Infiltrating pavements are potentially effective climate adaptation measures to counteract arising challenges related to flooding and drought in urban areas. However, they are susceptible to clogging causing premature degradation. As part of the Dutch Delta Plan, Dutch municipalities were encouraged …

Inspiratiesessie voor afstudeerders van de opleiding Facility Management

De Westerhaven Heidetuin is een bestaande speellocatie in de binnenstad van Groningen met veel potentie op het gebied van spelen, bewegen en ontmoeten. Het probleem is alleen dat het voor de gemeente Groningen onduidelijk is hoe de Westerhaven Heidetuin wordt gebruikt, wat men ervan vindt, hoe de toegankelijkheid …

Most people live in cities and work in offices, two contexts offering many lifestyle-related and environmental health risks. To advance their health, an analogy between urban design and facility design is introduced to explore whether health-directed design interventions in cities and facilities are …

Background and aim – This paper studies urban decline, the process in which the built environment suddenly or gradually loses its practical, technical and economic functionality, resulting in it being abandoned by its legitimate occupants and neglected by its owners for an extended period of time. Recent …