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The rise of collaborative housing approaches in England, France and The Netherlands
(How) are national houisng policies responding?
The current development of collaborative housing in a number of North-Western European countries responds, to a large extent, to a series of failures of both housing policies and housing markets, which have accumulated over the last decades. The latter represent the inability of
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London Deviations
Identities & Experiences in a Globalised City
The graduation project ‘London Deviations’ aims to understand the ever-changing historic city with its multiple identities and experiences offered. With this it tries to find a way how one can design an idiosyncratic architecture that still fits in appropriately in the complexit
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Big city, tiny living
Micro-housing in central London
Graduation thesis on the implementation of micro-housing on repurposed ground in the Ladbroke Grove area, in the borough of Kensington and Chelsea, Central London.
Harvest: A Burn-Out Retreat
Revitalising 'Plots in the Woods' at Hembrug
Harvest. A Burn-out retreat.
Revitalising 'Plots in the Woods' at Hembrug.
A former munition terrain. A hidden green enclave in Zaandam where de Zaan, het IJ and het Noordzeekanaal cross. Surrounded by water and boats, industry and a big forest. The vision of the project is to
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Circular Institute of Fashion
'Made better by Hem'
With an ongoing growing population and the aim towardsa more sustainable future, revitalizing building is aconsiderable topic. Architect should take into accountthe current building stock and look into more possibleways on how to easily reuse buildings. The location of theHembrug
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The sale of one of the most expensive products: how do they do it
The relation between marketing and real estate development in the Dutch residential sector
Purpose: This graduation research has the purpose explore the use of marketing in real estate development projects in the residential sector, based on the characteristics of marketing on corporate level, project level and the end-user. Research question: What are the characterist
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Shaping Indian Cities
Planning and design with smart city technologies
With the emergence of the latest concept of smart cities, there is a rapid change of lifestyle and a mass migration to cities. At the same time, cities have high demands of infrastructure such as transport and building, and resources such as food, water, and energy, as well as is
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Bewonersparticipatie in de Rotterdamse focuswijken
Een onderzoek naar de inhoud en vormgeving van bewonersparticipatie in de Rotterdamse focuswijken
Aanleiding voor dit onderzoek was een tegenstrijd welke aanwezig is bij de overheid als het gaat om bewonersparticipatie. Met de komst van de woonvisie in Rotterdam, heeft de gemeente Rotterdam namelijk al een aantal beslissingen genomen ten aanzien van de leefomgeving van bewone
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The contemporary Stoa
Redefining the schoolyard as public space
If the hustle and bustle in the cityscape of London were a movie, than the public space is the stage and the urban texture its décor. The movie would be about culture - city life - and the people who are in it will be its social actors. the different identities of the social acto
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The Circular Supermarket Chain
Introducing the Circular Economy in the Building Specification
The main question of this master thesis is: Which changes have to be made to make the Lidl’s Specification circular, with an emphasis on materials and assembly? To come to an answer, a multitude of steps were taken.
The first step was an assessment of the principles of Circular
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Armed Forces Rehabilitation Center - A.R.C.
A 2nd phase care facility with a focus on mental and physical return to society after initial care has been recieved.
This project has been made as a graduation project for the Heritage and Architecture Graduation studio at the Delft University of Technology. The project is situated in the Hembrug Area. Hembrug is located near the Dutch cities of Amsterdam and Zaandam. The Hembrug site is a form
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From Parking to the City
An integrated approach to the transformation of Zakopane city into a liveable and sustainable urban environment for its residents
Zakopane experiences mass tourism, which supports economic growth but also reduces the quality of life in the city. This is mainly due to the developed car dependency, the lack of coordination between spatial development and infrastructure, and the systemic promotion of private p
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The natural side of Hembrug
Redeveloping Hembrug with minimal (environmental) impact.
The heritage site of Hembrug used to be the center of the production of weapons and ammunition within the Netherlands during the twentieth century. Now the site is mostly vacant and awaiting a new purpose. Most of the site used to be densely build with industrial halls, but there
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The Guesthouse in the Valley
A festive narrative for the countryside of Maastricht
Located in the hilly landscape outside Maastricht, the guesthouse in the valley could be described as a deep contextual project; a small building in the larger countryside. Inspired by the local material culture and made from the
very earth of the Limburgian farm routes, the bui
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The social added value of public cultural real estate
The importance of social encounters
Public cultural real estate is a type of real estate that is publicly accessible that beholds a (mix of) cultural function(s) such as libraries and cultural centres. Besides their primary function, e.g. lending books in the case of a library, they can also have the objective to b
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Envisioning retreat
Managed retreat as transformative adaptation
This thesis addresses the prospected future of climate-induced displacement in the Netherlands; managed retreat as part of a new flood defense strategy for the coastal region.
Climate change, sea-level rise and flood threat are relevant subjects for the Netherlands. However, unl
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Studio of Tomorrow
How should flexible working be translated into the physical workplace of architectural offices?
This graduation project explores the topic of flexible working as a new work norm for architects (and designers) and how FW needs to be translated into an office design. Through the analysis of two case studies, the current situation has been mapped out, which has been used to de
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The potential of 'kluswoningen'
Is the provision of 'kluswoningen' valuable for widening the opportunities of first-time buyers?
The housing shortage in the Netherlands has been a pressing issue, particularly affecting starters and middle-income households who struggle with high prices and limited access to affordable housing. In response, there have been interventions and policies aimed at stimulating sta
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Crafting for Knowledge
The Hembrug terrain, a production estate
The location of the project is the Hembrug terrain which is located in Zaandam alongside the North Sea Canal. The Hembrug terrain has been the stage of ammunition and weapon production for over 100 years until all activities seized at the end of the last century. Nowadays the sit
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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
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