While the Municipality of Amsterdam wants to expand the electric vehicle public charging infrastructure to reach carbon-neutral objectives, the Distribution System Operator cannot allow new charging stations where low-voltage transformers are reaching their maximum capacity. To solve this situation, …

The current multiple crisis require architects, designers, citymakers and stakeholders to re-think their approach to the city and territory, under the urge for a sustainable and inclusive future. While uncertainty and technocracy dominate, they also enable a open investigation and understanding of different …

In the Netherlands, almost everyone has an image of 1930s neighborhoods, post-war neighborhoods, and Vinex locations. That is very different for the neighborhoods with social housing apartments from the 1970s and 1980s. They are forgotten, hardly known, even professionally. And that is a problem because …

With growing environmental concerns, upcycling has become an important theme in literature and practice. Upcycling can help slow and close resource cycles through product life-extension. Cities offer opportunities for upcycling initiatives and seek to tackle challenges in urban solid waste management …

In this article, you will first read about our understanding of sustainability, about three different perceptions of urgency with regard to sustainability and the theoretical models that correspond to them. We will then explore how this topic is perceived in society and among the professional group of …

(Book of abstracts) Track (1) Space: Built Environment and Urban Design Abstract: In light of the ongoing environmental, climate, economic, and social crises, citymaking agents of all disciplines are rethinking the (design of the) built environment with an emphasis on sustainability and inclusivity. …

Nederland heeft de ambitie om in 2050 een circulaire economie te realiseren: een economie waarin alleen gebruik wordt gemaakt van hernieuwbare en gerecyclede de materialen die al in omloop zijn, in plaats van het verbruiken en deponeren van materiaal. Dit betekent dat de techniekstudent niet om circulair …

Beschrijving van het project NKWK was een project waar beleidsmaker van o.a. gemeentes en woningcorporaties handvatten werden gegeven hoe zij bestaande woningen hittebestendiger konden maken. Dit ging zowel om op gebiedsniveau (buitenruimte) als op gebouwniveau (hittebestendigheid woningen). Doel van …

De Nederlandse bebouwde omgeving is en wordt herhaaldelijk geraakt door droogte, met financiële, ecologische en maatschappelijke effecten tot gevolg. Klimaatverandering en stedelijke ontwikkelingen zullen het droogterisico naar verwachting doen toenemen. Om de weerbaarheid van de bebouwde omgeving tegen …