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09 October 2019

Extensive research on education innovation

Extensive research on education innovation

Within the research programme ‘Research on education innovation’, BK Bouwkunde structurally looks into opportunities to innovate, improve, monitor, and research education. The 4TU Centre for Engineering Education has granted € 105.000 to both BK Bouwkunde and the faculty Industrial Design Engineering to set up, carry out, and extend three projects and one event to further develop and share knowledge.

09 October 2019

Galileo satellites for better cadastral land surveys

Galileo satellites for better cadastral land surveys

With Galileo, the new European Global Satellite Navigation System, cadastral measurements can be conducted real-time in the field. With the possibility for on-field boundary determination, conducting cadastral surveys becomes more efficient. Researchers received a H2020 grant to further improve the availability of the system and to integrate land surveys in the cadastral workflow.

08 October 2019

Facilitating Circular Economy in Urban Planning

Researchers of BK Bouwkunde contributed to the special issue ‘Facilitating Circular Economy in Urban Planning’ of the open access journal ‘Urban Planning’.

26 September 2019

Award nomination for research into glass production

Award nomination for research into glass production

Student Ivneet Singh has been selected as one the finalists for the ‘ECHO Award Bèta techniek’. He has been working on a new way of producing glass to make complete transparent structures in large-scale public spaces. His dedication and approach to his complex and challenging graduation project resulted in his nomination.

26 September 2019

‘Northbound’ documentary at Architecture Film Festival Rotterdam

‘Northbound’ documentary at Architecture Film Festival Rotterdam

Two Urbanism graduates have been selected to display their documentary ‘Northbound’ at the Architecture Film Festival Rotterdam 2019. The documentary about Europe’s most northern province Finnmark in Norway focusses on the pressure of incoming extractive industries in the Arctic on the landscape and local cultures.

26 September 2019

Open-up interstices

The research project ‘Open-up interstices’ investigates the post-war neighbourhood Den Haag Zuidwest and has been granted funding by NWO Creative Industry KIEM. The project explores the value of existing open spaces of the neighbourhood and brings new perspectives for the undergoing urban regeneration plan.

12 September 2019

Modern trombe wall selected for best tech idea

Modern trombe wall selected for best tech idea

The Double Face 2.0 research project has been selected as one of the best tech ideas of the Netherlands in 2019. The trombe wall with phase changing materials can ensure a much lower energy consumption of buildings. Science magazine KIJK organises the public contest, voting is possible until 1 October 2019.

12 September 2019

Renovating mortars with mixed-in inhibitors

Renovating mortars with mixed-in inhibitors

Mortars are recurrently damaged and in need of frequent replacement due to salt crystallization. Mortars with mixed-in inhibitors can help mitigate salt damage. The new research project MORISAL investigates how these inhibitors can create a sustainable and cost-effective answer to a recurrent and severe problem met in practice.

12 September 2019

Education on sustainable housing renovation in Xi’an, China

Education on sustainable housing renovation in Xi’an, China

This summer, a summer school on sustainable housing renovation was organised in collaboration with Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Queena Qian, Erwin Mlecnik, and Henk Visscher (MBE) introduced 32 Chinese students to a Dutch approach on a more sustainable development of new housing estates.

12 September 2019

NWO Smart Culture grant for The Critical Visitor

NWO Smart Culture grant for The Critical Visitor

The project has been granted a € 500.000,- NWO Smart Culture Grant and seeks to develop an intersectional methodology to achieve more diverse and inclusive practices.