Balancing Autonomy in a Shared World: An Urban Mobility Concept for Cortina in 2035

The mobility world is changing due to demographic transformations, sustainability challenges, and technological advancements. Consumers and governments seek sustainable and inclusive mobility solutions that cause less environmental strain, less noise pollution, and safer traffic. The mobility solutions must combine into a coherent platform for...

Estimation of an Activity-Based Model to evaluate Sustainable Mobility Policies in the Netherlands

The transition towards greener mobility will play a significant role in decarbonizing the economy. Hence, policy makers need tools that allow them to test alternatives towards that goal. This drive has led to the development of increasingly accurate transport models, with the latest generation being activity-based transport demand models. These...

A Concept and Vision for Mercedes EQ: Reimagining our Time Spent in Sustainable Luxury Cars in 2035

As new technologies will allow for a new kind of driving there is room for implementing innovative interior architecture in future luxury cars. The main goal for this master thesis was to find out what a user truly needs in a Mercedes EQ interior for a level 4 autonomous driving vehicle in a context around the year 2035. Furthermore, the design...

Sustainable strategies for consuming on-the-go

The way we consume when we travel has had a bigger influence on the environment than meets the eye. We see the cups being thrown away, but we do not see the overconsumption, the dodging of responsibility for sustainable production and the food losses. Our quest for convenience has led us to behave in the most environmentally unfriendly way...

Mobile tracking application that supports people making sustainable mobility decisions

This project is in collaboration with a start-up company: Thrivey. The product produced by Thrivey is an automatic tracking application (mobility tracker), also named Thrivey, that can track the movement of the user when they carry their smartphone with them. Furthermore, the future vision of Thrivey is to expand its user group and promote more...

Data driven sustainable mobility analysis in the city of Amsterdam

This research focuses on the analysis of Floating Car Data (FCD) data to understand sustainable transportation behavior in the area of Amsterdam. Using data collected by mobile devices, trips are analyzed by their distance and transportation method. Sustainability is a relevant factor to the social and scientific community. With increasing...

Ikigai: A reason for Being A Holistic Vision of Mercedes-Benz 2030

This Master thesis was developed for Mercedes-Benz AG. The following report elaborates the steps taken in developing a holistic interior vision for ‘Sustainable Luxury’ of Mercedes-Benz. In seek of representation for the future societal needs, and possible future challenges and opportunities in terms of holistic mobility conceptualisation, the...

Future mobihubs as social connector for the neighbourhood: About positive friction, quantum mechanics, and your mother.

This project revolves around redesigning the future mobihub for the context of the Netherlands. A mobihub (or mobipunt in Dutch) is a brand of mobility hub. In this report, a mobility hub is defined as “A recognizable, physical place where different context-driven functions and services (mostly shared mobility-related such as shared cars) that...

Sustainable Design of Transport Systems: A Transport Design Strategy in response to the Great East Japan Earthquake considering the trends of Shrinking Cities and the Aging Society

This research focused on the sustainable design of a regional transport system, by considering the trends of the aging society and shrinking city into its design process. Most developed counties shrink and age, especially Japan, which has major impact towards transportation and land use. Applied is a backcasting approach, which includes these...

Temple of Mobility

Connecting public and private transport to optimize mobility and integrating infrastructure and urban structure are the objectives of my graduation project. A multileveled building hosting a park and covered by a series of large shells is the result. The shape of this canopy is engineered to block the wind in winter while ensuring sufficient...

Sustainable automotive retailer of the future

This master thesis is about the car retail industry of the Netherlands. The goal of this master thesis is to adjust the decision making process of consumers that are buying a car in a way that sustainability, new developments and an improved vision on mobility is taking into account. The current retail channel does not meet the needs of today's...