"uuid","repository link","title","author","contributor","publication year","abstract","subject topic","language","publication type","publisher","isbn","issn","patent","patent status","bibliographic note","access restriction","embargo date","faculty","department","research group","programme","project","coordinates"
"uuid:8ef3270f-7c99-487e-aedd-928c97308a5e","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:8ef3270f-7c99-487e-aedd-928c97308a5e","Exploring cross-cultural design through a concept on value exchange: How redefining public space can create socio-economic space","van Diemen, Bram (TU Delft Industrial Design Engineering; TU Delft Human-Centered Design)","van Dijk, M.B. (mentor); van Heur, R.J.H.G. (graduation committee); Okoth, L.J. (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2024","This graduation project takes place in Kampala, Uganda, in collaboration with Design without Borders Africa (Dwb).
The aim of the project is threefold:
Create social impact in the domain of value exchange in the public space of Kampala,
Apply the Vision in Product design (ViP) method for the first time in the designer’s career and
Evaluate the responsibility of the designer in relation to a cross-cultural design project.
After establishing the ViP domain as ‘value exchange in the public space’ and performing two deconstructions (one by the designer and one by Dwb) extensive research is performed.
It focuses on a time 10 years ahead (2034) and collects 215 factors (statements about the domain): 161 from literature, and 54 from interviews with 35 vendors in Kampala. The factors are clustered into 16 driving forces of the future context.
With the driving forces a framework is constructed of 12 cells, the directions the future context can move into. The axes of the framework reveal the root of the problems around street vending.
(1*) the organization of public space: Kampala’s public space receives meaning from many, misaligned origins. Government planning is not consistent with the use of space.
(*2) socio-economic uncertainty: the sheer numbers of people combined with a lack of jobs creates uncertainty to which people react in different ways. These reactions create their motive to participate in value exchange.
3 cells are chosen to formulate a vision statement. We want to decrease discrimination, provide stability for hustlers and steer investments to where they are needed. Three goals which correspond to the main stakeholders: vendors, clients and the local authority (KCCA). The lost in translation between them must be addressed to enable any social transformation. Integration of vendors must become the goal rather than expulsion. To achieve this we want to reveal the value of value exchange: showing vendors’ contribution in terms of convenience, urban life and economic potential.
With individual and group ideation the concept is developed. It consists of a stall and street design assigning space to vendors in pedestrian zones. Vendors are given fixed categories, streets are replanned and vendors are made the guardians and cleaners of the street. Placement of spots is used to regulate traffic flow and decongest the city. The concept couples this reorganization of public space to the other axis of socio-economic insecurity, by turning street vending from a last resort into a first step up the formal ladder. Vendors can only rent a stall for six months during which they are educated, build a network and are helped in saving money – after the 6 months they are ready to start a full business. The financial and organizational aspects of the concept are also thought out.
Elaborate testing is performed with vendors and authorities. Most of the feedback is worked into the concept. Recommendations for further development include directions for stall design and a road map for taking the concept to a pilot level.
The reflection results in 6 design principles guiding western designers doing projects in radically different contexts.
Trace visualizations have been used to analyze user behaviors. Visualizing traces of previous users unlocks possibilities of enhancing curiosity and meaningful exploration of the space, which could inspire more association about use scenarios and a deeper understanding of the spatial properties, and eventually benefit the evaluation outcomes.
This project explored the influences of visualizing human traces on users’ explorative behaviors in virtual reality space. We started with conducting interviews with urban designers to understand the utilization of traces in the processes of public space design and their perspectives regarding implementing trace visualizations to support public space design evaluation. Insights from the interview informed the selection of traces for the experiment including user pathways, gathering situation, full-body motion, and space atmosphere. Subsequently, we integrated trace visualizations into a VR shopping street and conducted the experiment with 20 participants to evaluate the impacts of each trace visualization on user exploration. The outcomes from interviews and operational activities undertaken by participants revealed exploration patterns associated with each type of the trace visualizations and related findings concerning user perceptions of the trace visualizations. The project concluded with the implications for implementing trace visualizations in VR environments and the limitations of the research.","Virtual Reality; Trace; Visualization; Explorative Behavior; Urban Design; Public Space Design Evaluation","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Design for Interaction","",""
"uuid:07b9acf4-74d5-493b-a9ab-bd3c311c857c","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:07b9acf4-74d5-493b-a9ab-bd3c311c857c","Requalifying Droixhe","Ruiter Kanamori, Ricardo (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment; TU Delft Architecture)","Vermeulen, P.E.L.J.C. (mentor); Schreurs, E.P.N. (mentor); Speksnijder, F.J. (mentor); van den Burg, L.P.J. (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2023","Through a deep understanding of the social-historical and architectural background of the site, this thesis presents a project proposal for the neighbourhood of Droixhe in Liege, Belgium with the purpose of structuring the multiple layers of complexity the area has. The project focuses on the urban plan of the neighborhood and how through architecture one building can attempt to solve the multiple contrasting characters of the public spaces around it based on the life the space is meant to house.","urban architecture; Public Space; Ecological approach","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Urbanism","",""
"uuid:18cde7be-bc64-4dcf-8c05-2997b274ba21","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:18cde7be-bc64-4dcf-8c05-2997b274ba21","TAKE [A] PART: Urban Design of Physical Public Spaces from a Social Perspective","Boersma, Charlotte (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment; TU Delft Urbanism)","Newton, C.E.L. (mentor); Balz, Verena Elisabeth (graduation committee); Korthals Altes, W.K. (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2023","Social cohesion is perceived to be under pressure in the Netherlands, especially in its larger cities. The Covid-19 pandemic has reinforced and deepened the socio-spatial divide between vulnerable urban areas and the rest of the city, which not only affects the residents of the area and of the city, but also starts to affect the cohesion of the society as a whole. In light of the large scale spatial transitions that will also need to take place in these vulnerable urban areas, the Dutch government has issued the National Programme for Liveability and Safety, a long term, integrated and multidisciplinary urban regeneration approach to tackle the liveability, safety and social issues within the vulnerable urban areas. To achieve the overall improvement of the quality of life of the residents, it is stated in the Programme that interventions in the spatial domain should reinforce policy objectives in the social domain and vice versa. The objective of this graduation project is to explore to what extent urban design of physical public spaces in urban areas can facilitate the formation of social cohesion. To do this, literature research was conducted to define social cohesion, and to translate the concept to the local community level into specific urban design objectives. For this, the Social Cohesion Radar of the Bertelsmann Stiftung was taken apart and operationalised into requirements and a description of the ideal situation. From this, it was concluded that the design objectives consist of certain types of social interactions with specific characteristics. Furthermore, using relevant theories from environmental psychology and sociology, it was researched how the environment affects human behaviour. Combined with urban design theories the findings from the theoretical exploration and the operationalisation were used to develop a framework to analyse a physical space from the lens of social cohesion. In this analytical framework, the central point through which urban design interventions connect to social cohesion is through social interactions. Through the design of specific elements the defined social interactions could be directly facilitated, or would be facilitated via the improvement of characteristics of the space. The type of space that is analysed sets the expectations for the interactions that are likely to occur, and sets expectations for the characteristics and elements to be found there. For the implementation of the framework a guideline was developed, as well as an overview of typical settings to be found in Dutch urban areas, and a set of possible design interventions for social cohesion. The use of the framework to analyse a physical public space in an urban area should provide an urban designer with a decent understanding of the potential of the space to facilitate social cohesion, and provide the designer with possible spatial improvements. The framework provides the urban designer with an instrument to develop explicit and specific hypotheses regarding the facilitation of social cohesion through urban design.","Social Cohesion Radar; Physical Public Space; Urban Design; Behaviour Settings; Social interactions","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Urbanism","",""
"uuid:27a49715-f5df-439e-bf9c-ebfd1c8b80db","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:27a49715-f5df-439e-bf9c-ebfd1c8b80db","Public Interior Wunderkammer","Bernátek, David (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","van de Pas, R.R.J. (mentor); Harteveld, Maurice (mentor); van de Voort, J.A. (mentor); Mulder, André (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2023","Our cities are densifying to accommodate the growing urban population within the existing urban fabric. More and smaller homes are being built. This appears to be the result of an ongoing global housing crisis. Therefore, good quality public space becomes even more essential, as it acts as the expansion of our living rooms. It is the immediate living environment, where we live in, use, appropriate, and experience it together (Harteveld, 2020).
The growth of private spaces within our city limits, a reaction to the housing crises, should also lead to the expansion of our public space network. Especially if new building mass is introduced within city limits by filling up gaps, leftover spaces, or public spaces, which is then substituted by a great amount of private spaces. This ‘eating up’ of public spaces is f.e. happening with the planned projects of Kavel 6/7 and Habitat Royal, which are expanding the private areas of Amsterdam Zuid into the Beatrixpark, or Rotta Nova in Rotterdam, which is replacing a publicly used green space with a great amount of private spaces. These approaches of densification make the public space network of our cities shrink. Losing public space and not giving much more back than winning new private spaces. The logical outcome would be to reintroduce public and collective space (public interiors) as part of those projects to equal up for the deduction of public space, however, in these examples, it is not happening.
A merge of public space with private buildings as a response to densification could be achieved with public interiors. These expand the network of public space into the insides and outsides of private buildings. They are a vital component of the extension of the public space network and can become part of our everyday urban lives (Harteveld, 2014).","Densification; Public interior; Public space; Private space; Twin phenomena; Hybridity; Architectural Tools; Toolbox; Secondary public space; Stacking the city","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Explorelab","","52.339179, 4.877971"
"uuid:1418bc01-4806-4647-9353-9bbd59700b63","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:1418bc01-4806-4647-9353-9bbd59700b63","Revitalizing the urban life: Design a three-dimensional public space system by combining top-down and bottom-up approaches through serious gaming in Mong Kok, Hong Kong, China","Ruan, Zhihao (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Verschuure, G.A (mentor); van Bueren, Ellen (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2023","","public space; right to the city; top-down approach; Bottom-up approach; Serious game; Hong Kong","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences","","22.3204,114.1698"
"uuid:e408cf54-4ea0-43ed-9d4f-f4d60b18bf81","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:e408cf54-4ea0-43ed-9d4f-f4d60b18bf81","A Trifle Strife?: Public Space, Rituals and Communalism","Ariff, Ifrah (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Kuijper, J.A. (mentor); Medici, P. (graduation committee); Harteveld, Maurice (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2023","This study investigates Bengaluru’s Chamarajpet Eidgah Maidan as a proxy of Hindu-Muslim religious communalism manifesting in public space. The maidan has been a ground of controversy since June 2022 due to a conflict over its use for (religious) ritual activities. The incumbent Hindu-nationalist BJP government fails to mediate such contestations of socio-religious public space between Hindu and Muslim groups. The main risk, among others, is an escalation of communal violence.
However, other major risks include the disenfranchisement of Chamarajpet Maidan’s everyday existence, and by extension, of its everyday stakeholders. A failure to understand these tensions will exacerbate the megacity’s existing infrastructural and social woes. This study explores how public space could address religious communalism. It has been found that, in addition to exploring the religious and ritual meanings of the maidan through analytical cartographies, an analysis of its ‘worldings’ - through media representations and physical-social realities - were invaluable to produce a countercartography of the maidan. These countercartographies were possible with reference to books, journal articles, news articles, historical maps, site observations and interviews. Public architecture could address religious communalism if the maidan’s religious conflict is addressed alongside its everyday social needs. A longterm view necessitates the integration of (unanticipated) stakeholder uses and clear governance for infrastructural resilience. Politicised religions, which normalise a Muslim versus Hindu antagonism, is becoming ever more rampant in India. To understand its spatial ramifications is a first step in addressing a nation-wide problem.","public space; communalism; Rituals; Everyday; maidan; countercartography","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Transitional Territories","","12.959769, 77.562675"
"uuid:256fcb20-ec20-4719-912f-af44ab00e5d1","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:256fcb20-ec20-4719-912f-af44ab00e5d1","Intimate Urbanity of Rue du Moulin: Study on the fragmentation and the collective memory of Rue du Moulin","Menon, Megha (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Ronner, E.I. (mentor); Stalker, S. (mentor); Reinders, L.G.A.J. (mentor); Lafeber, J.W. (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2023","The street is perhaps the most prosaic of the city’s public realm, allowing us to view the very ordinary practices of life and livelihood – a space to move or pause, to meet friends, post a letter, to buy goods and is composed of an amalgamation of rooms along it. Due to the possibility of maneuvering, it tends to exhibit the external spatial reinforcements taken to mark a person’s position. This makes a street not a linear study but a system of social and spatial labyrinths. Hence, the street gives a peek at not only what was and what is, but also the lived realities of allegiance and participation by understanding the social and cultural formations occurring within itself. This is observed by unfolding the street to understand the levels of interactions (or scenes) within the layers between the building and street.
The thesis focuses on the field between architecture and urbanism, on the domain between public and private. It is an attempt to bring an interactive notion to ‘street’ and its role in the design of urban areas and smaller architecture projects. It aims to reinforce the quality of open space within and between the built structures and the existing corridors by blurring the borders of inside and outside.","Street study; Fragmentation; urbanity; Ordinary interactions; Collective Memory; Urban Architecture; Bressoux; public space","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences","","50.644245, 5.605708"
"uuid:b8aa9a5d-9769-4e18-a75a-28a63768ec00","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:b8aa9a5d-9769-4e18-a75a-28a63768ec00","Next, Chinatown: community design for transforming Rotterdam Chinatown","xu, ziqi (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Harteveld, Maurice (mentor); Milinović, S. (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2023","This report examines the role of an urban designer in a multicultural society. When an urban society is overlapped with a spatial and diverse cultural layer, a cultural community is seen as the essential unit for outreaching and interacting with this complex environment. Community design is required for an urban designer to explore the intersection of spatial design and community development methodologies, top-down and bottom-up decision-making.
In this report, the author takes use of the case of Rotterdam Chinatown to develop an experimental community design methodology and apply it to the on-site practice. It aims to stimulate communication and resource links within the Chinese community in a globalization context by utilizing open spaces as a medium.
This research starts with the preliminary background study, followed by creating a set of customized pattern languages as the communication, learning, and design tools to engage the Rotterdam Chinatown community and the Chinese community in Rotterdam. A live event held in public spaces of Rotterdam Chinatown is embodied as a performance to evaluate the efficiency of the vision co-created by stakeholders. The final outcome learns about the requirements of the Chinese community of Rotterdam and concludes with refined pattern language and scenario design based on the conditions of Rotterdam Chinatown.
This participatory design methodology featured for the Rotterdam Chinatown community fosters a sense of ownership and empowerment among the community members and encourages active participation in shaping the future of the community in a pure bottom-up approach.
Keywords: community design, cultural glocalization, Chinatown, pattern language, public space
The quadrilatero site, between the Ex-Granai and the maritime station, was chosen to design a new maritime space, with the aim of fertilizing the perception and value of Messina's maritime identity. The renovation of the abandoned silos and the fish market allows to offer spaces for culinary products of the sea and the hinterland and their consumption on the edge between land and sea, creating a vibrant public space for exchange and transition at the most important traffic node bridging land and sea transportation.","port city; maritime identity; Messina; public space; industrial heritage; waterfront","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Urbanism","","38.187148, 15.560300"
"uuid:07530a9a-849a-4432-b116-96d4917a8980","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:07530a9a-849a-4432-b116-96d4917a8980","Waterwerf: een ankerpunt in de stad","de Hoop, Guus (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Milinović, S. (mentor); Reinders, L.G.A.J. (mentor); van den Ban, R.R. (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2023","Kan je architectuur vermenselijken door een gevoel tot ontwerpopgave te maken? Dit is de vraag waarmee ik mijn afstudeerproject startte. Thuis is een begrip dat veel wordt gebruikt en wat sterk gekoppeld is aan de architectonische typologie huis. Zijn deze echter onlosmakelijk met elkaar verbonden en wanneer voel je je thuis? Door middel van film ben ik thuis vanuit een menselijk perspectief gaan onderzoeken. ‘Mijn Afrikaanderwijk’ is de eerste onderzoeksfilm en bevraagt de verhouding van mens en buurt als deze dreigt te veranderen door gentrificatie. De tweede en derde onderzoeksfilm, samengevoegd in de film ’t huis’, analyseren of het begrip hiervan veranderd als je daadwerkelijk je huis hebt moeten verlaten aan de hand van de ervaringen van mensen met een migratieachtergrond. Uit het onderzoek bleek dat de thema’s toe-eigening, ontmoeting en belichaming sterk verbonden zijn met het thuisgevoel. Deze begrippen zijn zo generiek en de individuele invulling hiervan zo specifiek dat ze niet op de volledige groep van mensen met een migratieachtergrond van toepassing zijn of dat ik mijzelf en mijn omgeving in Amsterdam ook kon herkennen in hun zoektocht naar thuis als je huis dit niet is. Met mijn afstudeerproject wil ik het belang van permanente plekken in de stad benadrukken die onafhankelijk van inkomen, weer of tijd toegankelijk zijn. In de laatste film komen daarom de mensen met een migratieachtergrond samen met mensen in mijn directe omgeving in het gebruik van een specifiek ontwerp voor een ankerpunt in Amsterdam. Een ankerpunt is een intieme publieke buitenruimte met binnenruimte die georiënteerd is op de elementen. Door verloederde en vrijkomende kavels als zodanig te transformeren, kan een netwerk van ankerpunten in de stad worden gecreëerd.","public space; film; feeling home; water","nl","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences","",""
"uuid:3e15f544-0065-4464-a86a-75fa5e0be7e5","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:3e15f544-0065-4464-a86a-75fa5e0be7e5","The Gender Reveal of Space: A spatial strategic framework for a more gender inclusive planning and design of public spaces in the Netherlands","Fons, Francien (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Kleinhans, R.J. (mentor); Bet, E.M. (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2023","What happens if we look at (public) space through the lens of gender? How would it be experienced differently? These are questions this thesis will look into. It aims to not only explore different types of gendered spaces but also to increase the understanding of designers and planners on how to make public space more gender inclusive. With the purpose of exploration, a case study is done with a neighborhood in Rotterdam, namely Beverwaard. The conclusions are translated into a strategic framework and an accompanying patternbook. The strategic framework proposes the improvement of the safety, accessibility and inclusivity of public space.","Gender equality; Inclusiveness; Public Space; Spatial justice; Strategic framework; urban planning and designing","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Urbanism","",""
"uuid:825a3e2d-d6c2-4cde-bada-9066d356156a","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:825a3e2d-d6c2-4cde-bada-9066d356156a","Between Public and Private: A study into the potential of public space and public buildings to act as natural extensions of private living environments within inner city block structures.","Norén, Jakob (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Mejia Hernandez, J.A. (mentor); Jennen, P.H.M. (graduation committee); Wilms Floet, W.W.L.M. (graduation committee); Havik, K.M. (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2023","The project takes its basis in a concern for the future liveability of European cities in regard to public space, public buildings, and public life, looking specifically at the capital city of Budapest in Hungary. Studying internal migration patterns within Hungary, it is clear that while the Budapest conglomerate region have grown in population over the last 30 years, there has been a negative net migration to the Budapest inner city. The urban population is choosing to a larger degree to move to village suburbs in the conglomerate region, mainly due to the access to nature and recreational space that these places offer, suggesting that the city is failing to supply an attractive alternative for the local living environment of the inner city. Though large efforts and funds are already dedicated to address this, my research and design questions the impact current developments in the city have on the perceived recreational value of the living environment within the local city block. The project investigates the core concept of “publicness” and the separation of public and private realms, aiming to challenge the ways public space and public buildings are configured and realized.
The investigation resulted in a design for a multifunctional building and an urban green strategy which aims at addressing the “everyday” aspects of public space and public lives. The focus lies on ways in which public buildings to a larger degree can offer spaces for everyday activities rather than curated experiences and ways which these spaces can become appropriable for users to utilise as they please and in the ways they see fit. The specific mixite of functions and the configuration of program around loosely programmed “in-between” spaces has been crucial to achieve a degree of ambiguity in terms of use and purpose of space, something which becomes a driver for appropriability and the perception of public space as an extension of the private living sphere.","Budapest; Public Space; Public Buildings; Urban Block; Housing","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Methods and Analysis | Positions in Practice","","47.518711, 19.057468"
"uuid:23f41850-1f23-4b0c-a5e9-c2780708e44a","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:23f41850-1f23-4b0c-a5e9-c2780708e44a","CONNECTING PLACES - CONNECTING PEOPLE: A network of public spaces as a backbone for social cohesion in South Rotterdam","Spanos, Charalampos (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment; TU Delft Urbanism)","Harteveld, Maurice (mentor); Piccinini, D. (graduation committee); Milias, V. (graduation committee); van den Ham, E.R. (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2023","The continuous immigration around the world increases ethnic diversity in major
cities. At the same time, the growing population, urbanization, and crowding in cities negatively impact well-being, bringing to the forefront the need for integrating restorative environments. In the context of multi-ethnic cities, there is a pressing need for integration to foster social cohesion and well-being. This thesis challenges these issues, with a case study of South Rotterdam, an ethnically segregated multi-ethnic area, with the reported need for improved quality of public space, safer urban environments, and opportunities for developing trust among residents. This thesis illustrates a methodology for designing public spaces that promote ethnic diversity by stimulating inter-ethnic social interaction in restorative environments.
I approach this assignment by proposing a network of public spaces that encourages participation in public life to stimulate social interaction, improving the social cohesion and well-being of residents in the area. To develop the network, I introduced a multi-method approach in both research and design, by integrating computational tools for urban design. Bringing together three disciplines, urban design, landscape architecture, and urban analytics, I propounded specific design strategies for the formation of the network and
the transformation of public space, toward inclusive restorative landscapes that promote diversity.
The outcomes of this project determined that implementing multi-methods approaches in urban design requires careful consideration and acknowledgment of the extent to which each method can be applied. However, there is great potential in advancing knowledge through different perspectives and creating innovative methodologies to approach such projects.
Finally, public space design has a promising opportunity to accommodate places that bring people together and increase feelings of belonging and trust, while embracing diversity. By reimagining the value of the street, I illustrate a strengthened public space that accommodates diverse activities in South Rotterdam, enhancing shared spaces and identity expression in public spaces.","public space; ethnic diversity; social cohesion; restorative environments; well-being","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Urbanism","","51.892724, 4.490203"
"uuid:26011037-30ca-4a10-92ce-3dc52fd7b25f","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:26011037-30ca-4a10-92ce-3dc52fd7b25f","RE:OSDORP: Reinforcing green heritage and sustainable living in the post-war neighborhood","Mulder, Floor (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Verschuure, G.A (mentor); Harteveld, Maurice (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2023","The post-war neighborhood is a result of the modernist and socialist thoughts in the time period of 1945 to 1960. Its concept was to provide everyone of an equal and good place to live, with access to green, facilities and ‘light, air and space’. This resulted mostly into vast amounts of green space. The buildings in these neighborhoods are evaluated as heritage, but the public and communal space around the buildings are often not taken into consideration.
This study assumes that the concept of the post-war neighborhood and its spatial translation is important to keep and treasure, as it provides important historical insights. This study aims to find the role of the green structure for the case study of Osdorp, Amsterdam. Additional heritage and user value maps (next to the existing building value maps) are made for the public space, based on thorough literature and field analysis of the district.
The main conclusions include that the overall structure of the neighborhood, a framework branching out in increasingly more private areas is very important. Next to that, the most important embodiment of the concept does not lay within the amount of green that is present, but how it used. The green strips and spaces on the smaller scales are more likely to be transformed into the demand of today: functional and ecological.
The outcomes result in a toolbox for the different green types that are present in the post-war neighborhood and this forms the base for the design of the Wildemanbuurt, a neighborhood within Osdorp. This design is based on increasing connectivity, re-emphasizing the importance of the courtyards, bringing more ecological zones into the neighborhood and improving the multi-functionality of underused areas.
With this goal in mind, the station area of Amsterdam Sloterdijk was selected as a case study location. Sloterdijk is an important node within the overall transportation network and the plans of future development of the city of Amsterdam. However, the current spatial organization of the area, the high complexity, and several environmental problems are hindering its success as a place. Therefore, this graduation project, investigates through design, the potential of the area of Sloterdijk to become a sustainable and livable neighborhood, dealing with both the ongoing housing and the climate crisis in an integral way.
The primary method used in this graduation project was research by design, meaning that through several design iterations of different spatial elements, insights on the conflicts and potentials of these elements were revealed. Other methods used, included spatial mapping, literature review on the key concepts of livability, density, and TOD and lastly the method of fieldwork.
The results of this graduation project that can be extracted from the final proposal for the area of Sloterdijk, emphasize the challenges stemming from the high intensity of use and competition for space in places that function simultaneously as mobility hubs and as potentially vibrant urban districts. Key elements of the design were the intense densification and introduction of housing and other functions to the area, the substantial reduction of space allocated to mobility, the careful consideration of public space that promotes social interaction, overcoming the various infrastructural barriers, and lastly the integration of green and blue networks with the aim of providing living spaces to various species, improve local microclimate and mitigate environmental risks.
The boundary space not only serves as a separation, but it also acts as a bonding agent to connect the two sides as a transition space for people and everything might meet here. In this project, the boundary space is proposed to be divided into four dimensions (length, width, height, and time), and for each, the design strategy is proposed and integrated into the specific design site to enhance this boundary character of the city in these linear spaces and improve these transitional spaces.","Landscape architecture; Boundary; Den Helder; public space; spatio-temporal; transition space","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Landscape Architecture","","52.9583, 4.7589"
"uuid:f9069d7b-4a8b-4881-85f5-468f9a9154f4","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:f9069d7b-4a8b-4881-85f5-468f9a9154f4","Public spaces through urban farming","Spoon, Scott (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment; TU Delft Architectural Engineering)","Snijders, A. (mentor); van der Zaag, E.J. (graduation committee); Jenkins, A.J. (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2023","Urban farming can help in many ways in creating public spaces with an engaging environment. Restaurants and shops can be opened that sell the locally grown crops, tours and workshops can be given through the urban farms and Other products like compost, DIY kits and biodegradable materials can also be sold. To enhance the individual urban farming functions, in- and outputs from each farm can be connected to create circular flows within the system. These flows ensure that less outside materials are needed in the farm, and improve efficiency and cost effectiveness in certain circumstances. Table 6.2 in the appendix gives a rough estimation on how big the flows need to be in order to sustain the urban farm. Based on the findings we can conclude that different function clusters like, a production centered function, a social interactivity centered function and a public farming centered function can be created and that existing restaurants and canteens can be integrated within the system.","Urban farming; Public spaces; Local Food; Health; Transformation","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Architectural Engineering","","52.00732427243474, 4.369792688090874"
"uuid:654cf320-b70d-4b6d-9c96-cf51570e3ca6","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:654cf320-b70d-4b6d-9c96-cf51570e3ca6","AR-scape: Pioneering Inclusive and Flexible 'PHYGITAL' Public Spaces in the Augmented Reality Era","GE, YAXUAN (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Lub, M. (mentor); van der Spek, S.C. (mentor); Pimlott, Mark (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2023","The advent of the internet and digital technology has transformed public spaces, impacting human interactions and diluting their original purpose. However, augmented reality (AR) technology, exemplified by Pokémon Go, presents a unique opportunity to revitalize urban public spaces in the digital era. AR technology offers virtual flexibility, empowering public spaces to become multifunctional environments and redistributing the value of urban areas.
To accommodate this transformative potential, inclusive and enduring architectural structures are needed as resilient containers for AR development. This project focuses on designing robust, inclusive public buildings that seamlessly integrate into the urban fabric undergoing AR development. These structures adapt to the evolving needs and activities facilitated by AR, fostering social interaction and a sense of belonging within the community.
The integration of AR technology necessitates a holistic approach to urban design, extending beyond individual buildings to the broader urban context. By leveraging the transformative power of AR, this project envisions digitally enhanced and physically resilient urban environments that accommodate diverse activities and cultivate community. It explores new paradigms for urban design where public buildings serve as adaptable containers for AR experiences, fostering social cohesion and redefining the relationship between people, architecture, and the environment.
Through the integration of AR technology and thoughtful architectural design, this project showcases the potential for vibrant, inclusive, and sustainable urban public spaces in the digital age. By embracing flexibility, durability, and inclusivity, it establishes a foundation for AR-neutral buildings that respond to the evolving needs and aspirations of urban communities, creating a more engaging and harmonious urban environment.","Public Space; Augmented Reality; Digital Transformation; Inclusivity; Social Interaction; Neutrality of space","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Urbanism","","51.921616, 4.486754"
"uuid:79ce06a4-cd74-4cea-95ce-5aaa6e29649f","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:79ce06a4-cd74-4cea-95ce-5aaa6e29649f","Life between stores: A redesign based on the current use of public spaces to reactivate the everyday life of Winkelcentrum Leyweg in The Hague","Mortensen, Isabella (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Meijers, W.L.E.C. (mentor); Koopman, F.W.A. (mentor); Spoormans, L.G.K. (mentor); Cuperus, Y.J. (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2023","Post-war shopping malls in the Netherlands are becoming increasingly vacant, which is reflected in the level of activity of the public spaces. These retail-oriented places are becoming less visited as the main reason to come here disappears. This presents a challenge in a compact and densely populated country with a high space demand. With the twelve urban quality criteria of Jan Gehl, a user-based design strategy for Winkelcentrum Leyweg in The Hague Southwest has been developed. The use of spaces determines the level of activity, as the people bring life to these areas. Therefore, this design focuses mainly on the people by introducing elements that make their daily lives more comfortable and enjoyable. A simple bench with trees functioning as canopies can already do the trick. In a building, it is about giving people the freedom to use the spaces they want; places to work, drink a coffee, have a workshop, study, or have the freedom to do what they want. When these buildings are occupied in various ways during the day, more people will be connected to the building, and even a small community can exist here. The increased activity in and around the building will contribute to the overall sense of security. By the use of the building, people will start to care for it and eventually maintain it, providing a more sustainable future. The architect's role is to shape the spaces by introducing qualities that enhance comfort and enjoyment. This can be the increase of daylight, a comfortable climate, moveable furniture, relation between inside and out, good acoustic levels and the opportunities to open or close spaces. Instead of shopping malls being intended for retail alone, these places can be a part of the city. This strategy can be applied to other vacant malls in the Netherlands, reactivating them and providing a more promising and sustainable future.","Daily life; User-based design; Public spaces; Urban quality criteria; Jan Gehl; Vacancy; Post-war architecture; Shopping Malls; Human Activity; Sense of security; Walking; Sitting; Architectural and urban interventions; Comfort; People-oriented","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Heritage & Architecture","Shopping mall Leyweg, The Hague","52.049316, 4.275827"
"uuid:de949847-215f-4610-a81a-333730286b5e","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:de949847-215f-4610-a81a-333730286b5e","Church as a Connector: An Investigation into the role of the Transition zone in the Transformation of the Grote- of Mariakerk towards a Public Interior, whilst maintaining its Heritage Values","Ritsema, Mark Jorrit (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Visser, C. (mentor); Meijer, A.S.C. (mentor); Quist, W.J. (mentor); Iuorio, Luca (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2023","Churches have always been the centre of Dutch society to gather under one roof (De Kruijf & De Roest, 2010). Due to the secularization of the Netherlands, church vacancy is increasing. Currently, churches still fulfill a central function within a city, village or neighborhood (Kerkmagazine, 2022). The Grote- of Mariakerk is one of them, and the vacancy of buildings in such prominent areas of the city will detract from social and physical quality of these areas (De Kruijf & De Roest, 2010). The church should not withdraw from the public domain (Kennedy, J. C. K., 2010). A transformation towards a public interior could avoid this. Kloos (1993) describes public interiors as buildings in which the city’s public space is continued. The social and functional diversity of urban buildings is reflected in their façades (Jürgenhake, 2014), especially around their interior and exterior; the ‘transition zone’ (Gehl, 2011). Therefore this paper focuses on the role of the transition zone when transforming the Grote- of Mariakerk towards a public interior, whilst maintaining its heritage values. By combining literature research , case studies, and field research, the role of the transition zone in public interiors is clarified. By analysing the existing transition zones of the Grote- of Mariakerk and linking them with the criteria of a public interior, opportunities and challenges for the transformation towards a public interior result in design approaches regarding the transition zone.","Adaptive; Heritage; Transformation; Public Interior; Public Space; Transition zone","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences","Grote- of Mariakerk, Meppel",""
"uuid:71ef08c6-01f9-4008-b148-6cc89aee7791","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:71ef08c6-01f9-4008-b148-6cc89aee7791","Colonial and Slavery Memorials for the Future: How to complement the current landscape of colonial and slavery memorials in The Netherlands: learning from Monument Indië-Nederland.","Stam, Nynke (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Tanović, S. (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2023","We are living in an age of deconstructing history, realizing our past is not as black and white as we once thought it was. By slowly peeling off the different layers of the past, our historical awareness grows and we gain a broader perspective on what has actually happened. Movements such as Black Lives Matter have sharpened our lenses massively, which inevitably had impact on our perception on monuments and memorial architecture. In this history thesis we dive into the current scenery of monuments and memorials in Dutch public spaces, that refer to our colonial and slavery past. The present palette of statues, monumental buildings and memorial sites represent a distorted balance of these historical colonial narratives, since they are massively underrepresenting the dark side of the story from the slavery perspective. Monument Indië-Nederland is a great example of such a one-sided colonial reference, causing society to interfere and give voice to the shifting societal perspective on historical representation. However, the hidden design intentions of sculpturer Frits Van Hall reveal something surprising: the monument was actually intended to be adjusted overtime by removing and adding elements to the memorial site. He intended to give society the opportunity of slowly shifting the original meaning of ‘honoring former commander Van Heutsz’ into ‘celebrating the freedom of the East Indie colony’. There are also other memorial examples that emphasize additional perspectives and spatial flexibility. This inspires us to think of monuments as being more than just a ‘static’ object, but rather dynamic and flexible elements in our built environment that give space to add other perspectives to the narrative, and to be subject of societal change overtime. And so, we should be expanding the currently represented one-sided narratives with adding new perspectives to the monuments together with society. In this way, a variety of perspectives is being represented, without ignoring or denying our history. For that matter, these additions overtime will actually even enrichen the current memorial scenery, by also representing our changing societal perception on history over the years.","monuments; memorial architecture; Monument Indië-Nederland; Frits van Hall; colonial past; slavery past; historical representation; public spaces","en","student report","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences","AR2A011",""
"uuid:aab8b06e-74f6-4178-9c55-b646c23dedd0","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:aab8b06e-74f6-4178-9c55-b646c23dedd0","Design for Responsible Use of Surveillance Cameras in Public Space","SUN, Hanchu (TU Delft Industrial Design Engineering)","Kortuem, G.W. (mentor); Bendor, R. (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2023","Surveillance cameras have become increasingly prevalent in public areas worldwide, including in Amsterdam. In Amsterdam, the number and intensity of surveillance cameras in public spaces, such as streets, parks, and plazas, have reportedly increased, even in locations where they were already well-established. In addition to the growing number of cameras, they are now appearing in new contexts, such as billboards, and in new forms, such as those equipped with ANPR technology. As a result, individuals in urban areas are likely to have their images captured multiple times daily as they engage in routine activities in public spaces. While the installation of these cameras is purported to serve various purposes, such as deterring crime, prosecuting criminals retroactively, and making people feel safer, significant concerns have been raised about the potential for their irresponsible use, including concerns about the violation of individuals’ privacy, potential threat to civil liberties, and unjustified purpose of using cameras.
The current master's graduation project aims to comprehensively understand the responsible use of surveillance cameras through three phases of empirical investigations. The first phase seeks a deeper comprehension of the broader socio-technical context within which surveillance cameras are situated. Through expert interviews, two theoretical mapping representations of the context have been generated. Next, the second phase aims to comprehend the responsible use of surveillance cameras by understanding the values of key stakeholders, in which a set of value similarities and tensions among key stakeholders have been identified through a stakeholder survey study. Finally, the last phase of this project aims to develop a comprehensive set of evaluation criteria for the assessment of a broad spectrum of design concepts that pertain to the responsible use of surveillance cameras in urban public spaces.","surveillance camera; responsible use; public space","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Strategic Product Design","",""
"uuid:7a3ab8d5-40f0-46d9-a271-c6c0f13b9db4","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:7a3ab8d5-40f0-46d9-a271-c6c0f13b9db4","A building: As continuation of the Belgrade Waterfront Project","van de Water, Bram (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Mejia Hernandez, J.A. (mentor); Staničić, Aleksandar (graduation committee); Jennen, P.H.M. (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2023","How to propose an alternative to the controversial development of the Belgrade Waterfront Project?
Rather than saying the current development of the Belgrade Waterfront Project is either good or bad, this project tries to deal with the infill of a large open plot within the Belgrade Waterfront Project and offers an alternative on how to do this. The age-old element of gathering in combination with the use of public space through a combination of squares serves as a main strategy that allows for diversity and opportunities. With the tools of framing and fragmentation, this empty plot on the right bank of the Sava river is transformed into a gathering place that promotes interaction and inclusivity.","Belgrade Waterfront Project; Riverfront; Public Space","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Methods and Analysis | Positions in Practice","","44.800602, 20.442019"
"uuid:afb17c00-4de3-420a-aeca-bf60bcd580ce","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:afb17c00-4de3-420a-aeca-bf60bcd580ce","Regenerating Moerwijk: Constructing a framework for regeneration to improve community life and the public realm in Moerwijk","Taal, Jamie (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Hausleitner, B. (mentor); Qu, L. (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2023","This graduation project searches for a framework for regeneration that integrates several core themes to bring about more social interaction in a post-war neighborhood like Moerwijk while at the same time densifying it. The result of the research is a constructed pattern language. The pattern language forms the basis of the framework for regeneration. These different research methods aim at finding spatial conditions for strengthening social interaction at the neighborhood level. The practical implications of the pattern language are ultimately tested in local design.","social interaction; community; urbanity; densification; public realm; public space; Post-war neighbourhood","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Urbanism","","52.050511, 4.299206"
"uuid:da5e6405-29d7-49b5-b974-ebb6d49e963c","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:da5e6405-29d7-49b5-b974-ebb6d49e963c","Continuous Adaptation of Climate Adaptation: Understanding climate adaptation governance and its capacities in Amsterdam Oud-Noord","Vuyk, Marit (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Peters, Karin (mentor); Chen, Y. (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution); Wageningen University & Research (degree granting institution)","2022","This research aims to understand the local governance capacity of Amsterdam Oud-Noord and discover how this area, together with its stakeholders, can improve its climate resilience through transformative climate adaptation governance. This was done by first understanding the research area, its challenges and needed climate adaptation, and by identifying the present climate adaptation stakeholders. Secondly, the governance climate adaptation governance capacity was analysed, according to the redevelopment and extension of an existing framework. Transformative governance climate adaptation governance capacity was analysed through four governance capacities; Stewarding, Unlocking, Transformative and Orchestrating capacity, and related indicators. This led to the identification of governance capacity gaps, followed by recommendations for improvement.
The findings indicate that climate adaptation governance capacity is perceived as promising, but all identified indicators show that there is a need for improvement. The most pressing gaps identified are insufficient smart monitoring and insufficient stakeholder synergies. These are suggested to be improved by increasing the awareness and recognition of the value of monitoring. Next to that, accessible general methods should be developed, enabling all types of stakeholders to monitor their climate adaptation. Lastly, our results suggest that a platform should be created where stakeholders can share and coordinate their activities and possible concerns regarding climate adaptation.","Climate adaptation; Urban climate adaptation governance; Transformative capacities; Local governance; Public Space","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Metropolitan Analysis, Design and Engineering (MADE)","",""
"uuid:13b9de50-c94c-469a-99a0-3c8dad09cc61","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:13b9de50-c94c-469a-99a0-3c8dad09cc61","PUBLIC | TRANSPORTATION: A research into the double role of the station. How can stations become an integral part of the city?","Koelmans, Robin (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Tjokrokoesoemo, K.J.L. (mentor); van Lochem, Marianne (mentor); Caso, O. (mentor); van der Meel, H.L. (mentor); Overschie, M.G.F. (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2022","Public transportation is on the rise due to increasing ecological concerns, a more efficient use of space and an improved city-planning featuring transport oriented development (TOD). As a result, new modalities emerge and stations are getting busier which can lead to a narrow design focus on the nodal function of the station, neglecting other aspects of the station. ""
Due to the fact that many stations are located at central locations within cities, they have a strong influence on the quality of city life around them. Traditionally, the station has been seen solely as a node (connecting all the different modalities efficiently; moving people). Nowadays paradoxically, the station is seen increasingly as a place in its own right as well (by being an active part of the city; inviting people to stay). By diminishing the station’s barrier-effect and by implementing public functions within the station’s realm, the station can be integrated better within its surrounding city, creating an urban station that enhances city life.
The evolving role of the station has been the subject of many recent studies. However, the research mostly remains to be theoretical. More practical design principles and requirements may help in achieving the ambitions regarding creating an integrated urban station. Literary research was performed into the multiple facets of station design, which led to the formulation of six design principles for contemporary urban station design. The main research question is as follows:
“Are the six design principles: multimodality, functional mix, connectivity, spatial quality, visibility & flexibility apt contributors to the integration of an urban multimodal station within its surrounding cityscape?”
In recent years, many stations have been redesigned with special attention to this node-versus-place-paradox, focusing more on the station as a place. This research aims to analyse seven important international multimodal railway stations in The Netherlands and Belgium to see how these stations handle their complexity and aim to integrate within their surrounding city.
The aim is to test the proposed design principles via the analyses of these seven chosen stations: Amsterdam Centraal, Schiphol Airport, Rotterdam Centraal, Antwerpen Centraal, Utrecht Centraal, Arnhem Centraal and Amsterdam Zuid. The analyses are drawn on Nolli maps, in order to gain insight into the public realm surrounding the station and the connections between the two.
As the results point out, the chosen design principles appear to be fitting for creating a well-integrated urban station. However, six design spaces have been formulated in addition to the design principles, each accompanying respectively one principle. The spaces act as an addition to the programme of requirement as provided by the commissioner, embodying the different design principles into explicitly formulated spaces. Further research is advisable. Especially multimodal station from France, Germany or England can give crucial new insights as the stations are generally larger and their urban surroundings are often more densely populated.
Further research into the airport city concept can also prove worthy, as the development in airports is a few years ahead on the developments around urban stations, airports can provide valuable examples and case studies.","Station design; Living station; Urban station; Station integration; Public space; Modalities; Multimodal hub; Public transportation; Spatial configuration","en","master thesis","","","","","","First, let me introduce myself: my name is Robin. I am a 26-year-old freshly graduated architectural student from the Master of Architecture at the TU Delft, Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment. I have a great love for public transportation and train stations and chose to graduate on designing one. My graduation consists of two parts: an academic research into the integration of the station within the city and the design for the New Amsterdam Zuid Hyperloop Terminal, or The Whale. For the first part, I performed a literary research into the position of the station within the city, how the role of the station is changing. The literary research led me to define six design principles, that I analysed using several casestudies into international multimodal hubs in The Netherlands and Belgium. These casestudies confirmed my initially proposed design principles and supplemented them with six design spaces, providing an attainable way of implementing the design principles. The research into the integration of the station within the city helped me with designing the new station for Amsterdam Zuid, which is in dire need of integration as the current station creates a barrier within the area. On the other hand, the design project has been informed by the hypothetical emergence of hyperloop. If a hyperloop terminal where to be placed in The Netherlands, Amsterdam Zuid would be a very logic place as it is a fast growing area with increasing importance and great connectivity to other parts of Amsterdam and the Randstad. Also, the area is already facing major reconstruction works, so this would be the right time to implement this future modality. As the renovation works are sheduled to be finished around 2037, chances are that hyperloop is already being developed as a transportation system. Hence, I anticipated on this by already integrating the hyperloop terminal within my new design for the Amsterdam Zuid station. The design for The New Amsterdam Zuid Hyperloop Terminal is characterized by a large vide with an impressive steel arched roof that spans over it. In order to remove the barrier effect and allow for the creation of high quality public and green spaces around the station, all infrastructure has been placed underground. The vide is the central space of the station that enables daylight to come into the underground spaces and helps in creating orientation within the complex. Most transfers happen through this central space. The large roof creates visibility for the subterranean complex, helps in creating a sense of place and acts as a water manager and renewable power plant for the area. Crucial in this new design has been the widening of the Minerva concourse in order to better connect Zuidplein and Gustav Mahlerplein on both sides of the station. Four new concourses have been designed parallel to the Minerva Concourse and help in removing the barrier effect of the station. The ground floor of the complex is filled with retail and amenities for both travellers and citizens residing, working or recreating in the Zuidas. The complex has been topped off with the Dokdakpark, an important green infrastructure that provides an East-West corridor for pedestrians and cyclists. Station are becoming more than just transfer hubs: the revitalize neighbourhoods, shape urban centers and create new public hotspots. Accordingly, the New Amsterdam Zuid Hyperloop Terminal will be the heart of the Zuidas. Let's have a look into my work! ;) Digital portfolio: http://www.robinkoelmans.nl Unspecified","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Explorelab","The Whale","52.333333, 4.866667"
"uuid:2277c34a-6d9e-4295-91fc-28c90d69a794","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:2277c34a-6d9e-4295-91fc-28c90d69a794","Bourj Hammoud Watersports Centre","Reumer, Carlijn (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","van Bennekom, H.A. (mentor); van Zalingen, J.M. (mentor); van der Meel, H.L. (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2022","The Bourj Hammoud Watersports Centre is a leisure project on Beirut’s coast. The project has a critical view towards ongoing waterfront development, which translates into the comeback of a public coast, a place for interaction amongst all.","Waterfront development; Leisure; public space; Beirut; Sailing","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Complex Projects","Bourj Hammoud Watersports Centre","33.905304, 35.546763"
"uuid:e57a9b03-cd56-4e99-8081-a4787faca337","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:e57a9b03-cd56-4e99-8081-a4787faca337","Public Space Resiliency in Dar es Salaam: Investigating the qualities of public space resiliency in central Dar es Salaam to inform the strategic design of the Lower Msimbazi Redevelopment masterplan.","Dajani, Rakan (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Forgaci, C. (mentor); Wreyford, Jess (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution); Wageningen University & Research (degree granting institution)","2022","A masterplan, commissioned by the Municipality of Dar es Salaam aims to redevelop the Lower Msimbazi River Basin with new urban development. In the context of rapid urbanisation and sustainable development, uncovering the relationship between public space and resiliency as mediated by urban form is essential to contribute to resilient master planning in developing environments and in this context, a more resilient public space in the redevelopment masterplan in Dar es Salaam. The research departs from an ongoing tension in master planning – how to assess and determine optimal qualities of urban form to enhance resiliency of public spaces. The research aims to define, spatially assess, and explore the relationships of factors influencing public space resiliency in central Dar es Salaam using a combination of a transdisciplinary literature review, geospatial quantitative analysis, ethnographic observations, and in-depth interviews. To inform a more resilient public space in the redevelopment masterplan, the research urges approaching resiliency in terms of ward-based identities and typologies. It recommends improving resiliency through the creation of space by enabling polycentricity, designing for wider conceptions of public space and strategically densifying through the creation of new urban forms. The research opens up possibilities for strategic interventions given further local investigation and site-specific acceptability by residents in Dar es Salaam.","public space; Resilience Assessment Tool; Space Syntax; street network; Urban form; Urban Development","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Metropolitan Analysis, Design and Engineering (MADE)","",""
"uuid:96f8a1b1-0446-42ff-a095-1b287be78572","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:96f8a1b1-0446-42ff-a095-1b287be78572","Scenario development for future public charging infrastructure for EVs in the Netherlands","Pronk, Kasper (TU Delft Technology, Policy and Management)","Correljé, A. (graduation committee); Annema, J.A. (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2022","The transition towards electric vehicles (EVs) is ongoing and to facilitate this a covering charging infrastructure is required. Part of this charging infrastructure should be placed within the public space which causes problems and requires the multiple involved stakeholders to collaborate in order to solve these challenges. How this physical public charging infrastructure for EVs will look like in the future remains unclear. However, having a clearer image of the future public charging infrastructure could be beneficial for the efficiency with which the stakeholders could work towards the future and also help policy makers. Therefore, the objective of this study is to create future scenarios on how the physical charging infrastructure could look like in the future streetscape of big urban cities in The Netherlands by taking a holistic approach. These different scenarios are compared with each other. The methods used in this study are a literature review, semi-structured interviews, and a multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA). The stakeholders which are interviewed for this study are the DSO, municipalities, CPO, hardware manufacturer and knowledge institutes which together provide different perspectives on the public charging infrastructure and could help with creating a holistic view on the future. The key uncertainties that were studied following from the literature review were the charging speed, the technical developments, clustering, smart solutions, parking policy, charging location, placement strategy, grid options, and the roll out solutions. This study showed that the future seems to be clear on some key elements of the charging infrastructure, while remaining unclear on other elements. Overall, however, there are some key elements of the system that seem to have support from most of the stakeholders interviewed and are therefore expected to be a part of the future public charging system. For the charging speed, the general expectation is that slow charging will remain the standard and that fast-charging squares could be used as additional charging option. The main charging technique to be used will remain the standard charging pole since innovative charging techniques like streetlight charging seem interesting but are still very expensive. Considering smart charging, the general notion is that this should be implemented in order to fulfill the existing charging demand while minimizing the impact on the grid. To do this however, a tariff structure should be designed where the CPO will be compensated in order to keep their business case attractive. Then, for the placement strategy data-driven seems to be the preferred option with strategic placement on special locations. Lastly, the grid expansion is expected to be required no matter what, although the extent to which this network expansion is needed depends on the extend of smart charging implementation. On the other key elements however, less consensus exists, and it is expected that these will vary more dependent on the decision maker. The different scenarios show all the different possibilities of combinations that are extracted from the interview data.","EV charging; Scenario Development; Charging infrastructure; Public Space","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Complex Systems Engineering and Management (CoSEM)","",""
"uuid:a8fd2d9a-7eac-4ee5-a733-90fc35afe612","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:a8fd2d9a-7eac-4ee5-a733-90fc35afe612","A blueprint to Monitor and Evaluate the impact of sustainability solutions in redevelopment projects of the public space: This research explores the possibilities for a system that monitors and evaluates the impact of sustainability solutions in redevelopment projects of the public space to identify the contribution to the stated sustainability ambitions","Hogerheijde, Jorg (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Kortuem, G.W. (mentor); Ersoy, A. (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2022","","Sustainability transitions; Public Space; Monitoring; Evaluation; Blueprint; Municipalities","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Metropolitan Analysis, Design and Engineering (MADE)","",""
"uuid:ab87121f-0242-45c5-aebe-3c7d636d5331","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:ab87121f-0242-45c5-aebe-3c7d636d5331","A Cleaner Public Space Through Robots: An exploratory research into the introduction of a cleaning robot in the Amsterdam Schoon department","Steehouwer, Enzo (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment; TU Delft Industrial Design Engineering)","Vroon, Jered (mentor); Rozendaal, M.C. (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution); Wageningen University & Research (degree granting institution)","2022","The Dutch metropolis of Amsterdam deals with a waste problem. Both the inhabitants and tourists in Amsterdam experience nuisance from litter. The future growth of Amsterdam will only amplify this problem. To address this, the municipality needs to increase the productivity of the Schoon department, the department tasked with keeping the public space of Amsterdam clean. Therefore, the responsible and effective introduction of a cleaning robot is researched. During a series of walk-along days, interviews, experiments and observations, I identified multiple themes, important for the job satisfaction of the Schoon employees. This knowledge, combined with observed knowledge on practical challenges caused by the design of the Amsterdam public space on the cleaning activities, translates into a number of design qualities for a future cleaning robot. The results of this research seem to indicate that this cleaning robot could best be deployed during the shifts tasked with brooming the streets and emptying the trash bins, the Veegshift and Vuilnisbakkenshift respectively. During those shifts it can potentially assist in cleaning the street using the RAVO mechanical streetsweeper and emptying trash bins respectively. Assisting during those two tasks frees up manpower that can be utilized to increase the productivity of those shifts. The findings further highlight that this future robot should not compromise the freedom experienced by the Schoon employees in how they carry out their work. Nor should this robot replace the Schoon employees, as this would remove the human interaction with bystanders, an aspect of the work greatly appreciated by the employees. The loss of human interaction might also lead to a more monotonous situation, which is the opposite of the variety enjoyed by the Schoon employees during their work. The future robot should also be user friendly, allowing everyone in the department to operate the robot. Furthermore, the robot must be able to communicate its status, intentions and possible help requests and offers to its Schoon colleagues. Overall, the introduction of a cleaning robot can improve the cleanliness of the city of Amsterdam when the design incorporates the themes important for the job satisfaction of the Schoon employees, aims at an efficient human-robot collaboration through clear communication and combines the right type of autonomy with the challenging Amsterdam environment.","amsterdam; public space; waste; human robot interaction","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Metropolitan Analysis, Design and Engineering (MADE)","",""
"uuid:c0b6b21b-0956-47b1-8f96-be83a3ab1bf0","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:c0b6b21b-0956-47b1-8f96-be83a3ab1bf0","Reclaiming scarce public space: Developing a framework for the bottom-up integration of micro mobility hubs in dense urban neighbourhoods with limited free space","Rijff, Ydze (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment; TU Delft Urbanism; TU Delft Transport and Planning)","Harteveld, M.G.A.D. (mentor); de Clercq, G.K. (graduation committee); Bearden, M.G. (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution); Wageningen University & Research (degree granting institution)","2022","Ever since the reconstruction after World War II, it has become impossible to imagine our streets without the automobile. A car-centred public space has become the status quo, while this appears to have far-reaching consequences for both climate and society. Herefore, the transition toward more people-centric cities is brought into full swing. Stimulating and aggregating the use of shared mobility with mobility hubs is one of the multiple strategic interventions for this purpose. Regarding the latter, significant knowledge has yet been produced and applied, however, little is known about inclusive design in existing neighbourhoods with limited free space. Moreover, existing approaches generally fail to integrate the end-user's needs from the starting phase of the designing process. This thesis develops an approach for this context by putting through a bottom-up design process for a specific testbed in Amsterdam. This case study consists of a literature review bundling existing guidelines for mobilty hubs, the integration of co-creation to tailor the design principles, a subsequent designing phase, and finally testing the designs among a sample from the population. The results showed that there were either additional conditions (e.g. vandalism prevention and late adopter guidance) or that conditions deviated from what was suggested beforehand (e.g. location choice and network density). The subsequent designs generated wide public acceptance, thus proving the method to be successful for this particular case, also emphasising the added value of such a bottom-up approach. Thus, this thesis recommends a similar tailor-made approach in future situations with a more critical note against suggested assumptions from theory. When put in broader context, having executed the process even exposed a possible flaw in the still ubiquitous approach of urban planning in existing neighbourhoods, often struggling to generate sufficient support from society. Hence, this thesis insists that a tailor-made planning approach could be applied more broadly, even for stimulating the wider sustainability transition.","Climate Change; Mobility Transition; Public Space; Neighbourhood hubs; Co-creation; Urban Planning; Urban Design; Mobility Hubs","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Metropolitan Analysis, Design and Engineering (MADE)","",""
"uuid:9affba01-1da2-4b20-b851-755860d0619b","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:9affba01-1da2-4b20-b851-755860d0619b","Who Owns the City?: A Response to Privatised Public Space","Nods, Pien (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","van Lierop, J.P.M. (mentor); Alkan, A.S. (mentor); Eckardt, H.F. (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2022","The following research discusses the changing nature of public space and how ownership has become an inevitable part of it. The aim of this research has been to discuss the complexity of the grey area between privately owned public space and public space, as well as the emerging issues related to POPS within the City of London. In which my design proposal acts as an investigation to how architecture could create a more balanced relationship between public and private interests as a response to the current privatisation of public spaces. It tries to find opportunities and possibilities by making use of this identified grey area and memory of site, space, elements and materials. Therefore, the research and design research has focussed on the architectural translation of this grey area as a means to understand how the architect could have influence: analysing usage, elements and materials of 15 existing POPS. It brings forward the notion of affordances and appropriation of space in order to create places which invite and allow different uses or behaviour and might trigger a more diverse and broader public. This allows POPS to be less determined and more open for own interpretation, as it promotes a more free use of public space. The users or actors play a vital role in this, since they are the ones who change the space into the desired program. Which in the end creates a sense of ownership.
In London - and many other metropolitan cities -, we have seen the large shifts public space has gone through over the years, as well as the effects on architecture and the people who inhabit the city. These changes have been the result of social, political and economic influences specific to their time. The last decades London has become a city where public good is being sold off to the highest bid. Private investors have become owners of large parts of the city and along with that, the number of ‘genuine’ public space decreases. My research tries to obtain a better understanding of why these changes occur and if these changes are still relevant in current times. As well as it aims to take a critical stand within this discussion, since it has become clear the believed positive effects of selling public good to private investors has caused large scale gentrification and created places of exclusion. By identifying the grey area within privately owned public spaces in London, my project seeks for an architecture in which the potential of the grey area is fully utilised and can result in a more representational space grounded in time and place. The design proposal tries to show ways in which architecture might mediate. By understanding the change in nature of public space throughout history and the reasons behind these changes politically, economically and socially: architecture can attempt to contribute in creating places where public, as well as private interests can benefit both. Possibly, create spaces where the imbalance between private and public will be less visible and tangible.
In the upcoming years, around 700.000 square meters of police real estate will be divested and 30% of the real estate of the police is in need for redevelopment. Atelier Politiebouwmeester provided us with the assignment to look into the possibilities of several of their buildings for in the future.
One of this buildings is the Koudenhorn in Haarlem, a large building covering an entire urban block in the inner city of Haarlem. The disconnection of this building with the surrounding public space caught the attention and raised questions on how this building would function if it would have a public use.
This combined led to the following research- and design question: How could the Koudenhorn building in Haarlem be transformed into elderly housing that includes public accessible functions to stimulate social interaction both amongst the inhabitants of the building and with the neighborhood?
A research into the topic of public interiors, public space and porosity resulted in eight architectural focus points that influence the public character of interior or enclosed spaces. Analyzing the focus points in a case study research resulted in strategies for each focus point that can be tested and implemented during the design process.
Within the re-design of the Koudenhorn, the courtyard of the building is added to the pedestrian network of the city. Collective spaces such as a dining hall, music studio and library and public accessible functions such as a sport facility and makerspace are added to the various typologies of elderly housing to create a attractive living environment for elderly within a building that contributes to its surroundings.
The changes the 21st-century cities are facing need urgent response. They have to densify in order to accommodate the growing urban population, the new developments bring an additional layer of the threat of the homogenisation and detachment of the new inhabitants from the public realm, as well as gentrification and connected with that relocation of locally established communities. The research analyses the inherent qualities and the essence of marketplaces and searches for similar characteristics in other places in the city, and theoretical works to propose an overview of possibilities to create public spaces that are responsive and inclusive towards their current and new inhabitants.
Firstly, the paper analyses the past and present state of retail in London with a concentration on retail markets, learning how they operate, what traits they represent, and what role they play in the city. Further investigation looks at the importance of those places for local communities and the ways it is manifested, as well as examples of both successful and failed regenerations of the public realm concerned with community values. Understanding them showcases the ways of possibility to go against the current of changes
proposed by the new developments. Lastly, theoretical references showcase how did the designers previously approach the topics and unique, combined characteristics of the marketplaces that came to light during the previous analyses. This comprehensive analysis creates an overview of the possibilities in the designer’s vocabulary to respond to the fast-paced changes in the urban environment.
The research serves as a base for a design project for a neighbourhood public space in the borough of Tower Hamlets. The proposal highlights the values of the existing community and looks into ways to combine them with the new developments in the neighbourhood. The design combines the reuse of existing buildings in a post-industrial context as well as proposing a new development for the neighbourhood.","London; marketplace; public space; integration; creative industry; reuse; post industrial landscape; adaptability","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Architectural Design Crossovers","","51.5446, 0.0257"
"uuid:d6abd83f-d6bf-4152-911c-3af6aa33ae0c","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:d6abd83f-d6bf-4152-911c-3af6aa33ae0c","Mar Elias Crop Market: Integrating a food logistics center and crop market in the high density urban fabric in Beirut","van Gelder, Tycho (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment; TU Delft Architecture)","Smidihen, H. (mentor); Blom, C.E.M. (graduation committee); van der Meel, H.L. (graduation committee); van Ees, Krik (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2022","Situated in the suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, the Mar Elias Crop Market acts as protagonist project of the market district in the Beirut Mosaic urban masterplan. This masterplan is part of the Complex Projects Beirut graduation studio, focused on dealing with catastrophe in the built environment. The Mar Elias Crop Market is a mix of a logistic food center and public market, situated in the suburbs near Ramlet Al Baida beach, acting as a distribution node in a network and strengthening the food chain from land to city. The Mar Elias Crop Market aims to revive Beirut's food culture, offers public space to the city, and aims to improve post-harvest handling by improving the distribution network in the Beirut Mosaic.","Beirut; Production; Market hall; Complex Projects; Public space design","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Complex Projects","","33.874757,35.488741"
"uuid:c3ac7e60-bd2f-42a8-b9f1-c468b9bbc7c3","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:c3ac7e60-bd2f-42a8-b9f1-c468b9bbc7c3","Designing for Co-Existential Spaces: The Case of Afrikaanderwijk","Ntafou, Faidra (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Harteveld, M.G.A.D. (mentor); Ubareviciene, Ruta (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2022","In the last decades, due to a number of reasons, cities have become more diverse than ever. This diversity, although an “inherent characteristic” is not always perceived as positive, especially in the so-called deprived areas, which mainly consist of multicultural, low-income social groups, having serious implications not only on how people live together in space, but also on the actions taken to “minimize” the differences.
Research increasingly shows that low neighbourhood status, poverty, stigmatization of lower income areas with high concentration of ethnic minority households, and racial discrimination have a great impact on how inhabitants of an area perceive and interact with one another.
And Rotterdam South is a prominent example of this situation. Afrikaanderwijk is one of those hyper-diverse and socio-spatially segregated neighbourhoods, where spatial interventions in the public space are necessary, in order for co-existence to be ensured.
Investigating the city from the perspective of hyper-diversity and acknowledging it as a given, the current project aimed at contributing to redefining the public space, in Afrikaanderwijk, where conflicting interests between local authorities, people of power and local inhabitants regularly occur, in order to ensure social cohesion and create a common identity for all.
In this process, a number of methods were used to conclude to the spatial interventions in the public space, with the use of design principles proving to be one of the most important in bridging research and design and creating the basis for the design interventions that focus on local-based alternatives to the demolition and renovation plans of the municipality.
Thus, this thesis, through spatial interventions, and taking into account the needs and identities of different social groups, aimed at enabling the participation of people from different socio-economic statuses, lifestyles, attitudes and activities to interact and communicate, consequently steering the city towards fairer opportunity distribution and a more harmonious and co- existential urban environment.
The analysis will focus on the observations and recordings of human activities (movement/flow, behavior, and occupation) that are taking place in these public squares. Open observation will help to understand how the structured outdoor public sphere is being used and whether it controls its user. The question of ownership, a fundamental issue in regard to public spaces, directly affects and influences how the public space is used. Hence, I aim to understand who owns these public squares and how this influences their design and structure. Are private interests and goals favored over the interests of the public? If that’s the case and local actors are not consulted prior to and during development, this may result in the construction of public spaces that only serve upper- and middle-class individuals and add to socioeconomic and ethnic exclusion and segregation.
To this purpose, I will analyze case-studies chronologicaly in relation to the changing context (pre- and mid- pandemic conditions) and will aim to identify all relevant changes occurring on these squares. I will focus on public activities in the years 2011 and 2022. For the observation of 2011, as a comparative period, I will rely on Dr. Fani Kostourou’s research that analyzes human activities in the center of Athens at that time under non pandemic conditions. This work will serve as a basis for my analysis which focuses on the pandemic conditions of the year 2022.
Between 2011 and 2020 numerous events took place which resulted in profound changes in the public space. Furthermore, the pandemic drastically affected the public sphere and the overall human activity in it. The essay is going to identify how user’s’ behavior changed in relation to the squares’ new layout and analyze the impact that an unprecedented pandemic environment has had on the public sphere of the city.
This research traces from a historical perspective how women denounced violence and fought for their safety in the Latin American cities in the 1970s and 1980s. It recognizes how women discussed, condemned, and opposed patriarchal violence, looking at the feminist press articles and illustrations, photographs and audio-visual materials from the strikes and gatherings, interviews with the protagonists of the demonstrations, as well as previous research on the history of Latin American feminist movements and their fight for the right to the city. The study tackles the question of the role of the urban context in those struggles. Which were the threads of hyper-urbanisation and how did they affect women? What role has the appropriation of public space played for the feminist movements in creating new forms of protest, gaining exposure, and establishing social significance? My claim is that the new reality of rapidly transforming cities had a significant and complex influence on the struggles to end violence against women. On one hand, the patriarchal modes of hyper-urbanisation exacerbated the problem, while on the other, cities created the opportunity to act on a larger scale, in an organised way and made women’s struggles to end violence visible to the public.
Latin American feminist movements of the 1970s and 1980s shifted global understanding of violence against women and girls. They mobilized a strong and diverse network that was pioneering in the large-scale, international mobilization in the fight for human rights. Through multi-form activism against patriarchal violence, they not only inspired changes locally but also influenced women in other parts of the world.
Understanding how historical structures along with modernist urban policies are part of the dilemma led to answering questions related to social inclusiveness and the reproduction of public spaces. Stimulated by social, cultural, and urban issues, this research focused on redefining and rehabilitating transformative areas in the Casco Viejo (historic centre) to become inclusive public spaces. The intention was to develop a project that works with the in-between space – the formal and the informal – and operates as a catalyst for change through design interventions, while also becoming a guideline (toolbox) for possible future urban transformations.","public space; Latin American; Bolivia; social-spatial; renovation; repair; regeneration; urban fabric; urban strategy","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Explorelab","","-17.789265, -63.181463"
"uuid:af4f82b1-ef27-45d3-83f5-f62b978f10e7","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:af4f82b1-ef27-45d3-83f5-f62b978f10e7","We need to talk about the mall: Interventions in the public space","Oude Vrielink, Pelle (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","van de Pas, R.R.J. (mentor); Harteveld, M.G.A.D. (mentor); van der Meel, H.L. (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2022","This book explores how to reinvent, reposition, and refunction the public space in and around the suburban mall of Schiedam Hof van Spaland. It contains of two parts: first it explores the problems related to the mall, and how these problems influence the community. Second, the project explores through different design scales how these problems can be solved, and how social cohesion can be enhanced by design. The suburban Modernist mall is a widespread concept in the Netherlands that in its current form embodies problems with car-mobility, inside orientation, and monofunctional programming. Due to a dominant focus on consumers mentality, it dominantly focusses on serving the consumer in buying goods. This mentality directly undermines the indoor and outdoor public space and therefore indirectly weakens the strength of the community, as public space is vital for strong communal bonds.
In the second part the project aims to move beyond the single focus on consumers mentality and by design, transforms the challenges into opportunities for Hof van Spaland. Firstly, the design is encouraging biking and pedestrian movement, and with the dismantling of dominant car-mobility, it leaves space for other activities, as biking and people on foot need less space and place. Secondly, the inside orientation that generates backsides is transformed into a dual-side orientation with housing that activate the unsafe expedition streets. Thirdly, the monofunctional programming of shopping is extended with a cultural centre, a canteen, coffee corner, and other communal facilities, including plaza’s, pocket parks and a place for a weekly market. A crucial section in the design preposition, where many interventions collide, is worked out in further detail. It uses local materials and resources to serve the local people. It shows how public facilities can generate extra value, and how several interventions like this can help generating a bright new future for the suburban mall: A future where the mall becomes a buzzing meeting spot for all living in the neighbourhood.
This is done by making use of the ViP (Vision in Product Design) approach, where the present context is analysed and researched in order to distill trends and developments concerning the future of this context. This context consists of not just the different micro mobility services, but also other stakeholders such as citizens (both the micro mobility users and ‘non-users’), local governments, and of course public space. Eventually, a future world is envisioned for the year 2030. As this project also falls under the Critical Speculative Design-umbrella, this future world can be seen as a form of social critique on the current state of micro mobility, as well as the direction it is heading towards. Based on this critique, a new version of this future is composed that describes what is desirable.
The final design represents the shift from the ‘undesirable’ world to the ‘desirable’ world. It aims to first and foremost communicate a certain moral standpoint to the client Springtime Design, and should not be seen as a problem-solving proposal. This speculative design should rather be seen as a prop to facilitate discussion on the topic of micro mobility in public space, and what is important in its future.
Amby, as the final design is called, is an ownerless ambiguous vehicle that drives around autonomously in the city. As its features are ambiguous in their nature, it does not force people into a predefined system that determines their use behaviour. People can interpret Amby’s features, and assign meaning to the vehicle on their own. This enables them to control their own mobility in public space, as they can use Amby for anything they like. In its core, Amby represents a future of micro mobility that is more human-centered and democratic in the way it organises and designs itself. After all, public space is meant to be shared by everyone. It should not be compromised by corporates and local governments that exploit and capitalise on public space, as a consequence of striving for maximum profit and convenience.","Micro-mobility; Speculative Design; ViP approach; public space; Design for Ambiguity","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Design for Interaction","",""
"uuid:83b7c72d-a33f-4dfe-8841-2e1f7cbcdacf","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:83b7c72d-a33f-4dfe-8841-2e1f7cbcdacf","Public Involvement and Continuous Change: Architectural Framework for Change: Cultural Community Center Grasbrook","Thormann, Leon (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Coumans, G. (mentor); van de Voort, J.A. (graduation committee); Pimlott, Mark (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2022","","Cultural center; public space; Change; Mixed Use; involvement; Open Building","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Explorelab","","53.530602, 10.016255"
"uuid:3f6552be-3a35-4ba7-8d69-83b887f1ceba","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:3f6552be-3a35-4ba7-8d69-83b887f1ceba","A methodology for a user experience-based design of the public spaces: V&D Haarlem as a case study","Mein, Rachel (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Zijlstra, H. (mentor); Koopman, F.W.A. (mentor); Dos Santos Gonçalves, J.M. (mentor); van Ham, M. (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2022","Urban public spaces are one of the priorities on Sustainable Development Goals established by the United Nations (2015), in the target 11.7, on universal access to safe, inclusive, and accessible green and public spaces. Urban public spaces provide opportunities for people to meet and interact with the community, contribute to the connection between human and nature and have multiple benefits to human and environmental health. With a rising global population and the largest human migration in history, more than half of the world's population currently lives in urban areas. According to the Recommendation on the Historic Urban Landscape, this rapid and uncontrolled urbanization can often lead to the loss of public space. Contributing to the loss of public spaces, the digital and technical developments result in increasing mobility and remote patterns of work and consumption. These changes in user behaviour threaten historic urban areaswith loss of population, vacancy, and eminent building degradation that may result in loss of cultural identity. To adapt historic cities towards a sustainable future, it is necessary to focus on the total experience of its users, including the routing and accessible and attractive public spaces. This research aims at developing a methodology for designing user experience-based public spaces as a process to reactivate vacant heritage. It focuses on the case study of the vacant department store V&D Haarlem, built in 1934, and listed as national heritage in the Netherlands. The methodology includes historical analysis, urban analysis, and field observations of the 12 quality criteria for public urban spaces defined by Jan Gehl. The results provide guidelines for integrating user experience in the redesign of public spaces, preparing cities for a sustainable future while conserving its valuable heritage.","public space; Jan Gehl; user experience; Vroom & Dreesmann; Haarlem; department stores; Heritage","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Heritage & Architecture","","52.37946, 4.63329"
"uuid:110be8ab-49c2-48f9-bfba-62affc4b003f","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:110be8ab-49c2-48f9-bfba-62affc4b003f","Hotel de Victor (de Groenmarkt)","Maiwald, Jasper (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Pimlott, Mark (mentor); Rosbottom, D.J. (graduation committee); Parravicini, M. (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2022","The design tries to reconnect a forgotten part of the city through the design of city block with a focus on public space within the block itself. Simple and clear elements help the visitor to identify these public spaces. By offering both clearly defined and ambiguous spaces there is room for interpretation and freedom of use. Tourists and locals alike benefit from the public interiors that offer a multitude of functions. The architecture of the city block is a modern interpretation of the existing architecture on site, it tries to harmonize the incoherence of the site by using strict facades and elegant entrances. By weaving a new city block into the existing fabric of the city a new connection is made to this forgotten part of the city centre.","Amsterdam; hotel; public space; Interiors Buildings Cities","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Interiors Buildings Cities","",""
"uuid:6800c603-d0eb-4cd6-83eb-7ecdc2800517","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:6800c603-d0eb-4cd6-83eb-7ecdc2800517","The Kuip Centre for Bio-Based Research and Recreation: Leading The Dutch Transition Towards The Bio-Economy","Oshinusi, Fola-Sade Victoria (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","van Bennekom, H.A. (mentor); Mateljan, M. (mentor); van der Meel, H.L. (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2022","The ways in which we harness biomass for biofuels are inextricably linked to water management, food security, waste management, and societal well-being. Whilst the increased use of biomass for biofuel within the Netherlands is considered a positive move, external factors known as indirect land-use change make current practices more unsustainable than consumers think. ‘The Migration of Energy’ therefore looks at the Dutch transition towards a bio-based economy. Such an economy recognises the true cost of natural capital and values nature’s capacity to produce balanced and sustained energy, food, and water. Within primary industry, the concept of balance is used to convert typically wasted resources into value-added, bio-based products.
This project proposes a three-step transition towards a new energy commitment. Firstly, a move away from conventional biofuels such as corn and wood pellets towards more energy-dense, less environmentally impactful biomass derived from microalgae as an advanced biofuel. Secondly, the facilitation of opportunities for public engagement, giving them agency to become more active stakeholders within the transition. Thirdly, the establishment of an emblem showcasing Rotterdam’s values and commitment towards a more sustainable renewable energy transition.
The Feyenoord City Football Stadium in Rotterdam, also known as the Kuip, is not just a municipal monument. It is also a landmark of cultural value, collective identity and national pride situated within the district of Feyenoord in Rotterdam South. The Kuip could potentially be succeeded by a new stadium, enabling a significant opportunity to create an ‘emblem’ for Rotterdam’s bio-economy transition.
This new 'Centre for Bio-Based Research and Recreation' is proposed as a 'productive landscape’. This will bring conventionally private primary industry to the forefront of public consciousness by integrating public recreational sports and leisure activities within visible energy and water management processes. Thus, creating opportunities for interaction and transparency between key stakeholders. This research and design proposal, therefore, aims to identify the programmatic capacity for an emblem to act as an educational and interactive tool for the public. Exploring architecture as a device to captivate Rotterdam and the Netherlands into a sustainable, bio-based future. Therefore, ensuring an increased societal valuation of natural capital that better reflects its true cost.","Bio-Economy; The Kuip; Football Stadium; Sustainable Energy; Circular economy (CE); Energy transition; Public Space; Productive Landscape; Recreation; Water management; Resilient design; Complex Projects; Rotterdam; Feijenoord","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Complex Projects","","51.894585, 4.522737"
"uuid:fef65d16-b527-4bef-9391-6b8a6dc68135","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:fef65d16-b527-4bef-9391-6b8a6dc68135","Rotterdam as Urban Tidescape: Transforming Westblaak-Blaak, Rotterdam into a resilient and dynamic public space for people and animals alike, whilst contributing to the mobility transition and restoring biodiversity; all through the unique tidal characteristics of the Nieuwe Maas","Brands, Ivo (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment; TU Delft Landscape Architecture)","van Loon, F.D. (mentor); van den Burg, L.P.J. (mentor); Kuijper, J.A. (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2022","The increasing popularity of the city of Rotterdam has resulted in a number of spatial and ecological challenges. Public space is already scarce north of the Nieuwe Maas, with demand increasing due to densification, and the large amount of paved surface results in heat stress. Despite harbour functions having shifted from the city centre towards the North Sea, quays within the centre remain paved; creating a hard boundary between people and river. Additionally, main city boulevards are intersected by the traffic barrier of Westblaak-Blaak, which contains eight lanes of car traffic and subsequently results in dangerous and unattractive intersections (e.g. Eendrachtsplein). Furthermore, natural habitat loss has resulted in a biodiversity crisis affecting the entire ecosystem.
This research project, Rotterdam as Urban Tidescape, explores the potential of exploiting the unique tidal characteristics of the Nieuwe Maas within an urban design for Westblaak-Blaak, Rotterdam, with the goal of transforming it into a resilient and dynamic public space for people and animals alike, whilst contributing to the mobility transition and restoring biodiversity.
Through the design process, researching an integral solution to the aforementioned challenges, it was found that incorporating tidal nature within the urban area would benefit people in a variety of ways (e.g. providing healthier public space, creating unique experiences, and reducing heat stress). Natural gradients as a result of tidal cycles provide an array of animals with more and unique (tidal) habitats, which contributes to countering the biodiversity crisis. By adding to the mobility transition of Rotterdam through a significant reduction of (the surface for) car traffic, the resulting freed up space can be transformed into a healthier urban environment - from rooftop to underwater.
With the unique tidal habitats, the migration of animals, and the increasing salinity of the river water over time, Westblaak-Blaak has the potential to become a resilient and dynamic hotspot which evolves along the day, throughout the seasons, and over the years. Key findings have been collected into an Urban Tidescape Toolkit for reference within similar urban landscape design assignments, and an overview of essentially endangered red-listed and icon species along with their respective habitats has been enclosed.","Urban Ecology; Eco-Cities; Rotterdam; Tidescapes; Tidal Parks; Public Space; Mobility Transition; Biodiversity","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Landscape Architecture","","51.9181999,4.4830978"
"uuid:ae19341c-7a5e-472c-8e4f-8b1d0d2cdf7b","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:ae19341c-7a5e-472c-8e4f-8b1d0d2cdf7b","Growing Society: The application of agroecology in public space design to tackle environmental and social issues","Tulp, Dorien (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment; TU Delft Landscape Architecture)","van Loon, F.D. (mentor); Romein, A. (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2021","In this thesis report, research and landscape architecture design are integrated to formulate guiding principles to combat environmental and social issues in urban areas through the case-study of Lombardijen, a neighbourhood in the south of Rotterdam.
In the recently published Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’ climate report, the overall expectancies of climate change is expected to increase worldwide, with temperature rise as main pillar to cause intensifying weather conditions, sea level rise, draught, ocean acidification and flooding. These negative consequences of climate change are found to have an often amplifying effect on already existing inequalities based on asymmetries in power, showing great inequality in the levels of preparedness and ability to deal with climate change effects.
In the city of Rotterdam problems with flooding, draught and biodiversity loss, as well as problems with social inequality, a lack of social cohesion and a high demand for new houses put pressure on existing spatial structures. The neighbourhood of Lombardijen, in particular, is one of the cities post-war extensions based on garden-city principles. A once loved neighbourhood is now suffering from poor housing quality, lack of social integration due to fast changing demographics, large underused green spaces due to a lack of programming, poor ecological value due to monotonous vegetation and problems with water management. With the added demand for densification and the development of new houses, a new strategy needs to be made to bring the neighbourhood towards a holistic future.
Through the application of agroecology principles, possibilities are created for the improvement of environmental and social issues. Agroecology is an approach for the design and management of food and its production, as defined by Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations. It integrates ecological and social concepts, and seeks an optimization between plants, animals, humans and the environment through the diversification of landscapes, efficiency in the use of re-sources and the formation of strong community links that ensure possibilities for collaboration.
By introducing the model of an agroecological farm, the neighbourhood of Lombardijen gets the opportunity to receive direct valuation of its public space and communal infrastructure. Farmers hired by the municipality take on the responsibility to care for the public spaces in collaboration with the inhabitants of the neighbourhood. The integration of food production benefits self-sufficiency, social cohesion and mobility for humans, as well as biodiversity through the ecological principles of agroecology. Also water management (through habitat creation), alternative food production and spatial quality are improved due to programming, activity and feelings of ownership. The design of the neighbourhood and the overall strategy is based on the hierarchical structure of the original design of Lombardijen garden city. The application of agroecology and the elaboration of the aforementioned model shows the possibilities for the improvement of social and environmental issues through public spaces design.
''stitching up'' the communities with a series of outside shared spaces. Project derives from the research based on two observations made in the city of Nijmegen - high commercialization by big investment funds and the lack of outside shared spaces in the area. As a result of these two phenomena the ground control, as described by Anna Minton, is lost for the residents. Consequently, more and more people are moving out of the city centre which results in the urban sprawl. Design proposal is presenting an idea for reversing this trend by offering the residents qualities of living close to shared green areas in the city centre. Co-housing is used as a micro-political tool, which activates people, helping to create a network of active citizens responsible for their surroundings. In the wider context, the outcome is a more inclusive and democratic society.","Co-housing; Ownership; Public Space; Nijmegen; Bricolage; Shared; Reuse; Shopping mall; Appropriation; Negotiations; Politics; Urban Sprawl; Urban Architecture","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences","","51.84404930246059, 5.864268756656124"
"uuid:16e36c2c-9105-4094-92f8-5fa234d6213f","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:16e36c2c-9105-4094-92f8-5fa234d6213f","Synergising Architecture: Integrating Food System Processes with Urban Functions Towards Liveable and Sustainable Agri-Food Business Parks in Westland","Sobieraj, Daniel Sobieraj (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment; TU Delft Architecture)","Cavallo, R. (mentor); Parravicini, M. (mentor); Wandl, Alex (mentor); Chen, Y. (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2021","Food has played an important role in shaping our metropolitan regions, such as Westland in South Holland, The Netherlands. The industrialisation and globalisation of agriculture in Westland has prioritised economy and efficiency, creating issues of liveability and sustainability. The market-driven expansion of the agri-food industry has contributed to spatial competition in Westland and has created many spatial consequences, one of the most serious being the fact that according to surveys, areas around agri-food business parks have the lowest liveability scores in the region. These food-related issues are multi-faceted spatial matters that architects can address. The aim of this research is to better understand how the synergistic integration of food system processes with urban functions through architecture can create a more liveable and sustainable development of agri-food business parks in Westland.
First, key strategies towards integrating food systems with urban areas are identified through a theoretical exploration of case-study projects of past architects and planners. Following this exploration, the matters that architects can have an impact on in the food system are determined. Next, a spatial analysis of the selected agri-food business park is carried out to determine spatial factors that are contributing to low-liveability in the area. Missing spatial qualities that can restore liveability are then identified. Based on the result of the theoretical exploration and spatial analysis, a design framework is devised and synthesised in a set of spatial design tools that can be used to create an architectural intervention that can act as a catalyst and disrupt the problematic urban development around agri-food business parks in Westland. The spatial design tools are then interpreted in a design of a master plan and architectural proposal that reimagines a more liveable and sustainable future of Westland’s Honderdland agri-food business park in the town of Maasdijk.","Liveability; Agri-food; Synergy; Circularity; Sustainabilty; Business Park; Hybrid; Food; Research; Laboratory; Intergenerational; Housing; Immigration; Ecology; Food System; Urban design; Connectivity; Phasing; Temporary Use; Clusterisation; Network; Self-sufficiency; Mixed Use; District; Neighbourhood; Industrial; Westland; Symbiosis; Metabolism; Placemaking; Green-Blue; Node; Hub; Adaptability; Modularity; Green Space; Public Space; Honderdland; Maasdijk","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences","City of the Future","51.968339, 4.213622"
"uuid:d692c2f7-8484-46f4-9b1b-0153c15deb9e","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:d692c2f7-8484-46f4-9b1b-0153c15deb9e","Unexpected Ordinary Life - The politics of “Otium”","Poletto, Vittoria (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Schreurs, E.P.N. (mentor); van Deudekom, A.B.J. (graduation committee); Reinders, L.G.A.J. (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2021","Walk, walk, walk, walk, walk, walk, buy, buy, buy, buy, buy, buy, buy, buy, buy, buy, walk, bike, bike, walk, walk, walk, walk, walk, walk...We are still living in a society based on politics of consumption, where everything seems homogenised, commodified and predictable. The desire to consume is often portrayed as a natural human characteristic that cannot be changed. Nowadays, however we can a shift in what people value in cities. How to react to this current crisis of leisure? The mall. How can the Molenpoort become a place for leisure? How can the Molenpoort, a Non-place, transform into a Place? City centres should question their overwhelming layout of shopping windows bordering the streets and should revalue their city centre as a wonderful meandering of existing historic grid, where the flaneur and the blasé can finally identify themselves again.","Leisure; Assemblage; Bricolage; Re-Use; Consumerism; Public Space; Mall","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","","","51.844149"
"uuid:7505d9e1-a043-4333-bfa8-f13c604123bf","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:7505d9e1-a043-4333-bfa8-f13c604123bf","NY Wonderland: A Reconstruction Project in Midtown, New York","Shan, Zhuyan Shan (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment; TU Delft History & Complexity)","Smidihen, H. (mentor); van Bennekom, H.A. (mentor); Koskamp, G. (mentor); Dabrowski, M.M. (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2021","New York has developed rapidly in only several centuries, becoming a super metropolis today. The city is growing more densified. Less land can be used for public used. However, more and more people flooding into this city call for space to contain more activities. How and where can public spaces be integrated in the future city, considering the highly densified urban environment such as New York? In future, will it be possible to design public space as an important block of city planning, instead of designing on existing city planning or building? Based on research of public space in New York, compared to traditional large opening parks, POPS, which are smaller, more flexible one will be the most important type of public space in future New York. There is an assumption that a totally new city will be built on existing city according to research of building morphology in New York in the future. But how to create POPS in such a city and how to use POPS to Implement such assumption? Can we design POPS on different layers in city and extend city ground to different layers or create new cities by these POPS? In a word, the task asks for a “plug-in typology” on existing buildings. The specific project site is an old building in Midtown called Farley Post Office. The building consists of two parts, the west part was built in 1934, while east part in 1914. The program of the project will be city hall, hotel, office and media centre.","POPS; public space design; Reconstruction architecture; Future city","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences","",""
"uuid:e474f7a1-b4ed-4593-aa48-e199c870095e","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:e474f7a1-b4ed-4593-aa48-e199c870095e","Revitalize V&D Haarlem into a new HUB: Transforming the historic department store into a mixed-use building with more public life","Bernabela, Rinus (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Meijers, W.L.E.C. (mentor); Koopman, F.W.A. (mentor); Zijlstra, H. (mentor); Calabrese, L.M. (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2021","This gradation project deals with the adaptive reuse of the vacant heritage V&D department store in Haarlem. Revitalizing the obsolete. Now that these buildings need a transformation, they also need to be more open to the public in order to remain as prominent as they once were. The project is about creating a new mixed-use hub in the city of Haarlem, a place for multiple purposes, where multiple functions come together and where everyone can feel comfortable in the different spatial atmospheres. Which results in a mixed program with cultural, commercial and residential functions combined that connects the building more with its environment and benefits the quality of life in the city. All in all, this project aims to find a solution for these vacant monumental buildings by providing new insights and improving the original building. An adaptive integral reuse project while preserving its historical values is sustainable and economically feasible.","Vacant Heritage; Adaptive reuse; Public space; Interaction; Plinth; Spatial experience; Mixed-use","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Heritage & Architecture","Vacant Department Stores","52.3793755166923, 4.633307377722568"
"uuid:6420c2cf-40f9-43d8-a693-80d5eeb138f1","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:6420c2cf-40f9-43d8-a693-80d5eeb138f1","Urban vitality - restoring public life in Amsterdam-Noord","van Eijk, Anke (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Herdt, T. (mentor); Qu, L. (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2021","Amsterdam is a city known for its vibrancy, tolerance and diversity. In the last few decades, the city has grown immensely and is expected to continue to grow in the coming years. Therefore, it looks across the IJ-river to redevelop its northern city part. The former harbour, industry and labour-class neighbourhoods need revitalisation after years of neglect. However, current development is predominantly focused on the waterfront and does little to integrate the low-density areas beyond. After years of neglect and isolation, the existing population fear the new developments that attract people with different lifestyles to Amsterdam-Noord. As the pressure to urbanise Amsterdam-Noord increases, it is required to consider how it can be adapted to manage the densification and urbanisation. The gap between new and old (development and people) is striking and needs to be bridged. This thesis explores how by increasing urban vitality, this gap can be bridged.
Urban vitality can be experienced in the public realm. It is precisely there where people can meet and mingle. Urban vitality is a quality of cities that stimulates liveliness and liveability. It requires diversity, concentration of people and accessible and inclusive public life and functions. How to achieve urban vitality is researched in literature and by using reference cases. This is then translated into a system of patterns, and these are applied at two strategic locations on 3 sites.
The three design explorations have different approaches for increasing urban vitality. Beemsterstraat I strives to fit in the existing urban fabric and activate the nodes to stimulate urban life. Beemsterstraat II uses additions to make a residential neighbourhood more active. Finally, the kampferfoelieweg is more drastic as it incorporates many new buildings to patch up and define left-over space and forms a dynamic link between many neighbourhoods. Although these three approaches vary on the implementation, the intention is similar: to provide meeting places and link communities through public life and awareness of others at strategic locations in a regional network. Operating stakeholder relations, continuous adaptation and maintenance of the built environment, engaging and empowering the local community is crucial to preserve urban vitality.","Urban Vitality; public space; liveliness; Amsterdam-Noord","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences","","52.395556, 4.950389"
"uuid:f6007cc3-0743-4e2d-90ab-1475fc440946","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:f6007cc3-0743-4e2d-90ab-1475fc440946","Polarized Vienna: Democracy and Public Space in the Urban Periphery","Bohun, Simon (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Rocco, Roberto (mentor); Hausleitner, B. (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2021","The urban periphery of Vienna is becoming increasingly dense and its population increasingly diverse. These rapid changes contribute to new conflicts and political polarization. Inclusive spaces can help democratic and diverse societies to deal with these challenge. However, no comprehensive model of centrality has emerged in the periphery until today. Therefore, this project investigates today’s structure of public space and centrality in the district Donaustadt in the context of theories on social cohesion and democracy. Moreover, it takes a look at policies and planning processes to understand how space is currently being developed. Based on the results, potential strategies and interventions for the consolidation of public life are explored. The focus for these proposals lies on the axis Kagran-Stadlau as this area is under-represented in research as well as planning documents. Through this approach, the project aims at contributing to the challenge of adapting the outskirts of European cities to the changing requirements of their societies, a topic with relevance for many other locations outside Vienna.","Urban periphery; Donaustadt; Vienna; Democracy and public space; Centrality","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","","","48.2394632, 16.4491805"
"uuid:3834f9a5-612f-4146-b6ac-ed1039e669f8","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:3834f9a5-612f-4146-b6ac-ed1039e669f8","HangARTs museum: a Museosystem: Where artist, curator, and audience come together","Cao, Helen (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Kuitenbrouwer, P.A.M. (mentor); Holst, J.P.G. (mentor); Lee, S. (mentor); Spaans, Marjolein (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2021","HangARTs museum, situated in Rotterdam Zuid at the quay of Maashaven, is the new art museum of Rotterdam. Here, the visitors are audience without needing to enter the building. The public space that the museum provides has public art for passers-by to admire. Even if your original purpose of being was not visiting the museum, you get to experience art in the absent mind.
The thesis explores the issue of art not being present in the daily life of the neighbourhood. The proposal resulting from the research aims to attract even the people that are indifferent to the art world, providing small thresholds for the audience to pass to see what the art world can offer. Starting as just a place for leisure, the design then brings the audience to public art and eventually to the exhibitions provided. Ultimately, hangARTs museum is the museum that will lay the base for people to start enjoying art.","Museosystem; hangARTs; artists; curator; audience; museum architecture; public space","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Public Building","ART + City Re-wired","51.896537, 4.489336"
"uuid:011ede08-e71f-4656-bc9e-a3ee3d31594f","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:011ede08-e71f-4656-bc9e-a3ee3d31594f","Sonic relations as a design tool","Wróbel, Aleksandra (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Schreurs, E.P.N. (mentor); van Deudekom, A.B.J. (mentor); Reinders, L.G.A.J. (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2021","Recent times are characterised by the domination of vision; as a result, the relation with the environment is very often superficial and based on a distance - very little attention is paid to acoustic relations which equally to visual means shape our experience of space. If sounds are understood as a set of acoustic relations resulting from specific urban plan, topography, materiality and human activities, then each fragment of a city is characterised by different acoustic conditions. Therefore, there is a need to use this potential as a tool to understand the meaning which sonic relations give to space and use them as a tool for urban and architectural design. The acoustic studies took place in the city centre of Nijmegen. The design project consists of two phases: research on urban scale aimed to understand sonic relations in the city applying varied methodology: interviews with blind and visually impaired, developing sound notational language, conducting sound studies and identifying acoustic typologies found in space. The second approach presents an application of that knowledge into an architectural design on the example of the urban block with Molenpoort shopping mall to test if the acoustic design can save the space from being demolished.
Yet, due to the social and economic degradation in the last decade of the twentieth century of the former Yugoslavia, the public space of the Bezistan Passage has slowly lost the elements of its original features, such as its pleasantness and spatial hierarchy. This has mainly caused by the transformation of surrounding curriculum and the rapid economic growth, leading to the re-planning and renovation process of the public spaces being overlooked and neglected by the government. Therefore, the main purpose of this thesis is to research and discover a new potential for the Bezistan Passage and methods to revive and regenerate existing public spaces.
Through the process of research, trial and error, the project has landed on a conventional library program as the means to revitalize the Bezistan Passage. The new proposal aims to use the interim period of the Bezistan Passage as an opportunity to introduce a new public library facilities. Further allowing its programs to flow into the passage to continue hosting the current activities and maintain the existing value on site. Furthermore, by treasuring and appreciating the existing architecture and history of the site, the project intends to adopt existing architectural qualities and invite people to wonder, explore in realizing details to learn about past and the previous life of Bezistan.
Under rapid urbanization, the land use in the Taoyuan area is divided into urban and peri-urban areas. The test area includes the emerging urban area and the surrounding peri-urban areas. The applied design principles are robust, reflective, and flexible. The first principle focuses on integrating a robust pond system as a mediator between drought, too little, and flood, too much water. Reflective aims to ponds in the emerging urban area and the peri-urban area as models and transform traditional characteristics of the pond into four guiding design strategies: topography, hydrology, vegetation, and recreation. The ponds can transform into a pleasant public space through these strategies. Lastly, from a large scale, integrated pond water systems to individual ponds can be flexible to the changing circumstances. Sometimes, the ponds can be full of water, dry, and be a wonderland for people.
By reviving the pond system in the urban network, the project's tangible quality is making the city more resilient. On the other hand, the intangible quality gives withering traditional water systems an important role and re-overlap with people's living spaces.","Landscape architecture; Research for design; Strategy; regional landscape; rural area; urban area; public space; scale continuum; water systems; green structures; ecosystems (flora and fauna); climate adaptation; resilience; ponds; Taoyuan Tableland","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences","",""
"uuid:6551bb62-7d69-4cf7-8128-b03d62d7302b","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:6551bb62-7d69-4cf7-8128-b03d62d7302b","De Oude V&D: Mixed use and high density","Witkamp, Alexander (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Meijers, W.L.E.C. (mentor); Koopman, F.W.A. (mentor); Zijlstra, H. (mentor); van den Burg, L.P.J. (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2021","While the department stores are in heavy weather, the need for housing is increasing everyday. Redesigning old department stores to be used as housing is a necessary solution. So how to fit appartments in a large building, that is so unfit to be used for housing in its current condition? While researching the V&D department store in Leiden it was confirmed that the building needed thorough changes to adapt to a housing function.To adapt the building for its new function the building block is changed into an open-block structure. Resembling the structure used in most high density urban environments. At the same time this open structure compliments the already existing connection between the Aalmarkt and Breestraat side of the building. While opening up the building it was important to preserve its valuable elements, and where elements were removed or introduced, to relate to the original department store. The result is a building with a stepped open-block structure to balance the amount of light, floorspace and functions. The open structure creates terraces for the apartments which also serve as traffic space. An open public courtyard is introduced on the ground floor, reintroducing the old connection through the building. The inside of the building and the Marsmansteeg get new facades, using materials that relate to the main facade at the Aalmarkt. Using the valuable old V&D store a building is created which mixes public functions and housing in the heart of the city.","heritage & Architecture; Vacant building; housing; High density housing; mixed use; public space","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Heritage & Architecture","","52.159234, 4.490963"
"uuid:bd6d02a6-c3d5-4b72-b76d-086b6f5c9d6d","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:bd6d02a6-c3d5-4b72-b76d-086b6f5c9d6d","Reclaiming (Semi)Public Space: Two Strikes Against Living at a Disadvantage","Ebbers, Maud (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Newton, C.E.L. (mentor); Herdt, T. (graduation committee); van Gils, Marthe (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2021","Rotterdam has always been a showcase for attractive images but ignorant about developing urban impurities, by post-war being built back as an intra- and international gateway. Due to fragmentation of the spatial planning system, politicization and polarization, and a lack of depth in important political discussions, urban impurities in municipal measures express in the absence of cross understanding regarding taking care of challenging focus areas, like Bospolder-Tussendijken (BoTu) in Rotterdam. It is time to reconsider the approach. Socio-spatial character is paradoxical, while social unrest creates a lack of responsibility to sustain and maintain the (semi)public space, which causes a vicious cycle of unrest. Overstimulation with (sustainable or resilient) development plans sensitizes and therewith stigmatizes the neighbourhood. Residents are aware of this stigmatization and find themselves often in a self-fulfilling prophecy, not taking care of their surroundings. Passengers and residers move through the neighbourhood with shifting motives related to four domains of social life, living (1), labour (2), learning (3), and leisure (4). Urban planning documents are dominantly textual and theoretical, while they involve creating physical places with a practical outcome. No-boundary-botu could be the solution. By embracing asset-based community development and co-creating with the unusual suspects, an Asset Atlas could strengthen local networks and fit the needs of the different domains, aiming for true cross understanding. Through scenarios, synergies within the initiatives' network will be displayed to reclaim the (semi)public space, encourage encounters, and create safety, trust and, most important, rest.","Urban Politics; (Semi)Public Space; Urban Deprived Areas; Societal Discourse; Reclaiming Space; Neighbourhood Settings; Stigmatization of Disadvantage","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Complex Cities","","51.908961, 4.441932"
"uuid:6a84327c-a430-4e9a-bd61-5af32374920d","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:6a84327c-a430-4e9a-bd61-5af32374920d","Tarwewijk mobility hub: Migration of mobility as public space","Cui, Wen (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Triggianese, M. (mentor); van der Meel, H.L. (mentor); Blom, C.E.M. (mentor); O'Callaghan, J.D. (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2021","From carriages to cars, from steam engine trains to HS trains, the modes of mobility has been changing through the time. Mobility as become more and more relevant to people’s daily life and also plays an important role in city planning. With the rapid development of mobility modes, more facilities are also needed to fulfill a complete transportation network. Nowadays, more and more infrastructures such as highways, railways, are built to connect different districts. These infrastructures are usually built elevated from the ground and create a large amount of leftover spaces underneath. Various problems such as lowquality space, divisions in urban planning, and safety issues will arise because of these leftover spaces. Therefore, my research question becomes: How to activate the leftover spaces caused by infrastructures in public places? From the researches, to activate leftover space, four aspects need to be paid extra attention to. The primary aspect is accessibility, which is the capability and opportunity of leftover spaces to be reached and entered. The second aspect is diversity, the fact of many different types of atmosphere, activities, people can be included into the leftover space. This aspect could attract users to these spaces while allowing them to stay. Thirdly, inclusivity, which is the capability of including people from all groups, especially vulnerable groups such as children, elderly people, and disabled people, and treat them all fairly and equally. By improving inclusivity, it could allow leftover space to be used by people from different groups. The final aspect is reconnection, which is to link the leftover spaces together and reconnect with the city and become part of the urban planning. In this study, Tarwewijk district in Rotterdam South was selected as the site for designing a new mobility hub to solve the leftover space problem at site, while targeting to increase the four elements of leftover space from the research outcome.By comparing the research and design, this thesis can provide a new perspective for rethinking the characteristics of leftover space and provide could further a new methodology for activating the leftover spaces in other districts as well.","Leftover space; Infrastructure; Mobility hub; Public space; metro station; bicycle storage; various programs targeting different users","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Complex Projects","Tarwewijk mobility hub",""
"uuid:b7e6b524-76a8-480f-94ea-c088898c494f","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:b7e6b524-76a8-480f-94ea-c088898c494f","Heritage Park 2.0: Public Park and Square for Social Sustainability","Kim, Mingyu (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Meijers, W.L.E.C. (mentor); Koopman, F.W.A. (mentor); Zijlstra, H. (mentor); Bracken, G. (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2021","Designing 20th century Heritage architectures may differ from those of the past that are being dealt nowadays. Before modernism, the appearance of architecture had more decoration on façade and different style design from contemporary architecture. Since the development of industry and technology, the appearance of today’s architecture is not very different from those of the 20th century. However, the value of buildings is not just aesthetic and historical values. Kuipers and Jonge said in ‘Designing from Heritage’: “In fact, the aging monuments of the Modern Movement have proven to be less flexible in practice when adaptations to new needs are required, than promised by the original designers. The built legacy of the twentieth century demands innovative approaches to heritage analysis in combination with creativity if it is to meet the ‘challenge of change’ it is faced with.” (Kuipers & Jonge, 2017)In other words, the heritage architecture in the future can be designed for different uses based on various values. Therefore, Dordrecht Vroom and Dreesmann could be a good example of ‘Modern Heritage’. Because it had designed by architect Jan Kuijt in the 1931 and it was renovated in 1999 based on public demand. ‘Heritage Park 2.0’ project focused on the cultural-value, use-value, and social-value of Dordrecht V&D department store. The ground floor of the department store is blocking two main squares, Statenplein and Scheffersplein, and before the department store bankrupted, people walked through the ground floor from Statenplein to Scheffersplein as a shortcut. This spatial value exists, although it is less clearly revealed than the visible heritage of the past. Therefore, the graduation project is researched and designed what is the value of Dordrecht V&D buildings that are important to people even after 100 years from now. In particular, people’s interests and uses will change, and the project was carried out with a focus on what attitudes as an architect should renovate heritage buildings. Therefore, this project has been researched and designed with a focus on the values of modern heritage renovation and, in particular, how the public space should be designed in the future. Furthermore, I think that this method of linking research and design can be used as a reference when developing modern heritage in the future.","public space; Park; Socializing; Plaza; V&D; heritage & Architecture","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Heritage & Architecture","",""
"uuid:1cff9c0c-1795-4d0e-8b27-9da29e6fa0c5","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:1cff9c0c-1795-4d0e-8b27-9da29e6fa0c5","From Memorial Space to Place of Public: Increasing spatial vitality of memorials in Europe after World War II","ZOU, KUNZHAO (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment; TU Delft History & Complexity)","Tanović, S. (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2021","After World War II, memorial architecture has changed from focusing on heroes and patriotism to mourning those who died in wars and disasters. Instead of only serving as reminders of pain or symbols of commemoration, in recent years some European memorials actually contribute to the liveliness of urban public space and find their new roles to assimilate into city life. In this case, it is necessary to redefine the role of memorials in contemporary times and explore new ways to integrate them into urban daily public life. This research aims to investigate how contemporary memorials can be actively integrated into the daily life of the public as inviting public spaces and support various activities to enhance spatial vitality and commemorative effects through the case studies of the Berlin Wall at Potsdamer Platz, the Memorial Bridge in Rijeka, and Princess Diana Memorial Fountain. The paper concludes with recommendations for design strategies to enhance the spatial vitality of contemporary memorials, which can potentially be helpful to the architectural memorial practice.","AR2A011; memorial; public space; spatial vitality; daily public life","en","student report","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences","AR2A011","52.509905, 13.376324"
"uuid:cf6d8694-c176-4e92-b2fe-302d27e6e916","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:cf6d8694-c176-4e92-b2fe-302d27e6e916","Parks, Squares and Political Events:: Difference in accessibility for political events depending on ownership structures","Slooff, Femke (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment; TU Delft History & Complexity)","Gosseye, J. (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2021","Publicly accessible urban spaces in New York City are subject to different ownership models. Some are privately owned by corporations, which are called POPs. Others are publicly accessible urban spaces publicly owned by the Department of Parks and Recreation. Because there is little research about how the ownership structures of these two different ownership structures affect the accessibility and use of their different publicly accessible urban spaces, in regards to the organisation of political events. I hypothesise that there is a difference in accessibility and use, for different ownership structures, regarding political events. Political events was chosen as the main use due to the change within the political climate in the United States of America, during Donald J, Trump’s presidency. The main research question is: Is there a difference in the accessibility and use of publicly accessibly urban spaces in New York City for political events depending on their ownership structure? For each of the different ownership structures three case studies’ urban design features and rules and regulations were introduced and analysed. Following this chapter, different types of political events are introduced by including events that took place within the case studies. From which, certain urban design requirements were identified that were necessary to host different political events. After comparing the case studies’ urban design elements and rules and regulations with the identified requirements of different types of political events, it was concluded that there is indeed a difference in accessibility and use of publicly accessible urban spaces in New York City for political events. Publicly owned public spaces are more accessible and useful for hosting political events regarding the urban design elements within the case studies. However, POPs are more accessible and useful for hosting political events regarding the rules and regulation of the case studies.","AR2A011; Publicly accessible urban space; POPS; Publicly owned public space; Political events","en","student report","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences","AR2A011","40.7092504,-74.0112015"
"uuid:767b1f85-7fb8-4e58-a470-5350f80b18dd","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:767b1f85-7fb8-4e58-a470-5350f80b18dd","Decolonising the City: Public Space as Cultural Resistance in Santiago de Chile","König Gimeno, Tessa (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","De Vocht, S. (mentor); Rosbottom, D.J. (graduation committee); Pimlott, M. (graduation committee); Parravicini, M. (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2021","Protest has become a ubiquitous part of urban life as a result of the conditions that command processes of urbanisation. This project concerns itself with the advocation for spatial agency in cities by understanding how public space can contribute a form of cultural resistance within turbulent political and social contexts. The thesis aims to be understood as a manifesto; an architectural provocation that is committed to the democratic potentials of urban spaces. The research focused on the 2019 Santiago protests in Chile, a relevant precedent that demonstrates how ‘deliberative democracies’ of 21st Century Latin America are being challenged under current economic and political climates. The project considers the phenomena of protest as a manifestation of collective conscience translated into the physical occupation and de-powering of an urban territory, specifically the transformation of Plaza Italia to Plaza Dignidad in Santiago.
Throughout the previous 50 years, Latin American cities have experienced radical rates of urbanisation. A concrete plateau situated within the Andes Mountains, Santiago’s urban growth has been galvanised by the implementation of a neoliberal economic model under the dictatorial regime of Augusto Pinochet in the 1970s. It appears only the San Ramon tectonic fault line is capable of limiting the subordination of the rural to the urban, exposing the exploitative nature binding capitalism and urbanisation as a critical anchor of political and class struggle. The production of a protest culture has become a pivotal part of public life, where protest is not so much an abnormality, but a continuous urban condition in flux. A capacity for change commences with the awareness of the societal production of space, and the right to command and disrupt the urban structure: to decolonise the city.
In an effort to understand the capacity of public space to engage with processes of decolonisation, the research references fields such as sociology, political theory, and material culture to ensure a comprehensive analysis of the place. An in-depth theoretical understanding of the historical, cultural and political contexts supported observational work carried out during the protests in Santiago. This provided the framework for further post-situ ethnographic research on the spatial processes of decolonisation. In order to illustrate the act of decolonisation of Plaza Italia to Plaza Dignidad, a graphical documentation of the city's quotidian conditions alongside the destruction after protest took inspiration from methods and techniques used in archaeological drawing. The traces of protest thus delineated potential sites of intervention and provided a graphical representation of the physical, material and spatial conditions of the place.
During the months of protest, monuments throughout the country were repeatedly damaged and dismantled in a collective effort to reject the acceptance and permanence of stone statues that gave testament to a manipulated history. From monuments to ruins, the remains of colonial, oligarchical and patriarchal figures littered the streets, pronouncing the continent’s stolen identities. Within the urban fabric, the imposition of Monuments represent loci of power and conflict, where the iconographic glorification can be experienced as a violent intrusion on the public and collective sphere. Thus the re-purposing of monuments becomes the significant genesis of the project. By removing the existing statues from their plinths, power is dislocated and the status of the monument is redefined. An iconoclastic inventory documents these artefacts, their material, their dimensions, and their histories. The extensive catalogue archives the data of the defaced monuments and their respective plinths, in order to imagine how these artefacts could be re-appropriated and represented within public space in a sensitive and democratic manner.
In relation to the city, the brief imagines embedded scales that resist urban conditions and provide moments of spatial agency. The protest route is understood as an urban territory composed of three significant elements: the presidential palace, the street and the plaza. As the city’s main site for mass social manifestation, Plaza Dignidad forms a focal point within this symbolic and political landscape, through its convergence of principle roads, the river Mapocho and the Andes mountains. Translated into a programme, the project forms 3 spatial infrastructures: a Cultural Itinerary along the protest route incorporating the constellation of remaining plinths within the identified urban territory; Plaza Dignidad a civic infrastructure for urban ecology, civic engagement and public mobility; and a Public Archive facilitating a civic programme that aims to re-define the monument through the documentation and conservation of defaced statues. The urban strategy speculates a collective collaboration with actors within the city. Alongside the Chilean Council of National Monuments, the existing cultural and educational institutions that populate the avenue Alameda take responsibility to intervene with the surrounding empty pedestals according to their specific institutional programme, creating a constellation of didactic moments that puncture the public space.
The project focuses on the design of Plaza Dignidad as a monumental void that resists the dense urban fabric contained between two existing linear infrastructures: the L1 Metro line and the Mapocho River. Through a cultural, historical and political itinerary along the protest route, the spatial experience of a continuous public space seeks to be pedagogical and symbolic, by focusing the citizen perspective to engage with the provocative idea of the horizon as a device to dismantle urban spatial hierarchies and power structures. The proposal to materialise Plaza Dignidad as a new horizon in the city encouraged the design approach to focus on the articulation of the territory and the ground. Expressing the plaza as a plinth, it is designed as a civic stage for daily rituals and social manifestation. The communication of the soil was extended to the material and construction processes. Led by an investigation into the existing soil conditions and the sedimentation layers that revealed the geological formation of the site, the main construction methodology sought the use of earthen construction, referring to vernacular traditions and proposing unconventional uses of the construction of rammed earth underground.
As an idea that tries to recover an urban territory to its people and its environment, the project brings together Plaza Dignidad, the Mapocho Riverbank and an underground public archive into a connected programme. The river promenade and peripheral gardens populate the urban site with native flora that once grew in abundance throughout the Santiago valley. In a symbolic gesture that relocates statues underground and replaces them with stone caryatids, these abstracted geological sculptures redefine the monument. The concept of the ‘natural monument’ transcends the entire project across various scales and extends to the materiality of the square, which celebrates the richness and beauty of Chile’s geological diversity. The status of the political monument is subverted and redefined through ecology by empowering place, culture and memory.
The act of decolonisation comes from displacing political power and iconography, by returning a piece of the city to its indigenous landscape in which the re-appropriation of the square becomes a catalyst for the re-appropriation of the city as a whole, confronting the political and redefining the horizons between the ground, monuments, people, the city and the landscape.","Decolonisation; Archive; Public Space; Monument; Protest; Santiago","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences","",""
"uuid:2cce6f5c-edef-40e5-96d1-7616978803f9","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:2cce6f5c-edef-40e5-96d1-7616978803f9","Inclusive public space: Improving inclusivity through spatial design in Tarwewijk","Karadag, Esma (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Harteveld, M.G.A.D. (mentor); Trienekens, O. (mentor); Romein, A. (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2021","This research focuses on how to improve levels of inclusivity through spatial design in hyper-diverse and socio-spatial segregated neighbourhoods in order to improve the liveability in urban areas and is conducted in the neighbourhood Tarwewijk in Rotterdam-Zuid. The research has according to theory identified three design values which became key pillars of this thesis and has derived design strategies and design principles from that which would contribute to social cohesion in an urban area. The final outcome of this thesis is a public space design proposal for Tarwewijk that has integrated these design principles to enhance levels of social cohesion and inclusivity within the neighbourhood.","Inclusivity; Hyper-diversity; Socio-spatial segregation; Public space; Public space design; Spatial design","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences","","51.891944, 4.486944"
"uuid:9b6e4f89-2e0e-465c-b39c-5eef3a21b49a","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:9b6e4f89-2e0e-465c-b39c-5eef3a21b49a","Rethinking Urban Domestic Gardens: Aligning Urban Domestic Gardens to concrete urban demands","Rouwette, Patrick (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment; TU Delft Urbanism; Veldacademie)","Hausleitner, B. (mentor); Piccinini, D. (mentor); Fitskie, A.H. (mentor); van Ees, C.H.E. (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2021","Aligning the urban environment to concrete urban processes, increasing the liveability, is one of the major challenges urban planners are facing. Adapting the built-environment to cope with soil sealing, climate change, the densification of cities with the ‘compact city’ concept and other urban demands, constantly pressure the quality of urban environment. Being part of the Dutch building culture for centuries, urban domestic gardens have played a significant (spatial) role in Dutch cities, taking up a significant part of the urban environment, and providing a private outdoor space for residents. The ongoing urban processes can or will affect the role urban domestic gardens play and how they are being used or implemented into the urban environment. For this research, the neighbourhood the Tarwewijk in Rotterdam has been used to investigate and explore how urban domestic gardens can contribute to a more liveable urban environment through a sustainable urban regeneration, in response to concrete urban demands. The research shows that rethinking the implementation of urban domestic gardens leads to an increase of the liveability in the Tarwewijk, by using specific, transferable values to improve the quality of the public spaces and buildings. Transferring the values related to eating, learning, working, playing and meeting from the social environment, and greening, cooling and infiltrating from the physical environment into public spaces increase the accessibility to values of gardens, without the need to provide urban domestic gardens to every single household, taking up valuable space in existing cities. It also shows that the regeneration of urban domestic gardens to semi-private shared gardens serve as a mechanism for the densification and diversification of the built environment, improving urban structures and physical forms, with related social processes and liveability.","urban domestic gardens; urban fabric; urban regeneration; public space design; private gardens","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences","",""
"uuid:4a3db697-d610-4204-9b5b-4aa77d3bae63","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:4a3db697-d610-4204-9b5b-4aa77d3bae63","Open and Closed: A public space in Rotterdam at the border condition","Piazzo, Gabriele (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","van Zalingen, J.M. (mentor); Holst, Sjap (graduation committee); Smidihen, H. (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2021","In the coming 20 years, the city centre of Rotterdam will face a new wave of constructions, with the goal of densify the area with new 50.000 dwellings before the 2040, converting the city centre towards a more residential and international character. This up-coming densification of Rotterdam, led by the high-rise strategy developed by the Municipality, it is going define a border condition between the new high-rise developments and the historical neighbourhoods, such as the case of Cool Zuid and Baankwartier, causing a disrupted relationship between the built environment, the public space, and the human scale, creating tension and dichotomy. Within this scenario, what could it be a different catalyst event, different from the high-rise strategy, that will lead the future of this neighbourhood, preserving its human scale while accommodating the future of the city? And so, “How is public space going to be reconsidered within the international character and the high-rise strategy of Rotterdam?”. Therefore, if the Municipality of Rotterdam will be more focused on the skyline of the city, the goal of the Open & Closed is to explore the so-called “groundline” of Rotterdam.Thus, the Open public space that today is only perceived as playground, a fixed mono-functional use, in the coming years it will be re-thought and designed as a more informal public space, where different users will start to interact and co-exist. Meanwhile, the Closed public space will be a new Performing arts centre, where the already present activities such as dance, music and theatre studios in the area will be reallocated in one public building. However, it will be important to make a strong synergy between the Open & Closed public space, made of visual and physical relationships that architecture can create, together with a public program to engage a broader audience, in response to the future growth and needs of Rotterdam.","Public space; Public building; Theater; Music academy; Dance academy; Neighborhood; City; Built environment; Human scale; Architecture; Urbanism; Border condition","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Complex Projects","","51.91430461970886, 4.4796155443698895"
"uuid:ac3850e0-e704-44da-8f16-1692a4b91bab","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:ac3850e0-e704-44da-8f16-1692a4b91bab","Rebuilding Retail: The E-Experience Centre","Wawro, Michalina (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","van Zalingen, J.M. (mentor); Holst, J.P.G. (mentor); Smidihen, H. (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2021","In the 20th century, the notion of logistics migrated from the military sphere to trade, from Europe to the Americas. This shift in the theory of transport, accompanied by developments in transport and communication technologies, has revolutionized the way we buy, leading to the digitalization and ""logisticalization"" of trade. E-commerce is effectively eliminating the functional necessity for urban commercial space and replacing traditional stores with suburban distribution centers and virtual platforms. However, commercial space has long since held an important role in the public and social life of cities, a role which is only amplified by urbanization and the densification of cities worldwide. As the online market is becoming saturated, online brands are increasingly turning to physical space as an effective means of promotion. A new typology emerges: The Experience Space, aiming not to distribute but to advertise through experience. Through a particular focus on the human experience, this typology presents a new alignment of public interests and private funds, and an opportunity for corporate funded urban recreation space. The city of Rotterdam is facing rapid densification in the upcoming years and demonstrating a need for new types of public amenities. In the context of an exceptionally fragmented and competitive online market, the Dutch city creates an opportunity for the success of an architectural strategy in brand promotion. The project materializes in the design of a new landmark and leisure resource for Rotterdam: the Coolblue E-Experience Centre, a building which addresses local and national interests.","Branding; Future; Experience; Public Space; Rotterdam","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences","",""
"uuid:5eaed236-732e-405a-a1d9-930059ca8224","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:5eaed236-732e-405a-a1d9-930059ca8224","Urban Design for Physical Activity: An exploration of the use of quantitative statistics to determine the role of urban design of public space in Westland, the Netherlands, in encouraging adolescents to be more physically active","van Rijn, Susanne (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Romein, A. (mentor); van den Burg, L.P.J. (mentor); Cavallo, R. (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2020","class=""MsoNormal"">In the entire European Region over 80% of the adolescents are not active enough (WHO, 2019b). Physical activity can be seen as an essential component of human health as it can contribute to reducing the risk at several diseases, such as diabetes, depression, and several types of cancer (World Health Organization, 2010, p.10). Physical activity behaviour is influenced by a high variety of variables, ranging from personal variables to the physical environment. The composition of public spaces can facilitate or hinder adolescent physical activity behaviour. Although a lot of research has been done already and studies increasingly included the physical environment, research shows inconsistencies regarding similar variables (e.g. Ding, Sallis, Kerr, Lee, & Rosenberg, 2011). This makes it difficult to apply the knowledge in urban design practice. The objective of this thesis is to explore the role of urban design in contributing to increase activity levels of adolescents using quantitative statistics. Literature review is used to identify attributes of (adolescent) physical activity behaviour. From this review spatial attributes are selected to research the preferences of adolescents to visit public spaces for physical activity. A choice based conjoint analysis (CBCA) is used to estimate the relative importance of ten spatial attributes for adolescent physical activity in outdoor public space. To illustrate how such statistical method can be used to inform urban design a square in Westland, the Netherlands is selected as a test case to transform. Westland showed to be the least green municipality, and adolescents in Westlands appeared less active than the Dutch average. The attributes that showed significantly important from the survey were used to analyse and transform an existing public space. Choice based conjoint analysis can be a valuable method to use in urban research and design, as one can identify user preferences before actually transforming the physical environment. However it is important to carefully define and use the attributes for the analysis, and to avoid misinterpretation as much as possible. Choice based conjoint analysis can identify what spatial attributes are important and with that an urban designer can show how these can be implemented in urban design. ","Physical Activity; Public Space; Urban Design; Adolescents; Westland; Choice Based Conjoint Analysis","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Complex Cities","",""
"uuid:96818a34-fda9-4e76-9f5c-130fdca6ac2a","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:96818a34-fda9-4e76-9f5c-130fdca6ac2a","Optimizing Solid Waste Management in Semi-Public Spaces: A Case Study of the Efteling Theme Park","van Lier, Stefan (TU Delft Civil Engineering and Geosciences)","Vleugel, J.M. (graduation committee); Duinkerken, M.B. (graduation committee); Negenborn, R.R. (graduation committee); Smit, W. (graduation committee); Spruyt, M. (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2020","This research focuses on identifying and evaluating ways to improve the sustainability of solid waste management (SWM) in semi-public spaces using the Efteling theme park as a case study. To the best of the author’s knowledge, this study is the first to apply an integrated waste management approach to optimize SWM in this context. The approach consists of assessing the integrated environmental and economic burdens of the collection, transportation, sorting and treatment processes of a SWMstrategy. Approximately 10 alternative high potential SWM strategies were composed and selected out of a very large pool of possible SWM strategies. The environmental and economic impact of these high potential SWM strategies for the Efteling case was subsequently assessed using the WARM LCA model and a custom economic assessment model. The results reveal that emission reductions of up to 190 ton CO2 equivalents (TCO2E’s) per year, relative to the current strategy, can already be achieved by separating and recycling more fractions from behind-the-scenes (BTS) waste. This corresponds to an increase in yearly avoided SWM system emissions of about 25% for the Efteling case (from a life-cycle perspective). When public/semi-public (PSP) waste is also included, emission reductions of up to 800 TCO2E’s per year can be achieved for single-fraction separation (e.g. PMD or PET) and up to 960 TCO2E’s per year for two-fraction separation (e.g. PMD + paper or PMD + cups). This corresponds to major increases in avoided SWM system emissions of 110% and 131% respectively. It was also found that small interventions in the transport and/or treatment waste management components can make a big difference in the environmental and/or economic impact of a SWM strategy. A majority of the alternative SWM strategies has an eco-efficiency (emission reduction cost-effectiveness) ranging from €39 to about €140 per TCO2E saving. This eco-efficiency is (much) higher than that of a range of benchmarks such as the eco-efficiency of solar-pv panels at a non-industrial scale, wind turbines at sea and the eco-efficiency of office building insulation. This indicates that optimizing waste management should be given more priority in (scientific) research as well as in practice.","Solid Waste Management; Integrated Waste Management; Life Cycle Assessment; Recyling; Waste Management; Waste Logistics; Eco-Efficiency; Life Cycle Costing; Semi-Public Spaces; Waste Transport","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Transport, Infrastructure and Logistics","","51.6506518, 5.0497462"
"uuid:bf6063a1-4d10-4907-8180-26e5cad51c3b","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:bf6063a1-4d10-4907-8180-26e5cad51c3b","Shaping Co-existence","Xue, Ziyang (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Calabrese, L.M. (mentor); Romein, A. (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2020","The tourism of Amsterdam has undergone rapid growth. However it has also brought negative impacts. The space and environmental resources are under the massive pressure of tourism. First, In the situation of overtourism, Amsterdam needs to regulate development of tourism; Second, in the situation of post corona virus, the shrinking situation provide more flexibility to bring co-existence of tourists and citizens. Reflexing the actions on space, the (public) space of Amsterdam need to transit and upgrade corresponding to the dense and crowded centre.","overtourism; public space design; livability","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Urbanism","Transitional Territories","52.370216, 4.895168"
"uuid:d016600f-6bbb-48de-a6dd-8fa7686427fb","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:d016600f-6bbb-48de-a6dd-8fa7686427fb","Soft space - space for permeability and interaction: Creating great quality public space in the Oude Westen, Rotterdam with conditions for inviting and encouraging use & natural processes","Groen, Eva (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","van Dorst, M.J. (mentor); Tillie, N.M.J.D. (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2020","class=""MsoNormal"">With a pressure on public space due to a predicted increase of users, the changing climate and a non-supporting existing urban structure with a focus on space for vehicles, there is need for improvement of public space in the neighbourhood Oude Westen in Rotterdam. The research question guiding this design research is:
""In the context of densification, what are the synergies of the urban microclimate and usability for the public space of Rotterdam?""
From the perspective of usability and microclimatic design, the design goal leading from the research question is stated as:
""What interventions within the street scape can improve the public space by an integrated approach of the urban microclimate and usability in relation to densification for Rotterdam Oude Westen?”
The research is focused on the added benefit of public space design, optimized to the urban microclimate and usability. The key climate issues affecting the usability and quality of public space in the Oude Westen are water nuisance and heat stress. Added to that, there is a trend of privatisation of open space and an inside-oriented urban lay-out. With a high percentage of interest in participation among the residents and numerous successful local initiatives, the neighbourhood leaves opportunities underused for becoming the attractive and liveable neighbourhood its location enables.
This design research proposes two neighbourhood structures for improving spatial and experiential legibility with the focus on slow traffic. Secondly, four small scale design locations visualise the spatial and non-spatial interventions for creating great quality public space with conditions for inviting and encouraging use & natural processes.","Urban microclimate; Public space design at eye level; Water nuisance; Heat stress; Placemaking; Usability; Climate adaptation","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences","",""
"uuid:e64647de-d9b3-4eda-8db2-7af48bc8c151","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:e64647de-d9b3-4eda-8db2-7af48bc8c151","Responsible Technologies in Public Spaces","Daswani, Siddharth (TU Delft Industrial Design Engineering)","Kortuem, G.W. (mentor); Smit, I.R. (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2020","History has taught us that not all innovation is good innovation. Just take for example the ecological devastation the DDT and the carcinogenic asbestos have caused. The advancement in new technologies like AI, IoT, autonomous robots and big data brings with it plenty of uncertainties, risks and ethical questions that need answers to if we wish to reap their benefits safely. We need these technologies to tackle some of the greater challenges of your society (like sustainability) but at the same time, we require ways to know how they should be deployed responsibly. This project focuses on the responsible deployment of technologies in the city of Amsterdam and this project has been done in collaboration with the Cities of Things Labs and the AMS institute. The project starts with an initial problem statement of “How can the “Principles for Accountable Algorithms and a Social Impact Statement for Algorithms” be used to develop a strategic framework for responsible Al innovation in Amsterdam” and to answer this question a literature review was done, Municipalities were researched, perception of the citizens were researched and in order to understand the relation of devices to the city a technology called Scan Cars was researched. Later in the project, the initial problem statement was reformulated into a change statement. The formulated change statement was “I want citizens to get well informed about what data collecting devices are doing in public spaces so that citizens can help authorities decide what is best for them” the value of transparency and the ladder of citizen participation were seen as means for achieving the above statement. The final design that was developed is a mobile application that shows citizens where the various data collecting devices are around them in the city, what actions do these devices take after they collect the data, how do the devices work and it gives citizens the opportunity to respond to these devices by either asking a question, giving feedback or participate in programs that work to improve the way of working of these devices in the city. In order to ensure technologies responsible usage in the city, it is important to reduce as many uncertainties about the devices as possible. This can be done by making sure every citizen has the channels to ask questions, give feedback and even raise their voices against these devices anonymously. It is also part of the municipalities “inclusive digital city” ambitions and interests to work on such platforms. In conclusion, the application is one such channel that the city should be developing for informing and empowering their citizens and the recommendations given in the report can be the first steps for fully developing the application.","Strategic Design; Responsible technology; Transparency; citizen participation; responsible innovation; Scan Car; ScanAuto; Amsterdam; public space","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Strategic Product Design","",""
"uuid:b7621fd0-3014-4b67-9749-fe866866afcf","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:b7621fd0-3014-4b67-9749-fe866866afcf","A clearing amidst movement","Treffers, Nils (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Pimlott, M. (mentor); Koskamp, G. (graduation committee); Rosbottom, D.J. (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2020","Traffic square and station Marconiplein, the project site, has become a cacophony of highly controlled and isolated traffic domains which one wants to passage and exit as quickly as possible. Like many other metrostation in Rotterdam the passage of time dominates the passage of place and the notion of the station as real-estate prevails over it being a public landscape. This project translate an agency for architecture to merely materialise the real-estate for traveling consumers into an interest and potential agency for landscape and infrastructure to establish a more shared and public experience amongst strangers. The proposal re-establishes a sense of place, of arrival somewhere specific and significant. Crucial approaches to establish this are (1) a re-organisation of the site based on the re-introduction of historically present qualities and characteristics and (2) both the act of clearing and the clearing as physical interior to experience. In the proposal Marconiplein has become both park and station linked to bigger networks of transport and green fragments on a much bigger scale. Is has become a central public space, cleared from transport systems and framed by a bridge and tree canopies. The bridge and trees provide a functional route and shelter between all transport platforms whilst acting as decor of movement unfolding behind, up and underneath it. A carpet of different ground floor materialisations address different uses and complexities as a critical means of operating without fences, walls or buffer zones. Canopy and carpet together create a clearing and a series of different urban interiors around it that address the very different urban fragments surrounding the site. It has become a place where the station and parks benefit from and open up to each-others surprise and quality.","Station; Park; Transport; place; public space; infrastructure","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Interiors Buildings Cities","","51.913278, 4.432722"
"uuid:6342ec7c-1dc6-4239-9672-d552b4ef310f","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:6342ec7c-1dc6-4239-9672-d552b4ef310f","sensuous public space","Shen, Luyuan (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","de Koning, S. (mentor); Koskamp, G. (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2020","New York was born in the pursuit of profit. Anglo-Dutch War, Independence War, Civil War, World War I and World War II, New York stands at the forefront of every major political change until it becomes the capital of the post-war world. New York opened its arms and embraced the groups that were excluded and expelled from other continents. It also attracted speculators full of speculation, creating a unique immigration city in the world, where global cultures collided and sparked. Capital and population accumulate here, creating a spectacle of congestion in this metropolitan laboratory. However, what will the New York City change in the future? How the public realm would evolve in the urban context? Although the globalization might lead to a homogeneous future, the sensuous space and emotive architecture are still what we cannot lose. It’s always meaningful to really touch, smell, hear something. So, it’s always worthwhile to discuss the position of public spaces in the future.","public space; new york; SDG; senses; Smart City; modular design; street life","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences","",""
"uuid:8a26e95d-bd87-49a1-bb69-ce042869f5d7","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:8a26e95d-bd87-49a1-bb69-ce042869f5d7","Adapt me for tomorrow: Towards urban resilience and rainwater adaptationin The Hague by 2050 through public space design","He, Binghui (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Calabrese, L.M. (mentor); van der Meulen, G.J.M. (mentor); Rizzetto, F. (mentor); Milani, S. (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2020","The phenomena of climate change interacts with the complexity of urban system, which reflect sptially on the process of urbanization. One of the effects of climate change is an increased flooding hazards, and when floods occur this has a severe impact on human lives and comes with vast economic losses. The city of The Hague aims to achieve the goal of becoming a resilient city in 2050. However, the city is under the threat of extreme precipitation and the challenge of urbanization, which affect the liveability in the city. As an important component of achieving resilience, rainproof adaptation can be transformed as an opportunity. By taking the complexity of the social and enviromental vulnerabilities into the consideration, the project discusses the possibility of linking the water management process with the public space design to develop a conversation of the techinical, spatial and social process. The focus of the graduation project is how precipitation flood management can collaborate with public space design to become an opportunity for achieving urban resilience. Taking the case of The Hague, the Netherlands, the project proposes a re-defination of urban development process through public space design with techinical water management approach.","Urban Resilience; Rainwater flood management; Public space design","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Urbanism","Transitional Territories","52.07667, 4.29861"
"uuid:ded9b642-3361-4841-9649-5bd8d127c822","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:ded9b642-3361-4841-9649-5bd8d127c822","Homeless in Midtown Manhattan: Lincoln Gardens","Sander, Laura A. (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Smidihen, H. (mentor); Koskamp, G. (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2020","With Midtown's income gap increasing significantly, affordable housing has become more and more difficult to find, leaving many New Yorkers Homeless. This thesis sets out to understand how homelessness and the built environment interact with one another and to which extent the architectural profession can make a positive impact on homelessness in Midtown New York City. The resulting design project is a 60,000m2 mixed-use complex in the heart of Midtown that centers around Covenant House, a non-profit organization serving homeless and trafficked youth. The design explores the tension between safety and public integration, the human and the city-scale as well as low- versus high-income users. Lincoln Gardens, the shared identity that the complex operates under, is a lush urban oasis with an intricate sequence of introverted public spaces on the ground floor that offer refuge from the hectic streets of Midtown. With sustainability as one of the core values, the incorporation of a timber diagrid structure as a tube-in-tube system results in minimizing the amount of concrete required in the foundation and core and allows for an open floor plan that will be adaptable to the needs of future users. The wooden high-rise stands out in the steel and glass city-scape of Midtown, embodying the goal of an inclusive city within the neoliberal framework of New York.","Homelessness; New York City; timber diagrid; mega-project; timber highrise; mixed-use; public space","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","","Transitional Yards","40°45'30.1""N 73°59'44.6""W"
"uuid:7a438b6a-32a7-4eae-ac78-b981a2679c9f","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:7a438b6a-32a7-4eae-ac78-b981a2679c9f","Penn Globe & The High Line Effect: The social and economic effect of public space on its surrounding neighborhoods in Midtown Manhattan.","van der Staaij, E.T. (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Smidihen, H. (mentor); Koskamp, G. (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2020","Between 2009 and 2019 New York’s High Line was repurposed from an old train track into an elevated park, designed by Diller Scofido + Renfro, after it was saved from demolition through a community initiative, led by Robert Hammond and Joshua David. The High Line spans a highly heterogeneous area (socially as well as architecturally). The park is by many considered as beautifully designed, yet also controversial. The construction led to several major unintended consequences, defined as The High Line Effect: (1) Real estate boom: over 50 projects, worth $2 billion have been developed since the construction of the High Line in 2009 began, most of them extremely exclusive, leading to the phenomenon of super-gentrification, but also resulting in $65 million tax revenue annually for the City of New York. (2) The High Line is used by a heterogeneous user group in different ways, but overflooded by tourists (about 8 million a year) while it was meant to serve the local community. The High Line has been copied all over the world with similar consequences and research shows that not only High Lines but public space in general can produce similar effects.
The design of Penn Globe, a 40.000m² hybrid of a market, gallery and apartments, located in a pedestrianized area, examines the social and economic effect of public space on its surroundings, by not simply copying the High Line but by creating a public point in a currently mono-functional residential social housing neighborhood: Penn South. The ambition is to instigate redevelopment in the area by tying it back together locally while opening it up 'globally' to the rest of Midtown Manhattan. By integrating public space better programmatically and spatially into its urban logic, negative consequences of The High Line Effect can be minimized and a more balanced amount of social and economic value can be created.","architecture; complex projects; public space; public building; New York City; Midtown Manhattan; Market; Housing; Gallery","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Complex Projects","NY Midtown Graduation Studio","40.747817, -73.998556"
"uuid:cb905931-e451-45fe-9b3e-edacb6f185e4","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:cb905931-e451-45fe-9b3e-edacb6f185e4","A Public House for Anderlecht: The City as a Stage Set - Everyday life is a Performance","Stalker, S. (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Schreurs, E.P.N. (mentor); Lafeber, J.W. (graduation committee); van Meerbeek, E. (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2020","During the last century, Brussels transformed into an international capital, a process in which the quality of life of Brussels's own residents was not the first priority. The community of the neighbourhood and the everyday life of the residents became overlooked with the city shining it’s spotlights on the international stage. The neighbourhoods of Brussels become audiences to the city, not the actors.
The neighbourhood is to ignored no longer. Everyday life is a performance. As time passes people work, dwell, consume and express in an ongoing dialogue between the characters of the neighbourhood and the stage sets they perform on. Through staging everyday life value is given to these performances; a spontaneous discussion amongst neighbours, the captivation and amusement of a child, a moment of respite and relief from the city. The careful understanding of the relationship between stage and character puts the people of the neighbourhood in the limelight, their lives become the story to be told that the surrounding city audience should view.
Stage sets of public life are to be engrained into the urban blocks of the neighbourhood, anchoring their worth into the physical form of city and pronouncing their integrity with their embracement of local material and technique. An architecture of modesty is to be achieved, functioning as scenery to the performance, keeping the spotlight on people and their value in creating in the neighbourhood. Future development is going to happen. These stages of public life are fundamental to preserving the character of a place, to ensure the performance of everyday life can go on.
Derived from Latin ""spolium"" (plural: ""spolia""), the term spolia is used in archaeology meaning ""spoils"" (as in ""spoils of war""), booty or loot, typically seen in Greek or Roman architectural sculpture. It refers to the cut stones or decorative elements from older buildings that are re-used for new construction as an economical alternative to quarried stone which was more expensive.
The principle can surpass the re-appropriation of material to that of a defined approach to architecture. The spoils are found in the existing space and form of the built fabric, the traces of memory within evolved site and the everyday routines, use and occupation of the people in their neighbourhood. It’s an approach of attentiveness, with concern for that which exists, with a passion for the task of making something from something. It is a technique of reaction. With thorough observation the existing elements of the site are to be negotiated with, understanding their value and how they can be redefined to benefit the needs of the present.
The value of the neighbourhood needs to be reaffirmed. The stage needs to be set around the people that act immediately upon the city and that give life to its character. Through an architecture of modesty, stage sets of public life can be ingrained into the urban blocks, ensuring their preservation. Through the principles of spolia, value can be discovered in everything and gifted back to the people.
As the film producer Karel Reisz has said, looking back on his work, “It is about wanting what you got, rather than going out and getting what you want.”
The project, thus, explores the potential of familiarity by transforming the anonymous public space, into familiar and known public condenser for the diverse residents of the district. Architecture as the art of mediation and reconciliation between different elements, it will try to evoke public sense of belonging to the community and to its built environment, through being a mediator between the mono-functional modernist district and the diverse people of South-West district.","Familiarity; Diversity; urbanity; public space; flexibility","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences","",""
"uuid:af5d8ad8-5e84-42c1-867a-431c13e4da48","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:af5d8ad8-5e84-42c1-867a-431c13e4da48","The Palace: City hall in Brussels","Qi, Meihui (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Pimlott, M. (mentor); Parravicini, M. (mentor); Rosbottom, D.J. (mentor); De Vocht, S. (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2020","The graduation project “The palace” expands upon the notion of designing ""City hall of Brussels."" The studio raises questions on the relationship between the public realm and political space. It led our in-depth study of various forms of the town halls and public buildings that have evolved throughout history. It questions the nature of ""political"" and ""public."" In that respect, I found that the traditional city hall has a limited possibility of public participation. Making the city hall become the public domain of the city and encouraging the public to participate equally in politics has become an essential issue in my design.","City hall; Political engagement; office building; Swimming pool; Ice rink; Public space; Brussels","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Interiors Buildings Cities","",""
"uuid:c270a3d7-b2fd-4f0e-9cb2-86db7fdf887a","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:c270a3d7-b2fd-4f0e-9cb2-86db7fdf887a","Island of Common Ground: Towards unity and integration in Skopje, Macedonia","Lee, Isabel (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Mejia Hernandez, J.A. (mentor); Jennen, P.H.M. (mentor); Havik, K.M. (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2020","In Skopje, the approach is to write and re-write the city. Within its architecture, a battle between oppositions is expressed. Neo-classical v Brutalism. Socialism v Nationalism. Macedonian v Albanian. The list goes on. Yet life continues amongst this and these binary oppositions do not represent the true life of Skopjans. The city’s image is showcasing an environment that does not reflect the life of its people, which is vibrant, multifaceted, everyday, normal. The built environment does not make it easy for social integration, with public spaces which are frequently bare and flat – dominating and monumental squares devoid of the layers needed to let life happen.
The contested and non-discript ‘island’ between the old bazaar (Albanian territory) and Macedonia Square (Macedonian territory) forms the location of my project. This no-mans land is a place without stigma and therefore provides a key opportunity to create spaces for integration between different communities. The island is made up of disparate built entities the paradigm for Skopje’s built fabric of opposing expressions. The site includes the old Hammam dating from 1500 during the Ottoman Empire, now the national gallery; the Macedonian Opera and Ballet from the Socialist era to the most recent development; Skopje 2014 museums positioned along the riverfront. These buildings work in isolation from one another and the public spaces are largely neglected. The site harbours great and un-realised potential to constitute as Skopje’s common ground – to improve integration and presence in public space, to provide the canvas for a vibrant, every-day life. The latent space possesses the existing ingredients, what is needed is the emulsion to make them function as a whole. ‘Island of Common Ground’ provides the glue between the disparate built entities, to celebrate Skopje’s complexity and encourage appropriation, integration and meaningfulness.
My graduation project provides a raised platform, spreading itself throughout the island of transition between the two core territories of Skopje. Beneath its canopy it will house spaces to activate the site and its existing buildings. These incorporate structures such as food market stalls, cafes, restaurants, bars and theatre spaces yet these are open to change and adapt according to community and stakeholder wishes. These form light-weight structures within the strong surrounding framework. The project sits between the blurred line of architecture and public space – it aims to provide the constant within which the flux of life can adapt and change.
better and more sustainable place. In 2016, the Sustainable Development Goals were developed, and architects are needed to achieve these goals. There is one specific trend within architectural practice that has already worked on these goals for the past 20 years: the humanitarian architecture movement. The humanitarian architecture movement includes all architectural projects that try to tackle humanitarian crises and are often projects where
the administration has difficulty providing basic services. The movement has experience in working in complex environments and with difficult stakeholder relationships. Although the movement has all this knowledge, the results are often still poor, and they receive a lot of criticism from other professionals working in the field. This project sees the potential of humanitarian architecture as a possible instrument to achieve (part) of the Sustainable Development Goals, but also points out that a clear approach is needed for humanitarian architects to achieve these goals.
Through an extensive literature and case study a design approach was formed. As a second part of the graduation project a humanitarian design project was done following the design approach, to see if the approach could work in practice.
The humanitarian architecture project consisted of a strategy for public space and a design of a public space and a multipurpose building in Zanzibar Town.
New building comprises of multiple boxes stacked on top of each other and enclosed within structural frame. The solid, closed elements are elevated above the ground freeing the space underneath, where pedestrian circulation takes place. The ground floor level is completely open, accessible and unrestricted, working both as an extension of the building and as part of urban public space merging those two entities. Although enclosed within regular grid the assembly of elements is quite dynamic, providing variety of spatial experiences. The tallest and most dense areas of the building are located above the busiest pedestrian routes responding formally to circulation taking place on horizontal plane. The building gradually dissolves from its highest point towards the grounds surrounding it, touching finally to the pavement surface with the usage of platforms, allowing to access the building from different sides directly from the urban public areas.
Circulation among the boxes placed on four floors is provided by open air suspended walkways and platforms, creating unpredictable and rich in choices landscape of possibilities, allowing users to program their own experience within the building.","Public space; Multiplicity of pathways; Introvery of built environment","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences","","4.617028, -74.072472"
"uuid:35a50553-88c5-4bc0-9b73-4f83c3e9c139","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:35a50553-88c5-4bc0-9b73-4f83c3e9c139","A New ""Square Deal"": For the ""Soul"" of East Harlem's Social Housing Projects","Ural, Osman (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Bouma, T. (mentor); Calabrese, L.M. (graduation committee); Verheul, W.J. (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2019","New York is currently going through a construction boom as developers try to take advantage of rising land values and rents caused by economic growth, resulting in a lack of affordable housing available to middle-income families. The current Mayor of New York, Bill de Blasio, has made it a priority to meet the demands and challenges of the housing crisis by incentivizing private development through various methods, such as changing zoning laws and cutting red tape for access to abandoned lands, as a way to inject steroids into the housing market (Kaysen, 2018). This has unfortunately caused issues such as gentrification and speculative development, which has led to the disenfranchisement of low-income inhabitants in the city (Kaysen, 2018). These policies have marginalized people by either forcing the poor to either live in the periphery of the city, or be crammed into social housing projects that were built more than half a century ago. This is worrisome due to the fact that these aged dwellings display a variety of health and safety issues that the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) is having a hard time managing. The low-income families which rely on these projects have a hard time paying the minimum rent to begin with, and when you couple this with unacceptable living conditions, you end up with the spatial manifestation of an increasing divide between the rich and poor which now defines New York City. What is more shocking is that when you look back in history, the social housing projects were originally seen as a solution to poverty and slumification, but they ended up just being vertical versions of the slums which they took place of (Ferré-Sadurní, 2018). In order to help these disenfranchised people living in the projects, there must be an effort in place to help increase their quality of life. In order to achieve this, the monofunctionality of their public space needs to be made more functionally diverse. This is because the lack of diversity in both social and programmatic elements results in low public activity, which in turn leads to crime and vandalism due to a lack of self-awareness which tends to not exist in places of high public activity (Jacobs, 1961). In addition to this, the problem of public space is exasperated by the design philosophy that was used to create the projects. Planners used the International Style, which was a popular urbanist theory during the time that the dwellings were created. By clearing the tenement slums that were defined by a spatial hierarchy created by the street grid of New York City, he accused the planners of intentionally destroying the rich hierarchy and variety that existed in the contextual public realm (Kunstler, 2004). He also argues that the high-rises of the projects themselves destroyed any sense of human scale, which in combination of his other concerns, eradicated the inhabitants connection to the public realm (Kunstler, 2004). By looking at these failures of the social housing projects, a transformational framework needs to be produced that acknowledges these issues of monofunctionality, scale, and safety. This framework should also act as a blueprint of rehabilitation for all NYCHA projects, including what needs and characteristics need to be created in order to activate a public space that increases the inhabitants quality of life. By providing a framework that brings the “soul” of public space in these projects back to life, the original intent of the projects - or the promise it made to the people who would live in them - can be met and achieved.","New York; East Harlem; Progressivism; Social Housing; Public Space; Redevelopment; Regeneration; Modularity; Palimpsest; Social Equality; Transformation; Fractalization; Zoning; Urban Planning; Sustainabilty; Productive Landscape; Heritage & Architecture; Historical Analysis","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences","History and Heritage","40.7921034982, -73.9373579172"
"uuid:f4b3e304-8963-4388-b916-eb2d77d1a077","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:f4b3e304-8963-4388-b916-eb2d77d1a077","Modernist urbanism under automated mobility scenarios: Transforming modernist areas for spatial quality in Amsterdam city","Durand Lopéz, Leyden (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Muñoz Sanz, Victor (mentor); Harteveld, Maurice (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2019","Modernist urbanism under automated mobility scenarios, develops a method to intervene and enhance the quality of public spaces in modernist areas, based on a possible automated mobility scenario that triggers new relationships between car infrastructure, public space and the rest of the urban fabric. New uses for mobility landscapes in transformation are proposed, the new interventions stimulate an optimized use of the space, and upgrade the overall quality of the existing urban environment. In this project, the modern model is, on the one hand, used as an historical / conceptual reference, in which vehicular technology have been used as a determining factor in the development and transformation of cities contributed to the creation of an urban model considered unsuccessful (Aquilué & Ardura, 2017). On the other hand, is also used as a contextual reference, that has produced patterns of open block structure, separation of traffic and functions and the elimination of the street as a ‘social space’ at a global scale. In order to use Automated mobility as a trigger to generate upgrading opportunities for these areas, we try to identify typical patterns of value related to the model, to generate design proposals that can be transferable to different contexts. To this aim, this project develops a Toolbox, where a database combines information from the literature framework, and a system of pattern language is used to combine all the elements, and a possible scenario of automated mobility, to create design proposals that are tested in the Slotermeer area in Amsterdam.Finally, possibilities for future developments as an Online tool are outlined, envisioning the possibilities of application and knowledge transferability, allowing for different scales of implementation and interaction with users; increasing the flexibility of the system, allowing user interaction, the integration of knowledge, and its use as a basis for the development of participatory processes and interventions in diverse contextual situations.","Automated mobility; Public space quality; Pattern language","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences","",""
"uuid:46309d91-7a2d-4048-8dc9-b955ec0f6bb3","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:46309d91-7a2d-4048-8dc9-b955ec0f6bb3","The Maritime Mile: A sustainable sportscape in Amsterdam","Schaafsma, Bonnie (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Lamers, Emiel (mentor); Bilow, Marcel (mentor); van der Heijden, Harry (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2019","Sports are moving away from the city centre. This is happening despite a growing need for sports, especially among young people. While sports can help create a healthy city through encouraging interaction with their surroundings and the city, they also positively affect the social cohesion of neighbourhoods. The need for sports is specifically focussed on sports in the public space and on multifunctional accommodations, allowing a more diverse and free use. As the Marineterrein in Amsterdam is a testing ground for new initiatives and architecture or use of space, it forms the ideal location for a sports infused area. The Maritime Mile embeds sports into the public space with a jogging route that runs along the edges but also through the centre of the area. A variety of sports places and functions lie adjacent to the one mile long route. A large sports building with swimming pool and a smaller 24/7 changing facility, a swimming dock with changing facilities, bathrooms and showers for prolonged stay, a diving tower with a viewing point, a small skate park, a football field with a viewing area and a parklike area with an interactive fountain together make up a diverse program, offering activities to many different users. Water is used throughout the plan to make the design more sustainable and create a more comfortable and pleasant experience.","Water; Sports; Amsterdam; Public space; Route","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences","","52.375297, 4.915666"
"uuid:e9941b29-2a3f-429c-9566-6c6bbd3c116c","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:e9941b29-2a3f-429c-9566-6c6bbd3c116c","Return, Keep and Interweave: An adaptive landscape infrastructure system for the low-lying flooding zone in Miami-Dade County","Wang, Yilin (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Piccinini, D. (mentor); Forgaci, C. (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2019","Facing a lot of challenges brought by climate change, this thesis aims to explore long-term landscape-based solutions for the vulnerable low-lying area in Miami-Dade County to increase the adaptation towards Climate Change through the integration of flood impact mitigation and environment enhancement on spatial-social-ecological aspects. Public spaces are taken as the potentials and transformed into landscape infrastructures, building up the landscape infrastructure system which could facilitate functional, ecological and social relationships between human and natural processes. This system integrates water layer, vegetation layer, and activity layer which could bring multiple values in order to achieve the goal of flood impact mitigation and environment enhancement at the same time.","Climate change adaptation; Public space; Landscape infrastructure; Flood impact mitigation; environment enhancement","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Landscape Architecture","",""
"uuid:5c76ed5b-2895-4a3c-9d47-f7ba158349a0","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:5c76ed5b-2895-4a3c-9d47-f7ba158349a0","Re-Razvitak: Spaces of encounter in a divisive city","Stegeman, Angelique (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment; TU Delft Architecture)","Pilav, Armina (mentor); Adema, Ferry (graduation committee); Asselbergs, Thijs (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2019","Bosnia and Herzegovina is a country that has endured many wars, through many different rules. The Yugoslav wars from 1991-1996 still linger in Mostar today, as we find a ‘divided city’, which is mostly enforced through institutions that ethnically divide public buildings. At the same time, citizens find this unnecessary and consider Mostar as ‘one’, as they move all over the city. Fountains in public places, particularly the ones with drinking water, used to be a major inclusive quality as a common good that were able to be used by anyone. Currently these are left neglected from a lack of responsibility to take care of these. Using these places as a spatial method to analyze the city, their inclusive qualities are utilized into creating an inclusive place where people can encounter each other, exchange and share knowledge, collaborate and essentially can reclaim public space. 'Inclusive' in this project refers to accessibility and a sense of ownership, where people are able to add a piece of themselves in the program. An existing ruin that used to be a popular department store called Razvitak, resides between two popular streets and through that holds potential to connect a new inclusive place to an existing social tissue. Razvitak plays the role to be unlocked as a common resource, in order to counteract divisional narratives and reconnect the city socially(and aquatically). The project gives this ruin its third life as a social centre, where the inclusivity is shaped through an experience from public to private, encountering different intimacies along the way that shape diverse spaces of encounter, to which the programme relates, while making use of the structure’s existing qualities.","Public space; community; reclaim; social space; ruin","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences","Neretva Recollection: Materiality of War, Flowing Memories and Living Archive",""
"uuid:1b2d73f5-1568-4912-866f-23de04580553","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:1b2d73f5-1568-4912-866f-23de04580553","The Playhouse: Real Life Simulator","Domian, Aleksandra (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Smidihen, Hrvoje (mentor); van der Meel, Hubert (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2019","The design assignment is a response for a need of a public physical space that can inhabit 22nd century community. “The Playhouse” is a new type of community centre where people can spend their free time, interact with each other, develop their hobbies, stimulate their creativity, and seek out new goals and experiences.The question of the role of leisure and free time is an important issue for the future condition of public life in Amsterdam 2100. Due to the development of new technologies, total automation, and emergence or new life styles (freelancers, universal basic income takers and nomads), the new type of physical space will be needed to inhabit future community of XXII century and respond to their needs. The proposed design solution will provide space for participation, interaction, recreation and entertainment. In the hybrid reality where material formations of physical spaces will be complemented by virtual ones people can interact with each other, develop their hobbies, stimulate their creativity, and seek out new goals and experiences.
The program is divided into four categories - Physical, Semi Virtual, Virtual and Support. ‘Physical’ spaces are located on the ground floor and include park and food hall. ‘Semi Virtual’ functions consist of VR Disco Hall, VR Performance Hall and VR Sports Hall. Those spaces are event venues experiencing together in one physical space and by means of virtual technology. To ‘Virtual’ function belongs Job Training Academy that consists of VR Theme Rooms, which are meant to be experienced in Virtual (VR) and Augmented (AR) Reality. Finally, ’Support’ functions consist of Research & Innovation Lab with offices and workshops for VR Developers and VR Designers and Facilities such as storages, mechanical rooms and server rooms. The program elements of various leisure related functions are interweaving with each other offering different experiences and possibilities of interactions in the mix of physical and virtual realms.","Amsterdam 2100; Playhouse; Future; Virtual Reality; Public space","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Complex Projects","AMS MID City",""
"uuid:a8a7c1b6-13ac-479c-b13c-731b3c72e87a","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:a8a7c1b6-13ac-479c-b13c-731b3c72e87a","Urban Delta: Local Place in Zuid-Oost, Amsterdam","Kicińska, Dobrawa (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment; TU Delft Architecture)","de Koning, Stefan (mentor); Koskamp, Gilbert (mentor); Meijers, Lidy (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2019","The project is concerned with the district of Zuidoost, currently inhabited by mostly non-western immigrants and functioning as a sleeping district. As the area is missing defined local public space, the project aims to provide with space in which people of different backgrounds can meet and interact with each other, and therefore enable to form a local community. In order for such space to be successful in the 2100, times in which people would spend a lot of their free time in the virtual reality, it needs to utilize true qualities of the physical space and smartly develop its attractiveness.","public space; Amsterdam; Future cities","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences","",""
"uuid:8948187f-ffef-437a-ba97-bb1e8cffc5a6","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:8948187f-ffef-437a-ba97-bb1e8cffc5a6","Narratives of Baghdad: An ethnographic study through five public spaces in Baghdad, Iraq","Ali, Achmed (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","van de Pas, Roel (graduation committee); van Dooren, Elise (mentor); van der Meel, Hubert (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2019","aghdad, once the cultural and social centre of the Arab world, has become a theatre of violence and devastation. Simultaneously, altering people lives, social interaction, urban fabric and Iraqi’s identity. This paper examines this situation by sharing five narratives of five places in Baghdad. Those places are public spaces, each different in function, but all essential to the urban fabric and all historically charged. The five public spaces are:
1. Swords of Qadisiyah
2. Nasb Al-Hurriyah
3. Al Mutannabi Street
4. Al-Khilani Mosque
5. AL Zawraa park
The analysis is based upon an ethnographic case study, which is grounded upon fieldwork, interviews and plan analysis. The main objective of this paper is to evaluate the development of the five places, allowing the reader to grasp an idea of the recent events and the meaning of the public space in a conflict environment. The narrative presented has shown that the public spaces are neglected, in shortage and segregated, which results in a decrease of social life and aggravation of sectarianism.","Development of public spaces in Baghdad; The meaning of public spaces; sectarianism; architecture in conflict places.","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Building Technology | Sustainable Design","",""
"uuid:f8f270bd-f2e5-4f63-8989-fceb1be4fc10","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:f8f270bd-f2e5-4f63-8989-fceb1be4fc10","Public space as a cohesive force: the landscape intervention in post-conflict city, Mostar","Peng, Shiqi (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Luiten, Eric (mentor); Romein, Arie (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2019","Bosnia and Herzegovina suffered a lot from the civil war, and among all the cities, Mostar is the longest and most tragic place. It is also a divided city today in both physical and mental aspects. Along with the reduction of public space and the decline in quality, people lost their places of public life, consequently, causing the mental division between people and the loss of city collective memory.This project would focus on the city of Mostar as a post-conflict area and aims to mitigate the mental division of the city and bring back people and collective memory by redesigning and improving public spaces. The historical and current condition in the city would be analysised to provide a comprehensive understanding of the working site. Memoryscape and placemaking for peace making would then work as the method to lead the intervension of this project, mainly focus on:1)Traditiional and new activities that keep attracting people; 2)Public landscape that involves the history elements reflecting to the city history and collective memory; 3)In a long run, the continual public space network would gather and lead people to step over the mental border line.","Public space; Post-conflict; Landscape","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Management in the Built Environment","","43.343033, 17.807894"
"uuid:152a13d2-5496-4106-8b15-b9a57d723d5e","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:152a13d2-5496-4106-8b15-b9a57d723d5e","Identity within Diversity: Rethinking the notion of Megablock Planning Structures in the Metropolization process","Isaza, Elisa (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment); Kalyan, Kavya (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment); Suresh, Kavya (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment); Rezikalla, Minalies (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment); Wu, Wu (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Sepulveda Carmona, D.A. (mentor); Calabrese, L.M. (mentor); Qu, L. (mentor); Tai, Y. (mentor); Bracken, G. (mentor); Read, S.A. (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2019","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 multiple identities and diverse groups of people living in it. The social and spatial implications of the metropolization process reflect a segregation between the actual planning system and the diverse people that live in this region. The proposal aims to transform the megablock, a traditional, structural form of planning that is a form of de-contextualized, top down planning based around an economic, private-driven market, into a planning tool that enables the cohabitation of multiple lifestyles that creates social networks of interaction, activates spaces of the existing context and relates them with new developments. Therefore, the redefining of the megablock intends to find how rapid urbanization and the enhancement of distinct local and external identities can go hand-in-hand in a multiplicity of urban contexts, creating a balance between quantity and quality and creating a process of place making that allows the enhancement and strengthening of the notion of identity in a local, urban and regional scale. The Megablock becomes a sustainable prototype for future urbanization and a morphological spatial structure that re-establish a spatial order and framework for the transitions and relations between diverse places and people.","Identity; metropolization process; Cohabitation; place making; Public space; megablock; spatial planning","en","student report","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences","Globalization: Research on the Urban Impact","22.3193, 114.1694"
"uuid:edefcb85-0cf5-4f9f-9d79-0fb7c6e489ef","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:edefcb85-0cf5-4f9f-9d79-0fb7c6e489ef","Slowing Down in an Impulse-Permeated World: What we can learn from people diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder regarding the design of (semi-public) spaces","Tegelberg, Tess (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Sohn, H. (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2019","There are more diagnoses of autism spectrum disorder and the world is more and more demanding of our directed attention. This can lead to Directed Attention Fatigue which leads to heightened arousal. Per the Yerkes-Dodson Law, heightened arousal lowers performance in simple and especially in complex tasks. People who are diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder might view a social task (often needed in a semi-public space) as a complex one which a neuro-typical person would view as simple. The objective is therefore to lower arousal. The environment also has a very large impact on a person. It is therefore wise to see how that could be used in lowering arousal. The main question in this thesis is therefore: what design elements could be improved with help from autism spectrum disorder to improve the experience and perception of semi-public spaces? The difference between people diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder and neuro-typical people lies in individual differences, situational factors, social conditions, cultural factors and how they are able to cope. The design elements that therefore be valued more are privacy, spatial crowding, illumination, general stimuli and nature.","autism; Semi-Public Spaces; environmental psychology","en","student report","","","","","","","","","","","","","",""
"uuid:366b004e-e9c1-49b1-acbe-6c77c91f71de","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:366b004e-e9c1-49b1-acbe-6c77c91f71de","A study into how the relationship between public and private spaces in the built environment influence the social and cultural aspects of the community","Varghese, Paul (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Lousberg, L.H.M.J. (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2019","Architects have always found it important to understand the interaction between public and private spaces in the context of the built environment. This paper investigates the relationship between public and private spaces, and how it influences the social and cultural aspects of the built environment. Hence, we first explore what a public and private space is, and how it is defined. From this we investigate the concept of creating an identity within a public space, the formation of social gathering spots, and the necessities of private spots within the public domain. The results of this research paper show that design concepts that are specific to the psychological aspects of human behavior can shape the social and cultural pattern of the built environment.","public space; private space; Materialization; Architectcture; built environment; Urban planing; boundary; Social identity","en","bachelor thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences","",""
"uuid:6dd8a3b7-7666-44d6-94f1-8fdc1c4c52a7","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:6dd8a3b7-7666-44d6-94f1-8fdc1c4c52a7","The Subversion of Expectations: Architecture and the subversion of expectations, methods and parameters.","Valente, Yara (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment; TU Delft Architecture)","van de Pas, R.R.J. (mentor); Wilms Floet, W.W.L.M. (mentor); van der Meel, H.L. (mentor); Vitner, Daan (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2019","Society is stuck in daily routines, led by social norms and conventions. Often we are unaware of this, while life can be much richter if we would subvert from these routines every once in a while. These routines prevent us from seeing everything that there is. Our expectations need to be subverted.
Usually it is reserved for artists to make people look at the world differently. But precisely because architecture is much more common, much more everyday, than art, it is architecture that has the possibility to subvert our expectations and make our lives richer. In my research I’ve researched this moment, how you can do this, and how to apply this.
I created a digital collection of more than 120 exemplary architecture and art projects. Each project was analysed and tagged on their effects on people, the senses and elements that were used and the type of project it is. Furthermore I tagged them on more binary aspects: size, placement, timeframe, kinetic, relation and color. This made it possible for me to easily analyse them further, sort and compare them with a few clicks.
From this collection I’ve found 8 methods how to subvert one’s expectations: confusion, curiosity, disruption, humour, imagination, play, provocation and wonder.
From the research I found that public space is good place for the subversion of our expectations. As it is a place where people adapt themselves most to social norms and conventions, but also a place where much freedom and beauty is to be found.
Furthermore I found that subverting ones expectations has a certain expiration date, after a certain while an intervention is not unexpected anymore. Thus it needs to be temporary.
As carrier and test site for these ideas, the design brief was a temporary public toilet.
The toilet is located in the city center of Rotterdam, on Steiger, an expedition street; a back alley that is barely used. By subverting our expectations we become more aware of the public space surrounding us, and it motivates us to make use of it.
The public toilet is an experience in which almost all of the subversive methods are used. From spectator to participant, from the route towards the toilet to the actual peeing itself.
Your expectations will be subverted, your life will be richer, and the location will be activated.","Experience design; Public toilet; Expectations; Intervention; Scaffolding; Public space; Public bath; Installation design","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Explorelab","",""
"uuid:ad4bc76b-0c87-41a2-96f3-d6e645ceb78f","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:ad4bc76b-0c87-41a2-96f3-d6e645ceb78f","Co-creative platform: A neighbourhood hub for co-working and collective habitation in 2050 Amsterdam","Guo, Yuan (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Caso, Olindo (mentor); Jennen, Pierre (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2019","The creative economy has grown fast these years because of the advanced science and technology. Employees have more flexible working schedule and environment. Co-working spaces rise because of creative economy and digital economy. This project concerns a building that hosts a neighbourhood hub for co-working and collective habitation in 2050 Amsterdam. The project is part of the strategy that transform the obsoleted railway embankment of the Spaarndammerbuurt in a public space, part of a new infrastructure of green and slow mobility. The building designed is also a connector between different urban conditions, and a visual theatre oriented on the urban qualities.","Co-working; Creative economy; Urban quality; Green infrastructure; Public space","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences","",""
"uuid:ed7a10ea-0c99-4470-af50-2775eda145f7","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:ed7a10ea-0c99-4470-af50-2775eda145f7","An Urban Biography: Social-Spatial inequality in The Hague","Bluemink, Bella (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","van den Burg, L.P.J. (mentor); Verschuure, G.A (graduation committee); Mota, Nelson (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2019","In the Netherlands there is a current tendency of areas with extreme growth as well as areas with extreme shrinkage. Because of the increasing population in cities like The Hague, social problems intensify. Among these problems is the issue of social-spatial inequality. This occurs when the distribution of life chances is dependent on the place where you live. When the differences between places have an unjust distribution of life chances as a consequence, it is called social- spatial inequality. The intention of this project is the development of a new approach, the Urban Biography, that makes it possible to get an elaborated understanding of the development of a public place, whilst using the physical, social and mental aspects of that place. This approach makes it possible to be able to read and understand the city, or a specific place at a higher level, in order to grasp the identity of this place. Especially important for this identity are the physical, social and mental aspects. Current research often lacks at least one of these aspects, which often results in a design that is only focused on the physical and not the human aspect. The basic idea is that studying these different parts will help with the understanding of the current situation of social-spatial inequality in growing cities. This deep understanding will create the opportunity to alter the public space in order to match both the historical characteristics and the challenges of the future, like the reduction of social-spatial inequality, in order to create a design for a more just future. This Urban Biography approach is applied to the case of the city of The Hague. This city has a strong distinction between rich and poor neighbourhoods. Considering the current differences between the neighbourhoods of the city, the neighbourhood, Statenkwartier is chosen to research in more detail. This neighbourhood is not necessarily the neighbourhood that comes first to mind when thought about social-spatial inequality, but is indeed a very interesting case. The elaborated study of the city as a whole and Statenkwartier in more detail, result in a redesign of the public space for Statenkwartier. The design will contribute to the reduction of socialspatial inequality in the city.","Social-spatial inequality; Urban Biography; The Hague; Public Space; Design","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences","","52.0704978, 4.3006999"
"uuid:a52a8c16-d682-4a75-b430-af6f2a1d3504","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:a52a8c16-d682-4a75-b430-af6f2a1d3504","Establishing an object identification method based on the description of the neighbouring elements","Kleijwegt, Cathelijne (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Meijers, Martijn (mentor); Verbree, Edward (graduation committee); van der Hoeven, Franklin (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2019","Broken glass from a bus stop, litter on the ground, a broken lamppost, and more things like this can be encountered in a municipality. To improve the process of mapping the issues and fixing them Fixi is developed by Decos. Fixi is an application in which citizens can report issues in public space. A citizen can report the issue he or she encounters in Fixi and the handlers of the municipality will use this inventory to improve the quality of the municipality. The issues are mapped using GNSS or pin-pointing it out on the map, but these options are not always available. This thesis research explores object identification based on the description of neighbouring elements. By providing a method to identify the object by a description, an additional option for reporting issues is made available in Fixi. The neighbouring elements which are described by the user will function as reference points for the method. By combining the information, a suggestion of one or more objects can be presented to the user which should include the described object. The flow from description to output consists of five different elements: data input, preprocessing of the data, user input, processing, and output. Three versions of input and processing are developed and tested in this thesis research. (1) With spatial relationships and distances indicated by the user, (2) with spatial relationships, and (3) with distances indicated by the user. The type of elements that can be described by the user are based on the theory of Lynch [1960] and can be categorised in five different types: path, edge, district, node, and landmark. To test the method, the selectivity of the elements is tested and the output of the process is evaluated. This last test is done based on six criteria: (1) number of questions, (2) presence of object, (3) amount of suggested objects, (4) average distance to elements, (5) covered area of suggested objects, and (6) completion time of description. The tests have been executed on thirty scenarios spread over three municipalities: Westervoort, Amsterdam, and Joure. All scenarios presented the described object as one of the suggested objects, which means the object has been identified. In general scored version 3 with the distances indicated by the user the best results in the tested cases. Improvements are possible in elements like number of questions, average distance, and completion time.","object identification; description; Fixi; elements of a city; public space","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Geomatics","",""
"uuid:acb170d5-3c0f-4835-9586-df29317369c7","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:acb170d5-3c0f-4835-9586-df29317369c7","Escaping Casablanca: Resorting to Inversions of the Everyday","Kerkvliet, Rense (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Mejia Hernandez, Jorge (mentor); Koskamp, Gilbert (graduation committee); Teerds, Hans (graduation committee); Trip, Jan Jacob (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2019","Over the last century, Casablanca has become the economical capital of Morocco. To deal with this ever congesting metropolis, the French Europeans and later wealthy Moroccans, have established an entire region to escape from Casablanca's everyday. The research investigates this relationship between the escape from the everyday into spaces for the holiday. Spaces wherein the political and economical norm are suspended, resulting in an opportunity for play (in contrast to work, labor and action). In Casablanca, beach club structures barricade the relation between the coastal boulevard and the Atlantic as natural common resource, resulting in a condition wherein one needs to pay to enjoy the ocean and its consequent holiday. Through investigating the characteristic figure of the club, the research unfolds its strategies and motives, to subsequently learn from it for a counter-project.
As a response to the disparity between the everyday and the holiday in Casablanca, to the research on the club and to the investigation on spaces of play, the project proposes a strategy to infiltrate the Casablanca with spaces for the holiday. By exploiting the newly established infrastructure of the tram network, the project taps into many daily routines, claiming territory adjacent to the strategically chosen tram stations. These territories are then reserved for the holiday, accommodated in an urban void, guaranteeing the possibility of refuge in the holiday and the livability of the metropolis.
To offer an alternative to the exclusive figure of the club, the proposed spaces for the holiday must ensure to be inclusive, both socially and architecturally. The absolute architecture of the club is broken open and becoming, transformed into a dual project; a pliant surface and a set of autonomous architectures. Together, they provide a protected holiday space separated from Casablanca’s everyday visually, acoustically, thermally, emotionally. While still providing accessibility from all sides due to its resulting porous nature. Therefore offering a true and pleasant sanctuary in middle of Casablanca’s turmoil. Through the duality of the project, a certain ambiguity is achieved, resulting in a range of conditions wherein citizens can celebrate their holiday.
In order to evoke direct associations of holiday within the interventions, the Casablanca’s collective memory is being exploited through abstractions of the coast in architectural form. The pliant surface is materialized in bright white natural stone, mimicking the tactics of Casablanca’s beach clubs, which imported white beach sand to create paradisaical beaches. The white (artificial) surface offers a first inversion of the everyday on which the autonomous architectural elements are imposed, in turn referencing to the beauty of the natural coast. Each element subtly referencing to phenomena of the Atlantic.
Together resulting in a predefined set of elements and rules which can generate precise architectural interventions when confronted with given urban conditions. The project is therefore designed as a tangram, from the scale of the entire configuration to the detail. In the thesis, three sites are fully developed, as proof of concept, exploring the potential to offer an inclusive form of holiday, inverting Casablanca’s everyday life.
The general aim of this research is to investigate the implementation of the circular economy concept in the public space. From this study, it became clear that Dutch municipalities are willing to implement circularity for assets released from the public space. However, the municipalities are not aware of the actions which are required to increase the circularity within its maintenance activities. A method is proposed which gives decision makers of a municipality guidelines to justify their decision for a maintenance plan of an urban area. This method includes PAVE (maintenance plan analysis tool to value enhancement of circularity in the public space): a tool which quantifies the environmental and economic impact of maintenance plans. To express the impacts four criteria were selected: the carbon footprint, financial footprint, material loss and monetary value loss. The tool follows a life cycle assessment (LCA) framework.
In this research, the use of PAVE was investigated during the maintenance of a neighbourhood in Almere. It was concluded that to be able to implement PAVE in an effective manner, the asset database of the municipality needs to be updated to fill in the information gap. Part of the case area database was renewed to conduct an inventory of the assets in the selected urban area for this research. In PAVE, the impacts of the selected assets were calculated for both the circular project plan of the contractor and the traditional linear plan. PAVE indicated that using the new project plan for the case area results in approximately 1455 ton less CO2 emissions and is €4304000 cheaper compared to the traditional linear maintenance plan. Furthermore, PAVE demonstrated that the use of the new plan leads to 238 m3 and €424.000 less material and monetary value loss, respectively.
In this research, it was evident that to select a maintenance plan among others, the tool should be included in the decision-making scheme of municipalities. By implementing PAVE, decision makers will be able to compare the impacts of different maintenance plans and select the most suitable plan based on environmental and economic considerations. The implementation of the tool can be ensured by making the provided budget dependent on implementation. Finally, the proposed plans of contractors should be evaluated on their circularity. Guidelines have been formulated to support the selection of the maintenance plan for urban areas in the public space.","Circular Economy; Public Space; Decision making","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Civil Engineering","",""
"uuid:0fc1c604-06ac-43d5-a398-ce0b1118fe69","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:0fc1c604-06ac-43d5-a398-ce0b1118fe69","From Fearscapes to Public Spaces: A New Dialogue Between the Citizens & Their Democratic Public Domain","Kahraman, Ipek (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment; TU Delft Urbanism)","Calabrese, L.M. (mentor); Rocco, Roberto (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2018","Fear as one of the earliest survival mechanisms of humankind has significant effects on how people lived in cities since ancient times. Today fear is embedded in the physical characteristics of the urban space and how it is perceived by its inhabitants. It transforms the spatial behaviors of the contemporary citizens into introverted spatial biographies of fear, where the public spaces have become the ’dangerous outside world’ (De Cauter, 2004) to be avoided when possible. The most crucial outcome of this ongoing trend is the loss of any democratic public domain in contemporary cities. Departing from that, this thesis focuses on the dominant ecology of fear in the long-established central public space network of Istanbul comprising Gezi Park, Taksim Square & Istiklal Avenue where the citizens are disconnected from their democratic public domain in the last decade. The research aims to approach fear as an urban phenomena rediscovering and inventing tools to investigate fear in space, decode it in the context of Central Istanbul and discuss the role and range of influence of the urbanist in finding solutions to mitigate fear and establish a new constructive dialogue between the citizens of Istanbul and their public domain under extreme societal and political conditions that Central Istanbul exemplifies.","fearscapes; spatial biographies; democratic public domain; contemporary public space","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","2018-10-31","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences","","41.036753, 28.984765"
"uuid:cf7f7a77-5efa-4f3f-8d58-8553184c05f3","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:cf7f7a77-5efa-4f3f-8d58-8553184c05f3","Preteen use and perception of public space in Utrecht in 1996, 2016 and into the future: Regenerating urban social structures by building on child-friendly spatial characteristics","Kiliçoğlu, Ihsan (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment; TU Delft Urbanism)","van Dorst, Machiel (mentor); van Nes, Akkelies (mentor); Koorstra, Peter (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2018","This thesis explores the possible effects of spatial characteristics on the use and
perception public space by pre-teen children. The aim of this thesis was to identify spatial patterns that can be used to create urban public spaces which enhance the ability of children to make (diverse) friends, to explore different urban landscapes, interact with different types of people and situation, and to participate in social life and democratic processes. A short investigation of the general history of children in communal spaces is presented to contextualize the situation of urban children today. This is followed by an evaluation of recurring themes in scientific literature, which shows the diversity of definitions and approaches which are applied today. In order to find possible spatial effects,
empirical research was conducted in two neighbourhoods - one urban and one sub-urbanof Utrecht, the Netherlands. A novel mapping method was used. Self-reported neighbourhood maps were drawn by children around the age of 10 during mapping workshops at four primary schools in Utrecht. The validity of the maps was evaluated by comparing them to on-site observations. Statistical analysis indicates that the effects of certain spatial characteristics near a residence are stronger than non-spatial factors such as going to school independently, living in an area where children make up over 20% of the population, of having one or more siblings. Especially the presence of courtyards or large parks is shown to benefit the social life of children in public space. Children who live near a courtyard have one to two neighbourhood more than average, while children who live near a large park have twice the spatial reach as the average child. The results of this thesis may be of interest to municipalities, urban planners and parents in general.","Spatial freedom; independent mobility; public space; children; urban youth; citizenship","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences","",""
"uuid:1276500e-0dc7-4d0e-9dee-1aff48214625","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:1276500e-0dc7-4d0e-9dee-1aff48214625","Re-structured: Transformation strategy for mass-housing blocks on the example of ERA buildings in Buitenhof, Delft","Książek, Jan (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Nottrot, Robert (mentor); Cuperus, Ype (graduation committee); Sedighi, Mo (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2018","The omnipresence of the aging mass-housing estates in Europe has created a new frontier for innovative approaches in architecture, particularly in the architecture of renovation. This new movement has the capacity to address two major aspects of contemporary architecture: the role of architects in catering for sustainable development (ecological, economic, and social development) and, more importantly, addressing the needs of changing society (e.g. from monologue to digital). A close look at masshousing projects in the Netherlands reveals the enduring impact of the doctrines in practice at the time of their construction. These principles, predominantly influenced by structuralism, present compelling opportunities for the transformation of selected buildings. Accordingly, a main goal of this graduation project is to study the housing demand of current, multi-cultural, Dutch (in a larger scope: European) society and therefore to explore possibilities for sustainable development, and for improving the living condition in the existing, post-war, masshousing complexes. To do this, this research examines the impact of mass-customization by means of a new, adaptable to the dweller housing structures, introduced in the existing urban fabric with the aim of supporting the development of sustainable communities. From the field survey and publications discussing social problems in the mass-housing neighbourhoods, it can be observed that the existing post-war mass housing model no longer caters to the needs of current and new users. The potential of structures to deal with this shift will be studied through the thorough analysis of relevant and successful mass housing renovation precedents. Through this, research conclusions will be drawn as to the extent and type of design intervention in 3 scales: individual dwelling unit, housing block and local urban settlement (i.e. within 3-4 adjacent blocks).","housing upgrade; transformation project; public space; urban renewal; pedestrian bridge; Delft","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","","","51.995585, 4.339090"
"uuid:3549cffe-6d33-4772-9690-d399744bf401","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:3549cffe-6d33-4772-9690-d399744bf401","Territories of Here and There: infra|supra Structures of multitemporal transmigratory practices on the Hispaniola border","Quezada Moreno, Alejandra (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment; TU Delft Urbanism)","Emmerik, Mike (mentor); Calabrese, Luisa (mentor); Cavallo, Roberto (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2018","At the border between Haiti and the Dominican Republic, weekly bi-national markets exemplify (within a tense social context) the economic relevance of the goods and people metabolism along with emerging bi-national social relations. For this border territory, a temporal perspective is productive to develop a comprehensive grasp of the area; the markets, daily local and insular logistics, commuters and yearly fairs reveal this character. Moreover, inhabitants of the border engage in transmigratory practices, meaning, they pertain and participate in more than one community.
In this thesis I focus on Malpaso|se, a strategic node at the southern border connecting the main capitals of the island. At the same time, is the location of the most important border logistic check point on the island and the site of a prominent binational market. The spatial organization of this site relies on the dialectic of mobile and fixed spatial configurations given the nature of the market scheduling. However, its current configuration prioritises security -with its inherent violence- hinders the potentials for cross-border interaction, restricts the operability of the current activities of the site and reinforces pejorative socio-spatial dynamics. For this reason, I based the approach of this project on cross-border itinerant programs, infrastructure thinking and adaptable design interventions. The goal is to produce a common territory, promote multi-temporal practices, foster bi-directional social exchange and develop spatial configurations that respond to the uncertainties of use under different time frameworks; daily, weekly, monthly, yearly.
As with many forms of praxeological inquiries that have given form to the typologies of buildings we have come to know and love; the project was underpinned by continual introspection as to the sonic inhabitation of spaces. Throughout the iterative design phases of the project, continual cycles of questions were being asked- What is the sonic behaviour and how does this form spatially (Vis-à-vis)?
The project is situated in Valparaiso, Chile. On the steeps slopes between plan and hill. Drawing on the strong sonic research component the outcome presents four primary spatial interventions that each hold diverse qualities for the sonic act of presence to occur. These are a learning centre; collective school environment; market square; and Sonic Vantage point. Each of which serve as precedent for the utilisation of the sonic act as being a core design tool in defining the spatial logic. The significance of the work is that it aims to test notions of experience, that have over the last two decades gained increasing recognition as being fundamental to architecture and calling for a turn away from the dominance of visual mechanisms.
Stress can be reduced using a direct approach or an indirect approach. The direct approach focusses directly on the stressor, while the indirect approach tries to decrease the negative effect of the stressor, or of the stress itself. The indirect approach can be divided into three sub-approaches: perceived control, pro-social places and restorative environments. Perceived control is important because people experience less stress if they feel like they are in control of their environment. Pro-social places, or social support, is one of the ways to cope with stress. Restoration is recovering from stress and might therefore be the most important indirect approach.
It turns out that the scale of the public space within the scale of the project area of this thesis is very suited for the indirect approaches. An urban design is made for four different locations in Caledonian, London, using these indirect approaches.","Stress; Urban stress; Urban design; Public space; London","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Design of the Urban Fabric","",""
"uuid:1c91a85c-e029-411d-9b38-f2ae0e1a7dcd","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:1c91a85c-e029-411d-9b38-f2ae0e1a7dcd","Expeditie Rotterdam: of de ontdekkingstocht naar de verborgen Wederopbouwstad","van der Linden, Hedwig (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Wilms Floet, Willemijn (mentor); Cuperus, Ype (mentor); van Dorst, Machiel (mentor); Graaff, Pieter (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2018","The aim of this exploration is to reinterpretate and revitalise underused areas in the modernist urban fabric of Rotterdam. Since Rotterdam was bombed during the Second World War, a whole new modernist city could arise. The Reconstruction plan can still be seen as a manifesto of modern architecture and urbanism. Main focal points were the separation of functions, space for traffic and the suppression of residential functions. The organization of traffic and the aim of separation of functions are in shaping the plan, with main traffic routes, pedestrian shopping streets, mixed traffic/shopping streets and expedition courtyards and streets. The main traffic routes were executed as boulevards, with separate traffic lanes and wide sidewalks.
In the Reconstruction plan of 1946 by Witteveen’s successor Van Traa, the concept of expedition courtyards have been translated in a purely functional manner. The plan is clearly hierarchically set up with main streets, an alley and an expedition street accessible through an entrance gate. Expedition streets and courtyards form an important part of Rotterdam’s reconstruction city. In the centre of Rotterdam they are found in all sorts of sizes. The expedition streets were once the system for supply of shops and companies, whereas they went through change in use over time and this development of the expedition courtyards has resulted in numerous unused spaces.
The inner city of Rotterdam is on a turning point of becoming a more residential place. Converting underused spaces into defined places. Shaping the public space can be conceived as an important contrast be¬tween the traditional European city and the modern city. In the traditional city, the facades of the buildings define the boundaries of the public space and thus become a series of cavities in the urban fabric. While the public space in the modern city becomes an open space with detached objects, modernist buildings. This design proposes a structure in which the public, semi-public, collective and private spaces are shaped. This structure is related to the surrounding modernist building and creates various places with different degrees of publicness.
The following research questions are formulated:
How could the identity of the Rotterdam perimeter expedition block Sint-Janshof be updated in a sustainable way, fulfilling the current demands of densification and qualitative public space?
What are the spatial and functional characteristic qualities of the Reconstruction period?
What is the identity of the expedition building block and what are the potential values of the identity of the Sint-Janshof?
The hypothesis is formulated that a sustainable reinvention is a critical revision of the architectural typology confronted with contemporary programmes and conditions. This approach guarantees the architectural and urban identity will live through.
This design speculates on the future of the Rotterdam expedition building block. The design proposal engages in a retroactive densification of the inner city. A typological study of the expedition streets as urban artefacts has been made.
with water, rather than against it. Water, here, becomes an agent able to transform the city into an adaptive, amphibious spatial entity, that can offer alternative urban experiences.
Focusing in the area of the 19th century Schil, the city is organized through a system of buffers and waterlines, using existing or new public spaces or parts of
the urban infrastructure. The traditional enclosed courtyard, the “hofje”, plays
a key role together with private gardens and watersquares, being the main water
collectors and leading stormwater to an inundation park through a maze
of waterlines. Visible flooding processes and above-ground waterbodies compose
an everchanging landscape, a space with infinite faces and atmospheres,
highlighting the dynamic nature of Dordrecht and bringing experience to the forefront.","Amphibious; Floodscape; Water; Cloudburst flooding; Climate adaptation; Sustainability; Network; Multifunctionality; Adaptability; Experience; Attitude shift; Urban life; Public space","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Landscape Architecture","Flowscapes Studio","51.809237, 4.668073"
"uuid:7c6abf98-6787-4c58-86eb-5732a3cfdc0a","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:7c6abf98-6787-4c58-86eb-5732a3cfdc0a","Preservation for all. Transformation for new: Sustainable rehabilitation in the North of Dongsi, Beijing","Li, Jingsi (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Verschuure-Stuip, Gerdy (mentor); Harteveld, Maurice (mentor); Stouten, Paul (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2018","Heritage plays an important role in promoting urban physical and cultural diversity, as well as social cohesion in a changing context.
In the context of Beijing, Hutong is the traditional residential area consists of regularly arranged courtyards. All buildings with slope roofs reflect the traditional Chinese architectural principles.
According to historic pictures, trees and micro green space are the main landscape of original ""Hutong-courtyard"", and they provide large amount of public space in good quality which can promote social interaction. The public space system is including public space, semi-public space, semi-private space and private space.
Accordingly, Hutong is not only a heritage object, but also a narrative of how public space transition in changing context. Moreover, it also helps to understand how public space effecting human approach in context of Beijing. Hutong contains huge tangible and intangible value, and it is one of the most representative heritages in Beijing, since its preservation is benefit to both physical and social sustainability.
However, booming population and inappropriate urban renewal policy had changed the original physical and social structure, resulting in Hutong demolishing.
Existing Hutong preservation are more focus on heritage object. This report tries to explore the new approaches of Hutong rehabilitation, the people, public space system of Hutong and their relationship will be seen as heritage. Therefore, this report will be focus on people and space instead of only object, and provide them sustainable development in Hutong context.
A total length of approximately 3,400 kilometres of Oslo’s coastline is mostly covered with paved concrete for harbour industry. Rivers were sent into pipes during the process of urbanization. The relationship between water and urban life is alienated.
Besides, in the wild nature, people are keen on and are encouraged to do adventures and to explore, to conquer and to experience nature. However in the city, the first idea when facing the force of nature is to hide.
Urbanization had derived something from us, which is the intimacy with nature. It doesn’t mean that we don’t need it. In Oslo lives 12.8% of the population in Norway, but it only covers 1.25‰ of the land area. There are many other major cities like Oslo where citizens don’t own the privilege of being closed to nature. Why can’t they be gifted the opportunity to engage with water?
At this unique place on earth, the land of ice and snow, the temperature drops frequently below zero. The changing form of water is always reshaping the scenery. This city owns unique environmental and landscape architectonic elements. In this project, people are given the opportunity to experience these qualities, the harshness and possibilities of what nature can present in this northern land, in a sheltered condition. It focuses on the basic need from us as human beings to the landscape, which is to experience.
The result of this project is a serious of public spaces engaging with nature. These interventions guided by minimal principles are proposed based on the main methodology in this project. It is specifically a characteristic of individual projects and the compositional impacts they create. It also becomes a paradigm in that it reveals the presence and the quality, in general of landscape architectonic environment.
Landscape Architecture should not be only about solving problems, but also about valuing a place and make it appreciable. Especially in a modern society, life is fast, busy and exhausted. Behind the method of Minimal Intervention this thesis proposed, is the thinking of,
Where locates landscape architects’ ability to provide opportunity of emphasizing nature’s free gift of materials?
How could we experience the qualities of space in which we live and reside?","Experience; Context; Urban Design; Public Space","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Landscape Architecture","",""
"uuid:4cc2392b-9662-4b21-b3b8-820ab1f3a4bf","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:4cc2392b-9662-4b21-b3b8-820ab1f3a4bf","Aging in Place,Non-zero Sum Game: Improves life quality and living conditions for aged people who “Aging in Place”, through the renewal and reconstruction of public spaces system in diverse scales","Mu, Xiufan (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment; TU Delft Urbanism)","Sepulveda Carmona, D.A. (mentor); Harteveld, M.G.A.D. (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2018","The density of elderly population in Central City of Beijing is relatively high compare to that in peri urban area, which resulting in the urban disease, scarcity and low quality of public spaces in the city center. However, in Beijing, the main demands of elderly people have incline to the social needs and social participation, instead of merely sacrificing their later years to families, besides, as vital carrier of “Spiritual supply”, public spaces are significant for the elderly for promoting social interactions and increasing opportunities for social participation. However, planning and designing of public spaces are more focalized on the physical and safety needs of the elderly at present, social needs are not frequently addressed during the design of public space. The aim of this paper is to explore and identify the corresponding indicators and criteria of the social aspects of planning and designing public spaces for the elderly people. Comparative case study, literature review, mapping analysis were used. The project consists of three sections: Firstly, considering from the Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, elderly people “Spiritual” demands (including belongingness and love needs, self-esteem needs, and self-actualization needs as a whole), and their main carry out public space were analyzed. Secondly, some indicators and criteria for public spaces design corresponding social needs aspects of elderly people are concluded from literature, best practices at the level of urban design (they are: Access & Linkage; Physical Setting; Uses & Activities; Sociability & Connotation); Finally, some key indicators are addressed, as well as strategies and policy proposal are developed considering the special context of my study area in the Central City of Beijing.","Aging in place; Aged people; Public space; Spiritual demands; Beijing; City center","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","","","39.945911, 116.384940"
"uuid:b6728340-349e-400a-91fb-a337ed23e2a2","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:b6728340-349e-400a-91fb-a337ed23e2a2","Becoming Nairobi: Codifying Public Space for an Arrivals' City","Rolvering, Gereon (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment; TU Delft Urbanism)","Vanstiphout, W.A.J. (mentor); van den Burg, L.P.J. (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2018","Drawing back on my experience of living in Nairobi, this thesis explores the city’s dynamic system of public space and tries to improve its legibility by establishing a framework for its use and design. Exploring Nairobi as a city of arrival, my personal process in the development of this project was quite similar to that of coming to Nairobi as a migrant, continuously learning to understand, use and finally appropriate the city.
As a colonial foundation closed off to the native population, Nairobi, the urban epicentre for East Africa, has always been a city of constant coming and going rather than a point of identification for the Kenyan population. By consequence, Nairobi’s metropolitan system in general and its public space in particular is optimized to flexibly absorb the masses of migrants that make up its population. However, the lack of codification of public space, its dynamics and use side-lines minorities and arrivals and inhibits the ‘becoming’ of Nairobians, disenfranchising them with their own city.This research will therefore commence by trying to get an understanding of how Nairobi has developed into a city of comings and goings over the past 100 years since its foundation. Exploring the historical development of the city and its residents, I will argue that the notion of public realm in Nairobi is radically different from the ideals of public space discussed in traditional planning practice, mostly reflecting the European city.I will in a second step systematically analyse the spatial dimension of the public realm in Nairobi coming to the conclusion that in spite of its illegibility to arrivals, the city works by a set of clear spatial rules.
Based on this research, I will try to establish how digitalisation and the mobile economy will codify the dynamics of public space and life in Nairobi. Trying to mediate between the city’s duality between integration and identity, this project will then propose a framework of soft and hard public spaces based on existing structural and spatial typologies found along Nairobi’s Ngong Road. Using a set of site specific indicators, these elements will be synthesised in designs for key sections of Ngong Road and its vicinity.","Kenya; Nairobi; African Urbanism; Urban Design; Public Space; Design As Politics","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","","Design As Politics","-1.299007, 36.761463"
"uuid:adeb08c0-3ad4-41a7-84e9-8575b8937183","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:adeb08c0-3ad4-41a7-84e9-8575b8937183","Expanding universes on shrinking footprints","Bernátek, Dominik (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Nottrot, R.J. (mentor); van Dooren, E.J.G.C. (mentor); van der Meel, H.L. (mentor); Vitner-Hamming, D. (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2018","While cities densify, and fill up with building mass, it is of great importance to pay high attention to good quality public space. People should feel at home not only inside their private dwelling, but also outside the building - in the city itself. Architecture has to provide possibilities for people to establish social contacts and on the other hand offer shelter and intimacy. This is one of architecture’s twin-phenomena. Richard Rogers states, that we as architects always have two clients: the people who use the buildings and the people who pass by the buildings, for whom the buildings form outside space. They have different ways of looking at things. “Public spaces - our streets and squares, parks and pavements - are the stages for public life; the public realm is at the heart of our life as social animals.” It is this ‘twin-phenomena’ of architecture - the phenomena of public and private - that interests me.","public space; extension; private space; transition; form; tool","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","","",""
"uuid:3034f83f-fe03-4ca0-9bb7-c6e771ccaa82","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:3034f83f-fe03-4ca0-9bb7-c6e771ccaa82","Bridging Diversities","Behpour, Maryam (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Harteveld, Maurice (mentor); Romein, Arie (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2018","Bridging diversities is a research and design project about the correlation of social and spatial diversities in an urban public space: The Rembrandt park in Amsterdam. This project brings together the physical diversity of the park with the diversity of its users and questions the compatibility of both.
The topic of diversities and in particular, socio-cultural diversities, is one of the main debates going on in today’s societies. Being a multicultural city, Amsterdam has always been dealing with social issues related to cultural diversities. Besides the presence of different characteristics, public space itself is also presented in different forms, each with its different symbolic meanings.
Within this context and focusing on the socio-spatial perspective of urban public space, this thesis looks at the question of ‘How can urban planning and design enhance the socio-spatial affordance of public space in relation to users with diverse backgrounds and expectations?’
By applying experimental and participatory methods, this study illustrates the potential of valid methodologies in further examining people’s perception and use of public space and putting such knowledge into designing diverse interactive social spaces.The result of this study, except for the design clues dedicated to the design site, is aimed to provide a helpful insight into the live debate about socio-spatial diversities in public spaces of a diverse city like Amsterdam.
Dealing with gentrification is difficult since it’s a process that slowly starts without noticing and ones its there there’s no way back. Therefore for my graduation project I developed a new strategy on how to deal with gentrification. I experimented with this new strategy using architectural design as a tool.
Since the overpopulated inner city of Paris is rapidly changing due to gentrification I focused myself on this location and in particular on the street Rue du Faubourg du Temple. For my strategy it’s important to be ahead of the gentrification process and while visiting Paris I found out that this street still possesses its authentic character.
I immersed into Rue du Faubourg du Temple and used all my observations to create a design that is enhancing and exaggerating the important qualities of the identity of the street, hoping these will resist gentrification in future.","Architecture; Urbanism; Paris; Street; Gentrification; roof; Public Space; Shopping street; Multicultural","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Explorelab","","48.8698524, 2.37056240000004"
"uuid:f91f06d0-bdee-4e90-8e98-edfcc5e6bf1a","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:f91f06d0-bdee-4e90-8e98-edfcc5e6bf1a","Malmö: A reinterpretation of People's Home: Towards inclusive public space","Schavemaker, Marit (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment; TU Delft Urbanism)","Verschuure-Stuip, Gerdy (mentor); Romein, Arie (mentor); Plomp, Huib (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2018","This thesis project develops an inclusive design in between Hyllie, Holma and Kroksbäck, in Malmö, Sweden. An investigation of social and spatial processes outlines the ever changing society and urban space of Malmö within the large context of globalisation, migration and urbanisation. The city has been transformed from an industrial city towards a knowledge society with a focus to become an attractive, environmental friendly city. On the other hand, the city struggles with challenges related to ethnic and cultural diversity, increasing inequalities and a changing political climate. These contradictions are felt in the collective urban life in public space with increasing segregation and exclusion. A prospect to foster an inclusive city is shaped highlighting the process and design aspects of inclusion and a transition towards a ‘participation society’. A development model shows the aspects of an inclusive public space which links public space to a public culture. An inclusive design is developed between Hyllie, Holma and Kroksbäck, with the conceptual reinterpretation of a political metaphor ‘people’s home’. It takes the spatial aspects of a home literally, by creating a modular structure of ‘rooms’ which is continuously in transition. It builds up over time and many people and organisations have to participate. Creating this place in between two fundamentally different areas and social groups is an idealised scenario of the future, where inequality is reduced and perceptions about others are changed. It is a way to imagine a city where people have learned to live with each other.","Inclusion; Public space; Social inequality; Welfare state; Process thinking; Malmö; Hyllie; Holma-Kroksbäck","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences","","55.569035, 12.978050"
"uuid:ef71e6d3-637a-4a44-934f-990d12f24990","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:ef71e6d3-637a-4a44-934f-990d12f24990","Amstel Activity Route: A Landscape Of Movement: Health Stimulating Public Space of 2050","Rissik, Lisanne (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment; TU Delft Architecture)","Caso, O. (mentor); Koskamp, G. (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2018","Amsterdam is densifying and is expected to grow to over one million inhabitants by 2050. The densification arise questions about the implications of the pressure on the existing urban fabric, like the public space, but also the urban responsibility of public health. Altogether, how can a densified public space stimulate healthy behavior in terms of physical activity? The project addresses the disconnectivity in the Amstel area of Amsterdam, and facilitates new connections in a densified public space while facilitating indoor and outdoor physical activity program.","Public Space; Amsterdam; Densification; Healthy Environments; Connections; Physical Activity","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Complex Projects","Complex Projects",""
"uuid:e8805ce3-77b1-45fb-8de1-c9eb43fd0b8f","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:e8805ce3-77b1-45fb-8de1-c9eb43fd0b8f","Rethinking the Absorption Capacity of Urban Space: How to better organise migration in the city?","Knappers, Lena (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Dijkstra, Rients (mentor); Vanstiphout, Wouter (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2017","This thesis project examined theories and practices of migration in Dutch urban space and observed that two tensions can be recognised. First, there is the tension between the dynamic nature of migration – migration as ongoing flow - and the rigid institutional and governmental practices offered as solutions. Second, a tension can be noticed between migration as a constant phenomenon in the current city, and the temporary, quick-fix housing options developed for migrants. The diverse flows of migrants to the Netherlands are primarily taken as temporary housing problems. This leads to exclusion and missed opportunities and results in a monoculture that can be considered negative for urban space. Consequently, if refugees, asylum-seekers and other migrants have to be really integrated in our cities and societies a more diverse, long-term, urban approach is needed. In other words, migration is a complex and pressing spatial urban challenge.
The former prison complex Bijlmerbajes and the surrounding WPM area have been taken as a case study to investigate practices and elaborate guidelines for an alternative development strategy that can build up a diverse, porous and resilient urban space. This strategy consists of orchestrated small-scale investments, grassroots initiatives and diverse programmes based on a governmental investment in public space as an organised and designed grid related to three scales.
The strategy leads to in an imaginary, future scenario for the WPM area, inspired by the 1970s ideal of the Bijlmerbajes. The project proposes to (re)open the former prison complex and to (re)create a Hotel City, where newcomers and temporary inhabitants can be received and prepare their integration into society. The ‘empty’ area next to the former prison complex is transformed into an experimental area with a lot of freedom where companies, institutions and individuals can rent, lease and develop space.
The two zones (prison and empty area) are connected by a grid structure of public space and can together function as free-zone for experiments with new social and economic policies and practices. In this way, a place is carved out where newcomers, temporary inhabitants and more permanent residents of Amsterdam can together and actively become part of urban space. The intervention of a grid public space connects temporary stay and use with more long-term developments and permanent structures.
On the one hand, this thesis can be seen as a visionary project, inspired by the fundamental ideal of the Bijlmerbajes aiming to foster integration and transition of migrants into city and society and vice versa. On the other hand, the proposal offers a series of realistic and pragmatic design ideas and suggestions based on existing European policies, that can be used as a quick-start for debate to reconsider migration in today’s political atmosphere.
The most important insight of this research and design project is the idea that temporariness and permanence need an organised public space to manage demographic fluctuations and change. The three-scaled grid provides a flexible structure. Even though people come and go and might only stay for a short time, they need to be accommodated in a complex and diverse public space, which as such contributes to the city as a whole and long term creation. Thus, temporariness presupposes stability, and the other way around.
An underused but busy area in the city center has been chosen to project the imaginative stories on- into physical interactive instalations.","Rotterdam; play; imagination; participation processes; Public space","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","","",""
"uuid:152338a1-cd7c-4fdf-a00b-cccbb1df2434","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:152338a1-cd7c-4fdf-a00b-cccbb1df2434","Mo [nu] ment","Hagoort, Jafeth (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Meijers, W.L.E.C. (mentor); Koopman, F.W.A. (mentor); Plomp, H. (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2017","In less densely populated areas and cities (like Maastricht) of the Netherlands vacancy is a social issue. Vacancy is caused by a decrease of demand for
shrinkage), creating an excessive offer of, real estate. This ´spatial shrinkage´ is related to the demographic and economic shrinkage that is characteristic of our times; a ´new reality´. Our strategy of spatial development however is still based on speculation of an old reality with self-evident demographical, (thus) economical and spatial growth. The built environment of our times still have cities that grow while their inner cities become vacant.
Vacancy causes damage to the livability of the built environment and undermines the (historical) structures like public space that hold the city (socially and spatially) together. Continuity of the built environment can be restored by filling the gaps and adopting a new strategy of spatial development; flexible
development in small steps affirming a reality of permanent temporality.
Heritage based design is well equipped to address this issue. It endorses the importance of historical structures and their continuity in both time and space. Moreover it´s core business is redeveloping buildings that have lost their usefulness while maintaining and stressing its (cultural) values. These values extend well beyond the economical; an insight that is of the essence to move beyond our contemporary way of spatial development.","Heritage & Architecture; cultural value; public space; vacancy","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Heritage & Architecture","",""
"uuid:b5dd743e-850d-4b28-9567-08fb8ab53dcb","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:b5dd743e-850d-4b28-9567-08fb8ab53dcb","Making Multicultural Places: Canal zone, Brussels","Thyagarajan, Bhavna (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Verschuure, G.A (mentor); Romein, A. (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2017","This Graduation project is an attempt to
understand how a “human dimension” approach to
landscape architecture can become a tool to invent
spaces for our future cities and to design spaces of
inclusion.","Inclusive; Public space; Brussels; Multicultural; Landscape urbanism","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Landscape Architecture","","50.86420579999999, 4.348797500000046"
"uuid:e11a2026-3fec-467f-a5d9-16af5d105be3","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:e11a2026-3fec-467f-a5d9-16af5d105be3","Kintsugi: Revitalizing the expressway zone of Tokyo","Redekop-van der Meulen, Élan (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Piccinini, D. (mentor); Kuzniecow Bacchin, T. (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2017","Though often successful in geopolitical and economical terms, the tendency to engineer infrastructures for ‘single purpose’ often resulted in disrupted landscapes and erasure of cultural and natural values (Strang 1996). Besides this, Tokyo deals with a wide range of problematiques, from the threat of earthquakes destroying its expressways and flood protection to lack of public green spaces or the current energy crises. Therefore, this master thesis aims to integrate infrastructures into the landscape. The networks chosen, namely Transport, Hydrology, Public space and Energy, address the problematiques found in Tokyo. The integration is done in two steps. First, the integration of networks among themselves and second the integration of these networks into the landscape, through the modification of the topography.","Tokyo; landscape infrastructure; Landscape architecture; Green infrastructure; Hydrology; Energy; Expressway; Public space","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","","Flowscapes Landscape Architecture","35.7, 139.816667"
"uuid:4637b0d6-7c87-41d9-b26f-eb8012bb3780","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:4637b0d6-7c87-41d9-b26f-eb8012bb3780","New centralities in post-soviet Vilnius","Varpučanskis, Algimantas (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Tummers-Mueller, Lidewij (mentor); Dijkstra, Rients (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2017","Giving away all the leverages of housing policy to the hands of free market created certain trends. Since profit started to play a main role in whole development scheme, high prices and short term thinking became the core issues. Market liberalization determined that real estate is produced with minimal resources and sold for the highest possible price. Despite many attempts to control quality of built environment by introducing new laws, there were no visible results achieved. This way of development comes along with lack of basic amenities, infrastructure, immense need for commuting and no sense of community. Even though in most cases quality is pretty low, high prices dissociate major part of society from affording a living place. It also became a driving force for concentrating vulnerable social groups in deprived city districts. At the same time sub-urbanization brings along another pack of problems – huge amount of people commuting everyday; immense need for road infrastructure; complete absence of everyday amenities; uncertain future of aging population","collective housing; public space; centrality; urbanity; affordable housing; mixed use","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","","",""
"uuid:9dff12fb-60bc-4704-bd9a-e6ab98913d06","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:9dff12fb-60bc-4704-bd9a-e6ab98913d06","The Social Tower: A new model for Cuban social communities and tourism.","Lagnefeldt, Johan (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Cournet, P. (mentor); Mulder, K.B. (mentor); Vande Putte, H.J.M. (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2017","Vedado is the western modern city grid part of Havana, soaked in a history of entertainment, casinos and mobster money which was halted by the ""Triumph of the Revolution"" in 1959. Currently a slumber town due to it´s lack of public space and social space which precludes a lot of Cuban activity which traditionally takes place in the public sphere. The entertainment era left a number of hotels along the sea front which now have no connection to the vibrant Cuban experience that tourists seek, leaving little incentive to visit the area.
The merging of a failing luxury hotel in embargoed Cuba with an architectural invention, a tower of stacking levels of public and social space, allows for a new opportunity to revitalize Vedado. Cubans in Vedado are able to construct temporary spaces to make use of for their social activities and tourists are able to partake in these spaces and activities, creating a merger of the two worlds. It brings a new business model in tourism, allowing for hotel visitors to meet the new Cuban reality within the hotel itself.","Tourism; Cuba; Social; public space; architecture; Tower; Vedado; Havana","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Complex Projects","","23.139706, -82.402699"
"uuid:bb53ffa4-b8d2-4ef4-9f85-edcad14e4868","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:bb53ffa4-b8d2-4ef4-9f85-edcad14e4868","Elderly Living in the City","Kuijpers, Pien (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment; TU Delft Urbanism)","Harteveld, Maurice (mentor); Qu, Lei (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2017","The upcoming years, the amount of elderly people is growing rapidly. Besides, elderly people are expected to continue living independently at their home. The number of places in nursing homes are limited because a lot of nursing homes closed their doors. Now, older people are dependent on themselves, their neighbourhood and connections. It becomes a challenge to keep older people active, to let them age in place in a healthy way and to prevent this group from social isolation. As people age, their mobility declines and they experience a loss of social contacts. This makes elderly more dependent on their neighbourhood and the amenities, activities and social contacts it has to offer. However, a lot of elderly experience problems in their living environment. The urban environment is not always designed in such a way that it stimulates meetings between people and the development of strong social connections. Besides, a lot of older people experience physical barriers in their living environment. These difficulties experienced in the living environment could cause loneliness and a decrease in physical activity which is both bad for the well-being and health of older people. These factors can hinder elderly to age in place in an active and healthy way. The aim of this project is to gain more insight in how to intervene in the urban environment in order to create neighbourhoods that keep elderly active (social & physical) and that facilitate the preference of the majority of older people to remain in their homes and community for as long as possible.","Elderly; Aging in place; age-friendly; Den Haag; public space; Active aging","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences","",""
"uuid:7f84050c-2da5-4454-b682-e4a3c1541b3c","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:7f84050c-2da5-4454-b682-e4a3c1541b3c","Re - Constructing Spatial Narratives: The case of Agrinio city","Mylona, Panagiota (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Calabrese, Luisa (mentor); Colombo, Francisco (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2017","Agrinio, as a medium-size city of Greece, is suffering by the economic crisis that is infesting the country. However, besides the harsh phenomena that the country, as a whole, is experiencing - increased unemployment and illiteracy rates, poverty, brain drain, population migration, social exclusion, spatial and environmental degradation -, it is also demonstrating a few more, depicting the urgency of interfering. Despite being an important city of the Western Region of Greece, it remains unknown not only for people outside the country but also for the inhabitants of the country itself. Its recognition can not be compared to its former glory of the 19th and 20th centuries, during which it was experiencing a huge production and occupation in the primary sector with exportations of products to many countries. Over the years, along with the crisis, these qualities started to retreat, distorting the local identity. High levels of unemployment, shrinkage of population, environmental degradation, informal settlements, traffic congestion, urban sprawl that undermines the local quality, marginalisation of its components, inadequate infrastructures and public spaces are, in general, its basic characteristics. All of them are fiercely influencing the urban fabric and are clearly evident in the city’s tissue, in the sense of limited qualitative spaces.
This project is a design approach to alleviate the current issues of the city by developing a strategic vision not only for Agrinio itself, but also for the whole region since its qualitative characteristics can benefit each other. The main objective is to re-generate space, and especially the public one, with the belief that the intermediate scale, by using public space as a catalyst within its context, can be used as a strategic urban project , having the power to meld different scales, integrate different programs and spatial qualities, bind a city together, and advert the estrangement of the urban environment. Hence, it is attempted to re-create a spatial narrative of the city, by making use of its public space and heritage. By re-generating space, a strong and distinguishable identity is formed that, in its turn, generates a stronger and more sustainable economy. Ultimately, it redefines the role of the municipality in the context of Greece and brings Agrinio again to the front line of the competitive cities of the country.","economic crisis; public space; urban regeneration; identity; heritage; tourism; intermediate scale; strategic urban project; multi-scalar approach","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","","Urban Fabric Studio","38.624783, 21.409433"
"uuid:e2edee0f-b8b3-45ac-845e-6dff9c9ad162","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:e2edee0f-b8b3-45ac-845e-6dff9c9ad162","Beyond the invisible wall: The effort of mediation","Del Grandi, Isabella (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Mejia Hernandez, Jorge (mentor); Avermaete, Tom (mentor); Havik, Klaske (mentor); Jennen, Pierre (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2017","This graduation project is the result of the ambition of generating a public intervention in an extremely complex and challenging environment, translating in a space of mediation between different - social and morphological - realities, able to embrace urban fact in all its facets and contradictions.","Commons; Bogotà; Colombia; Water; Swimming pool; Public bath; Public space; Mediation","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","","Constructing the commons; position in practice","4.617059, -74.064064"
"uuid:349398f7-a24a-4ade-b1b6-ccd1858269f3","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:349398f7-a24a-4ade-b1b6-ccd1858269f3","2.5D Playgrounds for Bogota: Stimulate Playful Actions in Public Spaces by Redesigning Ground Surfaces into 2.5D Architectural Compositions","Liu, Yayun (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Havik, K.M. (mentor); Mejia Hernandez, J.A. (mentor); Jennen, P.H.M. (mentor); Avermaete, T.L.P. (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2017","How to construct the commons with the power of play? How to reactivate leftover public spaces in central Bogota by architectural interventions that stimulate playful actions?
I shift my focus from buildings to the ground surfaces, and redesign them into a constellation of “2.5D architectural composition”. “2.5D” refers to an abstract composition of the ground surface, including composing different ground materials on the planer dimension (2D), and create minor vertical level difference by sinking, elevating, folding and undulating (0.5D).
These compositions become abstract playgrounds. They should be unconventional as the playful quality is achieved by manipulating the ground surface rather than adding playful objects. Yet, they are humble as the minor level difference and usage of familiar materials enable them to merge into the local context.
I expect that these “2.5D playgrounds” will bring Bogota citizens together, stimulate their playful actions, and enable them to recognize the scattered playgrounds in the city as a constellation of “playful commons”.
By utilising the concept of third places from sociology, third places, as the main objects in the project are used to reconnect the historic socio-spatial network and create new spaces to unite all the social groups in the future. Based on the research, third places with multiple space qualities will offer an inclusion, accessible spaces while the space narrative telling the memory of the historic network.","Third places; public spaces; space narrative; space transformation","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","","","31.262364, 121.541072"
"uuid:23c7a0f2-160f-4ea7-8128-28e8c7d8342b","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:23c7a0f2-160f-4ea7-8128-28e8c7d8342b","Designing cycle-attractiveness","van Doesburg, K.","Aalbers, K.P.M. (mentor); Rooij, R.M. (mentor)","2017","This study responds to cities in the world focussing more and more on implementing a bicycle infrastructure. The bicycle infrastructure is often envisioned to make the city more attractive for the people (again), however a lot of the criteria to design for the bicycle infrastructure are left vague and (too) open for interpretation as 'attractiveness' is something personal. Because of this lack of definition the space for the cyclist is able to get compromised for other functions. This study shows that the further definition (per type of cyclist) of spatial design criteria for cycle-attractiveness could become a more elaborated evaluationtool for design choices when putting the priority for the space on cyclists per type and in different scales within the city. Next to this, this study shows the possible impact on other users/stakeholders of the public space. The city of Amsterdam is used as a showcase on how to use the evaluationtool and what could be achieved while using it.","cycling; bicycle; infrastructure; attractiveness; Amsterdam; public space; evaluationtool; spatial design criteria","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","Architecture and The Built Environment","Urbanism","","","",""
"uuid:06dcb06c-c077-4ec2-a640-adb5fd18df51","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:06dcb06c-c077-4ec2-a640-adb5fd18df51","The Public Carpet - renewal of post conflict transitioning districts: an inclusive urban design approach to public life","Vink, T.V.","Calabrese, L.M. (mentor); Rocco de Campos Pereira, R.C. (mentor)","2017","Unregulated development is one of the core problems in post conflict areas. Current rebuilding and city planning face tremendous challenges regulating rapid development of the urban environment and reserving and preserving space for the public domain. The latter one has been often disregarded its importance. It has been found that public space and social places are part of the basic needs espcially in developing countries. Integrating that public dimension within current contexts of post conflict conditions have great challenges. Those challenges related to social-cultural, political, economic, environmental and physical-urban contexts. This thesis focuses on Dodona, a neighborhood in capital Prishtina, Kosovo. The neighborhoods urban fabric changed rapidly in the aftermath of the conflict and the limited quality spaces are in decay and affect livability of the area. In order to design (spatial) interventions for the Public Carpet Dodona, 6 urban strategic themes are developed that aim to create synergy on political, social and cultural level and 25 patterns of post-conflict development are found through socia-spatial analysis of the neighborhood. An integrated approach has resulted in a 3 level priority design concept, the minium level, the desired level and the maximum level. That concept results in the design of 7 public domain interventions for Dodona. These interventions act on existing problems and challenges found in the context and integrate the renewed public focus of the government. The design proposes a basic interventions, innovative ideas for space use, reserves space for an public-private interaction, offers space to new public activities and tries to create synergy between spatial and social on different scales. The design showed that there are 5 conditions that contribute to the development of Dodona’s public network: the available space, entrepreneural spirit, transition to comfort, range of development and scale. The interventions in Dodona can provide interesting urban program, contribute to the urban quality of the area and create a new public domain. Various neighborhoods and their public space quality are challenged by the post conflict processes. The interventions proposed in for this neighborhood could be used in different contexts when adapted to the local situations.We have to think and act different when it comes to challenging urban conditions. These conditions ask for innovative thinking in order to create space for living, working and public life. A good approach and integration of all its actors need to be part of any spatial intervention. However, this thesis showed that interventions in the public domain can be integrated in an urban area, can bring urban quality and in that way can contribute to the achievement creating a livable neighorhood.","post conflict processes; unregulated development; public space network; social dimension; urban design; Prishtina; Kosovo","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","Architecture and The Built Environment","Urbanism","","Complex Cities","","42.66290, 21.16550"
"uuid:2d5b3f69-1a69-4c09-8a87-7aecd328020e","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:2d5b3f69-1a69-4c09-8a87-7aecd328020e","Dashain, new civic places for a society in transition","Cerra, M.M.F.","Bracken, G. (mentor); Jennen, G. (mentor); Nottrot, R. (mentor); Mejia Hernandez, J.A. (mentor)","2017","On September 16th 2015, Nepal signed its new constitution, which, among others articles, claims the federalization of the country, makes the nation secular and allows freedom of expression. This event represents a milestone and a glimpse of hope after decades of internal political instability and uncertain administrations, which even led to ten years of civil war. These sociopolitical dynamics have been reflected mainly in the capital, Kathmandu, becoming one of the fastest-growing metropolitan areas in the South Asian region, thus forcing the country to confront an unprecedented challenge of rapid urbanization. The research brought to the conclusion that what the city needed the most were public spaces with political value, on different scales, from the small courtyard to the main square of the city thus an urban strategy made by squares had been developed. Later, the focus of the project moved on the smallest scale, the urban block, because the one that would have been possible to develop without the involvement of the institutions, designing a low tech wooden pavilion that, applying small changes to the same prototype, can be transformed in more variation of the same, and, since it is composed by modules, can be extended or shorted according to people’s needs. Finally, the low tech-ness of the pavilion allows the inhabitants themselves to build their own, thank to the use of small hollows which help to understand where to place the different beams, and, moreover, making the pavilion earthquake proof.","Commons; social environment; public space; design as politic; building after catastrophes; wood; low tech; Nepal; Kathmandu; historic center; urban planning","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","Architecture and The Built Environment","Architecture","","Explore Lab","",""
"uuid:7e27a326-ca7f-49bd-a1aa-b81096eae4a8","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:7e27a326-ca7f-49bd-a1aa-b81096eae4a8","Fun Bridge: pedestrian bridge on edge of vedado","Sun, Yuwei (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)","Cournet, Paul (mentor); Mulder, K.B. (mentor); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2017","This project tried to create a new pedestrian bridge on edge of Vedado, which also act as new public space of the urban area. And this project would offer a new place of Cuba to have fun with water.","pedestrian bridge; public space; havana","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Complex Projects","Havana Studio","23.126903, -82.411092"
"uuid:e177d436-cb8d-4363-8e19-e95ec659637c","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:e177d436-cb8d-4363-8e19-e95ec659637c","Sphinx Noord: Old industrial Heritage, new monument","Vijgen, L.A.","Meijers, W.L.E.C. (mentor)","2016","Sphinx Noord is a former industrial site in the centre of Maastricht. It is well known for its ceramic products which many still find in their kitchen or bathroom. The former factory is currently vacant. In order to secure a sustainable and durable future for the building, the Sphinx should be transformed into a monument.","Monument; Industrial Heritage; Architecture; Public Space; Guidelines; Factory","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","Architecture and The Built Environment","Architectural Engineering +Technology","","Heritage & Architecture","",""
"uuid:2f7ecf8b-b75e-4687-b0c9-728376976b54","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:2f7ecf8b-b75e-4687-b0c9-728376976b54","Living solo in Rotterdam: Improving the living quality of one person households by urban interventions","Van Rijen, E.M.","Bouma, T. (mentor); Qu, L. (mentor)","2016","The amount of one person households is rapidly growing in the Netherlands. Unfortunately solo dwellers are still disadvantaged, stigmatised and forgotten in urban design since society expects them to be in a relationship. This is exemplified by the focus on families and couples in cities and housing developments. As a result there is a lack of suitable housing for solo dwellers and the living quality among one person households is low. Therefore this thesis investigates the needs of people living solo and uses this information to re-design the Pols on Katendrecht, a neighbourhood within Rotterdam. The living quality of one person households can be improved by considering social places, centralities and housing. Social places facilitate the need for social interaction among solo dwellers and therefore enhance their appreciation of the living environment. Social places should be present both in public space, like bars and restaurants, and in the residential environment by creating transition zones. Especially these transition zones create the opportunity to casually interact with others like neighbours. Centralities facilitate the social places in public space as well as other amenities. These amenities on one hand create a convenient living environment for solo dwellers with shops, takeaways and small enterprises. On the other side it also attracts other users resulting in an dynamic and lively environment. Special attention within the living environment should be given to developing suitable and affordable housing. Suitable housing results in a mixture of housing typologies to fit the needs of the multiplicity of solo dwellers. Affordability is needed to make sure one person households can afford a house despite their single salary. If these three themes are taken into account, as this graduation project exemplifies, a neighbourhood based on solo dwellers arises which is also attractive to other household types.","One person households; solo dwellers; Katendrecht; Rotterdam; Transition zone; social places; centralities; ViP model; public space; living quality; social interaction; lifestyle","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","Architecture and The Built Environment","Urbanism","","","","51.90233, 4.49166"
"uuid:c3577bb7-6a24-4dd4-a5da-c4b80c7826c9","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:c3577bb7-6a24-4dd4-a5da-c4b80c7826c9","Restoring the Multitude: A Polycentric and Connected Bogota","McGhee, B.J.","Havik, K.M. (mentor); Mejia Hernandez, J.A. (mentor); Jennen, P.H.M. (mentor)","2016","The platform tower building, a tool for creating new centralities and public space across the sprawling city of Bogota, with an emphasis on the plinth as a point of convergence for the urban multitude.","Commons; Bogota; Colombia; Methods and Analyisis; Public Space; grid; plinth; Platform Tower","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","Architecture and The Built Environment","Architecture","","","","4.605079,-74.072098"
"uuid:7342d46e-ce98-48f0-a1fe-33c12c9724a3","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:7342d46e-ce98-48f0-a1fe-33c12c9724a3","Place of becoming: A spatial perspective on the accommodation of asylum seekers in the Netherlands","Klatser, B.","Balz, V.E. (mentor); Van den Burg, L.P.J. (mentor)","2016","This thesis researched the form of asylum centres in the Netherlands from an urban design point of view and proposes a redesign of one of these centres. It provides a sophisticated overview of the functioning of current asylum centres and the influence of the form on the asylum seekers living there. A redesign of the asylum centre in Utrecht focuses on humanising the place by incorporating asylum seekers' desparate needs to become rooted again. A series of small interventions that redirect the private and collective spaces of the asylum towards public space makes this place into a 'place of becoming'.","asylum centres; territories; borders; transition zones; public space; asylum seekers; refugees","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","Architecture and The Built Environment","Urbanism","","","",""
"uuid:673a61a5-6620-48f7-87e4-ea945b72d21d","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:673a61a5-6620-48f7-87e4-ea945b72d21d","Co-Operative Commons","Yordanova, Y.","Meija Hernandez, J.A. (mentor); Havik, K. (mentor); Jennen, P. (mentor)","2016","The project deals with creating and defining 'the commons' in a South American metropolis. Bustling streets of Bogota's historic centre serve as a platform to explore the relationship between the social and physical sphere. The aim is to reveal the variety of environments that the interaction between social and physical can generate. The design process is broken down into a series of steps and methods that show the multifaceted character the commons.","commons; social environment; physical environment; street; public space; practices","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","Architecture and The Built Environment","Architecture","","Methods & Analysis","",""
"uuid:e2449cd3-d873-4151-89bc-21cdd6afcb2b","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:e2449cd3-d873-4151-89bc-21cdd6afcb2b","Co-Operative Commons","Bencic, V.","Meija Hernandez, J.A. (mentor); Havik, K. (mentor); Jennen, P. (mentor)","2016","The project deals with creating and defining 'the commons' in a South American metropolis. Bustling streets of Bogota's historic centre serve as a platform to explore the relationship between the social and physical sphere. The aim is to reveal the variety of environments that the interaction between social and physical can generate. The design process is broken down into a series of steps and methods that show the multifaceted character the commons","commons; social environment; physical environment; street; public space; practices","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","Architecture and The Built Environment","Architecture","","Methods & Analysis","",""
"uuid:d991479f-d8c7-4bd1-bf62-6d9f4ca4d8fa","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:d991479f-d8c7-4bd1-bf62-6d9f4ca4d8fa","Mending Varna: Authentic Landscape as a Fountainhead and Essential Element of Urban Continuity and Identity","Lyubimova, T.","Bobbink, I. (mentor); Calabrese, L.M. (mentor)","2016","Thesis project is developed within the framework of the Flowscapes studio. It follows the strategy of a research by design. It explores solutions to the problems of urban fragmentation, lack of coherence and identity of urban environment from the perspective of landscape architecture. Authentic landscape is chosen as a hypothetical initial fountainhead for the enhancement of the urban spaces. The analysis explores the site through layers and scales. The city of Varna in Bulgaria is a site for the application of an approach. The water streams, which flow around the city centre, and which are the source of both a great hazard and potential, are chosen for a utopian expression of an urban authenticity through the landscape. The design shows possibilities for their integration in the city. The streams are directed through the urban interstices as an illustration of enrichment of spatial, cultural, environmental, and economic qualities of the place. The resulting conclusion however is that initial flows of the stream can be treated as a dynamic feature for understanding possible relations between the city spaces, and reveals existing values of the city interstices. And, the authentic landscape is concluded to resonate with the human environment it approaches.","landscape architecture; placeness; authenticity; identity; public space; flowscapes; water management","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","Architecture and The Built Environment","Urbanism","","Landscape Architecture","",""
"uuid:41d4f3c8-4b13-4d6d-85a1-43e2ef9a46a9","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:41d4f3c8-4b13-4d6d-85a1-43e2ef9a46a9","Green for grey: Green Infrastructure Design in Toronto Which Meet The Needs of Active Aging","Chen, Y.","Tillie, N.M.J.D. (mentor); Wandl, A. (mentor)","2016","This project explores the way of developing a better green infrastructure for Toronto to meet the needs of active aging. Regarding the senior population as umbrella species, the green infrastructure is thus defined as a green matrix consists of path, edge and corridor. Each component is designed according to its design principles made by author which stressed health, participation and security in different landscape elements namely water, plants, route, visual line, spatial form, amenity and material.","green infrastructures; active aging; public space; landscape architecture","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","Architecture and The Built Environment","Urbanism","","Landscape Architecture","",""
"uuid:1a2d8f88-f5d2-4985-9f5e-166f30b1e6bb","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:1a2d8f88-f5d2-4985-9f5e-166f30b1e6bb","Spatial Water Management in Paraisópolis","Van der Velden, W.L.","Tillie, N.M.J.D. (mentor); Rocco de Campos Pereira, R.C. (mentor)","2016","The problems in Paraisópolis are numerous, but these are the main problems concerning water and waste. São Paulo has a climate with a wet and a dry season. During the wet season, floods occur throughout the city, including Paraisópolis. But in the dry season, the entire city suffers from drought. This drought has intensified over the last years, because of climate change: the wet season has shortened and less rain falls each year. Because Paraisópolis is an informal neighbourhood, infrastructure is not regulated as it is in the rest of the city. Most houses are connected to the water grid, but not all connections are legal and safe. Likewise, not all houses are connected to the sewerage. Many connections are home-made and there’s also open sewerage, running through some streets, only covered with a grid. Also, solid waste is not always collected and the open sewerage is getting clogged with this solid waste. These various problems interfere with each other. Because of the open sewerage, during flooding, waste material from lavatories is taken up and washed into the streets. Because of the street pattern and the height differences in the neighbourhood, this can effect a large area. This web of problems leads to this hypothesis: creating new public space with specific qualities will create the space required to address the problems of water and waste in Paraisópolis. These qualities must be found through Urban Metabolism and theory regarding the connectivity to the formal city. Possibilities to create extra improvements for the neighbourhood via the new public spaces should not be ignored. To address both the physical and social situation of Paraisópolis, a plan needs to be made, consisting of a design and a process: a spatial strategy.","urban metabolism; favela; slum upgrading; public space","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","Architecture and The Built Environment","Urbanism","","","",""
"uuid:e4f7277b-8df2-4c45-890a-8f2d843b4baf","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:e4f7277b-8df2-4c45-890a-8f2d843b4baf","The Public Parliament - a spatial manifesto for a Binnenhof Redesign","Van Hemert, J.M.","Van den Burg, L.P.J. (mentor); Relats Torante, M. (mentor); Teerds, P.J. (mentor)","2016","Designers have the ability to organise and shape spaces, to create the decor of life. Besides the contribution to society by giving form to public buildings and spaces, designers also have the responsibility to design for users they don’t directly know. When the design relates to the government, the guarantee of democratic values are at stake. Design assignments related to public institutions have to deal with this responsibility of ensuring proper access to the government and expressing a suitable message in their designs. This graduation thesis focuses on the role of spatial urban design in relation to the interaction between citizens and politics. By researching the philosophical theorems of Thomas Hobbes and Jürgen Habermas, the student has taken position as foundation for a redesign of the Dutch seat of parliament: the Binnenhof, located at The Hague. The philosophical framework provided ground for a research of the concept of ‘the Public Sphere’ and its relation with the design of public spaces, regarded from the views of the philosophical, social and urban sciences. The stated position has been expressed in a design, making the project a ‘spatial manifesto’. With this design, a statement for a more public parliament complex is made visible. It shows a way in which the spatial design of the Binnenhof can contribute to increased awareness, understanding and contact between Dutch citizens and politics.","Public Space; Political Philosophy; Urban Design; Public Sphere; Jurgen Habermas; Binnenhof; Tweede Kamer; Den Haag","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","Architecture and The Built Environment","Urbanism","","","","52.079423, 4.312615"
"uuid:be5bd78f-92e8-42c7-b5da-512142a01163","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:be5bd78f-92e8-42c7-b5da-512142a01163","Mid-City Central: A new perspective on airport centered communities in the 21st century.","Van Schouten, C.J.","Van Bennekom, H.A. (mentor); Van der Meel, H.L. (mentor)","2016","An exploration into the suburbian wastelands of Chicago and how these can be given a new boost by increasing connectivity.","Chicago; Connectivity; Airport; Infrastructure; Public space; Dwelling","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","Architecture and The Built Environment","Architecture","","Complex Projects","",""
"uuid:c035e0cd-4d27-431b-8eb3-0c5427cf4dd0","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:c035e0cd-4d27-431b-8eb3-0c5427cf4dd0","Never Never Land: Reclaiming the Istanbul Waterfront","Haan, J.J.M.","Marzot, N. (mentor); Deboutte, N.E.A.I. (mentor); Fokkinga, J.D. (mentor)","2016","The thesis investigates the possibilities of reclaiming the shore of the Golden Horn by the public, through the use of floating public spaces. This is done through the design of a floating youth center and playground. The project contributes to a discussion about rethinking public spaces and testing possibilities for giving back the city to it's people.","Istanbul; Golden Horn; reappropriation; counterspaces; youth center; floating public space; pop-up public space","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","Architecture and The Built Environment","Architecture","","Public Building","",""
"uuid:a66a5903-759e-402f-87e9-42970ce1813e","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:a66a5903-759e-402f-87e9-42970ce1813e","Redesigning the Van Gendthallen into a public domain","Wanders, H.J.","Roos, J. (mentor)","2016","Preliminary research on the essence of the (changing) public domain (of Amsterdam) and characteristics of 'successful public space'. Please ask for final version if desired.","public space; public domain","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","Architecture and The Built Environment","Architecture","","Heritage & Architecture","",""
"uuid:b0d08f56-c203-42c7-9c7f-e332c1ea5412","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:b0d08f56-c203-42c7-9c7f-e332c1ea5412","Chicago - embraced","Metzen, V.J.","Caso, O. (mentor); Van der Meel, H.L. (mentor)","2015","The project deals with the decay of the social and built environment in West Chicago. It reflects on the rise of the artificial environment, theoretical thoughts from V. GRUEN as well as the materialistic condition of the built as potential reasons for the decay in the area. The building design is a new city centre in the decentralized west of Chicago. It offers many public functions that build up on old american settlements. It furthermore reuses wood, concrete and bricks from the decaying buildings in the area and works energy autark through a passive energy strategy. The typology of the roof embraces - old buildings, the public space with its functions and last but not least its users.","Chicago; Gruen; public space; passive climate design; wood; rotunda","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","Architecture and The Built Environment","Architecture","","Complex Projects","","41.8500300, -87.6500500"
"uuid:53c68ef8-1103-408c-915f-33684072dbfc","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:53c68ef8-1103-408c-915f-33684072dbfc","The New Urban Community","Drieënhuizen, R.A.","Jürgenhake, B. (mentor); Kuitenbrouwer, P.A.M. (mentor); Jennen, P.H.M. (mentor)","2015","The project “the new urban community” is located at the Groenmarkt kade, situated along the Amsterdam Canal District. Although its prominent location (adjacent to the waterfront within the city center of Amsterdam), the site presents itself as being disconnected/detached, due to its enclosure by the monumental Marnix blocks and the waterfront. The enclosed-ness and introverted appearance of the site, are the fundamental conditions for the design intention. Which is the creation or stimulation of a community driven architecture, which finds its embeddedness within the neighbourhood through its small-scale, fragmented high-density appearance. Whereby the dwelling scheme/typology gives or generates compensational semi-public/communal spaces for interaction and identity.","community; semi-public space; communal space; collective space; high-density; low-rise; Amsterdam; canal district; Groenmarkt Kade","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","Architecture and The Built Environment","Architecture","","Dwelling","",""
"uuid:4d90c708-fcea-4b01-b727-b1c06845cd16","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:4d90c708-fcea-4b01-b727-b1c06845cd16","Midcity's Integrated Institute of Culinary Arts (MIICA)","Hercules, M.F.","Van Gemert, M. (mentor); Van der Meel, H. (mentor); Koorstra, P. (mentor)","2015","How can a single intervention trigger an attractive production neighborhood to facilitate economic growth in a decaying industrial area? Meet Galewood, Chicago. An area in between downtown The Loop and the outskirts of the city. From the earliest days of Chicago in the 1830’s, the area has shown economic growth. Up until mid-twentieth century, when production shifted to Asia and cheaper land was found outside the city with better tax rates and education, leaving Galewood with an urban layout once designed for growth. This master thesis aims at finding the right solution to a series of contemporary urban problems. The result is an elegant chef school, well connected to The Loop as well as other important hubs. The designed building recatalyses the area, bringing back industry in a different scale. And with that, prosperity for the surrounding communities.","Complex Projects; Galewood; Chicago; Mid City; Critical urban theory; Assemblage urbanism; Genius Loci; Capitalist City; Transit Oriented Development; Post-Industrial landscapes; Contemporary architecture; Urban redevelopment; Public building; Public spaces; Urban interim strategy","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","Architecture and The Built Environment","ARCHITECTURE","","Complex Projects Chicago","","41.9162713, 87.7752985"
"uuid:888ff745-00d8-4d51-980b-58d32e340ff2","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:888ff745-00d8-4d51-980b-58d32e340ff2","Diversity in Neukölln: Maintaining or creating accessibility (for a diversity of social groups) in a gentrifying central neighbourhood in the case of Berlin","Caspers, L.L.S.","Harteveld, M.G.A.D. (mentor); Read, S. (mentor)","2015","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 Neukölln (and a part of Alt-Treptow). The strategy proposes to use different interventions on different layers. The implementation of the strategy is illustrated with designs of these interventions.","diversity; accessibility; Berlin; Neukölln; public space; gentrification; urban design; urban renewal; right to the city","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","Architecture and The Built Environment","Urbanism","","Urban Fabrics","",""
"uuid:d890f112-07df-4e9e-a53c-5b501ee54e5f","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:d890f112-07df-4e9e-a53c-5b501ee54e5f","From Interspace To Interface: Shaping Public Life","Karner, M.M.","Harteveld, M.G.A.D. (mentor); Reinders, L. (mentor); Meuwissen, J.M.C. (mentor)","2015","Some public spaces in the Netherlands function exceptionally well and provide significant benefit to the wider society in areas such as public health, retail activity and community participation. However, the vast majority of public space does not perform as well. One example is Oude Noorden, where the public space has failed to provide a noticeable benefit for the community and contribute to a separation between the different cultural groups within the multicultural neighbourhood. Moreover, the transition zones between public and private spaces are absent or do not work well and this results in social disconnection and poor public life. This thesis looks at the question of how spatial interventions can enhance the quality and increase public life of public spaces within a multi-cultural neighbourhood like Oude Noorden in Rotterdam. I particularly look at the design of the intermediate zone between public and private spaces, named as interface. Architects create urban areas by situating an imposing structure and the public and private spaces occurs as leftover spaces. However, it is precisely this space that is one of the main components that influence public life in-between buildings and shape our movements and behaviour. I developed design criteria that can be translated to other contents and locations to create a successful public space and increase public life.","public space; Oude Noorden Rotterdam; public life; interface; urban regeneration","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","Architecture and The Built Environment","Urbanism","","Design of the Urban Fabric","","51.9166667, 4.5"
"uuid:8d999421-41e3-4622-9b6c-b09407b8480b","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:8d999421-41e3-4622-9b6c-b09407b8480b","Revitalizing New Belgrade through Valuing Rainwater - Strategic Integration of Urban Rainwater System and Urban Public Space in New Belgrade","Liu, X.","Nijhuis, S. (mentor); Sepulveda, D. (mentor)","2015","Lots of big cities are flooding during heavy rain every year.And they are facing with the transformation of public space for its dissatisfaction situation. In my opinion, cities could strategically integrate rainwater into urban public space, so that it can attach value to public space system. Meanwhile improving the connection of public space will contribute to the whole green-blue system. To present how this approach could work, I choose a neighborhood in New Belgrade to test and use two details to explain the whole framework. The conclusion is introduced that could be summarized as follows: By reducing the flooding problem, improving public space qualities ,and creating a better spatial coherence could be a way to promote sustainability of urban environment and increases the urban livability.","New Belgrade; Rainwater; Public Space","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","2015-06-30","Architecture and The Built Environment","Landscape Architecture","","Flowscapes","","44.802578, 20.380508"
"uuid:b06024a9-700a-4f70-8869-97abca84b7df","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:b06024a9-700a-4f70-8869-97abca84b7df","The Place of Work","Hegenwald, J.I.","Pimlott, M. (mentor); Alvarez, L. (mentor); Parravicini, M. (mentor)","2015","The project explores the future of the place of work in the city, dealing with the possibility of reimagining representative and governmental functions through architecture, while improving the experience of office workers with the space. The design assignment deals with the redesign of an existing building in The Hague. The renovated building houses the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, the Ministry for Infrastructure, and parts of the Ministry of Immigration. In addition to that, the public notion of the building is expanded by including public functions in the layout of the program for the whole building complex. These are counseling services like legal assistance and business counseling, but also cultural collective spaces, like an auditorium space and a gallery. The project deals with the future work place, the environment and the relation to the city. The combination of the partially governmental and partially public usage of the building, generates friction and shapes the project to deal with an important topical issue, namely the inclusion of the citizens and people of the Hague with their governmental institutions.","office; work; public interior; public space; government","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","Architecture and The Built Environment","The Architecture of the Interior","","","",""
"uuid:e6d8fd05-9630-4474-90ec-7a5e943af23e","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:e6d8fd05-9630-4474-90ec-7a5e943af23e","Towards a DiverCity","Radai, D.P.","Colombo, F.F. (mentor); Hausleitner, B. (mentor)","2015","The ‘Arrival City’ (Saunders, 2010) describes a multicultural environment in Europe that creates opportunities and challenges at the same time (Wood, 2009). Sure enough, segregated, deprived neighbourhoods are a common outcome of this phenomenon. Often unplanned and uncontrolled social expansion characterised by primarily low-rent neighbourhoods increases population density and simultaneously diminishes living conditions and spatial resources. The social interaction in between the different age and ethnic groups are lower and the ‘fear of the others’ is fairly high within the population. The European city has been facing the trends of Non-Western multiculturalisation for decades now, and the Brussels Capital Region is a noteworthy example with a truly diverse population. The driving motivation behind this project was the author’s fascination for cultural diversity, the concern for social groups afflicted by poverty, and the hypothesis that they might require a different planning point of view. Therefore, to combine theoretical thinking and practical responses, the main research question explores how urban interventions could enhance the position of deprived residents of the Canal Area in central Brussels. This approach was seeking to explore how environmental social and economic sustainability can be enhanced in close inter-relation and enforcement to tackle socio-spatial inequalities.","multiculture; segregation; participation; public space; social economy; temporary urbanism; diversity","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","2015-11-01","Architecture and The Built Environment","Urbanism","","Architecture, Urbanism and Buid","",""
"uuid:59cc1a27-eaed-4d02-84cc-75c03ed8a0a3","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:59cc1a27-eaed-4d02-84cc-75c03ed8a0a3","Sport in Public Space: A reclaimed position for sport- and activity structures in the immediate living environment: A design study for Alkmaar West","Nicolai, E.A.M.","Harteveld, M.G.A.D. (mentor); Van Nes, A. (mentor)","2015","Nowadays various Dutch cities have a very programmatic arrangement in which sport and activity structures often are situated at the borders of the city, along highways and railroads, as mono-functional complexes and stand-alone islands enclosed by greenery. The graduation project 'Sport in Public Space' is a design research that looks for ways in which sport- and activity structures can be repositioned and integrated into the direct living and working areas of the city, using Alkmaar West as a test case.","sport; public space; Alkmaar West; sportplein; activity structures","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","Architecture and The Built Environment","Urbanism","","Research group Design of the Urban Fabric","","52.633739, 4.726836"
"uuid:6a8b19a7-1539-4db9-9e73-4252b9c136a7","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:6a8b19a7-1539-4db9-9e73-4252b9c136a7","Station Zuidas Amsterdam","Groeneveld, M.P.","Pimlott, M. (mentor); Parravicini, M. (mentor); Van Ees, C. (mentor); Zeinstra, J. (mentor)","2015","Design of infrastructural node ZuidasDok in Amsterdam's Zuidas, which organizes the different flows of traffic, while offering freedoms for the pedestrian. The historical Zuidelijke Wandelweg that got demolished when the ground got prepared to construct Zuidas and Buitenveldert, is transformed and rebuilt and is now part of the public domain of Zuidas and Station Zuidas. This Wandelweg provides Zuidas with an alternative identity besides the corporate and the technical that should be an invitation to everyone.","Zuidas; ZuidasDok; Zuidelijke Wandelweg; Ringspoordijk; Station Zuidas; Noord/Zuid-lijn; Public space; Identity","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","Architecture and The Built Environment","Architecture","","The Architecture of the Interior","","52.3383222, 4.8736999"
"uuid:49b9192e-1ce8-4dc1-b40e-8e17cfd8a03e","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:49b9192e-1ce8-4dc1-b40e-8e17cfd8a03e","Gated Anonymity vs Ungated Community","Van Eijk, S.","Van Nes, A. (mentor); Van Dorst, M. (mentor); Qu, L. (mentor)","2014","Gated Anonymity vs Ungated Community Overcoming social, functional and physical borders through strategic spatial planning in Baishizhou, China.","Baishizhou; Gated community; Public space; Toolbox; Urban village; Social segregation","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","Architecture and The Built Environment","Urbanism","","Chair of Spatial Planning","",""
"uuid:c3cf7d2b-02c5-4d4f-acf4-2938f8a1a3d7","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:c3cf7d2b-02c5-4d4f-acf4-2938f8a1a3d7","Activating public space in Wihdaat","Purwanto, Y.","Sepulveda, D.A. (mentor); Van Dorst, M.J. (mentor)","2014","A planning proposal recognizing the dual identity of open space in Wihdaat, an urbanized Palestinian refugee camp which doubles as a centrality of Amman. The recognition of the dual identity allowes the inclusion of (inter)national and street scale stakeholders through their shared involvement in the activation of public space.","public space; spatial planning; refugee camp; Amman; spatial inclusion of refugees","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","2015-01-31","Architecture and The Built Environment","Urbanism","","Complex Cities","","31.9333, 35.9333"
"uuid:cae32451-7f25-42e6-90f2-cf1a45d1fba8","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:cae32451-7f25-42e6-90f2-cf1a45d1fba8","Cauliflower Revisited: The regeneration of cauliflower neighbourhoods using an environment -behaviour approach","Dekkers, A.J.W.G.M.","Stolk, E.H. (mentor); Bet, E. (mentor)","2014","This graduation research uses an environment-behaviour approach to regenerate cauliflower neighbourhoods (bloemkoolwijken). This was applied to Kesteren (part of compostie cauliflower neighbourhood the Haagse Beemden, Breda). The theoretical framework focusses on aspect such as: liveability, public space, environment-behaviour, spatial cognition, (city)information and legibility","Cauliflower Neighbourhoods; Bloemkoolwijken; Environment-Behaviour; Environmental preferences; Toolbox; Haagse Beemden; Stedebouw; Urban Design; Urban Regeneration; Spatial cognition; Public space; Legibility","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","Architecture and The Built Environment","Urbanism","","Urban Regeneration","","51.611461, 4.723183"
"uuid:2882864b-6ccc-45e7-abfe-341f987a2a77","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:2882864b-6ccc-45e7-abfe-341f987a2a77","Bridging gaps: Redevelopment of the socialist mass-housing quarter in Vilnius","Namirskaite, J.","Nottrot, R.J. (mentor); Van de Voort, J.A. (mentor); Stouten, P.L.M. (mentor)","2014","Many urban spaces during the course of time have lost their intended semantics, identities and representations, and might therefore be defined as post-spaces of various kinds, for example post-industrial, post-Soviet, post-Modernist, etc. In many cases these post-spaces require restructuring not only of their meaning and identity, but also of their functions and urban life. The socialist mass-housing neighbourhoods could be taken as a good example of such case. In this thesis the specific attention is given to urban living environment, mainly focusing on a socialist mass-housing quarter located in Vilnius city centre, and its public space. Many of these residential areas in Vilnius were built over fifty years ago and have not been modernised ever since. Therefore they do not correspond to today’s demands in terms of physical state of housing, quality of inside and outside spaces, etc. This thesis is based on a hypothesis that the redevelopment of public space of this particular residential environment could act as a catalyst for urban regeneration.","mass-housing; Vilnius; public space; mixed-use","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","Architecture and The Built Environment","Architecture","","Explorelab","",""
"uuid:60148f47-7b39-4edb-9c4a-d3b50c6b7eb0","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:60148f47-7b39-4edb-9c4a-d3b50c6b7eb0","My immigrant neighbour. Social interaction and public spaces in multicultural neighbourhoods","Somoza, S.","Hausleitner, B. (mentor); Stolk, E. (mentor)","2014","Research about how can public spaces facilitate interaction between people with different cultural backgrounds. The study area is Tetuán district in Madrid, Spain.","public space; multiculturalism; social interaction","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","Architecture and The Built Environment","Urbanism","","Urban regeneration in European cities","","40.4172, 3.7053"
"uuid:cf8cb129-8400-4e8d-a668-33e6435675da","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:cf8cb129-8400-4e8d-a668-33e6435675da","The beads make the string: How the input of individual stakeholders can improve the quality of public space","De Zwart, S.F.T.M.","Spoormans, L.G.K. (mentor)","2014","This project is part of RMIT studio ""Transforming Housing Heritage"" and focusses on the Vogelbuurt in Carnisse, Rotterdam Zuid, a ""problem area"" consisting of portiek dwellings mostly owned by private owners. The title ""the beads make the string - how the input of individual stakeholders can improve the quality of public space"" already gives away my focus of research and design. More specifically, I proposed a design for the conversion of public space so that individual stakeholders can all contribute, with little interventions in this new designed public space, to increase the quality of public space in their neighbourhood as a whole. Because social contacts in a neighbourhood mostly take place within this public space, I also focussed on interventions that extend the private realm into the public realm and came up with a strategy to implement the design. A large part of my design is the infill of transition zones with dwelling extensions. These extensions I worked out in detail. A more elaborate summary is included in my graduation report.","portiek; Carnisse; Rotterdam; Vogelbuurt; public space; individual stakholders; transition zones; adoption; shared public space; flexible public space; dwelling extension; extension; rmit; transforming; heritage; quality; quality test","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","2014-07-03","Architecture and The Built Environment","Architecture","","RMIT","","51.88, 4.47"
"uuid:7598dc52-d947-41bf-b0c1-16f1c4116715","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:7598dc52-d947-41bf-b0c1-16f1c4116715","Regreeneration","Hendriks, B.T.R.","Hausleitner, I. (mentor); De Wit, S. (mentor)","2014","An approach to anticipate on new built regeneration projects in order to improve deprived deprived neighbourhoods.","regeneration; deprivation; London; green public space; individual outcomes","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","Architecture and The Built Environment","Urbanism","","Urban Regeneration in the European Context","",""
"uuid:a11642ef-3d5b-4735-a307-3a39f4097856","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:a11642ef-3d5b-4735-a307-3a39f4097856","Public Space Reconfiguration: Promoting socio-spatial integration in the segregated neighbourhoods of Shenzhen","Wei, C.","Qu, L. (mentor); Harteveld, M.G.A.D. (mentor)","2014","Under the background of rapid and enormous urbanisation and transformation in Shenzhen, urban segregation starts to emerge due to the increasing social and spatial disparities. Low-income migrants live in urban villages and degrading work-unit compounds without adequate public facilities, while high-income groups concentrate in commodity enclaves with gardens and private clubs, which cannot be accessed by outsiders. The lack of interaction among different social groups can be seen as a result of multiple barriers---power fragmentation, dual city character, physical boundary and separated life circles. In order to improve the low-quality urban environment, these areas are becoming the focus of urban regeneration area for government. But the current regeneration process results in similar high-end building plots, which are no longer affordable for low-income groups. They have to move further from the city centre searching for other cheap places to live, making the segregation issue even severer. In this project, the main aim is to maintain the current social structure, facilitate interaction between different social groups and balance the interests of all stakeholders through public space reconfiguration. This method involves layer-strategy, spatial transform and interest-balance model, in order to deal with barriers defined in research part.","socio-spatial segregation; public space; neighbourhoods","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","2014-06-23","Architecture and The Built Environment","Urbanism","","","",""
"uuid:240266ee-a4f4-4926-b3dc-005b4c5b68f1","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:240266ee-a4f4-4926-b3dc-005b4c5b68f1","Hello neighbors! Exploring public space’s attractiveness towards improving social connectedness of elderly in Dutch new towns","Wolvers, R.E.","Harteveld, M.G.A.D. (mentor); Rooij, R.M. (mentor)","2014","The changing needs of aging people ask for lasting improvements within the urban environment for them to stay socially and physically active, independent and healthy for as long as possible and for them to live a fulfilling retirement. Hello neighbors! addresses the quality-of-life issues that concern our aging population. It puts forward public space design interventions for attractive public places for - fragile- elderly and visualizes them in the case: Dutch new town Houten.","Aging; elderly; spatial urban design; attractive public space; social activity; new town; Houten","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","Architecture and The Built Environment","Urbanism","","Urban Regeneration in the European Context","",""
"uuid:c22b14dc-2aa9-4d8a-89cc-27e565c542b0","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:c22b14dc-2aa9-4d8a-89cc-27e565c542b0","Tramremise Amsterdam West: A new centre. An icon which connect","Tijmensen, A.S.","Meijers, W.L.E.C. (mentor); Koopman, F.W.A. (mentor)","2014","The transformation of an old tram depot into a new centre for the Kinkerbuurt in Amsterdam. The tram depot became part of the public sphere and encourage people to interact, meet and learn.","tramremise; public space; icon; laminated wood structure; multifunctional; square; Kinkerbuurt; transformation; intervention","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","Architecture and The Built Environment","Architecture","","RMIT","",""
"uuid:214d9fb7-d690-4f4e-ac04-ff404054b288","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:214d9fb7-d690-4f4e-ac04-ff404054b288","ROTTERDAM ZUIDPLEIN REVISED: REANIMATION OF A CITY CENTRE","Van der Veer, J.","Vermeulen, P. (mentor); Jennen, P. (mentor)","2014","The main goal of this design exercise is to recreate the ‘heart’ of Rotterdam South, by providing the conditions for a vibrant, public city life. This heart will – in contrast to the shopping mall – be formed by outdoor spaces, like streets and squares, and be welcome to pedestrians and cyclists. The centre of Rotterdam South will be marked visually and be connected to the city, as opposed to its current invisibility and isolation. The urban solution gets architectural form as a hybrid urban cultural centre, consisting of a theatre, a music stage, a library, housing, restaurants and more.","complex; hybrid; theatre; library; metro; Rotterdam; public transport; station; Zuidplein; Bus station; square; Dutch city; regeneration; public space; urban space","nl","master thesis","","","","","","","","","Architecture and The Built Environment","Architecture","","Complex Projects","",""
"uuid:7b163803-f05b-4916-8141-d96ec1161410","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:7b163803-f05b-4916-8141-d96ec1161410","Buyuk Valide Han: Historic heritage as an urban regenerator","Van der Gaauw, P.","Riedijk, M. (mentor); Alkan, A.S. (mentor); Plomp, H. (mentor)","2013","A redevelopment of an urban blocked based on the reinterpretation of a traditional building typology. The project shows this typology is quite suitable for urban problems within globalizing cities. As a strategy it can intensify, diversify and instill a sense of the local in developments in the city.","redevelopment; public space; Istanbul; typology","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","2013-11-09","Architecture and The Built Environment","Architecture","","Public Building","",""
"uuid:07c37685-0a14-452c-bd5e-43cdc4e21cbf","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:07c37685-0a14-452c-bd5e-43cdc4e21cbf","Integration of urban population","Van der Pols, M.","Sohn, H. (mentor); Plomp, H. (mentor); Bruyns, G.J.B. (mentor); Sepúlveda, D.A. (mentor)","2013","This project consists of a collective research on the development of Athens and the current processes that take place in the city. Following from this the project proposes a strategy for development of a city centre neighbourhood. The focus of this strategy, urban plan and building are to connect individual and collective initiatives and needs to municipal interests. The strategy proposes the implementation of an organisation at the level of the neighbourhood. The urban plan places a secondary grid on the existing urban morphology in order to connect non profit driven places and make them part of a larger development that has influence on the neighbourhoods development. The public building design focusses on the creation of real publicly accessible and adaptable spaces for the residents.","Athens; immigration; public space layers; community spaces; connection municipality & private initiative; neighbourhood development","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","2013-11-28","Architecture and The Built Environment","Architecture","","Urban Asymmetries","",""
"uuid:0aba86fe-428f-4951-bc46-e1016639d4b5","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:0aba86fe-428f-4951-bc46-e1016639d4b5","Bridging the Bulevar: Transforming the former frontline in Mostar, by using the existing network of public space in the city.","Zivali, T.","Harteveld, M.G.A.D. (mentor); Hausleitner, B. (mentor)","2013","The war in former Yugoslavia has been over since 15 years, but in a lot of cities and communities the consequences of this time are still remarkable; not only by observing the condition of buildings or spaces, but also in the way the society has developed in these cities. One of them is Mostar. The city is also known by the post-war situation that is facing a socio-spatial segregation. Its damaged urban fabric and more interesting divided society is still recognizable as consequences of the war during the ninties. Several places in this city are used as frontlines and division zones during the war. One of them is the Bulevar, that runs through the heart of the city and functiones as a border between west and east Mostar. The four lane carriageway was constructed in the 1960’s and whilst it was a barrier to the movement of people pre-war, it is now even more of a barrier post-war as it acts as division in the city – creating two territories on either side and a bleak landscape. The Bulevar is not only a barrier in a physical sense but also in a psychological sense. This is where the sociological and spatial task crosses each other. The main aim of this thesis is to activate the divided halves of the city and use the Bulevar as a catalyst by improving the existing public space. In other words, the goal is to give the Bulevar back to the city and unite both parts of the city.","Mostar; Bulevar; Bosnia and Herzegovina; socio-spatial patterns; public space; post-war; frontline; divided society; culture of city; centre","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","2013-11-05","Architecture and The Built Environment","Urbanism","","Urban Regeneration","",""
"uuid:f51e57a1-36d3-491b-93b3-00dfd601dadb","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:f51e57a1-36d3-491b-93b3-00dfd601dadb","Street of Refuge - Public space for urban refugees","Karkukli, A.O.S.","Vanstiphout, W.A.J. (mentor); Van Dorst, M.J. (mentor); Van der Zaag, E.J. (mentor)","2013","This project focuses on urban refugees who flee to cities to find a safe shelter. Urban refugees often live a hidden life in the city because of political conflicts in which aid an money plays an important role. The aim of this project is to improve the living conditions of urban refugees through changing their political representation. Architecture, the power of physical representation, is used as a tool to stimulate this change.","urban refugees; Amman; Jordan; representation; NGO's; public space; street; refugees; democracy; politics","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","2013-09-02","Architecture","Architecture","","Design as Politics","",""
"uuid:5cef3847-2e5a-478c-9399-7277f889f88d","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:5cef3847-2e5a-478c-9399-7277f889f88d","Active Cities - Spatial conditions for a healthier lifestyle in The Hague's Transvaal and Moerwijk","Tahery, D.","Harteveld, M.G.A.D. (mentor); Rooij, R.M. (mentor)","2013","The master’s thesis deals with public space in connection to public health aspect and the contribution that public space can make to this facet. Nowadays people all over the world face health problems concerning obesity and lack of exercise, especially children and the elderly. The current lifestyle of Western societies is encouraged and supported by the use of the automobile. The more advantage the transport industry gets the more negative impact it will have on the urban environment and therefore on people’s daily activity. Therefore, urban design and public health have to come together to tackle this problem. By improving the spatial conditions of the urban environment we can provide people with new kind of places where they are stimulated, encouraged and invited to have an active lifestyle and therefore lead a healthier life.","public space; physical activity; public health; healthy cities; walkable cities; obesity","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","Architecture","Urbanism","","Urban Regeneration in the European Context","",""
"uuid:25217314-dfe5-44e7-9724-c3450a920e32","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:25217314-dfe5-44e7-9724-c3450a920e32","Redeeming the Public","Weng, W.Y.","Teerds, P.J. (mentor); Heintz, J.L. (mentor); Cuperus, Y.J. (mentor)","2013","","China; public space; collective space; public sphere","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","2013-07-02","Architecture","Architecture","","Architectural Composition","",""
"uuid:7c02c534-ca92-49c0-ae7b-c6b5e25f8d2f","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:7c02c534-ca92-49c0-ae7b-c6b5e25f8d2f","A Network to Network: Creating a system of places, integrated into the urban network, that supports inhabitants in their everyday lives and stimulates the integration of the migrant population. The case of Shenzhen, China","Koumans, S.","Read, S.A. (mentor); Harteveld, M.G.A.D. (mentor)","2013","Lower class migrants in Shenzhen are facing socio-spatial segregation, which limits the opportunities for them to improve their living situation. Currently the Shenzhen government does not actively address to this issue. This project offers an alternative approach on migrant integration and the redevelopment of urban villages, aimed at the use of public space. By creating a network of public space and activating the specific places in this network, the social interaction between different inhabitant groups will increase. According to various literature, social interaction can form a basis in stimulating the integration of the migrant population in an area. Social contact can help in finding opportunities to climb up in the cities hierarchy and improve one’s living situation. The aim of this project is to create a system of places in which specific places embody a sense of place, in order to stimulate public social life. This should improve the social interaction and thereby help the integration of the migrant population in Shenzhen.","public space; system of places; sense of place; China; Shenzhen; migrant integration; social interaction","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","2013-06-27","Architecture","Urbanism","","Spatial planning and Strategy - Complex Cities","",""
"uuid:d11ddc04-e239-486e-8f32-b6b2bf2756b3","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:d11ddc04-e239-486e-8f32-b6b2bf2756b3","Back on track: Redeveloping the railway zone in Gouda","Angkotta, Y.T.","Van Nes, A. (mentor); Hausleitner, B. (mentor)","2013","A railway station is one of the most important elements of modern cities. The station is of vital importance to shops and other economic functions in the city centre because of the constant flow of people going in and out of the city. At present, many Dutch cities saw the necessity of redeveloping their railway station environments. Every railway station environment has an own identity, and therefore its own potentials. Analyzing the integration of railway stations within their city’s urban fabric is one of the ways to determine those potentials. Many current regeneration projects are only focused on the connectivity on a regional scale. Often the local accessibility is considered as less important. A lot has been written about the quality and liveability of public space already. The public space in the vicinity of a railway station is one of the most important public urban spaces in a city. It is the first space people experience when arriving in the city. However, in many current railway station environment redevelopment projects the liveability does not get priority. Many different factors have resulted in railway station environments that are unpleasant places to be, cut off from their surroundings. This is where the challenges lie for the nearby future in the Netherlands, to regain the importance of the railway station and the railway network, especially in a large metropolitan area like the Randstad. These two currently subordinated aspects; the spatial integration and the liveability of railway station environments will be emphasized in this MSc thesis. The project location of this thesis is the railway zone in Gouda. The spatial potential and the liveability of the current situation have been analyzed, as well as the changes the existing plans of the municipality of Gouda will make. As final product of this graduation project an alternative urban renewal plan has been developed for the railway zone in Gouda.","urban renewal; public space; spatial integration; liveability; railway station environment; Gouda","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","2013-06-26","Architecture","Urbanism","","Urban Regeneration","",""
"uuid:9a87bd38-6013-4e69-b806-c069dea15cf2","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:9a87bd38-6013-4e69-b806-c069dea15cf2","The Connecting Waterscape; The case of the Maashaven in Rotterdam","Kokhuis, K.","Van Veelen, P. (mentor); Nijhuis, S. (mentor)","2013","The area around the Maashaven in Rotterdam South is short of larger recreational public space, which is a drawback to attract starters and young families to this socially segregated area. Like in many other Northern European cities, the harbour currently divides successful and the deprived neighbourhoods and awaits a new function now the previous industry and trade dominated relation between city and river disappears. Therefore in this thesis it is investigated how inner city former harbour bays can function as public space in order to stitch disassociated districts into a continuum and to strengthen the relation between city and river. This question comprises hypotheses: that water can function as public space and that creating public space is a valid strategy to reconnect disassociated districts. Four sub-research questions are formulated. Firstly it is investigated how the relation between city and river has developed and how a design could influence this relation. Secondly, criteria for good public space in harbour areas are studied. Since the former harbour function slowly disappears, the contemporary and future spatial claims for this area are investigated at the third sub-question. As fourth question, the main varaible spatial preconditions are investigated to be able to make a design that can adapt to different future scenarios. This thesis uses research by design on the case of the Maashaven as main method to which design research such as literature study, plan analysis, comparative study and a scenario study are supportive. After formulating a vision on the area, an adaptive redevelopment plan is designed. Two robust interventions that could function as initiators of change in the area are further elaborated. They illustrate the meaning of the design on different scales and together cover all aspects of the scenario study and most stakeholders perspectives. The combination of design research and research by design leads to some generic and some site specific conclusions. Firstly, transforming a harbour basin into public space depends largely on the design of a selection of spaces at its edges. Nor the whole basin, nor all quays should be made public. Secondly, the strategy to reconnect districts cannot only consist out of public space design but also requires a good slow traffic network, a strong identity and an appealing mix of program. In the case of the Maashaven the spatial claims of industry and inland shipping, recreation and ecology showed to be compatible and can even strengthen each other. Using inner city basins for floating neighbourhoods as the municipality proposes, is rejected mainly because of its privatising effect. On the contrary, a modest amount of floating constructions for recreational, nonpermanent use can strengthen the public character of the harbour. Thirdly, the relation between city and river can be strengthened by making the river and inner harbours part of the daily life of people again. For Rotterdam specifically the design showed how the relation between city and river can be strengthened on neighbourhood, city and regional scale.","public space design; urban harbours; regeneration; ecological recovery; floating","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","2013-06-28","Architecture","Urbanism","","Delta Interventions","",""
"uuid:972160fb-114a-4670-9f2c-cd7b8098edf0","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:972160fb-114a-4670-9f2c-cd7b8098edf0","Living at the hub","Smekta?a, M.","Klijn, O. (mentor); Cuperus, Y. (mentor)","2013","The site of the project -Teleport O, is situated in strategic position for the whole Amsterdam: at the transport hub – Sloterdijk station, and in one of the “green fingers” of Amsterdam, reaching the city centre. The qualities of the location are not efficiently used. The “green finger” is interrupted with the office area, where a lot of building are vacant because of the crisis. The location does not have good conditions for dwelling, because of noise, mono-functionality and isolation. For these reasons, the challenges posed to the design are: incorporation of housing in mono-functional district and definition of the program with activities for the new coming dwellers, which will make the area pleasant to live. In this way, the Teleport can be potentially transformed from the mono-functional district into a new self-sufficient city centre, strongly related to whole Amsterdam town, located in its “green finger”. The intention of my design was the integration of station with the residential part of the project. The aim was to break the border between the public and private and provide more gradient between these spaces. In this way, the dwellers reach their houses passing from the big public square in front of the station, through the smaller square, then the collective, but open to public square and the closed collective space in the atriums. The typology of atrium also helps in achieving the gradient between public and private. The atrium balances the built and unbuilt space and provides shelter from noise, wind pollution and stimulates social interaction.","hub; station; tranportation; communication; Amsterdam; Sloterdijk; Teleport; public space","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","Architecture","Architecture & Dwelling","","","",""
"uuid:c04c6ff1-86e7-4d13-a7ce-3b005e8458db","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:c04c6ff1-86e7-4d13-a7ce-3b005e8458db","The European Square: Public Space around High-rise Buildings","Wulms, J.","Merkeley, T. (mentor); Ronald, D. (mentor)","2013","The design for a new headquarters of the European Union in Brussels. The main focus is on the public space around this high-rise building. How to design a high-rise building in a low-rise environment where the human scale is preserved.","Public Space; High-Rise","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","2013-07-07","Architecture","Materialization","","Tall Vertical Cities Europe","",""
"uuid:5192eac2-5db5-4d95-905c-99b605b71855","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:5192eac2-5db5-4d95-905c-99b605b71855","Urban acupuncture: Creating a method to strategically apply and design small scale interventions","Prins, N.","Stouten, P.L.M. (mentor); Harteveld, M.G.A.D. (mentor)","2013","How can small scale spatial interventions in public space, by means of citizen participation, strategically contribute to regenerate a deprived neighbourhood in the Netherlands? The main objective of this project was to search for an innovative method for the regeneration of public space by strategically applied and designed small scale interventions. A detailed design was drawn up for three places in Bergpolder. These places differ from each other in many ways such as target group, lifestyle, citizen involvement and objective. The small scale interventions in public space anticipate a decreasing need for large scale transformations. By means of reuse and redevelopment on the smallest scale of the building block, the existing spatial identity is preserved by setting qualitative requirements rather than quantitative demands. Within the process of intervening on a small scale, the residents are involved in order to create greater engagement and commitment among its users. Not only the municipality and developers but especially residents can play a large role in the transformation of their residential environment.","urban acupuncture; small scale interventions; public space; participation; Bergpolder; urban regeneration","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","Architecture","Urbanism","","Urban Regeneration Studio","",""
"uuid:a157d464-82ad-4bb8-8e51-6b4be08b3309","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:a157d464-82ad-4bb8-8e51-6b4be08b3309","Energy awareness in public space design","Migliori, C.","Bobbink, I. (mentor); Harteveld, M. (mentor)","2013","The hereby thesis research has been developed within the Graduation Studio “Energy Landscapes”. The Graduation Studio aimed to be a research-by-design investigation into the spatial implications of the energy issue. The objective was to guide thesis projects that could offer new sustainable energy landscapes, visualized in a combination of schemes, maps and designs .Rotterdam region was chosen, a method to understand how to analyse and design city’s public spaces as people gatherer was researched. In a second phase the energy issue came back, as a top layer, introducing a second methodology to analyse the city from an energy point of view. The target of this research was the design of a public space which could influence people energy awareness by making them participants through it by introducing the use of natural energy sources in public space design.","energy; public space; awareness; rotterdam; landscape architecture","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","2013-04-17","Architecture","Landscape Architecture","","Energy Landscapes","",""
"uuid:220f4b6b-d3f9-4086-be58-67f4d464395b","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:220f4b6b-d3f9-4086-be58-67f4d464395b","Urban redevelopment in the old Kai Tak area: Shading Kowloon City, Hong Kong","Pitsaki, G.","Bracken, G. (mentor); Bruyns, G. (mentor); Plomp, H. (mentor)","2013","Create a system to re-organise public space in Kowloon City, Hong Kong - reduce the fragmentation of open spaces - connect different microcosmos to the ‘whole’ -highlight the qualities of public space the space ‘in between’ -allow the dynamics to invade Kai Tak","Hong Kong; Kowloon City; bottom-up redevelopment; space in-between; public space","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","2013-04-30","Architecture","Architecture, Urbanism & Building Sciences","","DSD","",""
"uuid:6d48629c-a043-44d7-922b-5b93f37c29f0","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:6d48629c-a043-44d7-922b-5b93f37c29f0","The experience of public space in The Hague South East","Bruggeling, C.R.","Harteveld, M.G.A.D. (mentor); Caso, O. (mentor); Van Dorst, M.J. (mentor); Mihl, H. (mentor)","2013","This booklet studies the possibilities of the design of public spaces, in the light of two influential theories by Kevin Lynch and Gordon Cullen, published in the beginning of the 1960’s. They focus on the design of the public space in relation to the experience of the city users. Yet again and again these theories are referred to, even in present time, 50 years later. A literature studies first explores their theoretical relevance. It addresses both its reasons, its social implication and its intended effect, based on environmental psychology. Afterwards the practical relevance of these theories are examined. This is done in The Hague South East where currently good pedestrian and cyclist connections are lacking. Therefore the graduation project proposes the addition of 4 new routes as an urban design component and a landmark, forming the architectoral component. Together these interventions improve the legibility and attractiveness of the area.","experience; public space; urban renewal; landmark; Cullen; Lynch","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","Architecture","Architecture & Urbanism","","","",""
"uuid:22674be3-caa9-4e5a-a33e-6c8982a9da00","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:22674be3-caa9-4e5a-a33e-6c8982a9da00","Liveable port, passive zone: The regeneration of Old City Port in Rotterdam brought by sustainable transformation","Liu, Zhuowei","Bekkering, H.C. (mentor); Stolk, E.H. (mentor); Van der Zaag, E.J. (mentor)","2013","","passive homes; urban regeneration; public space; solar access","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","2013-01-31","Architecture","Urbanism","","Urban regeneration","",""
"uuid:52031d93-752b-4563-aed8-32ce8064e4e4","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:52031d93-752b-4563-aed8-32ce8064e4e4","Greying cities: Spatial strategies for residential neighbourhoods to promote active ageing","Cammelbeeck, C.I.","Rooij, R.M. (mentor); Harteveld, M.G.A.D. (mentor)","2013","","ageing population; urban redesign; elderly; frailty; active ageing; public space; Spijkenisse","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","Architecture","Urbanism","","","",""
"uuid:80e19312-f50d-4463-8207-e886ebd84dab","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:80e19312-f50d-4463-8207-e886ebd84dab","Meeting the Hague south west at the border","Smit, C.J.","Harteveld, M. (mentor); Caso, O. (mentor); Van Dorst, M. (mentor); Mihl, H. (mentor)","2013","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 neglected. The area around this tertiary station of the Hague is well located within the city structure, but has insufficient connections to the network of public space and facilities surrounding the location. The project location is now a left over space between the several neighbourhoods around the station. However it could be transformed into a central space connecting the city and the neighbourhoods, as well as being an interesting living area in the Hague south west. To achieve the objectives for this graduation project, several literature has been reviewed and studies are done on the project location. Within this thesis the results of the research and the development of the design are described.","railway station; deprived neighbourhood; urban renewal; infrastructural node; activity place; accessibility; connectivity; public space; liveliness; school building; green structure; network","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","2013-01-17","Architecture","Urbanism and Architecture","","Urbanism and Architecture","",""
"uuid:6c098a1d-8bd4-4560-a3b7-f5724b84dc69","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:6c098a1d-8bd4-4560-a3b7-f5724b84dc69","Moralizing parking equipment: A usable on-street parking machine that fits the Dutch streetscape","Kranenburg, A.","Ninaber - van Eyben, B. (mentor); Van de Geer, S.G. (mentor); Smulders, J. (mentor)","2012","Products impose a certain moral to the user: A speed bump forces a driver to slow down, a traffic light forces a driver to stop or go and a fence prevents bystanders to trespass. Public space belongs to everybody. There is no unambiguous organization responsible for the public space sight. This results in a cluttered public space that looks disorganized. A parking machine is part of the public space and is a product that moralizes its user. The moral that a parking machine tries to impose is something like ‘you shall pay’. Besides this forcing moral a parking machine is often hard to understand and use. A driver has to read the operation instructions before he can execute the unpopular duty. IP Parking produces off-street parking equipment and has also some on-street products in its product portfolio. IP parking wants to conquer the on-street market even further by developing an innovative parking machine. The design separates form from function: A core unit that gains parking rights to users according to a convenient and simple process. This core unit can be integrated in a streetscape, through customizing, according to the landscape architect requirements. Because areas in municipalities have different budgets for street furniture, there are several levels of parking machine customization. In total there are four: A core unit in a metal column. Colour customization only. A core unit in a metal column with a customizable surface. A core unit integrated in a light pole. This saves a power connection and pavement space. A core unit that can be built in according to the requirements of the landscape architect. Boundaries are the build in measures and a power connection. This variant ensures total design freedom for the landscape architect; the sky is the limit. The core unit consists of a 7” touch screen combined with a pinpad, cardreader, ticket printer and a RFID reader. Two methods of gaining parking rights are available in order to comply with privacy legislation, when the user inputs license plate or other sensitive information into the system. License plate registration is used often and saves costs for enforcement and thus prevents tariff increase. Without user permission privacy information cannot be linked or saved for a long period. Therefore the first parking rights gaining method is anonymous. The license plate number is saved till midnight. The driver inputs the car’s license plate number via the touch screen and prepays his parking rights. receiving a ticket is optional. This method is similar to current, hard to use, machines: staying anonymous has its price. The second method is a membership and resembles the Dutch OV-chipcard. The driver is registered in advance and has a RFID card. In the registration he accepted the link and save of his name, address, license plate number and bank account. He can start paid parking time by checking in with his card and stop parking time by checking out. This system is already developed by IP Parking. The core unit is designed as compact as possible to increase built-in possibilities. It has platonic aesthetic: timeless to fit in any streetscape. The design is an attempt to make the municipal city planning department responsible for the public space design. This is as step towards an uncluttered and organized public space. Besides that, the interaction between the user of the parking machine is improved. Easier to understand (less instructional graphics and text) and improved ergonomics combined with the integrated aesthetical design makes the ‘you shall pay‘ moral less prominent or even disappear. There are some recommendations. This project is hardware focused, but software makes the difference. A start is made in GUI design and needs more development. There must be a focus on the wants and needs of municipalities., after all they purchase the product. Municipalities want remote control of parking machines because this is cost-effective. Parking management software need to offer this functionality. Also streetscape architects must be aware of the potential of this design and get rid of their frustrations of current parking machines, not being able to control the aesthetics. This design puts the streetscape architect back in control.","Design; public space; parking machine; usability","en","master thesis","","","","","","","Campus only","","Industrial Design Engineering","Design Aesthetics","","","",""
"uuid:58eb0876-ab4d-4b49-bf27-84342acdfd8e","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:58eb0876-ab4d-4b49-bf27-84342acdfd8e","Visible Cities: Home in the City","Hans, E.","Colombo, F.F. (mentor); Calabrese, L.M. (mentor)","2012","A project that is exploring a public space in which digital media application leads to a collaboratively programmed and configured environment, pulsating public life in Rotterdam.","Rotterdam; De Boompjes; public space; digital technologies; ubiquitous computing; social media; digital media","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","Architecture","Urbanism","","Complex Cities","",""
"uuid:1bc365a6-97f9-4eb6-9d1a-fbbc08a2b6c6","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:1bc365a6-97f9-4eb6-9d1a-fbbc08a2b6c6","Vibrant space / Problem space: Improvement of public spaces in Dutch underprivileged housing areas to increase social cohesion and safety","Schoo, A.J.","Harteveld, M. (mentor); Van Dorst, M. (mentor)","2012","In this project the answer was searched on the research question how the perceived safety in Dutch underprivileged housing areas can be improved through the enlargement of the social cohesion by means of the design of the public space. In most underprivileged housing areas the socio-spatial problem is that the inhabitants do not feel connected with the neighbourhood and with each other. Furthermore, they are unhappy with their living environment, and in particular the public space. Visitors of the neighbourhood find the public space bad as well, and in some cases do not even dare to go to the housing areas. Currently the method used by municipalities and housing corporations to tackle the socio-spatial problems of underprivileged housing areas, is to demolish (part of) the housing area, and build new housing blocks. This forces inhabitants to move, and in a lot of cases they will not be able to return to the newly build houses, because they are more expensive. This method has been proven ineffective because it only moves the problem from one area to another. The main problem, inhabitants being unhappy with their living environment, and passers-by sometimes even afraid to go in the housing area, is not addressed with the current inhabitants in mind. To answer the research question two sub research questions on the use of public space were relevant. The first sub research question on which different roles in terms of social cohesion can different types of public spaces have produced the following answers. In underprivileged housing areas a large part of the leisure time is spent outside, on the street. It is therefore important that the inhabitants have places in the public space where they can meet. Secondly, to increase social safety, it is important for passers-by to understand what kind of neighbourhood they are in, who is living in the neighbourhood. This can be done by providing space in the public realm where indirect contact between passers-by and inhabitants can be established. But, more importantly, in order to enhance the social cohesion it is important that the inhabitants can actively claim the public space. Laying a claim on the public space can be achieved through having a front garden, or facade garden, but also in communal outdoor areas. This claim can be strengthened by handing over the management of (parts of) the public space to the inhabitants. In some streets, handing over the management is not advisable, because they are also used by other groups than the inhabitants, for shopping, school, or going from one important location to another. In these kinds of streets the management cannot be totally transferred to inhabitants, but letting inhabitants have a say in the design of the public space is already beneficial for the social cohesion. This means that in the neighbourhood the publicness of a street has to be defined according to the presence of public facilities and are therefor of public interest, or whether it is a street in which only inhabitants need to be. This results in a division of four levels of publicness. The second sub research question, how can public space be made easily adaptable to the users, but without great costs for the municipalities, was inspired by that fact that due to the current economic crisis municipalities and housing corporations have less funds to spend on revitalising urban living areas. In order to achieve the two goals, adapting the public space to the wishes of the inhabitants and without great costs for municipalities, cooperation with the inhabitants can be used. This cooperation can be in the form of letting inhabitants have a say in the design, which creates better support for the design. Another possibility is to let the inhabitants contribute in the execution of the public space. This can be done in the form of funds, but also, and perhaps more important in underprivileged housing areas where the inhabitants have little money, in the form of labour. When inhabitants have invested in the public space, this creates a bond between inhabitants and the space, and they will take better care of their public space. Therefor not only money in the short-term is saved, but also in the long-term. This also benefits the social cohesion between the inhabitants themselves and between the inhabitants and their living area. The location and the function of the street, the level of publicness, defines how much the inhabitants can be involved in the management of the public space. To test the found answers to the research question, the underprivileged housing area of the Schilderswijk and Stationsbuurt has been used. This is a housing area which was from the start build for the working-class. In first instance the building quality was deplorable, and from the eighties onwards many parts have been demolished and rebuild, but without one general plan. This created a living area with many different architectural styles. At the moment the quality of the buildings is adequate, but here as well people are not happy with their living environment. The neighbourhood has been analysed and the public space defined on its level of publicness, according to its function. For each level of publicness a design was made to show how the public space will look if designed in a manner that improves the social cohesion and the perceived safety. The combined designs create a network in which streets are legible and support the intended function, thereby increasing the perceived safety of the inhabitants of the neighbourhood and the passers-by.","urban regeneration; public space; social safety; social cohesion","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","2012-06-30","Architecture","Urbanism","","Urban Regeneration","",""
"uuid:b60c672f-28a8-44fc-bdb3-9d1502529578","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:b60c672f-28a8-44fc-bdb3-9d1502529578","Kowloon city redevelopment: Alternative urban solutions within the neoliberal frame","Wen, T.","Bracken, G. (mentor); Bruyns, G. (mentor); Plomp, H. (mentor); Cuperus, Y. (mentor)","2012","Kowloon city of Hong Kong is an area that used to be one of the “black hole” area of the city and famous for a special food street there. It is now part of the large-scale urban regeneration project that focuses on the ""good business climate"".The chanllenge is to balance the demand of development for the area and keeping its special identity from swallowed by the commercial interventions nearby.","Urban regeneration; public space; DSD Hong Kong studio","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","Architecture","Architecture","","DSD Hong Kong studio","",""
"uuid:f89d336e-179d-407f-a4c7-2824b1a9f479","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:f89d336e-179d-407f-a4c7-2824b1a9f479","Public space not for sale! A public space regeneration strategy, aiming to balance the socio-cultural development and strengthen the identity of the city of Sofia.","Skachokova, A.K.","Qu, L. (mentor); Bekkering, H. (mentor)","2012","The thesis is exploring the relation between 3 main elements, identified within the urban environment of the city of Sofia: the processes resulting from the political change in 1989, the unexploited cultural heritage and the ability of public space to regenerate urbanity. The project exploits the relation between those elements while finding a solution to the main challenges in front of the city today: To achieve a balanced urban development, which will lead to international recognition. The structure of the thesis follows the one-year process of its elaboration. It starts with a research part, defining the main problem and the tracking the political reasons behind it. Further the main socio- spatial problems of the city are analyzed through the scope of the public space – a vulnerable urban element, constituted form the relations between diverse actors (public, private, civic). Therefore public space is not only used as a tool for solving urban issues, but also an analytical tool, speaking of the complex processes taking place in the city. The theoretical part explores the capacities and properties of public space on a context-free level. Public space is then used as a structural tool, able to frame the urban management model in a desired direction. In order to reinforce that structure, and give it a social dimension, public space is engaged with the cultural and historical heritage of the area. The final products, a strategy and a design, offers an example of how the of the main discussed elements could co-exist and present an opportunity for the development of the city. Although the thesis was initiated by a strong interest about the specific location, it concludes by an approach that could be applied to other locations, sharing similar symptoms and problems.","public space; Sofia; historical heritage; post-socialist processes; urban strategy","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","2013-05-31","Architecture","Urbanism","","Complex cities graduation studio","",""
"uuid:0b125a59-abce-41cb-a7fe-a90edde4b366","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:0b125a59-abce-41cb-a7fe-a90edde4b366","Recognizing Synergetic Conditions for Cohabitation: Proposing an Alternative Method for Acknowledging Local Level Potentialities into the Municipal Decision-Making Process","Briët, G.","Sepulveda, D. (mentor); Bekkering, H.C. (mentor)","2012","This graduation project explores and shows an alternative method for assessing and intervening in the public space of peri-urban neighborhoods. Where it combines the potentialities of public space and the public space network under the societal trend of migration from affluent residents to these peri-urban neighborhoods. The aim of the project is to show how the public space (network) can support conditions to facilitate cohabitation and secure the position of less affluent residents in neighborhoods that face this migrational trend.","Cohabitation; Public Space; Public Space Network; Rotterdam","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","Architecture","Urbanism","","Complex Cities","",""
"uuid:a9d187ca-b65c-4998-ade3-a6c765c7d8aa","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:a9d187ca-b65c-4998-ade3-a6c765c7d8aa","The Outside in; the Un-Autonomous building","Cloppenburg, D.Q.","Cavallo, R. (mentor); Mihl, H. (mentor); Caso, O. (mentor)","2012","In the 21st century the hybrid building becomes a spatial framework around movement and rituals of its daily users. The spatial composition - and a multitude of employable spatial variations - stimulate close encounters between different users from different layers of the city. The primary school in the design combined with different types of workplaces (offices, workshops) form a reliable spill for transformation of the Hamerstraat area towards the future.","semi-public space; overlap; public familiarity; school; squares","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","Architecture","Building Typology","","Hybrid Building","",""
"uuid:a90e64eb-7095-462c-89db-4e936ebff29c","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:a90e64eb-7095-462c-89db-4e936ebff29c","Light plan - space for people: A public space strategy towards a 24 hour vitality and socio-spatial integrated inner city for Brussels","Villerius, W.A.","Van Nes, A. (mentor); Van der Spek, S.C. (mentor)","2012","This graduation project is a practical research on the way light can be used within the urban context to create vital environments during 24 hours of the day. The connection of the lighting design with the urban design is explored with the goal of integration and regeneration of a disconnected area in the inner city of Brussels.","public space; urban regeneration; public lighting; Brussels; 24/7 urban vitality; strategic planning","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","Architecture","Urbanism","","Complex Cities graduation lab","",""
"uuid:4ccd153c-133e-4bc9-981c-0e03a4f425bc","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:4ccd153c-133e-4bc9-981c-0e03a4f425bc","ReCYCLE City: Strengthening the bikeability from home to the Dutch railway station","Scheltema, E.B.","Rooij, R.M. (mentor); Van Der Spek, S.C. (mentor); De Wilde, T.S. (mentor)","2012","In Dutch culture, cycling and walking are the most common ways of active transportation within the city. Nowadays, more than forty percent of all train passengers arrive at the railway station by bicycle. And it is estimated that the combination of bicycle and train will become even more important in the future. But the spatial quality of the bicycle network from the Dutch residential neighbourhoods to the railway station is often poor: uncomfortable and incoherent. Urban design might and should bring solutions. Unfortunately, the cyclist’s perspective is worldwide under-represented in even the most comprehensive work of urban design. This Master’s thesis is a search for spatial design interventions to improve the bikeability from home to the Dutch railway station.","railway station environment; Dutch neighbourhoods; bikeability; public space quality; spatial design interventions; bicyclist; the Netherlands; Amsterdam Amstel","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","2012-06-28","Architecture","Urbanism","","Urban Regeneration","",""
"uuid:cee8a7c0-5524-42b9-883e-d1d7610a77fc","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:cee8a7c0-5524-42b9-883e-d1d7610a77fc","Spaces of Social Activism","Sivri, C.","Nottrot, R. (mentor); Heintz, J. (mentor); Plomp, H. (mentor)","2012","The discovery of the hidden potential of society – activist movements – has been the initiator of a Creative Center in the neglected part of Brussels for active members of the society. It is part of a designed scenario in urban scale as an urban intervention and the experiment field of a broad light research at the same time. The project is studied starting from urban scale to spatial detailing in which light quality has been the most important aspect.","public space","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","Architecture","Architecture","","Explore Lab 12","",""
"uuid:c63c0bb6-e9d2-4958-83be-977007b2d76d","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:c63c0bb6-e9d2-4958-83be-977007b2d76d","Blove: The shared library of TUDelft","Rapalino, A.","De Rijk, T.R.A. (mentor); Tromp, N. (mentor)","2012","Using Mekel Park, the unfrequented green area of TUDelft as a study-case, the project provides both theoretical foundation and practical application to increase and foster the use of public space involving its community. Few years ago the central public space of TUDelft campus was completely renovated with the creation of a green area called Mekel Park. Nowadays, even if it offer a pleasant environment, the park is not frequently experienced by the TUDelft community. With the aim to transform Mekel Park into an attractive destination for the TUDelft community, different in-filed researches were conducted to gain a better understanding of the site and to help establish the problem definition of the project. Due to the fact that the park is located in an academic environment, an extensive literature study regarding public interventions in campuses and community creation was conducted. The insides highlighted that promoting sense of community and supporting recreational activities were the key elements to create a lively environment within the academic setting. The everyday experience people had with the park was included as a defining element for the formulation of the design statement that aimed to improve the current use of Mekel Park providing an explorative experience that would involve and keep the TUDelft community coming to the place and return again . To define the characteristics of the public intervention in the park, a “place oriented approach” called Placemaking was introduced in which community are encouraged to actively participate to the creation of a common vision of the public space. Adopting participatory techniques, the Placemaking approach was applied to Mekel Park. The vision of the TUDelft students helped framing the design direction of the project, that combined with the insides of the research phase of the project led to the creation of a community of readers at TUDelft. The final concept Blove is a pavilion for a shared library in which people can lend, borrow, donate and suggest books to friends, colleagues and fellow students of the university. The community platform is supported by a smartphone application. Inspired by the spatial qualities of second hand marked, the design of the pavilion combined to the fact that the library will always have new books aims to enhance the explorative experience that will keep people coming back to the park. The project has been tested with an experience prototype, face to face interviews and paper prototype (smartphone application). The success of the one week trial and the request to extend for a longer period the experiment showed a high interest and participation from the Industrial Design Ingeneering community. However, to understand the real potential of the project, the Blove library should be tested in its real context of use.","public space; service design; community creation","en","master thesis","","","","","","","Campus only","","Industrial Design Engineering","Industrial Design","","","",""
"uuid:6b31e170-c4e6-408f-b07e-bb38aa090387","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:6b31e170-c4e6-408f-b07e-bb38aa090387","The Wall: The re-discovery of ordinary public places in an alternative urban architectural model for Chinese cities, the case of Chengdu","Nijveldt, J.M.","Bekkering, H.C. (mentor); Hauptmann, D. (mentor)","2012","This thesis is a specific research about the city of Chengdu in Western China. The city is at the very heart of the dramatic transformation of China and can be seen as a perfect model city of recent growth. The city showed an explosive growth in GDP, urban area, infrastructure and living standards. There are however enormous qualitative challenges for further growth concerning land use, domesticity, biodiversity, water and air quality; The city is at the crossroads. In order to attempt to resolve the challenges, which path will it take? It is the hypothesis of this thesis, that the underlying framework of the city, its streets and public spaces, is the basis for development, because these are a lasting foundation for years. The thesis takes on the perspective of ordinary public places that are meaningful for everyday life. Therefore it is crucial to understand space, the Chinese perception of it and how to structure it. The result of this thesis is a proposal for an alternative urban architectural model that will guide the city towards compact growth, giving at the same time ‘place’ to the millions of new migrants.","placemaking; China; public space; density; air quality; sprawl; Heidegger; perception of space","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","Architecture","Urbanism","","Vertical Cities Asia","",""
"uuid:0ca42252-3138-402e-ab0b-46299c66384d","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:0ca42252-3138-402e-ab0b-46299c66384d","Materializing Identity: Utilizing inherent urban identity as a main design factor in the inner city regeneration of Rotterdam","Pinheiro, A.","Calabrese, L.M. (mentor); Mihl, H. (mentor); Trienekens, G.C.O. (mentor); Wilms Floet, W.W.L.M. (mentor)","2011","Abstract – In order to create good urban environments city planners need to start addressing the issue of urban identity (Oktay 2002). According to Oktay, people should again feel that some part of the environment belongs to them, individually and collectively, some part for which they care and are responsible, whether they own it or not. For, as Oktay also states, people use their environment not only in a functional way, but also identify and express themselves through it. In a sense people form their environment and their environment forms them and it is exactly this role of spatial form that is being forgotten in the urban planning (Fortuin & Van der Graaf 2006). In addition Fortuin & Van der Graaf point out that increasingly such issues, of socio-cultural nature, take a backseat to the economic issues. Such projects often limit their impact on identity to that of the economical relevance of the ‘image’ or ‘brand’. Municipalities thus tend to develop ambitious plans that are bluntly imposed on their respective locations, in order to ‘sell’ the city (Jacobs 1992). In doing so however, any trace of the original urban identity is wiped out, including the communities, the culture and history. Consequently also the connection between the original inhabitants and their environment is lost, resulting in undefined, undesirable, useless and unliveable spaces (Oktay 2002). Nevertheless, in general, planners decide to stay this course. This is largely do to the illusive nature of ‘identity’. For how can something be factored into a design, when its spatial form is unknown (ed. Bell & Tyrwhitt 1972)? This paper thus provides a solid grip on the issue of identity. More specifically, the goal is to identify and evaluate the spatial form of urban identity in inner cities, through its sub-elements of public space and the neighbourhood. In doing so, this paper assists in the building of the theoretical framework of the author’s graduation project, which proposes strategies and interventions for the regeneration of problem-neighbourhoods (dutch: probleemwijken) in the inner city of Rotterdam in the Netherlands. (Broader academic interest: The development and implementation of analysis methods and strategies for the revitalisation of neighbourhoods)","architecture; urbanism; urban acupuncture; Identity; social; sustainability; regeneration; revitalisation; public space; social studies; RMIT","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","Architecture","Architecture & Urbanism","","Urban Acupuncture","",""
"uuid:1d8da560-1cdd-43a9-97b5-bbbf52b923a7","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:1d8da560-1cdd-43a9-97b5-bbbf52b923a7","Open Barrier","Beldag, S.Z.","Vermeulen, P. (mentor); Mihl, H. (mentor)","2011","Space, in a way, is a limitless formation. The specification of a space is derived with the user’s interaction density. In order to clarify the interaction, it is possible to mention it as: Mutual activities of the users in the environment Individual reaction of the user to the environment Barrier is an obstacle that prevents a person to see, hear etc. Barriers are usually the physical objects in our lives. In architecture, for example, besides the special characteristics, a wall is a separation element for the spaces. However, in architecture, this barrier has also a definition, which takes its context from its users and their requirements. These requirements depend on the common and private use of the spaces. The use is directly related with the interaction in the space. The organization of the physical environment has a significant role in the quality of the interaction. Most of the time, physical elements create the routes, boundaries for the users. Besides the physical elements, it is possible to face the invisible boundaries in our daily lives. Although a physical element does not exist in the site, a separation can be differentiated in the space. Like in the neighborhood of Deurne, streets become the living rooms of the private users. On the other hand, they still take attention of the visitors. So they act as an open space, which brings private and public use together, but the significant point in this gathering is that the separation can still be witnessed. In the design process, it is aimed to create a continuous interaction between spaces while having a separation. (Dis)connection of the spaces, is the focusing point of the functions. The relations and the interactions between interior-exterior, interior-interior and exterior-interior generate the question for finding the quality for the users of the functions. The relations between the functions in the building and outside of the building have the quality to experience each other, but they have their barriers. This forms the idea of open barrier for the design approach.","library; kindergarden; social interaction; hybrid building; barrier; public space; private use; centrality; Deurne; exhibition; information accessibility; vertical flow; visibility; user diversity","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","2011-12-01","Architecture","Architecture","","Hybrid Buildings","",""
"uuid:36f4c565-4ae8-4119-9299-79da7bec6352","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:36f4c565-4ae8-4119-9299-79da7bec6352","Public space for livable neighbourhoods: How generic spatial interventions can realize conditions for the development of public space to accomplish a dureable living environment in specific urban living areas","Van Lievenoogen, M.J.","De Bois, P.G. (mentor); Van Dorst, M. (mentor)","2011","The report is an investigation into the possibilities of using generic methods to achieve certain levels of quality for public space, to stimulate, regulate but most of all conditionate spatial, social and economical developments. These developments should result in a more livable living environment.","public space; livable; postwar neighbourhoods; interventions; urban acupuncture; durable; New Towns; Zoetermeer; Buytenwegh; toolbox; 3-step method; Spacemate; Street as public space; RGBG","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","2011-07-11","Architecture","Urbanism","","Urban acupuncture","",""
"uuid:7557dd42-e528-444b-8335-0fd97b55515c","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:7557dd42-e528-444b-8335-0fd97b55515c","From public to public","Kang, S.H.","Stuhlmacher, M. (mentor); Somers, D. (mentor); Mihl, H. (mentor)","2011","This graduation project has the goal to design a series of courtyards and well-functioning culture center in the historic city block of Antwerp.","public space; culture center; courtyard; Antwerp","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","2012-07-01","Architecture","Architecture","","Interiors, Buildings and Cities","",""
"uuid:81fff858-8545-4b8d-b557-01ff40e4bc7e","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:81fff858-8545-4b8d-b557-01ff40e4bc7e","Transformation of the Nijmegen Railway Area: Into a highly integrated domain","Lam, H.M.","Westrik, J. (mentor); Van Nes, A. (mentor)","2011","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 the city. If cities such as Nijmegen, want to provide safe and attractive urban environments, then they have to, above all, be well-connected and accessible.","railway area Nijmegen; pedestrian oriented design; accessibility; public space","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","Architecture","Urbanism","","","",""
"uuid:98b8ad34-2c5e-4033-bac5-41b37e46f22e","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:98b8ad34-2c5e-4033-bac5-41b37e46f22e","""Eroding on the edges"": Integration Stategy for Western Fringe of Xi'An City as a supportive urban tissue in Mega City Plan 2020+","Huang, Y.","Sepúlveda, D. (mentor); Harteveld, M. (mentor)","2011","The project focuses on how to combine the current corridor development and the cultural & historic assets by means of the public space network, in order to counteract the fragmentation at the local level and meanwhile benefit the local inhabitants of western fringe of Xi’an City, supplementing the governmental city model.","public space network; local value; landscape","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","Architecture","Urbanism","","Studio: complex cities","",""
"uuid:7ffb5178-4265-45e9-8f63-3fffcb66db41","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:7ffb5178-4265-45e9-8f63-3fffcb66db41","The new life in old town Surabaya: Preserving the Urban Heritage through Space Revitalization","Hadi, H.","Van Nes, A. (mentor); Hermans, W. (mentor)","2011","Old Town Surabaya is deteriorating due to the decentralization policy in 1920, where it had shifted the center of Surabaya from Old Town. Thus the economic activities in areas were declining and it triggered peoples to move out from Old Town. In addition, the Industrial Zone Allotment Policy in mid of 70’s had limited the industry expansion in area. Therefore Old Town has lost its attraction as a place for living. Moreover, this area has a very limited space for further development. On the other hand, Old town has a great historic value and as an identity for Surabaya that need to be preserved. The aim of this graduation project is to study about what strategic program can be implemented in the Old Town Surabaya in order to preserve the historic value in term of its social economic life and built environment from deterioration. At the same time this should accommodate the future needs of the city of Surabaya, as well to create a better living condition and improve the living quality of Old Town Surabaya.","historical inner city; public space network; space revitalization; pedestrian linkage; urban revitalization","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","2011-06-30","Architecture","Department of Urbanism","","Complex cities","",""
"uuid:b400c781-0975-4239-9c7f-d64a548e1445","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:b400c781-0975-4239-9c7f-d64a548e1445","Re-public City: A strategic planning of public space for local people in the context of globalization in Shanghai Lujiazui Finance & Trade Zone","Liang, X.","Colombo, F.F. (mentor); Calabrese, L.M. (mentor)","2011","","public space","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","Architecture","Urbanism","","complex city","",""
"uuid:17ff53b8-149c-4f94-b91e-306252d12093","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:17ff53b8-149c-4f94-b91e-306252d12093","The Urban Interior Setting: Towards a Habitable Urban Landscape","Kok, W.J.","Nottrot, R.J. (mentor); Van Timmeren, A. (mentor); Van Esch, M.M.E. (mentor)","2011","The theme of my thesis is the development of a better micro-climate for the public space around The Hague Central Station. "" In my research, I formed a generic framework on how the area around a station can be better utilized. I posed conditions and made recommendations for creat ing pleasant places for pedestrians and waiting users. I have included the results in my thesis and my architectural design project, where I have designed a better connection between the city, park and station on an urban scale.","urban landscape; microclimate; public space; urban interior; climate adaptation; architecture","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","Architecture","Faculty of Architecture, SMART Architecture","","ExporeLab","",""
"uuid:e1bcdd0f-3882-4b68-8958-d9a9869e3f6b","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:e1bcdd0f-3882-4b68-8958-d9a9869e3f6b","From transfer node to urban node: Integrating multimodal transport hubs in the city fabric","Heimeriks, D.F.M.","Rooij, R.M. (mentor); Van der Spek, S.C. (mentor); Lipsius, M.J. (mentor)","2011","The position of multimodal transfer nodes, on the edge of the city, are of increasing importance in the contemporary daily (city) life. Transfer nodes are a moment of condensated movement in the mobile world, and do have a high potential of human activity and social interaction. The transfer node could functions as an urban node; a place for transfer, work, living, doing grocery, leisure,traveling, meeting and staying. Aside of these potentials multimodal transfer nodes often deal with a low public space quality and an insufficient integration with the (local) nvironment; How to solve problems like the transfer node being a non-place or being a no-go area for the local inhabitants? This Master’s Thesis is a search for strategic spatial design interventions to develop a multimodal transfer hub into an urban sub centre, enhancing a positive exchange between the node and it’s neighboring environment.","multimodal transport hub; urban sub centre; human activity & social interaction; node development; spatial design interventions; Kralingse Zoom; Rotterdam; the pedestrian; public space quality; local integration; internal organization","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","Architecture","Urbanism","","","",""
"uuid:c2713b4b-86c7-44f0-a11d-cc9a2458254b","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:c2713b4b-86c7-44f0-a11d-cc9a2458254b","Nijmegen Centraal! A new concept for the Dutch railway station environment of Nijmegen","Vingerling, J.J.C.","Hermans, W.J.A. (mentor); Fernandez-Maldonado, A.M. (mentor); Burg, L.P.J. (mentor)","2011","This thesis aims at developing a new concept for the railway station and its environment in Nijmegen. The focus is on the public domain in and around the railway station located at the urban fringe of the historic centre of a medium sized Dutch city. The case for this graduation project is Nijmegen. It is the aim to improve the accessibility, spatial quality and identity of the public space and public interior of a railway station environment. With help of a literature study, analysis of Nijmegen and a case study research clear design goals are formulated that contributed to a reliable design proposal for the railway station of Nijmegen. It has been proved that a multifunctional railway station environment with the railway station as essential link between both sides of the railway is a successful solution for Nijmegen. It is important for the liveliness on ground floor and the quality of the surrounding public space that the emphasis in terms of activity lies in the wings of the railway station. The relation between the public interior and public space is an important condition for a successful and lively public domain. Finally the identity of the railway station environment is increased by strengthen the historic characteristics of the location and finding architectural elements that contribute to a railway station that will function as new landmark in the city!","Railway stations; Activity in public space; public interior network; urban design","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","Architecture","Urbanism","","","",""
"uuid:bd5ef397-3783-4fc3-a29d-3923b57f3836","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:bd5ef397-3783-4fc3-a29d-3923b57f3836","I solemnly pledge to public space - dualities in contemporary public space developments, applied in Brussels' European Quarter.","Daniel Swakman, L.","Lee, S. (mentor); Hermans, W. (mentor); Avermaete, T. (mentor); Van der Zaag, E. (mentor); Read, S. (mentor)","2011","The european quarter in Brussels has become a monofunctional office district since the rapid development of the European Union in the second half of the twentieth century. Uncontrolled office expansion has led to a district characterised by the monotony of glass closed office blocks, empty streets and large infrastructure. This project is a proposal to regard the public space in this area as an opportunity to make a statement as a european public space: an integrated part of the city, where urban liveliness and a diverse mix of functions are key points. In order to achive this, a threefold strategy is laid out, as the above diagram shows. The current stituation is one of flatness - both in function or use as in morphology and typology. Firstly the area will become centered around two redesigned axes, where a pedestrian-friendly space is proposed. Then ,on these axes new centralities are developed. This allows for an urban experience of diversity, from node to node. Thirdly, by concentrating along these points, deconcentration can emerge in the inbetween spaces. This allows for recapturing of residential functions, in order to allow for a rich mix of functions and uses.","public space; brussels; european; urban strategy; square; triangulation; polycentral network","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","Architecture","Architecture + Urbanism (dual graduation)","","Explorelab dual graduation","",""
"uuid:88e9ff01-8a67-4d31-9aa8-420d769661e0","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:88e9ff01-8a67-4d31-9aa8-420d769661e0","Measure, understand and improve cities: Visualizing pedestrian flows to improve inner-city quality in Delft using GPS-tracking technology","Van Langelaar, C.M.","Rooij, R.M. (mentor); Van der Spek, S.C. (mentor); Van Dorst, M.J. (mentor)","2011","We all have walked on a street when suddenly someone comes over to you asking for directions. Sometimes, people do not know where they are and they do not know how to reach their destination. They are lost. However, people should not depend on others to find their way. The urban fabric should be legible enough to find one’s way. The problem statement of this Master Thesis is that people should wander and stroll through the urban fabric instead of getting lost. Consequently, for the graduation project we zoom in to one of the many aspects of “good public space”, namely the element ‘wayfinding’. What is good public space in relation to pedestrian’s ability to orientate themselves in the historic city centre? The first chapter deals with wayfinding, its definitions, how it is related to the city centre of Delft, environmental psychology and urban economy. The aim of the graduation project is to better understand how people navigate in cities in order to develop recommendations for urban planning and design to make city visits more enjoyable, engaging and involving for pedestrians. The main research question for the graduation project is: “Which strategic spatial design interventions can improve public space for the slow traffic network in order to retain city visitors in the city centre of Delft?” This subject will be solved by answering four sub-research questions: (i) What are criteria for successful public spaces looking at pedestrians walking in city centres? (ii) What is the current quality of the streets and built environment in the city centre of Delft? (iii) Do pedestrians (visitors/tourists, city centre inhabitants and neighbourhood residents) use the public space in the city centre of Delft differently? (iv) How can the criteria for successful public spaces, the analysis of the current situation and the conclusions of how people use the city centre be embedded in strategic spatial (navigational) recommendations for the city centre of Delft? Applied methods in order to answer the sub-research questions are: (ad i) Literature review studies (a general study about good public space and a specific wayfinding study). (ad ii) Evaluation of the city centre by mapping urban facilities, making a Three-Step analysis, measuring walking distances from two garages, visibility graph analysis, history of Delft by a morphology analysis, quality analysis perception of the city centre based on participants’ questionnaires and a visual analysis (photographs). (ad iii) Actual pedestrian movement is gathered and mapped by doing two GPS-tracking research pilots in the city centre of Delft (a) November 2009: following visitors/tourists who park their car in the Phoenix or Zuidpoort garage and who continue their journey on foot (b) April/May 2010: following city centre inhabitants and neighbourhood residents of Delft. Results are mapped in ArcGIS and statistics are made in SPSS and Excel. Behaviour of the three different pedestrian groups is compared, where after results and conclusions are noted. (ad iv) All gathered information is put into a self made GPS-flowchart: the model shows a researcher in four steps which strategic interventions are recommended for a project area. To answer the main research question, first a future vision of Delft 2030 is described which is followed by a mission, vision and strategy for the city centre of Delft. Consequently, strategic spatial design interventions are proposed, divided into conservative short term and ambitious long term scenarios. The GPS-flowchart is used to determine a strategy for a specific area in the city centre. Due to the fact that there is an enormous amount of data available, several tips for follow-up research are suggested.","urban environment; historic; city centre; visualisation; pedestrian movement; walking; measuring; understanding; improving; spatial quality; GPS; tracking; good public space; wayfinding; environmental psychology; urban economy; GIS; SPSS; city centre evaluation; urban facilities; three-step analysis; walking distances; visibility graph analysis; quality analysis perception; visual quality analysis; density analysis; used streets; non-used streets; mission; vision; strategy; spatial interventions; BCG-matrix; star; cash cow; question mark; dog","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","2011-05-12","Architecture","Urbanism","","Studio Urban Acupuncture","",""
"uuid:070607da-713b-44a6-b5a3-c1a8b667fa04","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:070607da-713b-44a6-b5a3-c1a8b667fa04","Improving the Connection: Transforming the Metropolitan station area of Hollands Spoor","Koeling, A.N.M.","Calabrese, L.M. (mentor); Colombo, F.F. (mentor)","2011","The ongoing development of traffic congestion throughout The Netherlands has been part of Dutch policy for a long time now, with no actual results in decreasing this mobility issue. The Hague, as part of the Randstad where traffic congestion plays a large role, is an important connection on all levels. With investments in Central Station, Hollands Spoor, as a metropolitan station area has limited quality appeal in terms spatial arrangement including the problem area Stationsbuurt and dangerous traffic crossings. This is strange, not only because of the intensiveuse of the station, but also because it contains cultural historical qualities, such as the main building of Holland Spoor. This graduation project contains a complete plan for the station area to provide for a quality area for transfers, but also as recreational area for visitors specifically aiming on slow traffic.","metropolitan station area; mobility; The Hague; Hollands Spoor; public space; square; slow traffic","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","2011-02-03","Architecture","Urbanism","","Urban Acupuncture","",""
"uuid:3870c681-439b-4385-94d0-9136637d7a62","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:3870c681-439b-4385-94d0-9136637d7a62","A revitalized Kop van Zuid: Bridging the gaps between the development of the Kop van Zuid and its transforming surrounding neighbourhoods through public space","Ungureanu, G.M.","Sepulveda, D.A. (mentor); Harteveld, M.G.A.D. (mentor); Van der Vegt, J. (mentor)","2010","","social-spatial integration; public space network","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","Architecture","Urbanism","","","",""
"uuid:03813259-be07-4a6d-b491-9757345cc559","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:03813259-be07-4a6d-b491-9757345cc559","Public space in private perspective: Een verkenning van de randvoorwaarden en mogelijkheden bij privatisering van de openbare ruimte","Remmerswaal, D.J.M.","Van der Toorn Vrijthoff, W. (mentor); Soeter, J.P. (mentor)","2010","Privatization of public space has some immediate commercial purposes. Buying the right on return on the way the urban space is maintained and managed can be profitable to private parties when an area accommodates many (permanent) commercial and/or residential users in combination with little public space. When there is little profit, private parties can choose to transfer their authority and the risk (partially) by establishing an association or foundation. The establishment of such an organization means that profit cannot flow to the initial private stakeholder. On the other it means the creation of a selfreinforcing mechanism that enables direct local re-investment of revenues from indirect value capturing. The establishment of a foundation or association could be a condition for municipalities contributing to private maintenance and management of public space. In some cases, privatization can lead to a profitable situation for all stakeholders: the private owner, the (local) government and the permanent residential and commercial users.","Urban space; Public space; Privatization; Value creation; Value capturing; Urban management; Urban development; Durable cooperation","nl","master thesis","","","","","","","","2010-06-30","Architecture","Real Estate & Housing","","Real Estate Management","",""
"uuid:f586a773-08b2-4f89-a47f-5a280f85a0fd","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:f586a773-08b2-4f89-a47f-5a280f85a0fd","Permeable Morphology Shenzhen mega city plan 2030+: Counteracting urban fragmentation by public space","Cao, F.","Sepúlveda, D.A. (mentor); Harteveld, M. (mentor); Chiang, C. (mentor)","2010","It is a multi-scalar approach to transform the non-develop urban void into an integrative place linking the fragments, through a permeable network of public space considering landscape, slow local street and semi public space.","public space; urban fragmentation","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","2010-07-15","Architecture","Urbanism","","Complex city studio","",""
"uuid:8eecaffe-fb23-4142-900d-fcfe8bfeab49","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:8eecaffe-fb23-4142-900d-fcfe8bfeab49","Lost in the city: Searching for urban vitality in city centre of Kaunas","Jonauskis, T.","Read, S.A. (mentor); Harteveld, M.G.A.D. (mentor); Van der Hoeven, F.D. (mentor)","2010","","city centre; public space; infrastructures; Eastern Europe; Kaunas; street vitality; public transport","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","Architecture","Urbanism","","","",""
"uuid:95468018-7792-44a5-82db-24130b8a16cd","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:95468018-7792-44a5-82db-24130b8a16cd","Empower people to make the city: Mental ownership as base for a social sustainable neighbourhood","Van Etten, R.","Franzen, A.J. (mentor); Van Hal, J.D.M. (mentor)","2010","In this graduation report a research is done about the role of sustainability in urban renewal, the focus is here not at ecological measures, but at socially sustainable. The conclusion is that to reach a social sustainable neighbourhood the focus should be at mental ownership in the public space.","public space; social sustainable; urban renewal","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","Architecture","Real Estate & Housing","","urban area development","",""
"uuid:786b8080-0992-4296-9adf-5a42b24c29c9","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:786b8080-0992-4296-9adf-5a42b24c29c9","A strategy on how to implement public toilets","Van Oord, P.J.D.","Buijs, J.A. (mentor); Loth, M. (mentor)","2010","On average, each person visits the toilet 8 times a day. Each day, 15 minutes are spend on a toilet. Therefore no one can deny the important role of toilets. This project scrutinizes toilets in public spaces. The development of mass produced cheap material public toilets, placed at the wrong locations, has lead to many problems. Problems such as terrible hygienic conditions, vandalism, misuse and a bad image. Many toilets were in such a bad condition that they have been removed and not been replaced to save costs. This has lead to even more problems with public toilets these days: bad availability, bad accessibility and bad maintenance. Foreign sources report that over 40% of public toilets have been closed over the past ten years. In the Netherlands, there is currently no law that insists that city councils provide public toilets. This project uses two different approaches to make a good implementation of modern public toilets possible. The user is the centre of the design. One approach is the from a macro level down to a product level, the other one is from the user up to the product level. This approach has lead to an analysis of current regulations and cities within the Netherlands on one side and an overview of the user wishes, based on user analysis and research on the other side. Apparently, the amount of regulations for public toilets is very limited. Analogies have been found to figure out which factors play a role to determine an availability-formula. It appears that the need for public toilets is very high, especially for specific user groups. With the increasing percentage of elderly in the Netherlands, the need for public toilets will increase. Toilets are the most important building for disabled visitors to be able to get access to. The analysis has lead to a set of factors, that play an important role to calculate the availability of public toilets. These factors have been spoken through with experts in two brainstorm sessions. Also, the choices a stakeholder will have to make when deciding to fulfill the need for toilets have been discussed and explained in a set of guidelines. The end result is a publication with fill-in forms to make it easy for city councils and involved parties to determine a policy for public toilets. The publication contains 6-steps to analyze the current situation and tackle the important problems regarding availability, accessibility and maintenance. The availability is easy to determine using a formula involving the degree of urbanization, the hotspots and the type of users in a centre area. The accessibility is based on different choices that have to be made and tips and tricks to prevent vandalism and misuse and stimulate use. The maintenance explains multiple possibilities to boost the image of public toilets. Finally this project process report ends with suggestions for the recently set up Dutch Toilet Organisation on how to proceed. For users, DTO should aim on communication. For stakeholders, promotion and information are the most important to-do’s for the near future.","public toilets; guidelines; strategic; implementation; public space; regulations","en","master thesis","","","","","","","Campus only","2011-03-19","Industrial Design Engineering","Industrial Design","","Master of Science Strategic Product Design","",""
"uuid:6bbfcc6f-9908-421b-b665-89df1dba9efc","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:6bbfcc6f-9908-421b-b665-89df1dba9efc","Fixing the Link - Creating a strong, vital and attractive link between the Dutch central railway station and city centre","Brouwer, I.","Van der Spek, S.C. (mentor); Meijers, W.L.E.C. (mentor); De Wilde, T.S. (mentor); Rooij, R.M. (mentor)","2010","The link between railway station and city centre in the Netherlands is becoming increasingly important in our cities; On the one hand the railway station is gaining importance as entrance to the city (Rooij, 2005; Bertolini & Dijst, 2003; NS, 2006; NS Poort, 2009) and on the other hand cities are promoting their city centres to attract visitors and stimulate the local economy (Van der Hoeven et al., 2008). The link between station and centre therefore has to serve more and more people per day. This link is responsible for the arrival experience of visitors traveling by train to the city and therefore the place to make a good first impression (Van der Spek, 2006). However, the link between railway station and city centre is often unattractive and lacks vitality (Kusumo, 2007; Rooij & Read, 2008). Visitors of the city have to cross several barriers while walking to the city centre. Furthermore the route is often disorienting and the public space has a low quality. In other words, it is not an inviting entrance to the city: The link between railway station and city centre in the Netherlands is broken and needs to be fixed. This thesis aims at developing spatial design interventions to fix the link. The focus is on the unfamiliair visitor of a Dutch middle sized city traveling on foot from the central railway station to the city centre. The station is positioned outside of the historic city centre. The objective is to fix the link. The main research question of the thesis is: What spatial design interventions can create a strong, vital and attractive link between the Dutch central railway station and city centre? The spatial design interventions that can fix the link are found by: 1. A literature study on the work of leading authors in the field of (design of) successful public space in the 20th en 21st century. The study results in a list of criteria to fix the link; 2. A case study research on 16 comparable Dutch cases. For this research a validation tool is developed (based on the literature study) to objectively measure the quality of the links. 3. A design to fix the link in Haarlem. Haarlem is one of the 16 cases that has both a low score and a high potential. The main research question of the graduation project can be answered in four steps: 1. When dealing with a certain broken link between central railway station and city centre in the Netherlands, first of all the quality of this link should be validated with the help of the validation tool. In this way its strong and weak spots can be found. Furthermore the first recommendations for fixing the link can be made; 2. Then the railway station environment and link should be analysed on the scale of the city centre as a part of a network of activity nodes; 3. To fix the link both the railway station and link need to be integrated into the system of activity nodes of the city centre by adding nodes in the form of attractors and by changing the railway station environment itself into a place of stay and therefore an attractor as well. 4. Then the links themselves should be designed with the help of the criteria from the literature study. In other words, all links should be lively, have human scale, be legible and be safe & comfortable.","railway station environment; city centre; public space quality; pedestrian; spatial design intervention; the Netherlands; Haarlem","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","Architecture","Urbanism","","","",""
"uuid:29d59893-9416-4370-b098-dc4d99410ac7","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:29d59893-9416-4370-b098-dc4d99410ac7","Implementing a supportive public space network in Shenzhen new CBD","Song, C.","Harteveld, M.G.A.D. (mentor); Van Nes, A. (mentor); Sepulveda, D. (mentor)","2010","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-use conditions at the CBD area in order to increase the competitiveness of the city. The project will analyze the public space network in Shenzhen. I choose its CBD area as a study area for further design task. The challenge is to find strategic spatial means for giving to the CBD the condition to become an attractive urban vital centre.","pedestrian friendly; Transit Oriented Development(TOD); public space network; accessibility","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","2010-01-20","Architecture","Urbanism","","","",""
"uuid:ec76d2b6-3e53-4c3d-acb1-dc11d0c26ed0","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:ec76d2b6-3e53-4c3d-acb1-dc11d0c26ed0","Promoting the role of public spaces - developing public spaces as a spatial integration element in the city of Fortaleza","Studart Gurgel, A.G.M.","Harteveld, M. (mentor); Nadin, V. (mentor); Sepulveda, D. (mentor)","2010","","public spaces; spatial; planning","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","Architecture","Urbanism","","","",""
"uuid:448a52e0-8b9b-4c67-8263-127526a75850","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:448a52e0-8b9b-4c67-8263-127526a75850","A Network of Typologies: Redefining of and giving quality to the public space network as an urban restructuring element in order to permeate the borders of La Victoria and reconnect to the regional and metropolitan scale.","Van den Heuvel, S.","Sohn, H. (mentor); Sepulveda, D. (mentor); Bruyns, G. (mentor); Robles-Duran, M. (mentor)","2009","The development of a methodology for analyzing and restructuring the public space network of Santiago de Chile, aiming at the permeation of borders within the municipality Pedro Aguirre Cerda.","typologies; nodes; public space network; methodology","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","Architecture","Urbanism","","DSD Urban Asymmetries Santiago","",""
"uuid:851ec3bb-c8fa-4252-84e4-3b754b7e5163","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:851ec3bb-c8fa-4252-84e4-3b754b7e5163","Historical Museum Lublin","Puszcz, T.","Sobota, M. (mentor); Biloria, N. (mentor); Bier, H. (mentor)","2009","A project of a historical museum within a historically diverse surrounding. Situated in Lublin, Poland, the project thrives on the views around the site as well as proposes a new kind of routing system aimed at higher degree of connectivity between different sections of the exhibition.","museum; poland; steel; public building; public space","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","2009-11-06","Architecture","Architecture","","","",""
"uuid:aa97db6d-a2be-4043-b5d9-eb15777ee2ee","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:aa97db6d-a2be-4043-b5d9-eb15777ee2ee","Youth meeting point of the future","Van Nuland, W.P.","Van Rijn, H. (mentor); Jongert, M.W.A. (mentor); Hekkert, P.P.M. (mentor)","2009","Introduction You only have to read the paper or watch the evening news to understand the problems local hang-out youth is causing recently. Last year, Mayor Mr. Cohen called youth-molestation one of the biggest problems of the city of Amsterdam. Humiliation of the youth, safety cameras, the Mosquito1 and gathering restriction orders; in recent discussions, nothing is too much to control youth which is hanging out on the streets. This graduation assignment will give a positive solution for the Youth Meeting Point of the Future. Context To understand the meeting adolescents in the public space, the first step of the process, was to build up the current context by a questionnaire (left behind at youth forums), observation (of meeting points), generative techniques (with more structural hangout youth) and literature research. It seemed that the adolescence phase of life is very important in the process of creating an own identity. Part of this process is belonging to different groups of cliques and seeking for sensation (risky behaviour). The youth’s transition from dependence to independence happens in different adolescence arenas. Home and school are the most common arenas. Some adolescents have to cope with a lot of stress in these scenes, because the internal structure of schools cannot stimulate them and the financial situation of their parents is not sufficient. A relatively new arena is the virtual world, which is, especially during adolescence, important to get and maintain social contacts. The fourth arena is the public space, which is for 80 percent of the (Dutch) youth a place the meet friends and escape from supervision. Future Context In a world that is becoming more stressful (by an economic recession), more crowded (bigger cities) and more individual (lack of religion, leisure planning), youth will be pushed towards the Boy’s Room Culture (having all the technical and social possibilities, which is being conducted behind closed doors) or the Street Culture (being excessive assertive/ aggressive, driven by the lack of success experiences, financial pressure and low self-esteem). In both situations, youth does experience an individuality, which does not work for all adolescents. Either way, youth has to self-explore their values, education, leisure time and social interactions. Vision In order to provide the adolescents and others in the neighbourhood of the social interactions they need for creating their own identity, the statement I would like to make is: I want to enable adolescents to express their social and explorative behaviour, in such a way, that it stimulates the participation of strangers. Product The product that fulfills this statement consists of LED-tiles integrated with pressure censors. The configuration of the tiles is, that it provides the adolescents of a place to meet their friends (see figure). While meeting, users will be challenged to hit tiles, that spontaneous light up. When users doing extremely good, they will be rewarded by, for example, an entire floor that starts blinking. To find out what really happened, or to achieve the same result, youngsters will become active. The exploring, searching, doubting and trying, create an interaction that can be called vulnerable, which makes the situation more approachable for strangers. Since the configuration has a boundless character, it also invites by-passers to hit a certain tile. The result is a social interaction between the different users of the public space. Test To find out if the concept worked out as described, a prototype has been built to execute a usability test. The prototype consisted of seven interactive tiles (tiles with a lighting heart and four switches) and one remote control, which was necessary to tune in certain programs. The usability test was nothing more than the placement of the prototype in an environment that was suitable for youth meeting each other (place of retreat and interaction). In total three groups of youth were observed during their exploration with the prototype. The interaction with the product could be described as active and vulnerable. According to the youth itself, the concept was inviting and challenging. Some by-passers stopped to look at the action that was going on.","Vision in Product Design; contextmapping; youth/ adolescence; public space","en","master thesis","","","","","","","Campus only","","Industrial Design Engineering","Industrial Design","","","",""
"uuid:3cfd3882-744d-471b-8713-f28e3e2ceaeb","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:3cfd3882-744d-471b-8713-f28e3e2ceaeb","Socioeconomic and spatial integration strategies for La Victoria, Santiago de Chile - A Public Space Network","Distelbrink, A.","Sohn, H. (mentor); Sepulveda, D. (mentor); Bruyns, G. (mentor); Robles Duran, M. (mentor)","2009","A project about the processes and conditions that produce uneven and asymmetrical development in contemporary urban environment. Case study: Socioeconomic and spatial integration strategies for La Victoria, Santiago de Chile. A public space network -enhancing endogenous development- that can encourage the permeation of borders around La Victoria.","Public Space Network; Urban renewal strategy","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","Architecture","Urbanism","","","",""
"uuid:f4098c73-9efe-472a-abc3-2a2ab3d72e52","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:f4098c73-9efe-472a-abc3-2a2ab3d72e52","Socioeconomic And Spatial Integration Strategies for Lo Valledor Housing Area In Santiago De Chile","Marozas, M.","Sohn, H. (mentor); Sepulveda, D. (mentor)","2009","Historical constrains and history of environmental degradation nowadays is clearly visible in fragmentation of certain urban areas and uneven distribution of wealth. Polarization is common throughout the entire city always because of economic rather than social emphasis of development . Pockets of wealth contrast with wastelands of uniformity, homogeneity, and mono-functionality, nevertheless infrastructure keeps hierarchical poly centric city structure intact, despite the fact that it mostly serves the central municipality of Santiago. New developments are mostly profit-driven and in most cases cause faster or slower gentrification, non-directly cornering the poorest to retrieve to less favorable areas. Neo-liberal economy where market deregulation, decentralization and privatization makes on of the driving concepts in the country, it distorts time and space compression map to disadvantage of the least fortunate, as 2 hour commutes become an everyday reality, and up to 30% monthly income expenditures on transportation. Uneven distribution is also evident analyzing facilities, connectivity, quality, accessibility etc., and socioeconomic segregation as an outcome of that. Quantity of houses is sacrificed over quality and integration, as of cheap land on which they are developed; despite all the pitfalls it remains rather affordable. Inadequate and structurally unsound urban structures occupy vast areas of Santiago naturally sharing quite similar issues. Social, cultural, and naturally, economic poverty because of lacking basic facilities. All in all, excellent connectivity, strategic position on metropolitan scale, lacking social cohesion and economic pressure of the surrounding projects (Bicentenary plan in the old airport, park Aguada) without a doubt are the most powerful factors leading to inevitable gentrification of the area. Even though this process brings better quality, it also causes local population to be displaced by higher income groups. Considering the history of displacement and current trends where least fortunate metropolitan dwellers relocate themselves towards the outskirts of the city – is not the goal to strive for. Improvement of the quality with a price of displacement does not solve the problem, but postpones/relocates it to somewhat different location. The project tries to envision an alternative solution that would enable the community to climb social steps hand in hand with rising pressures.","Santiago De Chile; Relational Strategy; Lo Valledor; Pedro Agruirre Cerda; PAC; Public Space; Gentrification; Connectivity; Morphology; Local Modes of Production; Segregation; Homogenity; Integration; Permiation","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","Architecture","Urbanism","","","",""
"uuid:ddcb63bc-ed98-428e-94da-4c19fed50a26","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:ddcb63bc-ed98-428e-94da-4c19fed50a26","Performing Arts Factorydesign for a Centre for Performing Arts in Amsterdam-Noord","Tobben, J.","","2009","Exterior: building assimilates into location The project is located on an old shipyard, the NDSM-wharf, in the North of Amsterdam. The area is home to different artists and craftsmen who work in collaboration and inspire each other. By doing so new initiatives emerge. Subculture dominates the space and its character is a mixture of industrial remains and the ‘just-happening’ of objects and events. The building assimilates into this context by showing respect for its big dimensions and by relating to the liberal and industrial atmosphere by means of a straightforward organization, a furnishing determined by ‘production’ and a just let things happen attitude. Interior: separate institute and representation towards public & distinguish between working space and social space The CPA has a strong internal component as well as a strong external one. It is important to clearly separate between the two of them. Important to the users of the institute: they have their own space in which they are not hampered in their thoughts and doings. To the visitor this separation is also important: it shows where they are and are not allowed to be. The building supports the perception of accessibility. Both user and visitor do not want to feel disturbed; the user during his work, the visitor by his presence. Working as an artist consists of two moments. One is when you are working on your project turning ideas into a performance. The other one is when you are discussing with fellow artists. The former is mainly concentrated and introverted while the latter is very social and reflective. The distinction between these moments results in social spaces and working spaces. Building: five components translate ideas into the building Open public floor: continuation of the outside space into the public parts of the building. Concrete plates cover the transportation zones while smooth concrete surfaces point out the zones for occupation. Floating Volumes: The engine rooms of the building. They contain the working spaces in which ideas are transformed into performances. The volumes define the in-between-space and its variations allow for different kind of use. On the outside all volumes have the same rough metal-plate cladding. Their interiors are made of wood-panels on wooden structures and allow for flexible spaces. The furnishings of the rooms obey to its specific program and contain the bare necessities. Pantries and lounges are located in the in between space. Structure and cores: carriers of the institute. They literally keep the volumes suspended in the building. The visually present structure also circumscribes the institute and therefore demarcates and dramatizes the separation between the centre’s internal and external component. When you are in-between the structure, you know you are at the institute. Service space: occupies the in-between space. Wide corridors from core to core service the transportation of people, goods, heat/cold, air, electricity and data. Here the people of the institute meet. They are the catalyst of the institute and contain sheltered spaces for informal meeting as well as open spaces to relax and enjoy the view through the building. Enclosure: unites the institute and public areas into one Performing Arts Factory. The glazed shed makes the institute as well as the continuous public space noticed. A saw-tooth roof allows for sun shading: south facing parts of the roof and façade contain a pattern of photovoltaic cells which in the act of filtering sunlight also produce energy. Theatrevolume The theatre has to house performances of different disciplines. Also future projects, which originate from the collaboration between disciplines, should be able to perform in the theatre. What these performances could look like is yet unknown. The theatre is understood as a free-floor theatre. Different arrangements of seating can be composed. Adjustable panels are installed in the walls and provide for different acoustical conditions. Footbridges, towing systems and fixation points underneath the whole ceiling ensure maximum freedom for equipment.","Centre for Performing Arts; performing arts; Amsterdam; NDSM; working space; social space; public space","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","Architecture","Interiors, Buildings and Cities","","","",""
"uuid:8fc363bd-9f4e-4c7e-a6af-d9815a4c31fe","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:8fc363bd-9f4e-4c7e-a6af-d9815a4c31fe","How to regenerate Yeouido as an international business center of Seoul","Park, S.J.","Rocco, R. (mentor); Zandbelt, D. (mentor); Harteveld, M. (mentor)","2008","Seoul has developed very fast from 1970 and achieved a dramatic economic development in a short period. Korea's development was depending on labor-intensive industries for many years such as a textile. And in these days the manufacturing industry is concentrating on the technology intensive manufacturing like semiconductors and parts of cars. However, these manufacturing industries have been relocated from Seoul to other cities, especially satellite cities of Seoul. By this phenomenon, there is an obvious trend towards the specialization of command and control activities in City of Seoul and the relocation of manufacturing industries to the Seoul capital region. In the flow of globalization, most of Asian cities are trying to become a global city or major centers both in finance and in the international business services. The competition to become an attractive major center between the cities is very keen. City of Seoul also performs as one of the major centers in advanced producer services. However Seoul faced the challenge how to enhance the economic performance in the competition with other Asian cities. In order to boost Seoul's economic performance, it was relevant to research the main business centers of Seoul because the advanced producer services are all concentrated on the main business centers of Seoul. In addition Dunford and Kafkalas insist that the business center is the economic engine of the city, networked in the global economy. Seoul has three main business centers; CBD, Teheran street and Yeouido. Seoul has been developed focusing on them. The business centers have shaped spatial structure of Seoul and caused unbalanced development. By the empirical analysis of Seoul following three business centers it is found that the competitiveness of Yeouido as a business center of Seoul is decreasing and it is not performing well even as a local center. Therefore this graduate project was focused on the Yeouido business center to solve the current problems and to regenerate the business center into an attractive international business center.","international business centers; airports; networks; central parks; public space","en","master thesis","TU Delft, Architecture, Urbanism","","","","","","","","Architecture","","","","",""
"uuid:ebb01d26-5151-4146-a853-e7bc6dc8d593","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:ebb01d26-5151-4146-a853-e7bc6dc8d593","Van verloren ruimte naar gevonden plek!!: Een ontwerpinstrument voor openbare ruimte","Van der Mispel, A.A.A.","Harteveld, M. (mentor); de Wit, S. (mentor); de Jong, T. (mentor)","2008","Het onderzoek is gestart om grip te krijgen op openbare ruimtes die niet goed functioneren. Het zijn ruimtes die gezien kunnen worden als zwarte gaten in en om de stad, waar bijna geen mensen gebruik van maken, maar wat soms wel waardevolle plekken kunnen zijn. Deze laag van informele ruimtes maken geen overtuigend deel uit van de formele structuur van pleinen, parken en straten. Deze constatering komt voort uit een aantal (inter)nationale casestudies. Met de eerste verkenning van verloren ruimtes zijn er verschillende casestudies van Amsterdam, Antwerpen en Barcelona beschreven. Deze onderzoeken omschrijven het effect die de transformaties van verloren ruimtes naar betekenisvolle ruimtes kan bereiken. De transformatie heeft tot doel een voetgangersvriendelijke stad met een hoge kwaliteit in de openbare ruimte. Uit het eerste deel van het rapport komt naar voren dat verloren ruimtes te maken hebben met in welke context/omgeving de plekken liggen en hoe de plekken gevormd zijn. Hiermee is in het tweede deel concreter ingegaan namelijk door het onderzoek naar welke stedenbouwkundige omgevingsfactoren invloed hebben op de betekenis van een openbare ruimte. Dit is gebaseerd op een uitgevoerd parken onderzoek wat in het studieprogramma van stedenbouw aan de TU-Delft wordt gegeven door Frank de Josselin de Jong. Deze factoren bestaan uit criteria zoals: is er genoeg draagvlak in de omgeving, liggen er concurrerende parken in de buurt, hoe is het park aangesloten op het wegennetwerk enz. In het tweede onderzoek komen de stedenbouwkundige ontwerpelementen van de plek zelf aan de orde met het parkenonderzoek in Barcelona. Er is vier maanden onderzoek gedaan naar ongeveer 50 parken en pleinen in Barcelona. Hierbij is geanalyseerd hoe de ruimtes zijn gevormd, ofwel uit welke ontwerpelementen zijn de parken en pleinen opgebouwd en waar haalt het park zijn kwaliteit vandaan. Als laatste onderzoek wordt er gebruik gemaakt van een algemene omschrijving over uit welke condities een betekenisvolle openbare ruimte bestaat. (PhD onderzoek van Miquel Mart Hieruit volgend is er samenstelling gemaakt van vier condities die zijn opgebouwd uit stedenbouwkundige ontwerpcriteria. Deze ruimtelijke condities bepalen of een ruimte verloren of betekenisvol is. Het gaat om de condities eenheid, toegankelijkheid, attractiviteit en positie in de stad die elk zijn opgebouwd uit verschillende elementen. Bijvoorbeeld eenheid komt voort uit de positionering van de wanden, beplanting, kunstobjecten en wordt er gekeken naar eenheid in materialen, bouwhoogtes enz. Deze condities worden uitgebreid beschreven in het derde deel van het onderzoek aan de hand van analyse voorbeelden van Barcelona en Rotterdam. Het vierde en laatste deel van het rapport, laat de toepassing zien van de vier analyse condities. Hierbij is een plan gemaakt voor de openbare ruimte van het centrum van Rotterdam. Hierbij wordt allereerst ingegaan op de liggende concept visie van de gemeente Rotterdam(verbonden stad) waarna aan de hand van de zogenoemde lijn-plek benadering een ontwerp is gemaakt voor het centrum. Hierbij wordt als uitgangspunt zes voetgangerslijnen opgepakt met daaraan gekoppeld verblijfsplekken. Er wordt voetgangerslijn (Westersingel) in zijn totaliteit uitgewerkt, waardoor een beeld wordt verkregen van de aanpak van verloren ruimtes. De andere voetgangerslijnen met de bijbehorende verblijfsruimtes worden gedeeltelijk besproken in de bijlage. Verder is het parkenonderzoek van Barcelona in de bijlage te vinden.","public space; design criteria; lost space; meaningful place; Rotterdam","nl","master thesis","TU Delft, Architecture, Urbanism","","","","","","","","Architecture","","","","",""
"uuid:99d69154-dd34-43b6-8cfd-94be58d62953","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:99d69154-dd34-43b6-8cfd-94be58d62953","Resistance Places: Places of Tension between Power and Subversion, Cases of Sultanbeyli and Gaziosmanpasa in Istanbul","Sezer, C.","Graafland, A. (mentor); Read, S. (mentor); Vollebregt, A. (mentor)","2004","This thesis aims to construct a theoretical and analytical framework in order to investigate mobilities of migrant groups in two peripheral neighbourhoods of Istanbul, Turkey, Gaziosmanpasa and Sultanbeyli, within the course of everyday. By theoretical framework, it means a spatial model, which investigates the spatial practices within generic movements and webs of urban space. The analytical tool it uses relies on first-person observation, on movement patterns in the city, which is documented by photos, movies, and interviews, represented by space-time diagrams and relational maps. By doing so, this thesis seeks ways to discuss various spatial dimensions of urban space in oder to explore the constitution of distinctive cultures in the city.","public space; urban culture; immigrants; Istanbul","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","Architecture and The Built Environment","Urbanism","","Spatial Planning and Strategy","",""
"uuid:90a6e586-0487-4aad-ab1f-d90837468f73","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:90a6e586-0487-4aad-ab1f-d90837468f73","Montjuïc, her-bergt de stad","De Rooij, C.M.C.","Meyer, H.J. (mentor); Stuhlmacher, M. (mentor); De Wit, S. (mentor); Verbeek, R. (mentor)","2001","Graduation project on rethinking the position of the mountain Montjuïc in Barcelona. Project rethinks what the mountain means to Barcelona as a citypark and how to reemphasize this. And develops a plan for reconnecting the entrance to the Montjuïc from the city centre and harbour front. With the development of a hotel, the Parador + as a meeting point and public space on the Montjuïc.","Barcelona; Montjuïc; urbanism; architecture; hotel; entrance; public space; landscape; city park","nl","master thesis","","","","","","","","","Architecture","Architecture, Urbanism","","","",""