During the 2015 Gorkha earthquake of 7.8 Mw that hit Kathmandu Valley, Nepal, numerous Nepalese Pagodas suffered extensive damage while others collapsed. Risk reduction strategies implemented in the region focused on disassembling historical structures and rebuilding them with modern material without …

Despite the increased attention paid to generational differences especially from practitioners and the popular press, systematic and empirical intergenerational research has been scarce, is largely North American centric, and lacks consistent results. The present study aimed to fill this gap by examining …

Wanneer er een aardbeving heeft plaatsgevonden dan is het van belang dat veiligheidsdiensten en gebouwbeheerders snel een goed beeld hebben van de schade aan gebouwen en risico’s in het gebied. Sensortechnologie in combinatie met data over gebouwen en bewonersaantallen kan van grote meerwaarde zijn voor …

Werk- en kennismakingsbezoek Annemarie Hannink aan NoorderRuimte

Evening presentation to the Academy of Architecture MSc students at Hanze

Briefing de heer Ihsan Bal (Hanzehogeschool Groningen) aan tijdelijke commissie Aardgaswinning Groningen - Tweede Kamer

In recent years, the number of human-induced earthquakes in Groningen, a large gas field in the north of the Netherlands, has increased. The majority of the buildings are built by using unreinforced masonry (URM), most of which consists of cavity (i.e. two-leaf) walls, and were not designed to withstand …