This thesis compares Unreal Engine 5 and Blender, focusing on their effectiveness in photorealistic interior visualisations, for 360Fabriek, an immersive media studio in Rotterdam. The primary goal is to determine which rendering engine excels in render setup time efficiency, visual quality, and hardware …

Elkaar ontmoeten, samen lunchen en kennisdelen, dat is de bedoeling van de wekelijkse NoorderRuimte lunch. Deze keer met Liesbeth Jorritsma en Saskia Mars.Wat doen we met de open ruimte?Aanstaande dinsdag staat de ruimte waarin de NoorderRuimte lunch plaatsvindt, centraal. Over deze open ruimte zijn …

On behalf of the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations and the Taalunie, the University of Utrecht and the Arnhem-Nijmegen University of Applied Sciences have jointly measured the comprehensibility of government texts. The unique aspect of this study is the combination of three methods: automatic …

Upcycling has been embraced by circular economy enthusiasts, policy-makers and collaborative initiatives across Europe. Early studies describe upcycling as a concept aimed at resource conservation by keeping products, components and materials at their highest potential value across consecutive product …

The project ‘A Paradise for Starters’ is concerned with a new typology for affordable housing and co-living. Economy of means is found in a double height dwelling unit with a width of 4 meters, which is open to one side. Because the units are placed obliquely, an open corner can be created with a semi-outdoor …

Reuse and transformation of industrial heritage is intricately linked to history, context, and architectural debate. In a critical process of theoretical research and research-by-design, a case is built up around the former water tower on one of the riverbanks in Wroclaw, Poland. The solid construction …

Within European cities, entrepreneurs engage in private and public collaborative initiatives that work towards reducing local solid waste streams (Futurium, 2019). Furniture and interior design products account for nearly 50% of these waste streams, making them a key priority on the EU agenda to prevent …

A large proportion of the global workforce migrated home during the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdowns. It remains unclear what the exact differences between home workers and non-home workers were, especially during the pandemic when a return to work was imminent. How were building, workplace, …

The Procedural Interior Showroom Generator is a tool made using Blender geometry nodes to assist the Letink Design 3D team in creating virtual showroom environments using procedural modelling.   To define the design theory behind the Procedural Interior Showroom Generator, the main research question …

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. …