A Dutch healthcare organisation modernizes its real estate portfolio to meet today’s requirements and acquired an office building for conversion into a nursing home for elderly with dementia. The purpose of the research has been to study the design principles for elderly with dementia, for innovative …

A lot of trends and developments are happening within facility management (FM). From using cleaning and caring robots till changing the workplace to a wellness destination (Sodexo, 2017; CBRE, 2017). Another trend involves around buildings, which are becoming more intelligent than their users (ISS, …

Presentatie tijdens de expertmeeting van gemeenteraad, wethouders en belangstellenden gemeente Utrecht.

Onderzoek en ontwerp van zorgvastgoed heeft veel invalshoeken. Health Space Design heeft onderzoek gedaan met simulatie met verouderingspakken in het UMCG, simulatie van ziekenhuisbezoek in een mock-up van een spreekkamer in Nij Smellinghe en ontwerponderzoek van looplijnen en healthy ageing in diverse …

Teachers and students need good learning environments to perform well. In this study, it is pre-supposed that the spatial properties of classrooms are important facilitators of the educational process. Ideally, school buildings in general and classrooms in particular should influence the educational …

Presentatie tijdens CIRRE-conference 2018

2007, the Ministry of Housing and Spatial Planning took the initiative to issue the social building blocks: real estate for facilities. This has been the first attempt to deal with social real estate professionally as an asset. In 2008 the professorship of public real estate started with its first Barometer …

Nu steeds meer gemeenten hun vastgoed op orde lijken te hebben, gaat vooral het organisatorische aspect wringen. Welke competenties hebben we nodig? Hoe kunnen we de organisatie meer toekomstbestendig maken?

The changing climate has an effect on the quality of life in our cities: heavier rainfall (resulting in floodings), longer periods of drought, reduced air and water quality and increasing temperatures in cities (heat stress). Awareness about these changes among various stakeholders is of great importance. …

Various barriers, which include a stereotypical provisional labour institution and a difficulty in balancing work and childcare or nursing care, stand in our ways even if Japanese office workers hope to accomplish something, is at the root of the bottleneck hindering Japanese office worker 's Work-life …