De Haagse architect Louis de Wolf (1871-1923) wordt beschouwd als de belangrijkste exponent van de (Wiener) Sezessionstil in ons land. Tot de bekendste voorbeelden van het werk van De Wolf behoort de Salon de Rafraichissements, in opdracht van J.A. Krul in 1903 gebouwd aan Noordeinde 42-44. Het unieke ontwerptalent van De Wolf komt verder tot uiting in enkele fraai gevormde winkelpanden die gebouwd zijn voor opdrachtgevers zoals Schröder & Co, Lijnkamp en Peek & Cloppenburg. Architect Loui...

What physical and morphological conditions need to be in place within an urban environment in order for Complex Adaptive Systems dynamics arise - such that the physical components (or ‘building blocks') of the urban environment have an enhanced capacity to discover functional configurations in space and time as a response to unfolding contextual conditions?

This thesis looks at how cities operate as Complex Adaptive Systems (CAS). It focuses on how certain characteristics of urban form can ...

This PhD thesis focuses on Urban River Corridors (URCs) as spaces of social-ecological integration par excellence—that is, spaces where the interaction between the urban systems (carrying the ‘social-’) and the river system (carrying the ‘-ecological’) is (potentially) the most intense. The general hypothesis is that with an integrated spatial understanding, planning and design of rivers and the urban fabric surrounding them, cities could become more resilient, not just to flood-rel...

The 17th conference (2016, Delft) of the International Planning History Society (IPHS) and its proceedings place presentations from different continents and on varied topics side by side, providing insight into state-of-the art research in the field of planning history and offering a glimpse of new approaches, themes, papers and books to come. VOLUME 01: Ideas on the Move and Modernisation

Since the origins of architectural history, proportional systems have served as objects of belief and modes of iconographical communication. Whether they are capable of fulfilling more tangible functions remains a matter of debate today, for this ancient and diverse belief system continues to infiltrate architectural thinking in subtle and sometimes surprising ways.

In this collection of original essays, twenty-six leading scholars reconsider the long history of proportional systems across nu...

Welkom in de poreuze stad! Welkom in de poreuze samenleving! Welkom in steden die open en poreus willen zijn!

Onze steden bestaan uit introverte architecturen die zich buiten het stedelijk leven houden. Ze zijn gesloten. Hoe maken we ze open? Hoe kunnen we enclaves creëren waar mensen elkaar kunnen ontmoeten, waar de circulatie op gang is gebracht, waar groene gebieden zijn, en verkoelende tunnels… Bestaat er een logica waarmee we een dergelijk openheid in onze torens kunnen introduceren? ...

The silhouettes of the great European metropolises are characterised by a high density of high-rise facades made of glass, metal or stone. On one hand this density stands for economic power and good employment values. On the other hand, the large sound-reflecting surfaces in the cities are responsible for an increase in sound pollution in their vicinity. They cause the most frequent inner-city sound source, traffic noise, to double in perceived intensity. Direct sound and reflected sound add ...