Onderzoek naar het liggedrag van koeien bij drie verschillende typen boxbedekking. De ligtijd van koeien bij waterbedden, zandligboxen en koematrassen is inzichtelijk gemaakt. Ook zijn drie andere factoren in kaart gebracht en vergeleken met de ligtijd: klauwaandoeningen, melkproductie, en mastitisaandoeningen …

The purpose of this thesis assignment is to write a strategical advice for TSH Amsterdam City to adjust their co-living concept to enhance the guest experience of the students. Currently, the client is facing many complaints from the in-house student community. These unsolved complaints led to unsatisfied …

Revisioning the past by using current methods available to create a workflow that converts 2D housing plans efficiently and scientifially accurate into 3D geometry.

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 within the existing urban fabric. This will entail high densities and the construction of new ‘un-Dutch’ …

The culture of fear seems to be increasingly embedded in today’s society, especially on highly social unequal countries, such as Brazil. The rise of the “condomínios fechados” (gated communities) on recent years expose how this fear shapes our cities. People are sold by the idea of isolating themselves …

The World Health Organization (WHO) strives to assist and inspire cities to become more ‘age-friendly’ through the Global Age-Friendly Cities Guide. An age-friendly city offers a supportive environment that enables residents to grow older actively within their families, neighbourhoods and civil society, …

Previous research has shown that female persistent offenders have multiple psychiatric and psychosocial problems, such as substance use disorders, other mental disorders, financial problems and housing problems. The present study examined recidivism and predictors of recidivism in a sample of 74 Dutch …

Robin Hood gardens by Peter and Alison Smithson can be considered a robust and monumental example of the Brutalist architectural era. This project is an attempt to transform this iconic and historic architecture in keeping with social motives and progressive urban planning. It formulates and translates …

In this chapter, we explore the possibility to use the living environment (of inpatient and outpatient care settings) for facilitating and encouraging the social inclusion of older adults in an increasingly smart society. We therefore pay attention to the spatial and smart design of emerging housing …

The crossroads of living in cities on the one hand and ageing of the population on the other is studied in an interdisciplinary field of research called urban ageing (van Hoof and Kazak 2018, van Hoof et al. 2018). People live longer and in better health than ever before in Europe. Despite all the positive …