This summer, we revisit some of the interesting and impactful research stories from last year. Today: ‘Small homes solving big issues?’ Can small, sustainable dwellings help solve the #climatecrisis and #housingshortage? Researcher Cynthia Souaid explored whether this #solution indeed kills two birds with one stone in her PhD thesis ‘The Potential of Small, Low-Carbon, Zero-Energy Housing. A Multidimensional Approach.’ "Demographic trends in the Netherlands and surrounding countries show that households are shrinking. Simultaneously, there is a significant housing shortage. That's why I investigated whether small, sustainable homes, typically ranging from 40-80 square meters, could offer a sustainable solution. The technology is there, but the human factor is crucial for success," she notes. Read more about her research here: https://lnkd.in/enWWAtVy Do you want to know more about different solutions on the housing system and housingmarket? The #ENHRconferenceDelft 2024 (26-31 August) will focus on how these problems can be solved. Profile picture made by: RoyBorghouts Fotografie
Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment, TU Delft
Architectuur en ruimtelijke ordening
Delft, Zuid-Holland 14.332 volgers
BK Bouwkunde TU Delft | Top 3 school for architecture world wide | Cutting edge research for the built environment
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The Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment at TU Delft, established in 1904, has a leading role in the area of architecture education and research in the broadest sense. A combination of a strong research profile and the passion and creativity of BK Bouwkunde and its academic community form the driving force behind the faculty’s success. Its value for society and influence on it extends much further than the sum of the graduate engineers, publications and exhibitions it delivers. TU Delft’s Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment has an international reputation as a platform for innovation of knowledge and expertise in the built environment.
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- Architectuur en ruimtelijke ordening
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- 201 - 500 medewerkers
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- Delft, Zuid-Holland
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- 1904
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- Urbanism, Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Building Technology, Geomatics, Management in the Built Environment en Metropolitan Analysis, Design and Engineering
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Delft, Zuid-Holland 2628 BL, NL
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An extraordinary project is underway on the island of Borneo. An area the size of South Holland is being transformed into Indonesia's new capital: #Nusantara. Professor Steffen Nijhuis as part of a delegation of the universities Leiden-Delft-Erasmus (LDE). He considered how LDE, and specifically Bouwkunde, can contribute to this project. Professor Wim van den Doel, dean of LDE, describes Nusantara as "a huge living lab to create a sustainable city in harmony with a tropical ecosystem." An ambitious plan, with the official opening scheduled for 17 August 2024! But according to Steffen: "Construction will continue for decades, and in that quieter phase I hope our knowledge will prove useful." Read more: https://bit.ly/4dkU91T
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Since our planet will continue to get both warmer and more urbanised, the issue of urban heat will only grow in importance. Luckily, fieldlab the Heat Square (HittePlein) at The Green Village has the capacity and the means to test possible solutions. As such, we are resharing an updated story from last year to inspire students and researchers. In this story, BK researcher Marjolein van Esch explains the importance of the Heat Square to studying urban #microclimate: “It gives us the opportunity to experiment with an interdisciplinary approach in an almost real-life #urban environment.” The sentiment is supported by three TU Delft colleagues, who elaborate on the potential of cooling cities through vegetation. Read more: https://bit.ly/3X0Ebnz
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This summer, we revisit some of the interesting and impactful research stories from last year. Today: how does our (urban) environment influence our #wellbeing? Everywhere she looks, Associate Professor Dr Deepti Adlakha finds connections between urban design and health. She has spent her life not just studying these connections, but experiencing them first-hand. “I remember biking to school when I was very young. Now, when I visit my home city, the cyclists appear to be risking their lives.” Deepti spends much of her time researching obesity, diabetes, heart disease, and the growing problem of social #isolation. An alarming trend is emerging: children are spending more time indoors and watching screens instead of playing outside. “The lack of parks and playgrounds, especially in dense urbanising regions of the world, is a critical concern.” Read more: https://lnkd.in/eTUsFkKn
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This summer, we revisit some of the interesting and impactful research stories from last year. Today: how do we make ‘sponge cities’ that are also #inclusive towards the #elderly? Sponge cities are green- and water-rich #urban areas which can handle excessive water without flooding. Potential measures range from individual, like installing a green roof, to collective, like building a new sewer system; simple, like removing part of the pavement, or complex, like digging a new waterway. Dr. Maryam Naghibi studies how to incorporate residents’ needs in the spongification process. Her motivation can be traced back to her bond with her grandmother back in Tehran. “Elderly residents should feel safe and welcome in the city, even when it is drastically altered to handle the changing climate and rising water levels.” Read more: https://lnkd.in/e7e9vag5
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In the second quarter of 2024, the median purchase price of Dutch houses increased by a staggering 7.2%. This makes purchase prices 13.6% higher than in the second quarter of 2023, according to the Expertisecentrum Woningwaarde in their forty-sixth Monitor of the Housing Market. This sharp increase is partly to compensate for the very modest price increase in the first quarter of 2024. It is also due to the scarcity in the housing market, both of existing and new-build homes, scarcity in the labour market and the large number of vacancies in the construction industry. Besides the lack of sufficient supply of homes for sale, slightly lower mortgage interest rates and strong demand for housing have been driving the current increase in purchase prices. Read more (in Dutch): https://bit.ly/4ddL5M9
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This summer, we revisit some of the interesting and impactful research stories from last year. Today: can we use #AI to protect people and property from #wildfires? Konstantinos Karalidis, shortened to Kostas, spent his MSc thesis investigating the possibility of using AI-enhanced fire detection and prediction models. “This is something which can be done now, not some utopian vision. The breakthroughs in the past years are enormous.” Kostas argues that the immense potential of this #technology requires immediate investment. Read more: https://lnkd.in/eNm2eGKE
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This summer, we revisit some of the interesting and impactful research stories from last year. Today: can we still save the European countryside? During project Ruralization, partners from 12 EU countries examined how best to #revitalise Europe's #countryside. They have a bleak view of the current situation. “The population is shrinking and ageing. Schools and shops are closing, doctors leave, public transport stops. Cultural events are declining. The landscapes are monotonous. Fewer and fewer jobs are available.” Professor Willem Korthals Altes directed the entire project. He emphasized the importance of reaching out to young people directly: "It's crazy that we were seen as innovative.” His team found that many young people wish to live in rural areas but struggle with, among others, a lack of available farmland. How can we alleviate such problems? Read more: https://lnkd.in/di6DTrVq
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Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment, TU Delft heeft dit gerepost
At our recent AI PhD Poster Event, Casper van Engelenburg from the Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment, TU Delft and the AiDAPT Lab won the best pitch in the category Applications of AI with his poster pitch on “Self-Supervised Similarity Learning of Floor Layouts”. Congratulations, Casper! Attending PhDs had the opportunity to pitch their poster and discuss questions from peers within their category. To decide the winner for the best pitch, participating PhDs voted for their favourite pitch within one of three categories. Casper was one of six winners, alongside Daniël Vos, Antonio Mone, Eva Memmel, Amir Homayounirad and Alexander Garzón. We congratulate all winners! Their videos will be shared here in the coming weeks. Curious what Casper's research is about? Watch his pitch here:
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The Urban Climate Grove on the forecourt of our faculty is almost finished! Meanwhile, the #concrete benches have also been placed. These benches were once made for a research project by students of our faculty from recycled concrete in collaboration with researchers. Through clever use of internal metal plates, the benches can generate electricity when warming up and cooling down. Concrete has been one of the most widely used construction materials in the world for decades. Despite this, concrete rubble is recycled in only very small amounts worldwide even though sand and gravel are becoming increasingly scarce and their exploitation is damaging to nature. As part of a European research project, students and staff from the Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment have come up with a range of ideas on what you can make using recycled concrete. From permeable paving to street furniture that can generate #energy: concrete rubble has real potential. Read more: https://lnkd.in/eAhmV3Xa Rosa de Wolf | Henri van Bennekom #recycle #urbanclimateforest
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