Food and the city has never been a more urgent theme than today, and The European Union’s priority to commit to innovation in this field will certainly enhance its economic and external strength and improve its competitive position in the world of food and life sciences. Europea Netherlands held a seminar …

In het dagelijks leven hebben we voortdurend met verschillende plastics te maken. Overal om ons heen komen we plastics tegen. Denk bijvoorbeeld aan verpakkingsmaterialen, flessen, flacons, kratten, tapijten en plastic draagtassen. Een leven zonder kunststoffen is in onze huidige maatschappij vrijwel …

According to the critics of conventional sustainability models, particularly within the business context, it is questionable whether the objective of balancing the social, economic and environmental triad is feasible, and whether human equality and prosperity (as well as population growth) can be achieved …

From the article: "ABSTRACT: The research group Supply Chain Redesign in the Built Environment of HU University of Applied Sciences is working on research that combines principles of the circular economy with open source architectural design & urban planning. The aim is finding new ways to re-use demolition …

Inaugural lecture Professorship "Transition Bioeconomy"

Case about Henk, sector manager Cleantech at Rotterdam Partners. His responsibility is to stimulate the Circular Economy of Rotterdam, this in cooperation with the “government” of Rotterdam. Of course he knows a lot about what a Circular Economy theoretically is and should be, but to put in the day to …

From a circular standpoint it is interesting to reuse as much as possible construction and demolition waste (CDW) into new building projects. In most cases CDW will not be directly reusable and will need to be processed and stored first. In order to turn this into a successful business case CDW will …

In the housing market enormous challenges exist for the retrofitting of existing housing in combination with the ambition to realize new environmentally friendly and affordable dwellings. Bio-based building materials offer the possibility to use renewable resources in building and construction. The efficient …

To contribute positively to systemic transitions within local communities, architects need to be critical, reflective, far-sighted communicators. This paper presents educational practices developing adaptive, systemic and co-creative approaches within the training of architectural Masters students. It …