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Brandt, Thomas (author)During the post-war period in the 1950s, brutalist architecture originated in Great-Britain as a reaction to previous architectural movements. It derived from an architectural style of building with exposed concrete called ‘béton brut’. It later became more popular when a new generation of modernist architects started using this exposed concrete...student report 2023
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Angelini, Marianna (author)Resilience has become an increasingly popular concept, particularly in the context of climate change and its impact on the environment and cities. Its history and meaning are multifaceted, with various definitions across different disciplines, geocultural contexts, and historical periods. What is the etymology of resilience? How was it used...student report 2023
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de Rijke, Niels (author)During the second world war, Middelburg was destroyed by a major city fire and much of the historic, romantic Dutch architecture has been destroyed. The aim of the thesis is to get more information about the differences and comparisons of aesthetics of streets including morphology and materials between before and after the war. First, multiple...student report 2023
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Chergui, Younes (author)Oujda, situated in the Northeastern region (Oriental) near the Algerian border, has a historical connection to Algeria that is stronger than its connection to the western regions of its own country. However, a difficult border situation has existed between Oujda and Algeria since 1994 due to escalating tensions. This border location has impacted...student report 2023
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Neoh Ke Ling, Ke Ling (author)Penang was once an important port along the Straits of Melaka, connecting the Indian and Pacific Oceans, serving as a major stop point for ships sailing between Asia, Europe and the Middle East. In the 19th century, the British colonial authorities decided to undertake a massive land reclamation project to expand harbour and trade activities,...student report 2023
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de Groot, Marijke (author)It was thought that because of the rise of the digital age, public libraries would eventually go extinct. However, research shows that nothing could be further from the truth. Visitor numbers are rising each year and new libraries are opened. There has been a change in the typology of public libraries that ensures the important role the library...student report 2023
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Bosman, Janek (author)Being a highly earthquake-prone country, Nepal gets hit by a major earthquake roughly every 80-100 years. The recent major tremor in 2015 showed how the houses in the Kathmandu Valley were not ready: 9000 lives and half a million houses were lost. <br/>This thesis describes the changes in earthquake-resistant elements in the residential...student report 2023
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Boele, Johan (author)This thesis examines the historic value of breakbulk warehouses for Rotterdam. It focuses on a warehouse in Merwehaven, a disused port area in Rotterdam. By showing the history of Rotterdam warehouses, redevelopments executed, and demolished warehouses a deeper understanding of warehouses for Rotterdam is given. Giving the historical context and...student report 2023
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Liro, Maja (author)Nowadays, globalization is stressing local cultures and ways of living - what risks to be lost are the multiple forms of use of spaces and the meaning connected to their presence. There is an overall sensitivity over the conservation of buildings but less over little daily rituals and instinctual gestures connected with the real meaning of space...student report 2023
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Corbeek, Max (author)Around 19BC the Romans established their military camps on the hills of Nijmegen in their conquest of Germania. After a huge defeat the Roman Empire decided that the great Rhine river would be the per-manent border of the empire. From that moment on The Lower Germanic Limes was fortified in stone to protect the border from the tribes north of...master thesis 2023
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Thapa, Shlagha (author)The Dutch Ministry of Defence is interested in developing a tool or workflow that can be used to remotely predict Unified Soil Classification System (USCS) classes of any area to aid mobility-related decisions. Therefore, this study was initiated by Cohere Consultants in collaboration with NEO, a Dutch remote sensing company and Utrecht...master thesis 2023
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Buijinck, Yu anna (author)In this thesis the modern office typology will be the main object of this research. Giving an answer to the question: how did the open floor plan in offices emerge in the twentieth century? The buildings Johnson Wax Headquarters (1939) by Frank Lloyd Wright and Centraal Beheer Apeldoorn (1972) by Herman Hertzberger will be analysed to illustrate...student report 2022
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Shopova, Aleksandra (author)In the paper, the architectural style Mafia Baroque (or Mutro Baroque) and its connection to national identity will be the topic of historical research. As the movement was first seen at the beginning of the 1990s, it is strongly influenced by the change of political systems in Bulgaria. In search of representation medium, the arising “new elite...student report 2022
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Chajid, Mohamed (author)Museums are places where the objects displayed are on a pedestal, often quite literally. These objects are found to be of such importance to be selected and displayed for thousands of people, tourists or purists, to see. <br/>This experience of visiting an institution, viewing an almost sacred object you cannot touch, and reading the...master thesis 2022
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Grech, Martin (author)Across a period of multiple crises and a structurally instable government, amongst other things, there has been a strong national decline in cultural activity, production, and presence in the city of Beirut. With this, national identity is faltering, and citizens begin to give up on their home nation. Who can is emigrating, and the rest lay...master thesis 2022
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Klappe, Jens (author)Demolition or renovation has always been a matter of debate in the built environment, especially in densely populated cities with little room for new construction. In the past, people often opted for the former, demolition, but today people are increasingly realizing what has already been lost over the years. Many old fortified cities have also...student report 2022
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Mirra, M. (author)Existing masonry buildings are very frequently part of the architectural context for several countries all over the world. These constructions often feature masonry walls as vertical structural elements, and timber floors and roofs as horizontal components. The often poor characteristics of masonry, along with the in-plane flexibility of the...doctoral thesis 2022
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Lemnawar, Anwar (author)In this history thesis the impact of Islamic/Middle Eastern architecture on so-called Western architecture will be explored with the main focus on the Gothic style during the 12th and 16th century in Western Europe. During architectural studies the impact of non-Western architecture on Western architecture is often neglected. Most western...student report 2022
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Chen, Deying (author)When looking into the delicate relationship between Aldo Rossi’s theoretical drawings and their implementations in reality, one would always find it fascinating that his projects that were expressive and vibrant on paper oftentimes were built and perceived in a completely different way. For all kinds of reasons, his projects were sometimes not...student report 2022
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Rocha, Randy (author)This thesis examines in what way designers should reassure that the use of parametric design can be switched from esthetical purposes to problem-solving purposes for future global challenges throughout Zaha Hadid Architects’ historical approaches and developments. In order to find the answer to the research question, it is important to know how...student report 2022