Publicaties

A multi-level Thermal Comfort Assessment (TCA) to identify and mitigate heat stress risks in urban areas

The liveability of cities worldwide is under threat by the predicted increase in intensity and frequency of heatwaves and the absence of a clear spatial overview of where action to address this. Heat stress impairs ...

Challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic and design responses in public space: Towards strategies for resilient post-Covid cities

The Covid-19 pandemic triggered governments and designers to revalue and redesign public spaces. This paper focuses on the various design responses to Covid-19 proposed and implemented in public spaces.

Implementing organisational change in a digitalising facilities management organisation through stewardship interventions

While digitalisation requires facilities management (FM) organisations to change at an increasing rate, little is known about the mechanisms that create ownership and enable individuals to implement changes in ...

Institutional complexities of smart maintenance purchasing in higher education institutes: setting the scene

This paper analyzes the institutional context of maintenance purchasing in higher education. It aims to provide insights into the institutional complexities of smart maintenance purchasing in higher education institutes.

Handboek voor erfafscheidingen

Praktisch handboek met voorbeelden en richtlijnen.

Developing a 360° built-environment assessment for urban research and planning practice

The coronavirus pandemic highlighted the vital role urban areas play in supporting citizens’ health and well-being. In times of (personal) vulnerability, citizens depend on their neighbourhood for performing ...

Design framework for neighbourhood resilience

The current Covid-19 pandemic has underlined the importance of urban public spaces in achieving health and social well-being, prompting policymakers and urban planners to rethink their approach to the design of these ...

Programming for the subliminal brain

The use of biometric monitoring allow researchers insight into the processing of environmental data by our central nervous systems. As a result we can determine precisely which stimuli cause arousal or draw our ...

Identifying Maturity Dimensions for Smart Maintenance Management of Constructed Assets: A Multiple Case Study

While smart maintenance is gaining popularity in professional engineering and construction management practice, little is known about the dimensions of its maturity. It is assumed that the complex networked ...

Buurtdragers in de Couperusbuurt

Onderzoek naar buurtdragers en buurtbinding in de Couperusbuurt Amsterdam Nieuw West

Themanummer Publieke Ruimte

Sluimerend vindt een strijd om de schaarse stedelijke openbare ruimte plaats. In onze sociaal gefragmenteerde, geïndividualiseerde en verdichtende steden is die gedeelde openbare publieke ruimte echter cruciaal. ...

Drukte in de openbare ruimte

In Covid-19 tijd blijkt hoe belangrijk de stedelijke publieke ruimte is. Als die voor iedereen te gebruiken is, en ruim genoeg, dan waarderen we dat, onder meer omdat social distancing wat gemakkelijker is. Wanneer ...

Eye-tracking street users' visual exploration of buildings across the Western World

People in western countries spend approximately 90% of their time indoors. This severely affects their health (WHO 2013; Klepeis et al. 2001). The health risks are exacerbated if people travel between indoor spaces ...

Using neuro-architecture to reinforce participatory planning and design

Urban renewal and urban area development projects are by nature highly complex processes involving a multiplicity of professionals, stakeholders, and conflicting interests. Adding to this complexity are the ...

An in depth analysis to understand barriers and identify solutions to delivery, and understand the routes of transition to 4DHC

Spatial Policy for 4DHC

main spatial policy approaches to securing DHC through new developments in Belgium, France, Ireland, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom

Sensing Streetscapes: 2-year research on the physical-behavioral interrelationship aimed at informing the design of human-scaled densification in Amsterdam

Amsterdam faces the challenge of accommodating 50,000 to 90,000 new homes in the next five to ten years. That is equivalent to 10% of the city’s current total housing stock. The new homes have to be built ...

Maak in de stad ook ruimte voor ouderen

Richt Corona Safe Zones in, bepleiten Frank Suurenbroek en Gideon Spanjar, lector en onderzoeker bouwtransformatie aan de Hogeschool van Amsterdam. Dan kunnen ook kwetsbare mensen naar buiten. Hoewel de samenleving ...

Kansen en bouwstenen voor Reigersbos in A'dam Zuidoost

Met de Bestuursopdracht Ontwikkelbuurten (2017 en 2019) zet de gemeente in op de structurele versterking van de Amsterdamse wijken die een stapeling van ruimtelijke sociale, economische en culturele vraagstukken ...

Buurtdragers

Eerste verkenning naar een onderzoek naar wat bewoners bindt aan hun buurt. Met voorbeelden uit Nieuw West, Noord en Amsterdam Zuid Oost.