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Dream Team ‘Space Oasis Delft’ has designed a lunar village for 150+ residents. The dwellings have elements of biomimicry, contain a self-sustaining biosphere and simulate a day-night cycle as well as seasons. Smart design choices safeguard not only the occupants' safety but also their mental well-being.

PhD candidates Tijn Croon and Alex Fernández of the MBE department have been awarded Fulbright grants to spend half a year for their research at leading U.S. institutions. Both researchers are part of the Marie Curie project RE-DWELL, which concludes this May.

On Sunday, 16 June, an independent jury announced the winners of the National Archiprix 2024. Alumna Lea Hartmeyer of the Master Track Landscape Architecture is one of the four winners with ‘The Forest Formerly Known as… Parkstad’. Julia Ravensbergen (Building Technology) and Jakub Biernacki (Architecture) received honourable mentions.

Two researchers at our faculty have received grants for their research proposals. Deepti Adlakha receives a personal grant from NWO Open Science - XS for her research on the effectiveness of City climate action plans. Henriette Bier receives a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Staff Exchange 2023 for ArchiSpace, research that aims to develop reliable and safe extraterrestrial settlements together with MSc and PhD students.

A line-up of interesting keynotes and workshops about AI Education captivated the audience on Tuesday June 4th during the fourth yearly Spring Symposium organised by TU Delft AI Initiative. From the fields of law and architecture to physics – a variety of disciplines were discussed, each showing how AI is a game changer for the future of their respective fields and the consequences this has for the education of the future. This underscores the importance of considering AI education across the whole university.

Study association Stylos is turning 130 years old. After all kinds of activities at the faculty, the time has come to share the joy with the city of Delft. So from 9 June onwards you can visit a pavilion built by students from sustainable and circular materials.

In 2023, 18,000 new-build owner-occupied houses will have been sold. This is half the number of sales in 2021. Housing production of owner-occupied houses remains a major concern, as production has been under considerable pressure for three years. Still, the new construction market seems to have reached its all-time low. In fact, during the year of 2023 a slight increase in the number of new houses sold was observed.

As Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment, we are at the heart of society. Major societal issues place high demands on our future engineers for the built environment. To address these and guide educational innovations, a Vision on Education has been established. MaartenJan Hoekstra and Mieke Topsom explain what this vision entails and what it will mean for students and staff.

Greening post-war residential neighbourhoods produces the biggest urban climate and biodiversity gains. Professor Urban Design and urban planner Tess Broekmans: “Making a neighbourhood compact, increasing population density, can actually make it more liveable.”

On Thursday, 25 April 2024, Frits Seijffert, professor emeritus of Building Economics, passed away at the age of 89. As an impassioned engineer and master of calculus, he inspired many Architecture students in the 1990s. With numerous examples from his own practice, he taught the first generations of Master students in Management in the Built Environment (MBE) real estate finance.