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M.T.A. van Thoor
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Dredging Up Something New
Exploring the Potential of Water to Revitalize Heritage in the Waterdriehoek
The Dutch Delta region has a rich history deeply intertwined with water, which has shaped its cultural identity. However, a growing separation between heritage preservation and watermanagement, coupled with the challenges of climate change and rapid urbanization, presents a criti
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Human civilization is intricately woven with the thread of progress—a relentless pursuit that has fueled societal advancements, technological breakthroughs, and intellectual evolution. Every quest for improvement is simultaneously reflected in architecture. Every shift in develop
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Voices Uncovered
Stories of the Alblasserwaard’s industrial past
The abandoned Kloos & Zonen industrial waterfront in Alblasserdam creates a tangible link to its former workers community, embodying a rich blend of industrial and cultural heritage. Despite these heritage values present, the workers community is slowly disappearing and with
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The througline
A research to investigate the link between the circulation route and narrative of a museum exhibition
The central topic of this research paper is interior circulation design, particularly within the museum building typology. Investigated is how the interior circulation influences the narrative of the exhibition. The main question is 'How can interior circulation design support th
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Makersdorp Kloos
Living, Creating and Enjoying Along the North
Industrial shipyards form a unique legacy of architecture and engineering in the industrial heritage field. They are the tangible and vivid remains of the industrial ages. The appreciation and importance of the transformation and reuse of industrial shipyards in the Netherlands h
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Experimental Adaptability
Invesigating the Adaptable Qualitites of Experimental Lunetten
Built in the time-specific context of the seventies, the project of Lunetten is an interesting example of residential innovation in the Netherlands. Nominated experimental by the Dutch Experimental Housing Program of 1968- 1980, for its implementation of the design methods of Sti
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Post-war gems along Wibautstraat
An overview of the historical architecture in Wibautstraat
Unfortunately a lot of post-war buildings are considered space makers for newly builds, due to current norms and regulations. This results in demolition, which is harmful with the ever changing taste in architecture. A lot of public buildings along the Wibautstraat originate from
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Preserving the past in a digital age
How can heritage keep up?
The research hypothesis is that extensive layering and apparent modifications in the San Isidro area along Manzanares, dictated by the necessity of expansion, have changed the site’s everydayness. As a result, patterns of continuities and discontinuities began to take over the ar
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The New Dutch Waterline
The (Hi)story of the Landscape
This thesis is written after reviewing the UNESCO nomination report for the New Dutch Waterline (NDW). in the report and other literature regarding the NDW there is a very dominant blind spot regarding the vegetation and its historical value. This thesis tries to albeit in a mode
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The historical architecture of Wes Anderson
The Grand Budapest Hotel
This thesis explores the relationship between architecture and film through the analysis of the cinema of Wes Anderson.The research focuses specifically
on the understanding of the spaces which Anderson has created in a historical per- spective. First, the relationship betwee ...
on the understanding of the spaces which Anderson has created in a historical per- spective. First, the relationship betwee ...
Embedded in Social greenery
How the green landscape of Overvecht is determinant for its social development
How the green landscape of Overvecht is determinant for its social development. The thesis seeks to investigate the relationship between the deterioration of the neighbourhood and the green landscape.
Discourses Behind Industrial Heritage
Exploring the Construction Process and Influence behind the Transformation of Industrial Heritage — By comparing 798 art zone in China and Zeche Zollverein in Germany
Industrial heritage is socially constructed in contemporary society, and diverse subjects and historical contexts create differentiated constructed outcomes. Taking 798 art zone in China and Zeche Zollverein in Germany as research objects, this paper explores and compares the div
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Urban Land Under Forces
The Progress and Setbacks of San Francisco’s Urban Transformation Since 1950
This thesis researches the urban transformations of two areas in San Francisco, the Northern Waterfront and the Western Addition area. By examining the contrast results of their redevelopments, lessons are derived in regard to planning strategies.
In this thesis, the reasons for designers to settle in Philips heritage in Eindhoven is discussed. The question is twofold, as it aims to discover why designers settled in Eindhoven on the one hand and why they then decided to move into the former Philips buildings on the other.
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In the 1950s, Italy recovered from the trauma of the Second World War. However, in the deep South of the country, a city remained alien to this progress. Indeed, isolated for a long time, it was unable to challenge new immigration movements and ended up exceeding its saturation l
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Suzhou Classical Gardens
The content, value and protection process of Suzhou Classical Gardens
This historic thesis is about the content, value and protection of Suzhou Classical Gardens. The author finds a clue that implies a historical timeline in these three aspects, and provides readers with an opportunity to have a more comprehensive understanding of Suzhou Classical
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De Steeg
Een onderzoek naar de geschiedenis en toekomst van Amsterdamse stegen
Stegen hebben voor lange tijd een negatief imago gehad, dit is nu echter aan het veranderen. In deze scriptie zal onderzoek gedaan worden naar wat de invloed van stegen op de leefomgeving van steden is geweest en hoe deze zich zal ontwikkelen. Hoe stegen in Amsterdam zijn ontstaa
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The ideals of the renaissance in urban planning
An analysis of three centers of the renaissance
With the Renaissance a new way of thinking emerged that would heavily impact the built environment. Artists started envisioning their ideal cities as ordered and geometrically perfect entities and in urban planning projects more attention was paid to the human experience. Althoug
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Urban World Heritage Management and Climate Change Preparedness
Understanding the Effect of Amsterdam’s Canal Ring District Heritage Site’s Management on the City’s Sustainability Development Plans
This thesis investigates the challeges of conserving the UNESCO World Heritage Site of the Seventeenth Century Canal District of Amsterdam while attempting to become climate neutral by 2050. This thesis will start by explaining the background information necessary on the Seventee
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