The liveability of cities worldwide is under threat by the predicted increase in intensity and frequency of heatwaves and the absence of a clear spatial overview of where action to address this. Heat stress impairs vital urban functions (Böcker and Thorsson 2014), hits the local economy (Evers et al. …

A description of an artistic activity that aims to sculpt out of clay the "missing link" in the process of evolution. The process was developed by Jan van Boeckel (inspired by the original activity in Antony Gormley's workshop) www.janvanboeckel.wordpress.com.

Background and objectives Before the Covid-19 pandemic, important social studies already indicated the severe negative feedback associated with high-rise developments. During the Covid-19 pandemic, citizens were confronted with their neighbourhoods’ insufficient restorative capacity to maintain their …

For this book, we chose the term Applied Design Research. “We”are the Network Applied Design Research: a learning community of professors and researchers at various universities of applied sciences. Within this community, we share our experiences with the many forms of applied design research. We consciously …

Research day with research presentations on the topics art in care and care in art

The multidisciplinary potential of music has gained an increasingly more focal role in the last decades. With developments in technology, as well as ways of thinking, the use of sound as a component of multisensory medium of creation has been integrated into both our daily practices and how we interact …

Workshop with clay: Silent becoming, Metamorphoses of organic forms

Groenblauw Deltares Knowledge Days Dubai

A pedagogy of attention to the light in the eyes: Environmental education in a new key