Increasingly, adding trees to the city is a new goal on the urban agenda in order to fight climate change. There is an interesting contrast when looking at the average lifespan of trees in the city: 30 years. The reason is that trees are still being seen from a utilitarian perspective and as urban furniture …

#archtivism is a movement that strives for a world where the building industry positively impacts our society, economy and environment. To tackle the main challenges of this globalisation era, homogeneity and the climate crisis in particular, #archtivism introduces the Place Responsive Design Method, …

The following report gives a full description of the Bachelor Civil Engineering graduation project. The graduation is done in engineering firm Iv-Consult and the thesis topic is provided by Zwarts & Jansma Architects. Architectural bureau requires a structural solution for the roof of the ice skating …

This paper is the documentation of a graduation internship at Digital Society School (DSS). DSS is a studio within Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (HvA) which focuses to research the impact of technology on society. In this project, DSS teamed up with Ajax Fancare to solve their logistical problem …

Recognize heeft op dit moment drie soortgelijke smart resourceprojecten gerealiseerd en verwacht dat zij vaker smart resourceprojecten zal gaan realiseren. Smart resourcesystemen brengen vraag en aanbod zo efficiënt mogelijk bij elkaar. Deze systemen zullen op grote en kleine schaal moeten presteren, …

A large number of organisations and authors from all over the world collaborated for this final document: the Smart City Guidance Package. As an innovative tool to create Smart City's the We-Energy Game was also invited to join the programme on the road to sustainable city's.

Can recycled plastics be more than a trendy marketing tool? Can it be re-designed & re-used as an integral part of a new architecture? This project proposes a challenging high-tech campus in The Hague near the Shell headquarter. The project forms part of the public space and is designed to evolve with …

Live programming is a style of development characterized by incremental change and immediate feedback. Instead of long edit-compile cycles, developers modify a running program by changing its source code, receiving immediate feedback as it instantly adapts in response. In this paper, we propose an approach …

The rehabilitation clinic I designed for severe gaming addicts is conceived as an architectural antidote to the digital world and is based on the principles of social reintegration and physical reconnection. The rehabilitation clinic provides a 12-week programme for 13-25-year-old gaming addicts, …

Enlightend is a research-by-design project that explores the use of natural light in residential projects. The case is the Philips soccer stadium in Eindhoven, that has become a source of light pollution for the neighborhood. By way of a row of housing units on the edge of the stadium roof, artificial …