Herbestemming na de Mijnsluiting. De Ruimtelijke Plangeschiedenis van Parkstad en het Emmaterrein, 1965-1997
Abstract After the closing of the Dutch coal mines in the former Eastern Mining region in the south-eastern tip of the Netherlands, mining landscapes were wiped clean and industrial relics were all but completely demolished. The radical efficiency of this transition has, in current day, induced a public feeling of remorse over the lost physical […]
The Living Lab Concept, as Intermediary Platform, for Sustainable Neighbourhood Development in the Province of Limburg, the Netherlands.
This is a bachelor thesis written in 2021 by a student for SURD. Because of various developments within today’s society, the urban area is becoming more transdisciplinary and more complex which results in failure of existing urban development models. A relatively new tool to organise development processes is the living lab concept. The European Network […]
Comparative Performance Assessment of a Non-ventilated and Ventilated BIPV Rooftop Configurations in the Netherlands Solar Energy
Backside ventilation is one of the most common passive cooling methods of PV modules in the built environment, but might be under constraint when integrating PV in the building envelope. To investigate the short and long term effect of backside ventilation on Building Integrated PV (BIPV) performance and lifespan, a comparative BIPV field test is […]
(re)CYCLE Limburg, A Co-design Approach for Transforming Public Spaces in Kerkrade West
In a moment of socio-economical and urban transition processes taking place in Europe, an increasing number of cities and territories are today facing population decline and its consequences. Population decline is indeed associated to widespread issues: unemployment, declining of property values, fragmentation of the urban environment, lack of participation in the city and neighbourhood life. […]