of furniture based on Talasjkino designs is the focal point of the text.

Cultivated landscapes as new cathedrals

Cornelis van Eesteren plays an instrumental role in the history of urbanism education in the Netherlands. He is regarded as a modernist, as a counterpart to the more traditional M.J. Granpré Molière. His expansion plans for Amsterdam earned him a reputation even before World War II, but as well as focusing on the IJsselmeer polders, his post-war...

Knowledge Model for Cultural Analogy in Design and Design Education

The International Course in Hydraulic Engineering

The history of the international courses (IHE) and the role of NUFFIC; overview of participation in the courses, international perspective.