Het boek Kracht + vorm behandelt de constructies van bouwwerken als inleiding tot het vakgebied van constructief ontwerpen. Constructies zorgen ervoor dat bouwwerken niet omvallen en instorten. Het boek is bestemd voor studenten in het eerste jaar van de opleidingen Civiele Techniek en Bouwkunde van universiteiten, hogescholen en academies van bouwkunst.

In een aantal oriënterende hoofdstukken wordt kennis gemaakt met de bouwwerken van de civiele techniek (met name gebouwen en bruggen) en me...

Ontwerpen in Gewapend Beton (CB4) biedt verdie­pingsstof en een eerste aanzet tot het dimensio­neren en detailleren van betonconstructies. Het boek is vooral bedoeld voor studenten met con­struc­tie als afstudeerrichting, maar is ook toe­pas­baar in de beroepspraktijk.

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CB4, waarvan de eerste druk in zijn huidige vorm ver­scheen in 2003, werd in september 2010 volledig herzien en gebaseerd op de Eurocode 2 en bijbehorende nationale bijlage. De herziening en aanpassing van CB...

The aim of this PhD research was to propose an approach to public housing management (HM) by LAs that may bring about maintenance and lead to better housing quality in Ghana. To do that, four research questions were addressed. (1) How is housing management by LAs organised, and how have challenges therein affected the quality of public housing? (2) What factors can be distinguished to

describe the organisation of and assess performance in HM? (3) What lessons can be learned from the organisat...

The realisation of an urban design involves many players, such as designers, critics, politicians, journalists, public relations specialists and residents. In order to consult with each other they make use of drawings, but also frequently of words, to be able to interpret the drawn objects in the plans. But are these urbanistic notions used by everyone in the same way? And have there been noticeable changes in their usage or meaning over time? This urbanistic and linguistic doctoral research ...

The ne-xt facades conference is the official International Mid-term Conference of the European COST Action TU1403 ‘Adaptive Facades Network’, an international scientific cooperation with the aim to harmonise, share and disseminate technological knowledge on adaptive facades on the European level. During the mid-term conference first results are presented to stakeholders from industry and design and to the public. The goal is to share knowledge and discuss novel facade concepts, effective ...

This study investigates local activism in politically challenging contexts, focusing on Cairo. In such contexts, active resident groups strive for urban improvement, while governance arrangements often disregard citizen involvement in urban and public affairs. Cairo presents an exemplary case of local activism in a politically challenging and under-researched context. The study explores the characteristics, roles, and interrelations of active resident groups with local governance arrangements...

Supply Chain Management (SCM) and Building Information Modelling (BIM) are seen as innovations that can manage complexities in construction by focusing on integrating processes and products respectively. Whereas these two innovations have been considered compatible, their practical combination has been mainly anecdotal. The Netherlands was the locale of this study, where both SCM and BIM have been popular approaches. The research objective is to explore their real-world combination and propos...

While the consideration of functional and technical criteria, as well as a sense of coherence are basic requirements for solving a design problem; it is the ability to induce an intended quality of aesthetic experience that is the hallmark of design expertise. Expert designers possess a highly developed sense of design, or what in this research is called aesthesis. Reflection on 25 years teaching design in the USA, Hungary, and China led to the observation that most successful design students...