This project explores touristic involvement in the foreshore area of the Netherlands. Current industrial activities at sea all have their separate zones and no go-zones. By combining tourism activities and nature improvement in the estuary of the Haringvliet new benefits for the North Sea and the Netherlands …

Ooghe 52 degrees is a respond to the Dutch coastal development. The projects finds a way to cooperate and design in a collective space: the Dutch horizon in this case. The new intervention is sea based and the North Sea forms the foundation. It reintroduces the Ooghe, an underwater mudflat. Here, a refinery …

Both inhabitants and tourists of Ameland are in need for a new entry to the island. The lack of quality and adaptability of the current entry from the Wadden Sea makes separation between freight and passenger flows to and from the island necessary. The demand for aanew harbour creates new opportunities. …

Considering the rising sea level and the high expenses of keeping the Wadden dike at Ameland intact, it is important to make a place where knowledge, research and testing of new solutions for dynamic coastal management are brought together. This science center has all these functions under the same roof …

Design for a spa at the intersection of landscapes. With the sea level rise due to climate change, the traditional way of keeping the island save, by building dikes, will eventually become unaffordable. With farsightedness, twenty-five years ago an experiment with dynamic costal management was started …

To contribute positively to systemic transitions within local communities, architects need to be critical, reflective, far-sighted communicators. This paper presents educational practices developing adaptive, systemic and co-creative approaches within the training of architectural Masters students. It …

Author supplied, from ACM website: Architectural patterns are a helpful means for designing IT architectures, as they facilitate re-using proven knowledge (good practices) from previous exercises. Furthermore referencing a pattern in an architecture model helps improving the understandability of the …

Presented at the 11th International Conference on ICT in Education, Research and Industrial Applications: Integration, Harmonization and Knowledge Transfer Lviv, Ukraine, May 14-16, 2015. Author supplied: Abstract. User requirements and low-cost small quantity production are new challenges for the …

Debates about the new welfare, and the new social policies that go (or should go) with it, share an emphasis on risk-prevention strategies and pluralistic risk management. Focusing specifically on the risk of unemployment, this article discusses the case for so-called preventive worker-directed active …

In 2018 Leeuwarden will be the Cultural Capital of Europe. An excellent opportunity for the city to work on the challenges it faces and to invest in its potentials, by preparing Leeuwarden for a full year of culture, events and above all visitors. From my research can be concluded that the youth of Leeuwarden …