The proposed research examines the international practicality of a large industrial production hall which is under development by GBS Plovdiv AD in Industrial Park Shumen, Bulgaria. The main goal is to evaluate whether the current technical design may be applied in different European regulatory and environmental …

‘Compounding Waalwijk. Transformation of the urban core’. The monofunctional shopping center in Waalwijk is no longer functioning. How can this location, in phases, be transformed for Waalwijk to regain its regional importance and revitalizing existing identity nodes? Inspired by midsize utopia, New …

The Capucine cloister in Tilburg was established in the 19th century along one of the routes leading out of the city center, as part of the urban expansion that was then taking place. Nearby a nunnery can be found at the other end of a park, the whole being enclosed by a long wall. Now the place has …

‘International Hub Center, a connective student village in Maastricht.’ Can a university city like Maastricht do better in getting international students involved in the local community and making them prolong their stay to the benefit of the city? From his own experience as a foreign student the designer …

Wineries are not new in the Netherlands, but they still are mostly small scale and for this reason have separate locations for growing the vines and processing the grapes. This design project outlines a different scenario, where vacant agricultural plots are combined into a large whole and can support …

In de afgelopen twintig jaar hebben milieuregelgevingen en habitatherstelprojecten geleid tot een sterke toename van libellenpopulaties in Europa. Uit onderzoek naar libellenpopulaties in de Amsterdamse Waterleidingduinen (AWD) blijkt dat het aantal libellensoorten daar de afgelopen tien jaar sterk heeft …

Urban Farming is a design project with a dual objective. It aims to provide a sustainable model for community engagement and food security in Rotterdam. Near Nieuw Mathenesse in the former harbor area now known as the M4H development zone, a sizeable waterfront site is chosen for a transformation of …

Dit rapport is geschreven in opdracht van Stichting Het Nationale Park De Hoge Veluwe. Het Park is al jaren bezig met de renovatie van het Centrumgebied, het middelpunt van het Nationale Park. De verbouwing en renovatie van het museum over het ondergrondse leven, het Museonder, is daarbij de laatste …

Mensen bouwen om hun leven comfortabeler te maken. Deze bouwwerken zijn veelal gemaakt van harde materialen zoals cement of asfalt. Dit zijn materialen die warmte goed vasthouden. Door de hoeveelheid verharde oppervlakte houden steden veel warmte vast. Luchtstromen worden daarnaast door de hoge bebouwing …

Pollinator biodiversity has decreased in the past decades, but urban areas have increasingly been found to serve as a refuge when compared to the surrounding intensively managed farmland. This offers an opportunity for urban pollinator conservation to play a role in the conservation of pollinators. But …