The Natural In-Between Place for Stress Relief through Biophilic Design

We humans evolved in nature, but over the years we moved from being a part of nature to being apart from nature. This causes our mental health, with stress as the most important aspect, to suffer from our modern life in the city. A significant challenge we face is finding ways to integrate nature into our build environment for stress relief. A...

Do they value the mall: Determining insider values on a changed 20th century shopping mall.

The modern malls in the Randstad are pressured into redevelopment, as their retail property value is decreasing relative to other more profitable functions (Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek, 2019).<br/><br/>According to Galema &amp; Van Hoogstraten (2005), the shopping centres built in 1940-1965 according to contemporary and recent literature...

Hoptille - from Stigma to Charisma: Image enhancing transformation of post-modern architecture while retaining its identity

This graduation thesis was executed within the studio New Heritage in which the question was raised whether postmodern architecture can be valued as heritage. Multiple postmodern neighbourhoods suffer from a stigma. Outsiders have a negative image where insiders are much more positive about their neighbourhood. This master thesis focusses on the...

Morphodynamic modeling the impact of large-scale embankment on the large bar in a convergent estuary

Many alluvial estuaries worldwide include an inside bar system, a large sediment deposit deeply stretched into the estuary. A good example of such a system is the large sediment deposit in the Qiantang Estuary, China. Its length and height reach 130 km and 10 m, respectively. Bathymetrical comparison reveals that the large bar has moved seaward...

Directional inland port development: Powerful strategies for inland ports beyond the inside-out/outside-in dichotomy

Considerable scientific attention has been paid to inland port research and many of the papers are driven by an Outside-In perspective where the seaport is often regarded as leader and the inland port as follower. Increasingly, Inside-Out approaches where inland ports themselves are taking the initiative are receiving scientific attention....

Robust Interior: Exterior Classification for 3D Models

The use of 3D models has been rapidly expanding, finding applications in both<br/>scientific and commercial fields. One common requirement for these various applications is the geometrical and topological validity of these models. However, many models available online contain deficiencies in various forms, such as duplicated geometry, gaps in...

Playground for the Performing Arts: Investigating the spatiality of the commons

This project is a thematic investigation of the relationship between inside and outside, public and private, and how the thresholds between them can stimulate play in the city. This is explored in two key ways - firstly, on a spatial and material level it involves complex overlapping, intersecting and superimposed planes of geometry that result...

Bayesian Network Models in Cyber Security: A Systematic Review

Bayesian Networks (BNs) are an increasingly popular modelling technique in cyber security especially due to their capability to overcome data limitations. This is also instantiated by the growth of BN models development in cyber security. However, a comprehensive comparison and analysis of these models is missing. In this paper, we conduct a...

Greenhouse transitionzone

The Airey building blocks in Amsterdam currently don’t meet regulations set for 2020 that state that buildings should operate in an energy neutral manner. The goal of this research is to establish whether addition of greenhouses can improve indoor thermal comfort and reduce total energy use in such a way that they contribute to energy neutrality...

Social Moerwijk-North 2.0

How can Moerwijk-North be architecturally transformed towards an attractive neighbourhood with a high level of middle-income families and contemporary form of social cohesion, while maintaining the existing architectural qualities? The goal of this graduation project is to architecturally transform Moerwijk-North towards an attractive...

Transitions: At Home in the City

What is feeling at home in the city? how can architecture help intensify the relation between the dweller and his surrounding environment in such a way that the limits between inside and outside are blurred? the goal of this project was to understand through research what are the architectural elements that create the relation inside-outside,...

American Madrassah

This graduation project is a design for an Islamic community centre and prayerspace in New York City, called Park51. The design is an 80 meter high complex surrounded by buildings on three sides. The front facade is situated at a small street in downtown Manhattan (Park Place 51), two blocks remote from Ground Zero. It houses various rooms for...