Anchored by Hüppauf and Umbach’s notion of Vernacular Modernism and focusing on architecture and urbanism during Franco’s dictatorship from 1939 to 1975, this thesis challenges the hegemonic and Northern-oriented narrative of urban modernity. It develops arguments about the reciprocal influences between the urban and the rural that characterize Spanish modernity, and analyzes the intense architectural and urban debates that resulted from the crisis of 1898, as they focused on the importa...

In de zeventiende eeuw liet de stedelijke elite op grote schaal buitenplaatsen en landgoederen in het Hollandse laagland aanleggen. Zij verkozen de meest welgelegen plaatsen voor hun zomerverblijf met speelhuizen, bomenlanen en geschoren hagen. De voorkeur om in elkaars nabijheid te gaan wonen was veelal ingegeven door eenzelfde gebruik of vanwege een vergelijkbare stedelijke of landschappelijke beleving van de omgeving. Door identieke keuze drukte de elite hun stempel op het landschap.

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Joke Reichardt: Reis door een land vol wonderen. Architect Willem Marinus Dudok op lezingentour door

Amerika, 19 september-18 december 1953 Frederik Vandyck en Matthijs Degraeve: ‘Baukultur’ in Brussel. Kleinschalig industrieel erfgoed van bouwbedrijven als drager van de productieve stad Hélène Damen: Sober Nederlands vlagvertoon. Naoorlogse ambassadegebouwen in Washington en Bonn Publicaties: Marinke Steenhuis (red.), De nieuwe grachtengordel. De realisatie van het Algemeen Uitbreiding...

In climate-responsive design the building becomes an intermediary in its own energy housekeeping, forming a link between the harvest of climate resources and low energy provision of comfort. Essential here is the employment of climate-responsive building elements, defined as structural and architectural elements in which the energy infrastructure is far-reaching integrated. This thesis presents the results of research conducted on what knowledge is needed in the early stages of the design pro...

In the past decades, diversity has become a popular catchphrase in theoretical, policy and public discourses in Canadian cities. This study seeks to add to our understanding of urban diversity, as perceived and experienced by those who inhabit, frequent and govern urban areas. The study further makes use of a variety of qualitative and participatory techniques (i.e. qualitative interviews, roundtable talks, participant observations, and focus groups) to gather rigorous empirical data on livin...

The aim of this issue of A+BE is to propose urban design guidelines to positively influence the heat islands in Dutch cities and regions. As an architect and urban planner, the challenge was to provide a series of spatial planning guidelines that had to be open enough to be compatible with other urban planning priorities and accurate enough to mitigate the Urban Heat Island (UHI). This thesis is thus marked by this tension between a generic reflection on the integration of scientific findings...

This dissertation argues that the floods following extreme precipitation result not
only from very heavy rainfall but also from the significant impact of human activities on natural water systems. While most literature emphasises that the increasing magnitude of storm rainfall extends beyond the original protection standards of hydrologic facilities in highly populated delta cities. Based on the knowledge of urban morphology, this study analyses how human systems have affected the transform...

Introductie | De gebouwde omgeving wordt energieneutraal en circulair, daarvoor zijn renovatie­concepten nodig. Voor hoogbouw woningen is hierover weinig kennis beschikbaar. Het onderzoek richt zich op Nederlandse Wederopbouw hoogbouw systeemwoningen uit de periode 1950-1975 met focus op het ruimtelijk energetische deel van een industrieel gericht upgradeconcept.

Methoden | Het onderzoek is ingedeeld in Flat 1.0 (bestaande hoogbouwsystemen), Flat 2.0 (comfort upgradingen) en Flat 3.0 (gebou...

This research project focuses on how decisions made by practitioners, articulating rural housing in Sub-Sahara Africa, contribute to the decreasing level of self-reliance inhabitants have regarding their housing. Multiple case studies on Mt. Elgon proved that inhabitants have a significantly higher self-reliance level, comparing traditional to modern housing. To study this phenomenon in practice and to articulate suitable design support the Design Research Methodology was chosen. The research...