Diversity in Neukölln: Maintaining or creating accessibility (for a diversity of social groups) in a gentrifying central neighbourhood in the case of Berlin

The project tries to anticipate on the gentrification issues in the case of Neukölln in Berlin. How to stimulate/maintain accessibility for a diversity of social groups in a central gentrifying area [in the case of Neukölln, Berlin] ? This is the main research question of the thesis. This resulted in a project that consists of a strategy for...

Meeting the Hague south west at the border

This graduation project focuses on improving the public space and pedestrian connections between the different neighbourhoods surrounding the station area of the Hague Moerwijk. In the present situation the station area of the Hague Moerwijk is not well accessible or visible from its surroundings and the existing qualities of the area are...

Transformation of the Nijmegen Railway Area: Into a highly integrated domain

Within Dutch cities the railway area has become a prominent area. It has become an intermediate area between the historical city centre and the expansion neighbourhoods. Even though the railway station has a strong position within the city, the large railway body generally creates a spatial, physical and social barrier between differen parts of...

Implementing a supportive public space network in Shenzhen new CBD

Public space should be a node for social integration (Jacobs, J. 1961/1969; Carmona, M. 2003). The proposed project will search for a new model for organization of its public spaces exploring possible functional and physical integration, towards forming a cohesive public space network, that is to say, a network to be able to support the new mix...