Cross me if you can: approach to CO2 through mobility in the areas of cross-border regions

Cities are responsible for a great amount of CO2 emissions related to transportation (CBS). However, the greatest amount of CO2 is caused by private transport and is mainly associated with peri-urban (the peri-urban area is a common place to live for the natural environment and also near accessibility to city facilities) and rural areas due to...

Field notes for food cultures: Developing a culture sensitive design guide for the Protein Transition

The Protein Transition is a societal transition that resolves around shifting society towards consuming more plant-based proteins instead of animal proteins. There are numerous drivers for this transition, the most well-known and considerable ones being climate change, animal welfare, public health and unfair agricultural economics.<br/><br/>To...

A future vision of Eindhoven Airbase: Giving growth a strategic direction towards 2050

This Master thesis is about a future vision of Eindhoven Airbase, where growth is given a strategic direction towards 2050. As a result, a strategic innovation roadmap and the detailed implementation of this is evaluated. Eindhoven Airbase is part of a complex decision-making system, where multiple stakeholders are involved. The research in this...

Golden Green: drawing upon lane design principles to design integral sustainable roads

The Utrechtseweg provincial road is situated in the centre of the Netherlands, following the edges of the lateral moraines of both the Utrechtse Heuvelrug and the Veluwe massief. The road has a long history as being bo a landscape structuring lane and the main road infrastructure between the cities of Utrecht, Arnhem, and Zutphen, and the...

EventHUB: A self-sustaining and relocatable pavilion for events

For the design of the EventHUB a research was done on the possibilities for renewable onsite power production for temporary outdoor events. The research concluded that flexible PV cells were an interesting possibility and were here for used as starting point for the architectural design. During the design process the integration of the PV cells...