The UNLOCK project - Creativity through game-based learning at higher education – aims to equip HEIs to design, set and facilitate escape room games in their learning experiences, to foster the creativity and other entrepreneurial skills of HEI’s students. The UNLOCK project will provide the context, …

In de binnenstad van Amsterdam wordt door infrastructuurproblematiek en het drukke verkeer de problematiek van bedrijfsafvalinzameling nog meer uitvergroot, naast dat de gemeente uitgesproken ambities heeft voor emissievrije stadslogistiek en de ontwikkeling van de circulaire economie. Daarom onderzoekt …

Growing volumes of wood are being used in construction, interior architecture, and product design, resulting in increasing amounts of wood waste. Using this waste is challenging, because it is too labor-intensive to process large volumes of uneven wood pieces that vary in geometry, quality, and origin. …

Our study elucidates relational value creation and appropriation in collaborative networks for sustainability (CNfS), which focus on grand societal challenges and include a multiplicity and diversity of actors. Using a relational view lens, we conducted a longitudinal, multiple case, field study of collaborative …

De klimaatverandering dwingt tot een versnelling van de energietransitie. Een stad als Amsterdam heeft hierin hoge ambities. Het lectoraat Energie & Innovatie werkt hieraan mee door technologische interventies te onderzoeken en ontwerpen.Een zeer innovatieve interventie is een energiepositief gebied. …

Met steun van de gemeente heeft NV Zeedijk negen kapitale panden op de Wallen gekocht. Goed nieuws, maar om deze ingreep echt effect te laten hebben, zullen buurtbewoners betrokken moeten worden bij het investeren in de binnenstad, stelt Walther Ploos van Amstel.

This is the first draft of the large scale 3d printing protocol for granulated thermoplastics. The main purpose of this document is to share the key steps of operating, preparation, data entry, and optimization procedures while handling the robotic 3d printing equipment. One main aspect of this protocol …

The coronavirus pandemic highlighted the vital role urban areas play in supporting citizens’ health and well-being (Ribeiro et al., 2021). In times of (personal) vulnerability, citizens depend on their neighbourhood for performing daily physical activities to restore their mental state, but public spaces …

The current Covid-19 pandemic has underlined the importance of urban public spaces in achieving health and social well-being (Dobson, 2021; Poortinga et al., 2021), prompting policymakers and urban planners to rethink their approach to the design of these spaces. They now propagate adapting urban public …