This thesis investigates the restoration and structural reinforcement of a historically protected 19th-century residential building on the island of Hydra, Greece. Undertaken within the strict constraints of Greek heritage law (ΦΕΚ 594Δ/1978), the project aims to enhance structural safety and environmental …

Wood is an increasingly demanded renewable resource and an important raw material for construction and materials. Demands are rising, with a growing attention for re-use and upcycling, opening up opportunities for new business models, empowered by the use of digital design and technologies. A KPI framework …

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 …

Chapter 1: General introduction. A specific group of people with disabilities includes individuals with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities (PIMD). However, individuals with PIMD form a heterogeneous group regarding the origins of their underlying conditions leading to profound disabilities …

This paper presents a case study where a model predictive control (MPC) logic is developed for energy flexible operation of a space heating system in an educational building. A Long Short-Term Memory Neural Network (LSTM) surrogate model is trained on the output of an EnergyPlus building simulation model. …

In deze handleiding wordt een framework en bijbehorende tools gepresenteerd waarmee ontwerpers en andere stakeholders ondersteund worden bij het zoeken naar nieuwe en zinvolle toepassingsmogelijkheden voor reststromen. Als er van afgedankte producten, onderdelen of materialen nieuwe producten worden …

This manual presents a framework and accompanying tools designed to support designers and other stakeholders in finding new and meaningful applications for waste streams. When new products are designed from discarded products, components, or materials with a different function, we call this Repurpose. …

De circulaire transitie is groots, complex en urgent. Binnen CirCollab, een samenwerking tussen 11 lectoraten van de Hogeschool van Amsterdam, Windesheim en de Amsterdamse Hogeschool voor de Kunsten en ruim 30 praktijkpartners, leveren tientallen professionals elk hun bijdrage aan die transitie. Het …

Logic4 heeft een verouderde .NET Framework 4.7.2 front-end applicatie van aanzienlijke omvang. Het is niet haalbaar om deze applicatie over te zetten naar een nieuwere versie van .NET. Om de onderhoudbaarheid van het project te verbeteren, heeft Logic4 besloten om een nieuwe applicatie met een recentere …