Distributed Control Design of District Heating Networks

In The Netherlands, the current heat energy system accounts for 44% of the primary energy usage and relies almost entirely on fossil fuels such as natural gas. To meet the Paris Climate Agreement goals, 4th Generation District Heating (4GDH) networks are expected as sustainable heat energy system solution. The concept relies on optimally...

Reclaiming Arcadia. Redefining the socio-productive landscape

In the not so distant future, depressed urban populations struck by the economic crisis in Greece will leave the urban centres and colonize the countryside, to work in agriculture. The project refers exactly to the social, economic but also philosophical implications posed by the return of the modern society to the landscape of the countryside...