The project act as an example of how biophilic design can be applied into the rehabilitation area of a hospital.The aim of the project is to achieve a faster recovery rate of patients, a better performance of staff and to create a unique experience for the visitors in AMC . Many researches have showed the benefits of using biophilic design in hospital building. Therefore, biophilic design principles were taken as the key strategies for the project. In the research phase the linkage between biophilic design solutions and energy efficiency was being studied. In the design phase the site constraints and operational requirements of AMC were considered. The chosen biophilic design solutions was modified to create the optimum biophilic environment in the rehabilitation area of AMC.

Recreation from the forest is a project from the graduation studio Architectural Engineering at the Delft University of Technology. This research and design project explores local energy potentials from the forest. The project is set in the context of IBA Parkstad, which is an area that was part of the former mine region in the province of Limburg. IBA stands for Internationale Bau Ausstellung and architects were invited to come up with innovative thoughts and projects to give this region an economic impulse. The project specifically focused on the Brunssummerheide. A nature area with a characteristic mining and extraction history.
After the mines closed in the seventies different recreation places in the area disappeared and the forests lost their production function. This project demonstrates how local materials and the landscape could be used in a smart way to reintroduce a recreation place using a lowtech approach.
The project proposes several spa pavilions made of local wood and powered by local biomass from the forest. Wood and biomass can be harvested locally to fill up the base for the pavilions. These bases function as wood compost heat exchangers, a principal from the French inventor and gardener Jean Pain. These can be used to heat the floor, baths and showers of the spa pavilions. That means a unique experience for visitors. Enjoy the forest spa with energy from the forest!
The core of the pavilions is made of stacked pine wood, that was formerly used for the support of the mines. The core facilitates the program of the pavilions and refers to the old mining history of the area.

"Floating for Health" is a project of the Architectural Engineering graduation studio at the Delft university of Technology. This research and design project explores the problems of rural flood-prone areas in low-income regions and proposes a solution for the lack of healthcare facilities. The context that has been chosen is the region of West-Bengal in India, which experiences yearly floods during monsoon season. Due to Global warming this region is expected to experience more severe weather events over the next 50 years, this puts an enormous strain on the life of the inhabitants in these low-income rural areas. Flooding events in these regions create polluted water which can easily spread water-borne diseases and the water disrupts infrastructure to access healthcare. The focus of this project is to create a modular solution that is amphibious so local healthcare facilities can be constructed and remain accessible during floods. The proposal is a building system that can be pre-fabricated or fabricated on site and allows for communities to construct their own facility. This plywood building system consists of plywood parts and wedges to minimize the need for specialty tools and precision. The basic building system is designed as a main structure with the possibility of adding facade elements and roofing. These additions allow for local craftsmen to contribute to the design and create a final aesthetic that fits in local tradition. The proposed design is specified for West-Bengal but the basis of the building system could be used for regions all over the world.

April, 2009. A medium-powered earthquake occurs in L’Aquila, Italy, causing disproportionally heavy damage: 308 people are killed, more than 1 500 people are injured and over 65 000 people are rendered homeless. The historic town centre of L’Aquila is among the most heavily affected areas.
Nine years later, the once beautiful and lively town centre is a ghost town and its people feel forgotten. During the post-disaster recovery, they have not been heard and plans have been set out without their consent. This missing element of local participation is one of the most important factors that have caused the continuing emptiness of L’Aquila’s town centre.
The goal of this architectural thesis is to provide an alternative post-disaster approach. A temporary community centre has been designed, that will be constructed in the middle of the heavily affected town centre of L’Aquila. It is completely off-the-grid and easy-to-assemble, using modern fabrication techniques. It will remain in L’Aquila during the entire recovery period of the town centre, keeping L’Aquila lively throughout. After demounting the structure, it can be rebuilt in any other similar situation.
The community centre has a simple and flexible set-up that can be adjusted to any kind of event, and it will give the inhabitants of L’Aquila a renewed sense of pride, peace and identity. On top of that, the design will provide all parties involved with a platform for discussion, in order to sustainably redevelop the city centre. Local participation is key, both in the construction and functioning of the community centre.

With the shift towards a digital economy, the demand for ICT-capacity is growing fast. The fundamental node of this infrastructure is the datacenter. With the idea of the ´smart city´ as a future perspective, the question rises how the physical manifestation of the data center should be in the built environment. But, as important, how it could work together in energetic synergy with other functions or buildings. This thesis explores a synergy between a datacenter and hotspring. By combining two functions that seemingly have nothing in common, a new typology is created with added value. The data center is cooled by the hotspring and the hotspring is heated by the datacenter. The hotspring replaces the cooling tower, residual heat is utilized and a unique place for recreation is created within the cooling system of the datacenter.

The projects aims at implementing the use of fabric formwork as an alternative method to renovate existing buildings. As a case study the technique proposed in the research was applied to the new design for the Hennebique silos building in Genoa (Italy).

Nowadays it is more desirable for daylight to be the prevalent form of lighting in most types of buildings. However, there has been concern about introducing daylight to sports halls since the design of traditional sports halls has tended to exclude natural light. If one looks at the vast majority of sports halls in the Netherlands where gymnastics is given at primary schools, the sports hall often totally relies on artificial lighting to provide a glare and shadow-free environment. This means that all the benefits of natural light have had to be eliminated. Nevertheless, it is important to see how daylight can be an integral part of the design of a sports facility, because daylight is essential for the health of human beings. This research assesses the arguments facing traditional sports hall designs, to identify whether more contemporary and creative approaches to the design of naturally lit, energy efficient, modern and safe sports hall designs can be made widely obtainable. With this inquiry alternatives are found where daylight is an integral part of the sports halls instead of using only artificial light in order to meet the technical requirements. In addition, more clarity is given on why the current regulations in the Netherlands do not specify daylight requirements for sports facilities.

The Marineterrien, the innovation hub of Amsterdam, is about to show what is like in the future time. And in this future-visioned site there should be a manifestation which drinks up the nutritiousness of the dream and idea and represent it profoundly to the world.

In that sense, a pavilion of reflection is introduced into the site which stand magnificently on the water and serve as an ontological fabric of existence.

This project is mainly about the revitalization of the old port area of the Chinese city Xiangtan. As a riverside city located in the south part of China, Xiangtan has been through a long historical period during which some of the most formative moments of Chinese politics and economy happened. As the departure point and the cultural core of the city, the old port area, however, is now marginalized by the urban expansion and economic growth which impoverishes the old port area even more. Meanwhile, the old port area of Xiangtan is an urban area suffering from yearly flooding, during which the local residents have no choice but to move to other safe space provided by the government.
The basic design vision is to intervene the site area with a flood-proof urban scale built environment for local people to stay during flooding, introduce several positive programmes, and let them be the triggering factor towards a prosperous future of the vernacular community at the same time.

Driven by the need to think differently about resources, energy, power generation, the choice of materials, and user involvement, we see the built environment in a new perspective. The program, Architectural Engineering, seeks for innovative and inspiring architectural solutions for social and environmental issues throughout all scales. To achieve this, innovation of the architectural challenge is high on our agenda. Innovation is more than just a technical improvement. How do you implement new current issues in modern architecture? We anticipate new energy, materials, and circularity. We also use the current environment of the metropolis and the countryside. We add new buildings, strengthen existing stock, and work on new components of buildings. From high to low tech. From digital to traditional, looking carefully to the context.@en

Despite the fact that pop-up and temporary architecture is slowly evolving, there is much room for improvement. While the focus is in the function it serves, it very commonly lacks in the aesthetic aspect and the quality of the space, being perceived by many as cheap, fast and disposable. Similarly, in the technical aspect, it lacks the diversity of material applications and building construction techniques that permanent buildings can have.

The project entitled ‘The Pop-up Superstructure’ focused on achieving a circular economy on buildings used for events by means of creating a demountable structural system that takes into account sustainability and easy of assembly methods, allowing it to be used and re-used for different applications within the realm of temporary architecture.

The project used temporary architecture to create a strong, yet short presence on site challenging the notion contextual boundaries. A series of temporary interventions were planned for the 2020 opening event at the IBA Parkstad region in Zuid Limburg in order to express a strong cultural and technological statement, while attracting visitors to experience different contexts that speak to the history, heritage and culture of the region. The interventions were designed using a toolbox system made of lightweight materials that could be easily assembled and disassembled, offering multiple possibilities for re-use and flexibility. Materials with low environmental footprint and high strength-to-weight ratio were chosen, as well as techniques that ensured that the main structural core would maintain its integrity in order to be re-used in the future with minimum or no repair, while also saving on new material extraction. If successfully implemented, the use of the toolbox would offer the possibility for the creation of buildings that can be continuously re-used leaving no damage, no waste and no trace behind. This way, temporary architecture would have the opportunity to thrive while addressing the needs of the present (the event) without compromising the needs of future societies.

A lightweight structural expansion that supports a by earthquakes threatened building and simultaneously adds new living and working space in the seismic area of Groningen.

The graduation started from the seismic studio of architecture engineering and designing a earthquake proof architecture. The context of the design in located in the historical garden of Uithuizen in Groningen, which is a potential seismic area. The research focuses on the three different aspects which are seismic principles, biomimetic structure and biomimic climate. The final design is attempting to responding to the environmental, historical, social and seismic context with the method which I researched in the first part. The program of my design is a botanical education center for young children in uithuizen. As for technology part, I chose the solar-tracking panels and intelligent light diffusion glass to achieve my final goal: communicating with nature in the ways of architecture and human experience.

To reduce the environmental impact of built environment, a circular approach needs to be implemented on all levels. Resources often travel great distances to their consumers, which leads to an inefficient and wasteful supply chain. Thus, by moving to localized production of all resources needed to sustain a small
village can be greatly reduced. This research intends to explore the possibilities of a self-sufficient village applying known technologies to all energy and material flows. Achieving full autarky is therefore a key aspect of the plan. The demands of water, food and energy will be researched and from this a quantified
plan will emerge that can serve as design guidelines. The village will be placed in the Dutch sub-urban context of Parkstad, which is known for population decline and changing demographics. This region will be presented by IBA as a regional incubator of sustainable innovations by the year 2020. It is therefore essential to attract people of all age groups to seize this opportunity and collaborate for a sustainable and diverse living environment.

If we do not anticipate for a transport revolution within 10 years, we are forced back to autarkic ways of life. Transport and our built environment are greatly interrelated. What if we could look at transport from the point of urban development? Is it possible to assess why a mode of transport is right for a city based on an urban impact we wish to establish? These questions rely on understanding transport, demographic change and government policies. The challenge faced is how the energy transition in mobility can serve policy initiatives addressing the decline of population. This thesis is structured in five main chapters: (1) Introduction, referring to aim, scope and methodology; (2) literature review regarding transport revolutions, conditions, effects and future predictions; (3) demographics, trends in the Netherlands, parkstad and related policies; (4) choices in urban development & transport; (5) conclusions and recap findings. This research states the importance of rethinking mobility towards demographic trends.

Technology will not be enough to make our lifestyles sustainable, we have to change our lifestyle and learn to become content and not always strive for more comfort and technological progress. The school for contentment shows the beauty of sober architecture in the picturesque Dutch landscape.

The Project constitutes of the design of a parasite building inside the former church of Santa Maria Paganica in L’Aquila (IT).

After the earthquake of the 6th of April 2009 the city of L’Aquila is experiencing difficulties to proceed with the works of reconstruction and after almost eight years from that event the majority of the city is still shored up with just few area of it are rebuilt. The project aims to create an alternative to the traditional reconstruction of public buildings and churches trough the design of a parasite intervention inside a former church. The parasite intervention, containing public function such as : praying chapel, multifunctional spaces, bar, restaurant, open air theatre and panoramic viewport wants to be the starting point for the re-birth of this historical city centre and for the reappropriation of it by the former inhabitants .

This project is an attempt to transform a former military base Marineterrein, located in the center of Amsterdam into a Community of Innovation. Based on the research Home in digital age. Apartments for young innovators.
The focus lies on transforming two existing buildings of technical education facility for soldiers into a working and living unit. Said building would serve as a center of the Community. The intervention consists of two main elements: A permanent one – the roof which connects two buildings, encloses the space between them and provides energy for the complex. And a more temporary intervention inside the new building providing solutions for living, working and leisure, tailored to the needs of young innovators materialized through means of digital fabrication. Both elements are constructed out of wood to underline it’s growing significance as a construction material of the future and to be mindful of the environmental impact.

The graduation studio of Architectural Engineering focuses on the integration of (new) technology in architecture. For this purpose, the name aE/ INTECTURE® was devised, which will be developed further as a brand in the coming years. Students start with a technical fascination and translate this into an architectural concept, finally being able to implement this within the environment in a responsible way. ‘If technology is the answer, what is the question?‘ Under the guidance of a team of enthusiastic (guest) lecturers, students search for the dot on the horizon that is necessary for coming up with solutions that improve the quality of the built environment and make it more sustainable. In addition, either the ‘making‘ (make) or ‘the energy and material flow’ (flow) is used and applied as a basis in different contexts.@en

What influence does the architect have in the future? Who is the master builder of the future and is the profession definitely going towards being an architectural stylist employed by the creative or construction industry? And if the architect no longer has a dominant position, is he therefore sliding into ‘the middle of the road’: making buildings and environments with a dull, mediocre quality, mostly only obliging the feeble wishes of consumers, and where experimentation and progress can no longer be found as recognizable design themes. Is the architect still the most suitable person to firstly bear the responsibility? There is a tendency to see the architectural component as a part that you can manage. The position of the Dutch architect has been eroded in recent decades and has suffered even more serious blows as a result of the recent crisis.@en