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Architectural Photovoltaic Application
2022 || Paperback || Zoheir Haghighi || TU Delft
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Beyond good intentions
Building passport for sustainable conservation of built heritage
2022 || Paperback || Joana Dos Santos Gonçalves || TU Delft
Sustainable Conservation are the processes of change through which the components of the inherited ecosystem from the past retain their value for present and future generations. As such, the value assessment is critical to recognise the values of heritage, not only by its aesthetical and historical values, but also by its contribution to a more sustainable future.
Despite recent policies and standards highlighting the role of heritage for sustainability and encouraging urban conservation, s...
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Housing justice as expansion of people’s capabilities for housing
Proposal for principles of housing policies and evaluation of housing inequality
2022 || Paperback || Boram Kimhur || TU Delft
Housing inequality is a growing concern in our society. In recent decades, this inequality has been exacerbated by the phenomenon of housing being financialized and commodified as a means for wealth accumulation. Management of financial institutions and housing markets has become the centre of attention in policy discussion. The questions of how to promote the moral values tied to housing, such as human rights, dignity and freedom, and how to better enable people to access suitable housing h...
The Potential of Small, Low-Carbon, Zero-Energy Housing
A Multidimensional Approach
2024 || Paperback || Cynthia Souaid || TU Delft
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...
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Making temporary homes
Why meanings and activities matter
2024 || Paperback || Marjolein Overtoom || TU Delft
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...
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Design and development of a system for vario-scale maps
2017 || Paperback || Radan Šuba || TU Delft
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Urban Scenes of a Port City
Exploring Beautiful İzmir through Narratives of Cosmopolitan Practices
2022 || Paperback || Fatma Tanış || TU Delft
This dissertation is an invitation to the reader to explore Güzel İzmir / Beautiful İzmir in Turkey. Through three different semi-fictional narratives, it aims to draw attention to specific and singular spaces as they were recorded and remembered through old postcards, black and white photographs, stories, and written travelogues in the past centuries and decades. Thus, it wants to discuss the specificity of an eastern Mediterranean port city by addressing it on eye-level through the exper...
Towards Energy-Efficient Residential Buildings In Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Exploring Energy Retrofitting Options And Assessing Their Feasibility
2024 || Paperback || Ahmed Felimban || TU Delft
The thesis explores energy retrofitting options for enhancing the energy efficiency of residential buildings in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. It identifies and validates cost-effective energy retrofit schemes that have the potential for energy savings. The thesis also assesses the feasibility of energy retrofitting scenarios for building envelopes and their impact on reducing energy consumption, improving thermal comfort, and mitigating the environmental impact of buildings. The results of this resea...
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The Circular Kitchen
Perspectives for Design and Implementation
2024 || Paperback || Bas Jansen || TU Delft
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Synergetically integrated vertical farms
Reducing energy and resource use through synergies between vertical farms and cities
2024 || Paperback || Tess Blom || TU Delft