Towards a healthier young generation: A strategy for the municipality of Rotterdam to stimulate VMBO students to make healthy dietary choices through design interventions

We live in a world where our plates are filled with convenience and our choices are influenced by an environment full of temptation. The current food system places immense pressure on planetary boundaries and affects people’s health. <br/><br/>A large portion of the Dutch population does not stick to healthy diet guidelines, including the...

Ambidextrous Port: Logistic Hub for Goods and People

The thesis aims to investigate the different flows of logistics particularly goods and people through urban mobility strategies and utilizing inland waterways to improve the efficiency of logistic lifecycles. The project also speculates about the ever-changing logistic infrastructures such as a terminal, warehouse and distribution center. The...

Beyond Road: Rethink the potential of ecosystem services of the arterial network in Rotterdam

Modern urban road systems often bring environmental problems and affect the quality of life of residents. The main roads in the south of Rotterdam face problems with lack of greenery, heat island effect and flash flooding. These problems have had a negative impact on the well-being of residents, and have also caused the road ecosystem to fail to...

Red Cross Social Center: Migration of social adaptation to climate change

The climate is changing and to deal with this climate change, adaptations have to be made to the way we live. This research focusses on a particular site in Rotterdam Zuid in terms of climate change. The research question is the following: How can both- social and hard infrastructure contribute to the creation of a climate proof, resilient...

The use of shared mobility services in disadvantaged neighbourhoods: A study on how shared mobility services can affect urban neighbourhood renewal

Due to the urbanization, it is expected the world’s population will increasingly live in urban areas. Therefore, there is a growing concern about diverse urban problems, such as climate change, emissions, congestion and the quality of life in cities. Hereby, urban mobility systems can be an important factor to solve these problems. Besides, new...

Thuis in Hillesluis: leven in de Ambachtsschool

A vacant former school building in Hillesluis, Rotterdam-South, is transformed into dwellings specifically designed for residents of this area who are moving upward the ladder of social mobility (“sociale stijgers”). In order to enable them to climb up (or start on) the property ladder, research is conducted on their housing preferences. Three...

Towards an Olympic legacy for all: Regeneration oriented design principles for Olympic legacy enhancing the social sustainability of Rotterdam South

The image of Olympic Games is mixed. The Games are a monumental celebration, but its organisation and legacy are also seen as a threat to the sustainability of the city. This research distinguished three main actors, each with different aims for supporting the Games; The International Olympic committee, the host-city and the citizens of the host...

Transition through Connecting Oud-Charlois

This thesis focusses on a transition for Oud-Charlois, taking into account the spatial, social and sustainable energy. Social structures, mobility patterns and renewable energy are the main focal points to come to an improved Oud-Charlois

Towards the Empowerment of the Deprived

This thesis is aiming for proposing spatio-functional interventions, which facilitates the promotion of the socio-economic status of the deprived neighborhoods of Rotterdam South. According to the literature review and analysis in spatial, social and economical aspect, some patterns are proposed which are aiming for multi-scale and multi-layer...

Complex regeneration of Zinkerblock, Feijenoord neighborhood

The main goal of the project is to improve the label of the area, make attractive for more wealthy people as well as to attract new target groups to Feijenoord in order to diversify and balance neighborhood composition. The emphasis of the design was made on the 19th century architectural heritage which unique identity and diversity of...

Regenerating Rotterdam South: Improving socio-economic diversity and spatial quality in problem areas dealing with selective migration

Olympic aftermath: Olympic Games as a catalyst for urban regeneration in Rotterdam

This master thesis is the result of a graduation project for the MSc program in Urbanism at the faculty of Architecture at Delft University of Technology. It aims at making a strategy to use the Olympic Games as a catalyst for urban regeneration in Rotterdam. Although the Games in itself are a short-term event, the impact on the host city and...