C.N. van Leest
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This graduation report explains and illustrates the graduation project of Simone Hermans, entitled De Wadloper. The graduation project is part of the Technologies & Aesthetics graduation studio, a studio of the Form Studies chair. The graduation report consists of three parts
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The Workspace 2050
Between virtual and real
The aim of the thesis is to research how the workspace typology could change in distant future of 2050 in Amsterdam under the influence of immersive technologies, such as Virtual and Augmented reality. Such aspects as influence of technologies on company structures, space organiz
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Back to Reality
The Facebook Hall
Problem statement - We are currently living in an individualized western society, connected virtually but disconnected physically with one another. Communication technology is one of the main causes of loneliness which has serious health consequences. There is a decline in public
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The Urban Manufactory
From the Post-Industrial City to the Productive City
Amsterdam has become a city predominantly focused on consumers. Makers and user are drifting away from each other, which results in environmental pressure, mental disconnection from the production process and loss of the potentialities provided by the urban environment. Recen
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The Immobile City
Revival of Havana's public transportation system
The almost sixty year Castro regime has driven the island of Cuba into isolation. Infrastructure on the island fully relies on the nation own capacity and since the special period like everything else this is in an overall state of decline. The ongoing neglected state of Cuba's i
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The Exile Returns
Bacardi's Cuban Headquarters
Cuba has been reluctant to engage and follow global developments in the past decades. Even in comparison to other socialist economic nations, Cuba has retained a strong focus on domestic political doctrine, leaving economics to bureaucratic decision making. But as its monotonous
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