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26 February 2019

Four fields of study at TU Delft in global top 10 of QS Subject Rankings

Four fields of study at TU Delft in global top 10 of QS Subject Rankings

14 February 2019

The importance of fundamental glass research

The importance of fundamental glass research

The TU Delft Glass and Transparency group received the Encouragement Glass Award from Bouwend Nederland. The award acknowledges the importance of fundamental academic glass research to develop new solutions for the future.

07 February 2019

Will 2018 be a pivot-point for the Dutch housing market?

Will 2018 be a pivot-point for the Dutch housing market?

From mid-2013, the Dutch owner-occupied housing market recovered at a rapid pace from the crisis in the five preceding years. In a relatively short period, purchase prices rose sharply. The year 2018, however, shows a decreasing growth or even a decline in the volume on the owner-occupied housing market and on the mortgage market.

31 January 2019

Smart Box: exhibition space, cinema, observation tower and living room

Smart Box: exhibition space, cinema, observation tower and living room

The Smart Box has won the Smart Square design competition from the Bosch Architecture Initiative and the municipality of ’s-Hertogenbosch. The design of BK Bouwkunde students Sebastiaan Vork, Nikki de Zeeuw, and Luuk Goossen was unanimously chosen from 52 entries by the jury.

31 January 2019

New heritage insights through satellites and social media

New heritage insights through satellites and social media

The HERILAND project applies satellites and social media to provide new insights into heritage. Satellite photos quickly provide a perfect image of the development of cities and their protected areas.

17 January 2019

Cinematic approach to ‘Port city futures’

As part of the Port City Futures research programme, Carola Hein and Paolo De Martino (Architecture) will make a film in collaboration with artist and filmmaker Ollie Palmer. The film will feature interviews with key players in Naples, Rotterdam, and Dunkirk together with future development scenarios provide a view into evolving port-city region relationships.

17 January 2019

Resilient dwelling clusters for urban resettlement

Resilient dwelling clusters for urban resettlement

The Global Housing Study Centre will create a living lab in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to create resilient dwelling clusters for urban resettlement. The lab has been made possible with a € 500.000,- grant from the joint SDG research programme from NWO-WOTRO Science for Global Development.

17 January 2019

Handbook on informal urbanisation

The new handbook, edited by Roberto Rocco and Jan van Ballegooijen, explores 25 cases in 24 cities around the world. In each case, informal urbanisation has played a pivotal role in how people have struggled for their right to the city and for their ‘right to rights’ as citizens.

15 January 2019

TU Delft students present design, a transformation of inefficient offices into apartments that produce more energy than they use

TU Delft students present design, a transformation of inefficient offices into apartments that produce more energy than they use

The MOR (Modular Office Renovation) team of the TU Delft, which consists of 54 students, is working on a design to renovate (a part of) an inefficient office into an apartment that produces more energy than it uses. On the 15th of January 2019, the team revealed the definitive design of this prototype. With the prototype, the team will travel to Hungary in July 2019 to participate in an international student competition for energy-efficient residences.

14 January 2019

Patterns and forms show fragmentation Chinese city



Patterns and forms show fragmentation Chinese city



Spatial integration of new buildings in an existing environment is food for much discussion, while it in fact is not about words. Studies should focus on forms and patterns, if the goal is to achieve historical continuity in an urban design, concludes Jiaxiu Cai in her PhD research.