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Aesthetics of sustainable architecture

The purpose of this book is to reveal, explore and further the debate on the aesthetic potentials of sustainable architecture and its practice. This book opens a new area of scholarship and discourse in the design and production of sustainable architecture, one that is based in aesthetics. The chapters in this book have been compiled from...

The tradition of making: Polder cities

Climate change brings larger and more frequent rainstorms and Dutch cities are confronted with water nuisance. The urban water systems are unable to deal with this change in the hydrological cycle in spite of the fact that the Dutch are dealing with this condition for centuries. The question is: What is the tradition of building in wet and soft...

The qualities of the Machiya: An architectural research of a traditional house in Japan

The Machiya, a traditional wooden house in the city of Kyoto, were demolished by thousands up to the nineties because of the lack of modern comfort these houses offer. In the last twenty years the consciousness of cultural heritage has grown and the city realizes that these old houses must have had qualities new stacked dwellings never can offer...

Partnering and the traditional: Institutional determinants of governance in Danish construction

Projects have traditionally been constituted by contracts, whose enforcement is held in place by governance mechanisms that involve high degrees of surveillance. In this light, partnering is advocated as a project specific, communicative alternative to this traditional legal coordination process of the construction industry. In a Danish context...

Kiezen voor duurzame kwaliteit: Hoe een publieke opdrachtgever kan sturen op de realisatie van duurzame kwaliteit voor, tijdens en na het keuzeproces voor een bouworganisatievorm

Two recent developments are the motivation for this research: • Increasing awareness of sustainability and thus the will to design and build with sustainable ambitions. • The emergence of integrated project delivery methods, also because of the changing roles between government and market. Problem statement: When developing a sustainable...

Adaptive Policies: A way to improve the cost-benefit performance of megaprojects?

Megaprojects are built as a result of a policy that tries to cope with an expected demand in the future. To assess the financial viability of a megaproject, a Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA) is performed, which is very much dependent on the accuracy of predictive models that are used to forecast future demand. The outcomes of these models are very...

Het bonus/malus principe: Onderzoek naar praktische werking en implementatie van het bonus/malus principe binnen de traditionele samenwerkingsvorm.

The reason for this research is based on the reputation of the current Dutch construction sector. The ‘construction fraud’ and the ‘real estate fraud’ for example are causes of this current image. Generally the different parties mention a lack of trust as the reason why collaboration is not optimal . The lack of trust results in miscommunication...

Samen verder?: De Public Private Comparator op decentraal niveau

This research examines the efforts of the Public Private Comparator (PPC) at the decentralized level in the Netherlands. The PPC is a financial-economic assessment tool that can be used before a tender to determine whether there is a surplus value for a specific project (real estate or infrastructure) in the form of a Public Private Partnership...

Back to a Water City - search for a sustainable living typology in the new developed area of Huzhou City

The Central Urban Area in Huzhou used to have many beautiful water cities. Now, due to the urban development, the relationship between water and city has completely changed, water becomes a big threat for pollution and flood. According to City Plan 2020, another big urban expansion will take place to connect the existing centralities into a...

Towards a 3D Cadastre in Malaysia: An Implementation Evaluation

Traditional cadastre is based on division of land into 2D surface parcels, upon which ownership rights are subsequently registered. Nevertheless, the rights to a parcel are always in 3D as land use would be impossible if confined only to the 2D flat surface. However, most 2D registrations are found to be adequate as long as the whole column of...