The learning innovation we report in this article is an international rapid-prototyping event (48 hours) in which teams of international BSc and MSc students from two universities (Western Europe and South-East Africa, respectively) jointly designed and developed a prototype for a local small-business …

WHY? (ADAPT) The city of Liège is suffocating because of extreme car hospitality. Public space has been stripped down to traffic space, serving the singular purpose of moving and parking polluting, dangerous and space inefficient cars. Global challenges concerning pandemics, climate change and sub-urbanization …

This graduation project provides a comprehensive investigation into the decline of the liveability of the UNESCO World Heritage city: Venice. It sheds light on the dichotomy between liveability and (over)tourism, and proposes a new perspective for Venice, which in the last 20 years has undergone a massive …

MELTING POT is making hidden spaces of Luxembourg's unknown industrial history accessible and brings public life to the sites. Cultural heritage not only needs architectural transformation but also a smart community orientated program. This program is inspired by the history of the site and the values …

House of skills (HoS) is een publiek-private samenwerking (PPS) binnen de metropoolregio Amsterdam. Hierbij zijn regionale en lokale overheden, uitvoeringsorganisaties, middelbaar en hoger beroepsonderwijs, universiteiten, kennisinstellingen, werkgevers(vertegenwoordigers) en vakbonden betrokken. Het …

According to the International Civil Aviation Organization, the world aviation air traffic has grown by an average yearly rate of 5% over the last thirty years, until the devastating downturn brought on by the COVID crisis of 2020. Regardless of the current situation, there are still a number of issues …

In dit publieke rapport wordt waterstof als een aanvullende mogelijkheid voor verduurzaming van de warmtevoorziening in woonwijken gepresenteerd. Het demonstratieproject Waterstofwijk Hoogeveen dient hierbij als rode draad. Voor andere wijken zal per geval bekeken moeten worden of de waterstofoptie echt …

Dit onderzoek analyseert praktijkdata van gesprekken tussen humanoïde service robots (Pepper) en klanten bij 26 Nederlandse organisaties, waaronder gemeenten, winkels en musea. Op basis van ruim acht maanden aan interacties is gekeken naar gebruikspatronen per dag en tijdstip, hoe vaak klanten reageren, …

Half of the medium-size cities of France are slowly disappearing. From social and economical weaknesses, they experience a rang of symptoms such as shrinkage, urban decay, ageing and impoverished populations that directly impact their spatial qualities and their very own identity. They need a spatial …

The way we rebuild our buildings and cities show how we address, acknowledge and accept our history. In war-damaged cities, buildings with scars have the power to communicate the stories of the past. Revealing a difficult history through the built environment can be of added value in terms of knowing …