This thesis examines the potential of small, low-carbon, (near) zero-energy dwellings as a solution that would both address sustainability challenges and answer to the growing housing shortage in North-West Europe. It adopts a multidimensional outlook that encompasses institutional, social and technical aspects surrounding the dwellings. The institutional aspect is addressed through an investigation of financial, legislative, technical and cultural barriers to the implementation and uptake of...

A housing shortage has been building up in the Netherlands in the last 30 years. Decreasing the housing shortage takes time, while people need a place to live now. Temporarily transforming vacant buildings into housing could reduce this need by providing the housing market with time to catch up. Can different user perspectives be included in housing design so all residents can easily make their home? A review of literature from housing studies, indoor environmental quality, architectural desi...

Preparation for fossil fuel substitution in the building sector persists as an essential subject in architectural engineering. Since the building sector still remains as one of the three major global end energy consumer - climate change is closely related to construction and design.We have developed the archetype sun space to what it is today : a simple but effective predominant naturally ventilated sun trap and as well as living space enlargement. With the invention of industrial glass orang...

Homes are renovated a number of times during their lifespan. Although we can regard each of these renovations as new, it is more prudent to implement a future-proof solution to renovation. The purpose of this issue of A+BE is to gain an insight into how future-proof renovation solutions are for homes built between 1975 and 1991 that are currently being carried out or offered on the market. The study adopts a primarily architectural viewpoint to examine the hypothesis that we first need to be ...

Based on the experiences of efnMOBILE 1.0 the hands-on student workshop activities and exhibitions took place in different evironments and locations encouraging new technologies and methodologies. Like efnMOBILE 1.0 the new workshop series efnMOBILE 2.0 provides the European Facade Network (efn), its conferences and the connected professional community with a local platform for communication, exhibition, innovative development and interaction. efnMOBILE 2.0 is reaching out to be developed fro...

Paper is a fascinating material that we encounter every day in different variants: tissues, paper towels, packaging material, wall paper or even fillers of doors. Despite radical changes in production technology, the material, which has been known to mankind for almost two thousand years, still has a natural composition, being made up of fibres of plant origin (particularly wood fibres). Thanks to its unique properties, relatively high compression strength and bending stiffness, low productio...

De serie 'Taxatieboekjes' biedt gemakkelijk hanteerbare kostengegevens, waarmee snel en betrouwbaar de (her)bouwkosten van gebouwen en de herstelkosten van gebouwschades kan worden bepaald.

De serie 'Taxatieboekjes' bestaat uit

* (Her)bouwkosten woningen;

* (Her)bouwkosten bedrijfspanden;

* (Her)bouwkosten agrarische gebouwen;

* Gebouwschade.

ONLINE APPLICATIE

Met een abonnement op de internetapplicatie [Taxarom online] haalt u de meest complete databank van kostengegevens in huis. Meer dan 5...

- Aandacht voor de verscheidenheid van de maquette als communicatiemiddel

- De auteurs hebben ruime ervaringen in zowel het onderwijs als in de beroepspraktijk.

- Veel teken- en beeldmateriaal

Veel mensen zien een maquette als een eindproduct, maar het is veel meer dan dat. Maquettes gebruik je als schetsmatige onderzoekstechniek, als ontwerptool en als communicatiemiddel. Maquettes, bedenken maken overtuigen verheldert deze toepassingen. Studenten ontdekken het geschikte type maquette en d...