The Kuip Centre for Bio-Based Research and Recreation: Leading The Dutch Transition Towards The Bio-Economy

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...

Reconnect Green and Blue Highways of Nature Flows: A new urban landscape for renewable energy systems and biodiversity in Rotterdam

Renewable energy is beneficial to human life. According to the International Renewable Energy Agency, renewable energy provides not only environmental benefits but also societal advantages, namely lower carbon emissions/ reducing air pollution and employment. However, these systems require a substantial scale of infrastructures which take up...

tunus - tiny house project: an interdisciplinary approach to architecture

A tiny house is a building for permanent human habitation that is specifically designed to have a limited ground surface. The tiny house design discussed in this report has a strong focus on circularity, sustainable material usage, smart systems, and affordability. To achieve an overall self-regulating and ecological concept, the aim is to...

Linking Energy and Logistics: Modelling a Network of Decentralised Batteries: The case study of an Electric Waterbus in Rotterdam

Local emission of especially particulate matter (PM) and nitrogen oxide (NOx) are haz- ardous for people living in close proximity. The municipality of Rotterdam can not yet comply with national regulation regarding N Ox and the current levels of N Ox pose a health risk for society (Gemeente Rotterdam). The Port of Rotterdam and local government...

Viability Study of Sustainable Shore Side Electricity for Container Vessels in the Port of Rotterdam

Ship emissions, from diesel, will cause an estimated 60 thousand people to die prematurely per year from emission related diseases such as, respiratory problems, cancer, high blood pressure and heart failure (Corbett, et al. (2007) has estimated that globally 60 thousand people will die prematurely because of (container) vessel emissions each...

Expeditie Rotterdam: of de ontdekkingstocht naar de verborgen Wederopbouwstad

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...

Connecting the Maassilo

Design for adaptive reuse of the Maassilo in Rotterdam within the graduation studio of Heritage and Architecture. This design focusses on creating physical and social connections with an integrated sustainable design.

Climate adaptive solutions for the neighbourhood

A toolbox of small-scale interventions to facilitate adaptation to impact of climate change in the existing urban tissue.

Rethinking the power of water - creating spatial solutions to integrate flood adaptation and renewable energy systems in sustainable urban delta development

The Lobby of the Metropole

The lobby of the Metropole, a habitable bridge in Rotterdam In our mobilized epoch considered as the network era, hubs are crucial devices for the orchestration of our cities. Road and building mediate in the quality of our cityscapes like the Randstad in which we live as continuous commuters. The habitable bridge is used as the ultimate...

Towards a livable neighboorhood: The case of Oranjeboom street Feijenoord, Rotterdam

This Rmit graduation project concerns the translation of aspects of social sustainability to the context of a social housing renovation project, in a neighborhood in Rotterdam city. The result of this project comes in the form of design, which can be used by designers and other actors such as housing corporations and local residents, as a show...

Rotterdam 2028 Olympic Stadium Fleet: A Life Cycle Approach To Sustainable Olympic Architecture

This project is a design for the 2028 Rotterdam Olympic Games. The research is focussed on the value of use during the Games as well as the post-Games value. The Rotterdam 2028 Olympic stadium fleet can be dismantled after the Games into a floating residential community in the Rotterdam Waalhaven. Other pieces of the stadium can be reused...

The Forum Rotterdam

De focus in het eerste half jaar van mijn afstuderen bestond uit het ontwikkelen van de visie voor een multifunctioneel gebouw met publieke en private functies. Mijn ambities op dat vlak bestond uit conclusie die was ontstaan naar aanleiding van de High-rise workshop en de stedenbouwkundige analyse. Hieruit kwam naar voren dat dit gebouw een...

Flexibility as foundation of Sustainability: Lifecycle focus as a process approach towards 'Evolving Buildings' in our 'City of Tomorrow

Our society and economy are constantly changing. In spite of this the demands and wishes of users also changes. Most of the current building stock is developed as mono-functional buildings to fulfil the demand at a particular moment. They are not designed for the lifespan in which they are functional. Because of their shortcomings in...

Ecogreen Sports & Recreation Complex Rotterdam

This double Graduation Project in the Architectural Engineering studio is a multipurpose sports complex and is located in the harbour area of Rotterdam. Different sports and recreational facilities are in the building and are combined with sustainable solutions. Water, wind, earth and the sun are key elements in how these solutions are...

Efficient urban planning in new energy era: The approach of urban renewal by premise of large-scale GHG reduction through a case study in Rotterdam

Introduction There is almost unanimous agreement among scientists that climate change is a fact. Burning fossil fuels as the conventional energy sources are the problem of global warming. Nowadays energy and climate are like two coin sides??problems, are confronting knotty conditions especially lying on economic dependency on fossil fuels and...