A Watermark Recognition System: An Approach to Matching Similar Watermarks

Watermarks are historical motifs present in the texture of paper that are commonly used to identify the paper manufacturers. They only become visible when viewed under certain light conditions. Under ideal circumstances, researchers may use watermarks to determine a historical document’s origins and context. To identify a watermark, it is...

Architectural Freehand Drawing versus Artificial Intelligence: Analysis of how Human Imagination differs from what AI presently does

Architectural drawing was always a main tool for us – Architects. Transferring thoughts to paper is something that allows us to communicate our ideas and make them more tangible. But the drawing itself has another unique feature – it is always very personal. We all have an extraordinary imagination that allows us to become special creators and...

Participating in the community centre from beginning to end: Research on the influence of user participation in the design of community centres in Rotterdam, 1960-1990

This thesis researches the influence of user participation on design. It focusses specifically on user participation in the design of community centres in Rotterdam, 1960-1990. First, a literature investigation has been conducted to establish context and theory on user participation in architecture. Secondly, research on three study cases has...

Representation shapes Reality

The paper "Representation shapes Reality" reflects on the relationship between drawing and architecture in six parts. It first gives an overview of the history of drawing – which is seen to be closely linked to the history of the architecture profession as we know it today. The overview establishes a historical trajectory and identifies patterns...

Eye Filmmuseum and TU Delft Library: Investigating design compositions of Dutch architecture at the turn of the millennium

This thesis aims to critically examine the design process of two cultural centres-landmarks, built in the Netherlands in the past decades. The examined projects include the EYE Filmmuseum (DMAA-2011) and the TU Delft Library (Mecanoo-1998). Despite the differences between the two buildings, they share similar starting points regarding the sites...

Reduced Order Model Base Creation with Bayesian Optimization

This research considers the offline training stage of the Reduced Order Models (ROM), that has been getting attention recently on the endeavor to come up with efficient solutions for the highly complex numerical models. In this work, a simply supported beam problem has been considered, for which a reduced basis creation has been investigated....

Identity within Diversity: Rethinking the notion of Megablock Planning Structures in the Metropolization process

This project displays an explorative attempt at redefining the megablock planning concept. The Greater Bay Area (GBA), as the site of interest, is undergoing rapid metropolization, with a risk of resulting in the formation of indistinguishable, generic urban structures. The fast development and the migration process have defined a region with...

Hydrological and hydrodynamic processes and their impact on spatial characteristics of Terminos Lagoon, Mexico

Terminos Lagoon is the biggest and ecologically most important fluvial-lagoon system of the southern Gulf of Mexico. Rivers, sea and meteorology all influence the lagoon, variable over the year, resulting in a complex situation. To protect this area, it is crucial to know how different hydrological processes, hydrodynamic processes and spatial...

Simulation of a BPSK receiver structure in a cochannel interference environment with signal processing worksystem

A proposed receiver structure for simultaneous reception of two Binary Phase Shift Keying (BPSK) modulated co-channel signals is modelled in simulation package Signal Processing WorkSystem (SPW). The proposed receiver structure has the function to recover the stronger signal from the input signal. The simulation results of the Bit Error Rate and...