Towards a Digitised Era

We have entered a new époque, transforming our societies from the mechanical to the digital. This unlocks a lot of new opportunities and abilities, but also results into big societal and behavioural changes, which need to be addressed in our built environment. Architecture seems to have disappeared on the background, while technological...

Architectural Strategy in Urban Security and Terrorism: The role of the architect in projects dealing with urban security and terrorism

The adminstrators of urban security and terrorists are in an endless loop of self-reinforcement and adaptation fueled by the serendipitous nature of contemporary terrosism. This thesis questions the role of the architect as a facilitator of products of the industrial military complex in the field of urban security and attempts to explore ways in...

Breaking the Dichotomy: The borderland and the decentralization of the food supply system. The case of Medellín, Colombia

In many Latin American cities, like Medellín, the food distribution system has an apparent irrational structure. The case is that food is distributed first to the city centre and from there redistributed towards the periphery with a concentrically raising price. This becomes most clear if we look at the informally built settlements that are...

Document Management System design architecture for interdepartmental organization

Our daily life is governed by rules, standards and policies, trying to guide our life as untainted as possible. This is also applicable to organizations. Often unity within organizations is achieved through management systems. Alongside management system are documentations, which form a vital aspect of the veins of the organization. Having a...