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Luca Iuorio
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The Spatial Relation Between the Hinterland and Water Works
Envisioning a Future Where Dikes Become Dams in Hoedekenskerke, Zeeland
The Netherlands, with its intricate history of battling water, faces a pivotal moment as rising sea levels challenge traditional water defenses. This research navigates the intricate landscape of water management, focusing on the vulnerable region of Hoedekenskerke in Zeeland. Th
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The Spatial Relation Between the Hinterland and Water Works
Envisioning a Future Where Dikes Become Dams in Hoedekenskerke, Zeeland
The Netherlands, with its intricate history of battling water, faces a pivotal moment as rising sea levels challenge traditional water defenses. This research navigates the intricate landscape of water management, focusing on the vulnerable region of Hoedekenskerke in Zeeland. Th
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The 0th Place
Utilizing Urban Cracks as Experimental Sites
Left-over spaces within the city present problems on various scales and mediums. While these left-over spaces, named as Urban cracks, are necessary for the city’s structure, they hold untapped potential. This project aims to systematically identify, analyze, uncover, and activate
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RICE | Reimagining the Integration of Cultivation and Ecosystems
Climate adaptation strategies for the rice production landscape of Northern Italy: the context of the Ticino, Sesia and Po rivers
In 2022, Europe experienced severe drought, notably affecting Northern Italy’s Po region, renowned for its industrial and agricultural significance. Consequently, the region’s food production sector encountered severe challenges in water management, struggling to meet its water r
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Reclaiming the Water City
Urban Regeneration Strategies Based on Water City Identity of Jiaxing
In recent decades, China's rapid urbanization and economic growth have caused significant ecological damage, especially in the Yangtze River Delta (YRD). Jiaxing, at the heart of the YRD, exemplifies these challenges. Historically, Jiaxing's identity and prosperity were intertwin
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Productive Landscapes in the Dutch Delta
Integrating climate-adaptive strategies for vulnerable landscapes
This research explores the spatial implications of climate change and sea level rise on the Dutch Delta’s productive landscapes, focusing on integrating spatial design and water management within a risk framework. The transition from adaptive planning to planned adaptation is hig
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Rising waters, Resilient lives. The Can Tho region in 2075
Multi-Disciplinary project on the Mekong Delta
An MDP project performed in the scope of the Delta Futures Lab in collaboration with the Dragon Institute. The report delves into the enviromental threats the Mekong Delta is facing and provides a design framework to deal with these problems. Furthermore, a case study is chosen t
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Surmounting the polder
Creating land above sea by reversing subsidence processes in the Dutch peat polder by implementing the concept of a growing terp
This master thesis aims to turn the tide regarding current water management in the peat polder.
To reverse a century old habitude to drain land for agricultural purposes, causing subsiding land below sea level. Climate is changing with increasing temperatures, higher peak pre ...
To reverse a century old habitude to drain land for agricultural purposes, causing subsiding land below sea level. Climate is changing with increasing temperatures, higher peak pre ...
Under the Weather
Rewriting Hydro-Social Narratives in the Thames Basin
As a result of climate change, there has been a shift in the global weather pattern. The hydrological regime in river basins across the world is subjected to unprecedented extreme weather conditions. In the Thames Basin, the narratives about resilience against sudden floods and e
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IFL Identified Flooded Landscape
Designing a flood reselient home
Due to global warming causing climate change, extreme conditions like droughts and floods are increasingly happening. Currently buildings in the Netherlands are experiencing the consequences of these extreme conditions, which they are not build for. Especially the foundations are
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Quenching Thirst
Cooperation and interaction by living with water from Huamantanga in the hills to Lima on the coast, Peru
As the capital of Peru and one of the largest metropolises in South America, Lima's rapid development has attracted worldwide attention. In recent years, the water crisis has become a pressing problem as people flock to Lima with a thirst for opportunity.
Lima is located ...
Lima is located ...
With combined efforts from water management, architectural and hydraulic engineering students, an interdisciplinary and resilient design is set up for the Paraná Delta. The design relates to all the current environmental, architectural and flood risk challenges - among others, as
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Disaster resilient Galveston
A multidisciplinary project on the design of sustainable measures to counteract coastal and pluvial flooding issues in Galveston
The report tackles Galveston's flooding challenges, which are currently in development with the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) ring barrier. However, the current design, predominantly addressing coastal flooding, falls short in dealing with pluvial flooding, relying heavily o
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Venice and the Lagoon
Two new visions
What long ago started as a small fishing village, seeking refuge from the Romans, slowly evolved into the city of Venice that we know today. With its unique location came unique problems, most of which were related to the interplay between Venice and its lagoon. By severe measure
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