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M.M.E. van Esch
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Urban microclimates have a great impact on the thermal comfort of city inhabitants, with the Urban Heat Island (UHI) and the Subsurface Urban Heat Island (SUHI) effects posing a growing challenge under the accelerating impacts of climate change. This thesis focuses on investigati
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Adaption through architecture
Architecture as a medium between a landscape and its community
This thesis addresses the challenge of designing architecture which fosters student communities while integrating with a wetland landscape. It explores the environmental and social implications of transforming the peat polders of Midden-Delfland in the Netherlands, which are subs
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According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) ’s 2021 report, the recent sea level rate has nearly tripled in the last few decades compared with 1901-1971. It estimates that the sea levels may rise by 20 cm in the next thirty years or up to 80 cm by the end of
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Interclusive Urban Green
Greening approach for the inner city of Schiedam
Most contemporary cities are currently unable to adapt fast enough to the constant change in demands. Rapid technological advances have significantly altered the way humanity interacts with its surroundings – with a sedentary lifestyle becoming more common – while climate change
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The active museum of art
A new museum approach to increase neighbourhood asset through participation.
The active museum of art: During this Graduation project I search for a new way of positioning an art museum in the 21st century in Rotterdam south Tarwewijk. An Art Museum changes the local environment of its surrounding area. It can have a positive influence by developing neigh
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Katoenveem is a former cotton warehouse in the Merwe-Vierhavens area of Rotterdam. As a harbour heritage site it has a high cultural and historical value due to its unique past function and the systems that were installed for the transshipment of cotton, but also for the innovati
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