Located in the Bakirkoy neighborhood near the Bosphorus coastline, this project addresses the progressive threat of earthquakes in Istanbul. The demand for a sizable and fully equipped resilience center is met by the transformation of an existing shopping mall, dating from the 1980’s. On the substructure …

Postwar reconstruction nowadays has become a deeply researched subject, not only to meet the need for rebuilding in former war zones, but also to meet the requirements of the homecoming after people’s return. This project, situated in the Saltivka micro district in Kharkiv, Ukraine, follows a number …

“Circular Sandwich Panels” is a joint research project in collaboration between MNEXT, Beyond Wood, and Fairm. The project focuses on studying mycelium circular sandwich panels, which consist of the facades from Beyond Wood and mycelium foams from Fairm, as well as their application in building insulation. …

1.2 Problem statement As previously mentioned, a fully biobased pedestrian bridge was built in 2016 in Eindhoven University of Technology, over the river Dommel. This was a 14m bridge made from hemp and flex-fibre base. The project was developed by multiple parties including CoE BBE. The initiators of …

As a student of industrial product design I have gotten used to making and fixing everything myself. If I run into a problem or a product breaks, I try to solve and repair it. If I couldn’t do it yet, I'd just learn how to. This led me to build my own house on wheels at the start of 2020. The complete …

The issue of plastic marine pollution has drastically increased in recent years. The questionable management of single-use plastic items has led to a concerning environmental scenario. The European Union is desperately trying to tackle the issue. In the early months of 2019, the EU approved the single-use …

We live in a hearing world. Others live in a deaf world. The deaf world has its own language, the sign language, Dutch or English or . . . Frisian. The deaf world also has its memorials, made out of stone. The only deaf memorial in the Netherlands --- and likely in the whole world --- is in Amsterdam, …

Het artikel betreft een onderzoek naar de probleemoplossende vaardigheden van bovenbouwleerlingen bij het onderwerp ‘meetkunde’ met bijzondere aandacht voor ‘scaffolding’. Scaffolding is het proces hetgeen een leerling in staat stelt een probleem op te lossen wat zonder hulp niet was gelukt. (Wood, Bruner, …

In Bhutan biogas energy can be used as an alternative energy for wood to meet the energy demand in the rural populace with effective management and utilisation of the biogas plant. Despite various benefits of biogas technology, biogas adoption has been less than anticipated. As of today, District Livestock …

In our time, professions are passed on form father to child less and less, and some professions related to craftsmanship are disappearing, being replaced by industrial production. I come from a family of wooden artisan, and I witness what happened to my grandfather when he could not work anymore: deprived …