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12 March 2018
European Alliance in Architecture and Built Environment Research
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Five leading research-intensive European universities have joined forces in BauHow5. SABRE, Strengthening Architecture and Built Environment Research, is the first project in this alliance, focussing on developing a core curriculum for PhD education in Architecture and the Built Environment.
01 March 2018
Faculty maintains top 3 position
QS World University Rankings by subject has again recognised the Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment as a key player in design-oriented research.
01 March 2018
Laure Itard appointed as Professor Building Energy Epidemiology
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With pleasure the Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment announces that Laure Itard (Le Mans, 1964) has been appointed as Professor Building Energy Epidemiology.
15 February 2018
‘Open science and open access set to become the norm’
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From now on, all new books and journals written, edited or published by BK City staff will have to be open access publications. As a result, all knowledge generated by the faculty will be accessible to anyone with an internet connection.
15 February 2018
Hidden library at dean’s office
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Dean Peter Russell has commissioned the dean’s library in the hallway towards his office (BG.Oost.010).
15 February 2018
Bright new showcases at faculty library
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The faculty library has been enriched with six brand new bright red showcases. The showcases were created by BK Alumnus Pieter Stoutjesdijk, based on a winning design by student Frederic Engasser.
15 February 2018
Closer collaboration with University of Strathclyde
The existing research activities between the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow and the departments of Urbanism and OTB will become closer.
15 February 2018
Sustainable Urbanisation Global Initiative grant
Grants awarded: the Sustainable Urbanisation Global Initiative (SUGI) includes 15 research projects focused on creating innovative and integrated solutions on the nexus between food, water, and energy. Amongst others, the M-NEX project from AE&T has been awarded funding to start work on 1 April.
15 February 2018
Tillmann Klein appointed as Professor of Building Product Innovation
With pleasure the Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment announces that Tillmann Klein (Wesel, 1967) has been appointed as Professor Building Product Innovation.
13 February 2018
First school class tests SenseLab
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A healthy and comfortable indoor climate is essential for good health. The launch of the SenseLab in the Science Centre Delft marks a major step forward in achieving a better balance between a range of environmental factors.
01 February 2018
The role of stations in future metropolitan areas
What will the role and function of the station of the future be? The Delft Initiative for Mobility and Infrastructure (DIMI) awarded a € 87.500,- research grant to Manuela Triggianese and Roberto Cavallo to research possible answers to this question in a cross-disciplinary program.
01 February 2018
Connecting landscape architecture to the Artefact during IABR2018+2020
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In 2018 and 2020 the International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam (IABR) has a combined programme: the Missing Link.
01 February 2018
The legacy of industrial offshoring
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The audio documentary ‘Off:Re:Onshore’ engages the effects of industrial offshoring through a series of interviews with eight leaders, activitists, architects, and cultural producers.
01 February 2018
Two Marie Curie Individual Fellow grants awarded
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Two researchers of the Chair of Methods & Analysis have been awarded with Marie Curie Invididual Fellow grants for their research proposals with Tom Avermaete.
18 January 2018
BK at UN Habitat in Kuala Lumpur
Both Design as Politics and Urban Thinkers Campus are invited to speak at the upcoming UN Habitat Conference in Kuala Lumpur.
18 January 2018
Work, body, leisure
The Dutch Pavilion at the 2018 Venice Biennale will be a collective installation with a diverse Extended Program. Amongst others, BK City staff Víctor Muñoz Sanz (Urbanism) will be part of the pavilion, presenting an installation together with Marten Kuijpers.
18 January 2018
BK alumna selected to attend 5-day workshop by Norman Foster Foundation
BK Alumni Nadia Remmerswaal was granted by the Norman Foster Foundation to attend the Digital X Atelier in Madrid. The Digital X Atelier is a 5-day workshop for which only 10 (former) students have been selected.
18 January 2018
The building of the future will no longer need doors
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The architecture of the future will not be static, but will respond to its users and the environment. Interactive design methods will make this possible, says doctoral candidate Jia-Rey Chang. In his research, 'HyperCells' serve as the building blocks for an organic architecture that is continually transforming.