Time for difference: A history thesis about two postwar movements, two architects, two countries, that both changed the perspective towards architecture

After the second world war two movements evolved as a reaction to the developments the war brought into society and built environment. The comparison involves the movements metabolism and structuralism both from the lenses of the protagonists of these movements: Kenzo Tange and Herman Hertzberger respectively. <br/>This thesis aims for an...

The future is flexible: Practices of flexible architecture from the post-war period as influences on future developments in architecture

As technology advances and materials evolve, architects and designers have access to innovative tools such as digital fabrication, robotic production, CNC milling, and artificial intelligence. These tools have made them more resourceful and precise in their work, allowing them to constantly exceed the potentials and find solutions to future...

Early Waldorf school architecture: A study of the design of The Vrije School, The Hague

This thesis provides an historical overview of the development of anthroposophy in the Netherlands and its impact on school architecture, with a specific focus on the Vrije School in The Hague. Through primary and secondary source analysis, the paper explores the origin of anthroposophy and the Waldorf education system, the influence of...

The Kargadoor: The Kargadoor building in Utrecht as an example of the social construct of space

This research paper focuses on a time in which contentious politics created more tensions between the youth and government, and how this conflict flourished into a social construct of new spaces. These concepts are to be explained further on in the paper. In order to provide an understanding of the relationship between contentious politics and...

The Role of Architecture in the physical and cultural segregation of Riga in second half of 19th century

This article offers a critical reflection on the impact of the urban development on the social lives of Riga’s population throughout the second half of 19th century by exploring the role of architecture in the social and physical segregation of the city. Like many typical East-Central European cities in this period, Riga was ruled by the Baltic...

A review of how society and architecture in the Netherlands have responded to the global rise of Biophilia

The term biophilia and its implementations in architecture have since its popularisation in 1984 gained in popularity throughout the world. This research attempts to find how this has taken shape in the Netherlands by answering the research question: How has public opinion in the Netherlands shaped the influence of Biophilia on architecture in...

Designing Bata Society: a Case Study of Zlín

Zlín, located in the east part of the Czech Republic, is a historical industrial town. The development of this modern city has a deep connection with Bata shoe company and its social scheme. The company has been known for its shoe production and the urban and architectural values from its pioneer and utopian town planning and its variant modules...

Women’s struggles against patriarchal violence: Debates on women’s safety in Latin American cities during the 1970s and 1980s

Struggles to end violence against women were at the core of activity of Latin American feminist movements in the 1970s and 1980s. In the rapidly transforming cities facing the process of hyper-urbanisation, the problem of street harassment, sexual abuse, and other forms of violence against women in public spaces escalated. Increasing social...

Development and characteristics of worldwide school gardens during the 1890-1920: the pioneer period of the School Garden Movement

The school garden is an indispensable part of modern education, which lets children physically learn natural science in school. Besides, in the last ten years, many kinds of research also show that school gardens are beneficial for children both physically and mentally. This paper focuses on analyzing the history of the school garden and...

Tiny Houses: A History Thesis on the Tiny House Movement

With a shortage of over 300,000 homes, which will be even more in the coming years, the Netherlands has a social problem that needs to be solved (NOS, 2021; Bremmer &amp; ten Teije, 2020). The Netherlands also needs to take more progressive measures in the field of sustainability in order to meet its goals. The relatively young concept of "tiny...

Velocity measurements in and around a permeable breakwater

Laboratory measurements in the long wave flume of the Waterlab of TU Delft to capture and obtain simultaneous laboratory measurements of the main hydrodynamic parameters generated by the response of small model scale submerged permeable rubble mound trapezoidal breakwaters (SPBs) under wave action, focusing on the turbulent wave flow...