Reinventing the Craftsmanship: Transforming Indonesia’s urban kampungs into sustainable and circular neighbourhoods

The main focus of this graduation project is on the transformation of the building industry within the self-built environment of slums towards a local, circular economy. To do this, it influences the building process, as well as the building materials and its production cycle. The currently highly polluting building industry has an influence on...

Down to Earth

The first half-year we were working in a collective (9 persons) and doing a thorough research and analysis. We took the Riberas del Bravo settlement in the northern Mexican city of Ciudad Juárez as a case study. This city has numerous problems, of which the emerging phenomenon of abandoned and deserted housing in Mexico is among its most...

CAY HILL: The possibilities of creating a synergy between an informal settlement, local craftmanship and cultural economic opportunities on Sint Maarten

On September 6th of 2017 Sint Maarten got struck by Hurricane Irma, which caused severe damage to the houses, especially to the informal settlements. Sint Maarten is a Caribbean island with a rooted past from its history that has caused severe economic difficulties. Along with, a high amount of migration that has been common among he islands,...

Welcoming Gentrification - boosting future prospects of the Indische Buurt by connecting socioeconomic networks

The Indische Buurt in Amsterdam is gentrifying; new people are attracted to the neighborhood. By welcoming this new people my project attempts to stimulate a new local economy. 4 interventions provide workspaces and other public facilities for self-employees.

Circular economy in the City of the Loops: Modelling an urban utopia aware of resources scarcity

The master thesis treats the possibilities of applying circular economy principles into specific conditions of post-soviet city: Nowa Huta. The city faces complex problems of negative demographics, loss of heavy industry and socio-economic regress. The project proposes several strategies that focuses on dealing with problems internally, without...

Local Hero: Rethinking Urban Transformation towards a Local Micro-Economy

Re(generate) Locally: Enhance the livability of deprived neighborhood by establishing better spatial network to accommodate local economy and everyday life

This project aims to take the Xipailou neighborhood- a deprived mixed-use neighborhood in the city center as the primary case for studying regeneration, try to formulate a more comprehensive regeneration approach that improves the livability. The process is different from the current top-down regeneration approach in China. Based on the...