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Het vijf jaar durende onderzoeksproject Roboat gaat over zelfstandige drijvende objecten in metropolitane regio’s. In het project wordt onderzocht wat de potentie is van drijvende en autonome technologie voor het veranderen van de stedelijke infrastructuur. De samenwerking tussen het AMS Institute en MIT (VS) heeft al geleid tot een eerste serie prototypes, die op locatie in Amsterdam gepresenteerd zullen worden in oktober 2018.

Nederland moet zich voor 2050 ontwikkelen naar een volledig circulaire economie. Maar wat betekent dat, kan het überhaupt en waar lopen we tegenaan indien we dit willen bereiken? Daar gaat de onlangs verschenen publicatie ‘Circulariteit - op weg naar 2050?’ over.

BK Bouwkunde is represented at the Venice Biennale 2018 through a multitude of different types of projects. The exhibitions can be found in pavilions and in palazzos in the city centre: from a research exhibition to an installation, from student work to a dance performance, from a traveling exposition to young architectural talent.

His project ‘The Bank of England: a dialectical project’ is one of the four winning projects out of 334 nominated student graduation projects. The winning projects are currently on display in Palazzo Mora at the Venice Biennale 2018.

The National Renovation Platform (NRP) started the one-year academic programme to improve the sustainable re-use of the existing built environment. The academy was developed in collaboration with BK Bouwkunde and several other partners from both the academic and the professional field.

De spiegelgladde façades die de hedendaagse hoogbouw kenmerken zien er strak uit, maar dragen door geluidsreflectie sterk bij aan de herrie in de stad. Promovendus Jochen Krimm pleit voor gevels met structuur en voor verplichte akoestische tests voor ieder hoog gebouw.

On 14 June, three winning teams were announced to advance to the next round in the Stylos Scala design competition. The winning teams will further develop their designs for a new staircase in the BK Expo, working on the feasibility of their designs. Additionally, three honourable mentions were announced by the judges.

On 20 and 21 June, the degree programme assessment of MSc Geomatics took place. In anticipation of the full report, the review commission said to be impressed with the quality of the master, praising both the graduation work, the master’s structure and the students’ enthusiasm. Additionally, they found Geomatics graduates’ careers to be well aligned with both the topic and the level of the master.

On 20 June 2018, BK Bouwkunde and the University of Strathclyde celebrated the launch of the policy research foundation EPRC Delft. EPRC Delft will reinforce the existing research and teaching cooperation between the universities and open up new opportunities for the institutions to carry out shared research after the UK leaves the European Union.

Jeroen Meijler pitched his thesis at CoreNet Global Benelux, winning the MSc Student Award. Meijler graduated cum laude in Management in the Built Environment in October 2017. He developed a new approach, a framework that helps make real estate decisions for a longer term.