Integrating nature-based solutions effectively in a residential neighborhood renovation

Master thesis (2025)

Authors

C.A. Bianco Architecture and the Built Environment

Contributors

M.J. Smit Building Design & Technology (mentor)
P.L. Tomesen Teachers of Practice / AE+T - Architecture and the Built Environment (mentor)
T.E. Armijos Moya Architectural Technology - Architecture and the Built Environment (mentor)
O. Caso Building Knowledge - Architecture and the Built Environment (graduation committee member)
Faculty
Architecture and the Built Environment
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Published Date

14-01-2025

Language

English

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Faculty

Architecture and the Built Environment

Abstract

Boerhaavewijk needs to be renovated to meet national carbon neutral goals and improve the public space. Nature-based solutions are effective tools to tackle its urban challenges. Renovation projects rarely incorporate NBs due to their added complexity. To effectively apply NBs in the context we ask what building-integrated greenery should be used to respond to conditions and challenges? We use literature to categorize the roles NBs have in a neighborhood and the parameters that influence decisions. Boerhaavewijk is then used to put it into a context. The results show that many nature- based functions have opposite parameter preferences and neighborhood characteristics can influence the decision on the building