Parkstad is now facing urban shrinkage. The development of biomass probably can provide a change to this region. Therme Biomass, as a power station, will produce energy and resource to Parkstad. Integration with bath center will attract guests to come here and know more knowledge about this renewable energy and technologies. In this case, the improvement of humans' awareness will guide everyone to give an effect to energy saving and protection for the environment. This project is an experiment for the future of industrial architecture.

The elevator diagram is a proposal concerned with the question of how to intervene in the contemporary city, with Luxembourg as an example. The proposal takes as a ground point the geography of the city, analyzing the dichotomy of the valley and the plateau as a particular characteristic, and intends to create an architectural interface capable of revealing that specificity that is often clouded by the congestion of the contemporary city. As a tool to develop this awareness, the proposal uses the mechanisms of perception and patient detection where cognitive activity is required to build an architectural experience. Lastly, the project explores the possibilities of intervention in the underground space of the city and the programmatic alternatives to the current model of food production.

This project aims to design the integrated control of shading and operable windows for CEG east facade to improve the thermal comfort with respect to energy consumption. The design stage focused on the thermal advantages that the integrated control of shading and operable window brought to the CEG building. The controls are simulated in the EnergyPlus engine with DesignBuilder interface. The output data of temperature distribution and heating demand of the two proposals were used to compare for choosing the best control strategy during the operating stage. One proposal was using the old glazing materials and the other one was replacing the whole facade. After choosing the final solution (new construction), the effectiveness of shading and operable window control, the visual and ventilation performance of the integrated control, the possible energy deviation, the design refinement were conducted. The final control had a total discomfort occurrence of 39.5 hours, heating demand of 36.10kWh/m2 and lighting demand of 11.17kWh/m2. Compared with the simulation of the existing situation with new construction, it reduced 79% of discomfort hours and 38% of heating demand.

The concept of Fab-lab Sloterdijk is based on increasing the porosity of the border condition of the highway A10, which aims at vitalizing the Ringzone for future economic development of Amsterdam, and empowering the people with tools to make their life. To stitch the disconnection between Amsterdam’s go-to and no-go areas, the design envisions downgrading the ring road and turning exit bypass into bicycle highway – a new frontage of buildings along it. Towards a future of digital production, Fab-lab combines typologies of fabrication workshop and co-working space to provide a platform for sharing economy and open access to knowledge. The project challenges the current model of fabrication that factories are all excluded from the city by bringing fabrication back to a vertical urban factory specializing at prototyping and customization of products. Local production of building material is made possible with integration of robotic arms and 3D printers to fabricate with local collected resource. By doing so, digital construction with recycled resources enables customized architecture and builds towards circular economy. Fab-lab which houses automated digital fabrication will manifest itself through system of digital construction. Empowered by Fab-lab, the future of economy lies in the hands of people, who makes their own city.