Due to growing power consumption and the energy transition, installation of high-voltage underground cables (HVUC) is becoming increasingly crucial for increasing transmission capacity while minimising societal and environmental disruption. This thesis, completed in a professional setting at Witteveen+Bos, …

In a liquid modernity, the impermanence, change and fluidity of contemporary society has altered the role and agency of museums, prompting a need for new ontologies that challenge their rigidity, hierarchy and obsolete institutional structures. A liquid museum, therefore, is aware of its entanglement …

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 …

Many modern unitised façades rely on structural sealant glazing (SSG) to accommodate building drift and slab deflection. However, when hung-and-sworded panels undergo racking, the resulting shear strains expose limitations in current design workflows. While it is common practice to use simplified linear …

Increased activity of the European beaver (Castor fiber) presents a growing structural threat to regional flood defenses in the Netherlands due to extensive burrowing. Flemish Waerways Beaver Experts did not expect this high of beaver activity and the only sustainable solution against them so far was …

This graduation report is a comparison of settlement mitigation techniques for embankments built on soft ground in the Netherlands. The research is focused on the soft deltaic soil conditions in the Netherlands, where clay, peat, and organic clay layers can cause high settlements, slow consolidation, …

De energietransitie in de gebouwde omgeving vraagt om instrumenten die plannen, data en stakeholderbelangen op wijkniveau samenbrengen. Een urban digital twin (UDT) kan die rol vervullen, maar voor de wijk Laakhaven-Oost was nog niet helder welke eisen stakeholders aan zo'n tool stellen om de transitie …

Cities and communities are central arenas for the global sustainability transition, and Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) is increasingly recognised as a key lever for the long-term societal learning this transition requires. Yet there is no systematic, transparent way to assess whether municipal …

Despite the key roles of circular startups and investors in enabling the transition towards a circular economy, weak connections have been found between the two actors, limiting effective collaboration and the exchange of resources. While previous research demonstrated the beneficial role of intermediaries …

Binnen de bouw- en vastgoedsector speelt Building Information Modelling (BIM) een steeds belangrijkere rol bij het verzamelen en analyseren van gebouwdata. Binnen Luxs worden BIM-modellen gebruikt om vastgoeddata inzichtelijk te maken voor klanten. De kwaliteit en betrouwbaarheid van deze modellen zijn …