Archive
13 August 2024
How can BK contribute to a brand new capital
![How can BK contribute to a brand new capital](https://filelist.tudelft.nl/_processed_/0/3/csm_240813_Hoe_kan_Bouwkunde_bijdragen_aan_een_gloednieuwe_hoofdstad_Header_a813edbbde.jpg)
An extraordinary project is underway in Indonesia's East Kalimantan province, on the island of Borneo. The hills, which were mostly covered by eucalyptus plantations just last year, are currently a tangle of roads, construction sites, pipelines, power cables... This area, comparable in size to the province of South Holland, will become Indonesia's new capital: Nusantara. Professor Steffen Nijhuis (Urbanism) visited the area as part of a delegation of the Universities Leiden-Delft-Erasmus (LDE). He considered how LDE, and specifically Bouwkunde, can contribute to this project.
08 August 2024
Sharp rise in house purchase price due to scarcity in housing and labour market
![Sharp rise in house purchase price due to scarcity in housing and labour market](https://filelist.tudelft.nl/_processed_/9/5/csm_240808_becca-tapert-tam80nXFvL4-unsplash_f14f1e8677.jpg)
In the second quarter of 2024, the median purchase price increased by a staggering 7.2%. This makes purchase prices 13.6% higher than in the second quarter of 2023. This sharp increase is partly to compensate for the very modest price increase in the first quarter of 2024. It is also due to the scarcity in the housing market, both of existing and new-build homes, scarcity in the labour market and the large number of vacancies in the construction industry. Besides the lack of sufficient supply of homes for sale, slightly lower mortgage interest rates and strong demand for housing have been driving the current increase in purchase prices.
05 August 2024
Grant for Amy Thomas to further explore unexpected results
![Grant for Amy Thomas to further explore unexpected results](https://filelist.tudelft.nl/_processed_/0/c/csm_240805_Amy_Thomas_ontvangt_subsidie_beeld_9.%2013708_004_fig_031_b86580b98c.jpg)
When you discover unexpected results during your research, you often can’t do anything with it. Because the research plan and budget didn’t allow for it. To explore these kinds of results either way, seven projects receive a small top-up grant thanks to the Impact Explorer call. This top-up will also be useful for Dr. Amy Thomas and her research about the role of gender in design of buildings and interiors.
19 July 2024
Thirteen promising young Delft researchers receive Veni grant
![Thirteen promising young Delft researchers receive Veni grant](https://filelist.tudelft.nl/_processed_/1/e/csm_nwo-veni_396935cabc.jpg)
The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has awarded thirteen young TU Delft researchers from the Science (ENW) and Applied and Engineering Sciences (TTW) domains, a Veni grant of up to 320,000 euro.
12 July 2024
Inaugural address Tess Broekmans - The complexity of the everyday
![Inaugural address Tess Broekmans - The complexity of the everyday](https://filelist.tudelft.nl/_processed_/6/0/csm_240712_Intreerede%20Tess%20Broekmans_header_a5744bb1b3.jpg)
The urban environment is constantly changing. In the city, the major transitions we are struggling with as a country and planet, such as climate, mobility, energy and housing, come together. At the same time, the city is a place where we live together and where we search with each other for practical solutions to those complex and large-scale problems. Tess Broekmans will deliver her inaugural address 'The complexity of the everyday' (De complexiteit van het alledaagse) on Friday 6 September.
11 July 2024
Designing a decision-support tool for climate adaptive urban planning
![Designing a decision-support tool for climate adaptive urban planning](https://filelist.tudelft.nl/_processed_/e/3/csm_header%20urbanair_bc0c596d50.jpg)
Heat stress and air pollution ravages cities more and more. In a new Horizon Europe project, researchers will develop a digital twin that supports decision makers to design resilient urban areas that can cope with the changing climate. Researchers from TU Delft and 18 other partners receive the Horizon Europe grant for their project called UrbanAIR.
10 July 2024
Bouwkunde host to the European Network of Housing Research (ENHR)
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Housing is back on the political agenda in many European countries. Many urgent housing problems need to be solved today. The Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment is hosting and organising the ENHR congress in Delft on 26-30 August 2024. This congress focuses mainly on how these problems can be solved. The overall theme of this year's congress is therefore 'Making Housing Systems work: Evidence and Solutions.'
28 June 2024
TU Delft student team designs a self-supporting lunar village
![TU Delft student team designs a self-supporting lunar village](https://filelist.tudelft.nl/_processed_/d/9/csm_1%20Buitenaanzicht%20habitat_bf4079bce3.png)
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.
26 June 2024
Fulbright grants for Tijn Croon and Alex Fernández
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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.
17 June 2024
Lea Hartmeyer one of the four winners Archiprix 2024
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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.
11 June 2024
NWO Award for Deepti Adlakha and Marie Curie Grant for Henriette Bier
![NWO Award for Deepti Adlakha and Marie Curie Grant for Henriette Bier](https://filelist.tudelft.nl/_processed_/3/e/csm_240611_Grant_Henriette_Bier_Moonzome-board_1_5bfe45b3c1.jpg)
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.
07 June 2024
Spring Symposium 2024 showcases AI education
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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.
29 May 2024
Lustrum event by Stylos: 'Building with Delft'
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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.
17 May 2024
New building market appears to be past trough
![New building market appears to be past trough](https://filelist.tudelft.nl/_processed_/3/8/csm_240514_Monitor_koopwoningmarkt_photo_by_Gerrit_Stam_on_Unsplash_21792d697d.jpg)
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.
14 May 2024
‘Durable Inspiration’: what does the new Vision on Education mean?
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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.
07 May 2024
“Opting for low-traffic neighbourhoods is enormously beneficial”
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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.”
02 May 2024
In Memoriam prof. ir. Frits Seijffert, emeritus professor Bouweconomie
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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.
02 May 2024
In Memoriam prof.mr.dr. Jitske de Jong
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With sorrow, we have learned of the sudden passing of former colleague and emeritus professor Jitske de Jong. We wish her husband, children, grandchildren, family, friends and other loved ones much strength in coping with this sudden loss.
01 May 2024
Good news: we get to stay in this building!
![Good news: we get to stay in this building!](https://filelist.tudelft.nl/_processed_/f/7/csm_010524%20Good%20news%20we%20get%20to%20stay%20in%20this%20building__4ea1b5f671.png)
Perhaps not everyone was aware, but according to the TU Delft campus multi-year plan we were supposed to leave this building in about 10 years' time. That decision has now been reversed. Our faculty Architecture and the Built Environment will - also in the long term - remain housed in this beautiful and inspiring building. The news was announced last week, along with a treat of BK Biscuits for everyone in the building.
01 May 2024
BK inspires during ‘Meet the Professor’
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'Meet the Professor' is an annual WIJStad initiative in which professors of TU Delft visit and teach a Delft primary school class. This year, assistant professors were also invited, resulting in no fewer than five researchers from our faculty participating: Prof Dick van Gameren, Prof Marlon Boeve, Prof Steffen Nijhuis, Dr Geertje Slingerland, and Dr Job Schroën. Thank you for joining in!
19 April 2024
Statement event ‘Architecturing Destruction in Gaza, Palestine’
The announced event on 24 April organised by BK scholars for Palestine' and facilitated by the Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment, unfortunately cannot take place on TU Delft campus. Given the various signals that have reached me as dean in recent days, I and the facilitating team are not confident that we can ensure a constructive and respectful dialogue. Therefore, I have made a well-considered decision not to be able to facilitate this event.
18 April 2024
University and MBO students build circular prototypes together
![University and MBO students build circular prototypes together](https://filelist.tudelft.nl/_processed_/1/2/csm_240418_Circular_Building_Product_Design_0_0b6d5fbc3a.jpg)
What if students from Architecture, and Building Technology worked together with students from MBO to develop circular building products? How would a systematic exchange between them affect their learning? And would it lead to designing and making building products differently?
17 April 2024
In Memoriam ir. Kees van der Linden
![In Memoriam ir. Kees van der Linden](https://filelist.tudelft.nl/_processed_/1/4/csm_240417_In%20memoriam%20Kees%20van%20der%20Linden_bb5883aef7.jpeg)
It is with great sadness that we learned of the sudden passing of Kees van der Linden. We extend our deepest sympathies to his loved ones, family, and friends during this difficult time.
11 April 2024
Where are the skyscrapers in the Netherlands?
![Where are the skyscrapers in the Netherlands?](https://filelist.tudelft.nl/_processed_/1/c/csm_240411_Tom%20Daamen_header_e765e8099b.png)
We have quite a housing problem to solve in the Netherlands. How is it possible we don’t have packed metropolises with skyscrapers? And will that change in the future? University of the Netherlands travelled to Rotterdam with senior lecturer in area development Tom Daamen to delve into this.
10 April 2024
Maison d'Artiste returned to faculty
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After a year-long tour as part of '100 Years of Myth Maison d'Artiste', the scale model has now returned to the faculty.
04 April 2024
A vision of the future of housing in the Netherlands
![A vision of the future of housing in the Netherlands](https://filelist.tudelft.nl/_processed_/2/b/csm_240404_Een_visie_op_de_toekomst_van_wonen_in_Nederland_41a7ba31c7.jpg)
Last Tuesday, 2 April, TU Delft's Vision Team Wonen (Housing) presented their report 'Room for Housing: towards an integrated approach to the Dutch housing challenge’. Vision Team Wonen was set up by the Rector Magnificus in 2023 to address the growing housing crisis in the Netherlands. The team includes experts from CEG, TPM, IDE, and every department of our faculty. It was coordinated by Dr Gerard van Bortel (MBE) and Ulf Hackauf (Urbanism).
04 April 2024
BK researchers participate in landmark Science paper on indoor air quality
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BK professors Philomena Bluyssen and Atze Boerstra joined forces with a global network of 37 fellow experts on the indoor environment. Their collective paper, published in Science, calls for improved monitoring and regulating of Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) in public spaces. It unequivocally states that “mandatory standards would result in immense benefits to the health and productivity of people around the world.”
03 April 2024
‘Transformation into Housing’: a new open access book
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The Netherlands is suffering from an ever-worsening housing crisis, but at the same time many buildings stand empty. The book ‘Transformation into Housing’, edited by four BK researchers, provides a thorough overview of the feasibility and sustainability of transforming these buildings into homes.
28 March 2024
Start of a new MOOC: Urban Ecology Design
![Start of a new MOOC: Urban Ecology Design](https://filelist.tudelft.nl/_processed_/c/d/csm_240328_MOOC%20Urban%20Ecology_header_cb923555ee.jpg)
It is vital to address current and future challenges in the built environment as quickly as possible. Think of heat stress, loss of biodiversity, and flooding. Therefore, we invite you to follow the new MOOC Urban Ecology Design. You will learn how to contribute to a more biodiverse, nature-inclusive, and sustainable built environment by applying nature-based solutions in designs and policy.
21 March 2024
Open Campus Day and BK-Master Event
![Open Campus Day and BK-Master Event](https://filelist.tudelft.nl/_processed_/2/0/csm_240321_BScandMScevent_9d888c770a.jpg)
On Friday, March 15, more than 1000 students, mostly accompanied by their parents, visited the Open Campus day. On all faculties and in the auditorium there was the possibility to learn more about the Bachelor programs of TU Delft. Because the numerus fixus of BK was closed on January 15, most of the students at our faculty were VWO 5 students.
12 March 2024
Inaugural address Janina Gosseye: Honeywood’s Hundredth: An Adventure in Building Ideologies
![Inaugural address Janina Gosseye: Honeywood’s Hundredth: An Adventure in Building Ideologies](https://filelist.tudelft.nl/_processed_/3/e/csm_240312_Intreerede%20Janina%20Gosseye_01_fc82d8d173.jpg)
In her inaugural address, Janina Gosseye will reflect on what the Honeywood File, published in 1929, might look like if it were written today, nearly one hundred years after the original book appeared. Who might the architect be, and how would they engage in architectural practice? What might the commission be? A mansion for a wealthy couple, or perhaps rather a large shopping centre? In her address, Gosseye will also consider what architectural historians might learn from the way in which the Honeywood File, which is an epistolary novel, was written.
05 March 2024
Open Education Ambassador Awards for TU Delft lecturers
![Open Education Ambassador Awards for TU Delft lecturers](https://filelist.tudelft.nl/_processed_/2/5/csm_awards_5df5d1c6d0.jpg)
19 February 2024
Bouwkunde in Delft: A Chronology
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It's hard to miss: as of late, a large timeline covers a wall near the Library. Its drawings, objects, articles and much more span from 1842 to the present day. This is 'Bouwkunde in Delft: A Chronology'. Although impressive, the timeline is not intended as a complete overview of the eventful history of the faculty but rather as an accessible and inspiring impression of where we came from.
14 February 2024
A healthy city is a city that fosters a sense of connection
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How do you design cities in such a way as to allow people to live as pleasurably and healthily as possible? Professor Machiel van Dorst combines his knowledge of architecture with a background in environmental psychology. For his inaugural address, Van Dorst argues for focusing on the city at eye level: “To a certain extent, where you live determines who you are.”
13 February 2024
Housing consumer confidence increased again in second half 2023
![Housing consumer confidence increased again in second half 2023](https://filelist.tudelft.nl/_processed_/6/d/csm_240213_Monitor_koopwoningmarkt_Photo_by_Margaret_Polinder_on_Unsplash_64c9889dea.jpg)
Confidence in the owner-occupied housing market among housing consumers has clearly increased over the past few months. Households appear to be less sceptical about developments in the owner-occupied housing market. The number of consumers with a negative opinion is almost in balance again with the number of positively mooded households.
13 February 2024
Project Real Versus Digital awarded
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National libraries, such as the KB, National Library of the Netherlands, have been working on digitising their collections for years. Due to rising energy use and the cost of digital infrastructures, libraries are under increasing pressure to reduce their energy use and emissions whilst ensuring maximum usability and accessibility.
08 February 2024
Delft as a laboratory for BK bachelor students
![Delft as a laboratory for BK bachelor students](https://filelist.tudelft.nl/_processed_/e/c/csm_240208_Delft_als%20laboratorium_voor_studenten_Bouwkunde_banner_a793c99f05.jpg)
On Tuesday 30 January, five Architecture students (TU Delft) presented hypothetical plans for the redevelopment of three Delft locations. Delft alderman Frank van Vliet (Climate, Culture and Public Space) and city master planner Tako Postma gave their reactions to the plans.
25 January 2024
Allmaps makes it easier to find old maps and use them in research
![Allmaps makes it easier to find old maps and use them in research](https://filelist.tudelft.nl/_processed_/0/3/csm_Jules%20Schoonman%20-%20projectleider%20vanuit%20de%20Library_18c078b57d.jpg)
Making digitised collections of old maps more usable for research and students is the mission of Jules Schoonman, digital curator at TU Delft Library.
24 January 2024
Rubicon grant for researcher Bo Li
![Rubicon grant for researcher Bo Li](https://filelist.tudelft.nl/_processed_/b/f/csm_240124_rubicon%20grant_header_fc772dbb8b.jpg)
Researcher Bo Li has received a Rubicon grant from NWO for his research on financialisation of rental markets. The grant will allow him to gain two years of research experience at a foreign institution.
24 January 2024
Henri is moving!
![Henri is moving!](https://filelist.tudelft.nl/_processed_/d/c/csm_240124_spaces%20of%20display_banner_7d2282d62e.png)
Henri Baudet was known for his keen eye for quirky artifacts and timeless treasures. His objects are stored as part of the ‘Henri Baudet Institute’, operating out of the Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering (TU Delft), for private viewing. But now, you can also discover the collection through the eyes of TU Delft ‘Spaces of Display’ minor students.