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Urban leftover spaces benefit from an open-ended design

Urban leftover spaces benefit from an open-ended design

Urban leftover spaces, without a clear sign of function and value can bring great benefits for the city, complementing to formal urban…

Every hour a picture of the beach

Every hour a picture of the beach

Six days of storms in a row in the Netherlands, something that never happened before until last February. The number of storms is increasing…

Delft | Day 3

Delft | Day 3

Delft | Day 3 On Wednesday 20th of July, the students had the chance to get to know the city of Rotterdam. The tour started from the Central…

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Smartly mapped thermal behaviour of walls

Smartly mapped thermal behaviour of walls

Buildings partially lose their heat through their external walls, but we can only approximate the extent of heat loss. PhD researcher Arash…

New cities must be designed for growth

New cities must be designed for growth

Africa has many brand-new cities that appear on the landscape out of nowhere. Their rigid urban design makes them unsuitable to meet the…

Ceramic climate facade cools like a car radiator

Ceramic climate facade cools like a car radiator

A building's energy savings are usually focused on limiting the exchange of heat or cold through the facade. PhD candidate Jason Vollen…

Aid organisations should focus on circular construction in Africa

Aid organisations should focus on circular construction in Africa

In developing countries, aid organisations have a preference for building houses that meet Western standards. This is a mistake, claims…

China needs more direction in large-scale urban regeneration

China needs more direction in large-scale urban regeneration

The large-scale urban renewal that China has been undergoing in recent decades is accompanied by the wholesale demolition of old buildings.…

Circular building covenant in the making

Circular building covenant in the making

Many Dutch construction companies and clients have started working with circular construction. But what exactly this form of building means…