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X.R.H. Kioe-A-Sen
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Between the Wings
A bioregional landscape mosaic within a changing Randstad
The model of the Randstad as a delta metropole with the Green Heart inside the urban ring is outdated, and a new spatial model and form can be seen emerging nowadays. A model with a North and South Wing. However, authorial decision-making still recognise the initial Randstad model as it was described a century ago.
The misuse of the actual unrecognised model, together with climate change, hydro-geomorphological alterations and unaligned sectoral approaches, have resulted in that nature and its regeneration capacity has started to decay in the Randstad, accelerating the diverse risk and posing complex conditions for its current development.
The thesis explored a renewed identity for the Randstad / Green Heart region that fosters socio-environmental fellowship, through a spatial planning approach from a bioregional perspective. The project steps away from the Green Heart paradigm and identifies three bioregions; the Coastline, Rijnmond–Drechtsteden and Central Holland, that require unique planning measures based on their hydrogeomorphological and ecological conditions. Using scenario-based planning, the project examined alternative spatial futures for the Randstad towards 2100. Furthermore, the project looks into the framework of European territorial governance, which needs reconsideration from a bioregional perspective.
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The misuse of the actual unrecognised model, together with climate change, hydro-geomorphological alterations and unaligned sectoral approaches, have resulted in that nature and its regeneration capacity has started to decay in the Randstad, accelerating the diverse risk and posing complex conditions for its current development.
The thesis explored a renewed identity for the Randstad / Green Heart region that fosters socio-environmental fellowship, through a spatial planning approach from a bioregional perspective. The project steps away from the Green Heart paradigm and identifies three bioregions; the Coastline, Rijnmond–Drechtsteden and Central Holland, that require unique planning measures based on their hydrogeomorphological and ecological conditions. Using scenario-based planning, the project examined alternative spatial futures for the Randstad towards 2100. Furthermore, the project looks into the framework of European territorial governance, which needs reconsideration from a bioregional perspective.
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The model of the Randstad as a delta metropole with the Green Heart inside the urban ring is outdated, and a new spatial model and form can be seen emerging nowadays. A model with a North and South Wing. However, authorial decision-making still recognise the initial Randstad model as it was described a century ago.
The misuse of the actual unrecognised model, together with climate change, hydro-geomorphological alterations and unaligned sectoral approaches, have resulted in that nature and its regeneration capacity has started to decay in the Randstad, accelerating the diverse risk and posing complex conditions for its current development.
The thesis explored a renewed identity for the Randstad / Green Heart region that fosters socio-environmental fellowship, through a spatial planning approach from a bioregional perspective. The project steps away from the Green Heart paradigm and identifies three bioregions; the Coastline, Rijnmond–Drechtsteden and Central Holland, that require unique planning measures based on their hydrogeomorphological and ecological conditions. Using scenario-based planning, the project examined alternative spatial futures for the Randstad towards 2100. Furthermore, the project looks into the framework of European territorial governance, which needs reconsideration from a bioregional perspective.
The misuse of the actual unrecognised model, together with climate change, hydro-geomorphological alterations and unaligned sectoral approaches, have resulted in that nature and its regeneration capacity has started to decay in the Randstad, accelerating the diverse risk and posing complex conditions for its current development.
The thesis explored a renewed identity for the Randstad / Green Heart region that fosters socio-environmental fellowship, through a spatial planning approach from a bioregional perspective. The project steps away from the Green Heart paradigm and identifies three bioregions; the Coastline, Rijnmond–Drechtsteden and Central Holland, that require unique planning measures based on their hydrogeomorphological and ecological conditions. Using scenario-based planning, the project examined alternative spatial futures for the Randstad towards 2100. Furthermore, the project looks into the framework of European territorial governance, which needs reconsideration from a bioregional perspective.
Social Heating
A model to deliver affordable, renewable district heating by prioritising the social housing community
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(2025)
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J.L.B. Feldbrugge, J.A. Naik, D.D. Harris, F.H. Kool, X.R.H. Kioe-A-Sen, M.M. Dabrowski, N. Katsikis
In order to achieve the national target of climate neutrality by 2050, the Netherlands needs to undergo an energy transition that will result in sweeping change to the energy system. Within the current energy system, energy poverty plagues nearly 400.000 Dutch households, and 75 percent of those households reside in social housing. What if the systemic change inherent to the impending energy transition could be used as an opportunity to eradicate energy poverty in the Netherlands? To answer this question, we design a vision and strategy to develop an affordable, renewable heating system in the region of Arnhem-Nijmegen, with the social housing community acting as both the social and organisational heart. We call this Social Heating. The vision and strategy have been designed using a mixed-methods approach involving conceptual and technical literature reviews, along with news media, policy, case study, energy, organisational, and spatial analyses. The result is a vision of an expanded, renewables-based district heating network extending to most of the Arnhem-Nijmegen region, delivered by a new, non-profit organisation, the Social Heating Association (“SHA”). An associated strategy details how the vision will be implemented through a combination of spatial and policy interventions, ordered over time in five phases extending to 2100. By harnessing the existing organisational capacity of social housing communities, and with careful planning and bold action, it is possible to provide affordable, renewable heating to all in the Arnhem-Nijmegen region. Further, we believe this model for heating can be used as a template for implementation in similar regions across the Netherlands.
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In order to achieve the national target of climate neutrality by 2050, the Netherlands needs to undergo an energy transition that will result in sweeping change to the energy system. Within the current energy system, energy poverty plagues nearly 400.000 Dutch households, and 75 percent of those households reside in social housing. What if the systemic change inherent to the impending energy transition could be used as an opportunity to eradicate energy poverty in the Netherlands? To answer this question, we design a vision and strategy to develop an affordable, renewable heating system in the region of Arnhem-Nijmegen, with the social housing community acting as both the social and organisational heart. We call this Social Heating. The vision and strategy have been designed using a mixed-methods approach involving conceptual and technical literature reviews, along with news media, policy, case study, energy, organisational, and spatial analyses. The result is a vision of an expanded, renewables-based district heating network extending to most of the Arnhem-Nijmegen region, delivered by a new, non-profit organisation, the Social Heating Association (“SHA”). An associated strategy details how the vision will be implemented through a combination of spatial and policy interventions, ordered over time in five phases extending to 2100. By harnessing the existing organisational capacity of social housing communities, and with careful planning and bold action, it is possible to provide affordable, renewable heating to all in the Arnhem-Nijmegen region. Further, we believe this model for heating can be used as a template for implementation in similar regions across the Netherlands.