This systematic review focused on synthesizing information on studies that evaluated influential and constitutional factors that characterize (elements of) a learning environment for developing Information Problem Solving (IPS) in Higher Education students. Specifically, the goal was to create a comprehensive …

By applying Axiomatic Design, a Smart Medical Cast was developed to provide patients, who are suffering from forearm fractures, with a personalized healing process. The device monitors the overall healing status and three complications, which are: Muscle Atrophy, Compartment Syndrome, and Deep Vein Thrombosis. …

Axomatic Design

Built on and inspired by existing knowledge, we have conceptualised a model in which two different user types (occupants and facility managers) are positioned to the building and its climate and regulatory systems. Thus, a feedback loop and interaction take place among all actors involved. The users, …

ackground and aim – Driven by new technologies and societal challenges, future proof facility managers must enable sustainable housing by combining bricks and bytes into future-proof business support and workplace concepts. The Hague University of Applied Sciences (THUAS) acknowledges the urgency of …

Hoe kan in ons land innoveren, werken en leren beter worden verknoopt ten dienste van de grote maatschappelijke opgaven waar we voor staan? NWO, Regieorgaan SIA en Topsectoren hebben het initiatief genomen om meer (praktijkgericht) onderzoek te doen naar zogenoemde Learning communities en de kennis hierover …

This article analyses four of the most prominent city discourses and introduces the lens of urban vitalism as an overarching interdisciplinary concept of cities as places of transformation and change. We demonstrate the value of using urban vitalism as a lens to conceptualize and critically discuss different …

Timeis.capital is an online platform for audio-visual research on self-organisation. It consists of interviews with people who self-organise and the 3D scans of the spaces from which they do this — project spaces, squats and living rooms. It’s aim is to collect practice-based knowledge and strategies …

Background: Smoking is an avoidable risk factor for diseases, impacting socioeconomic and health care systems globally. The meaning, purposes, and values related to continued smoking after being diagnosed with COPD have not yet been sufficiently explored from an occupational perspective. Gaining an understanding …

This literature review applies Wenger’s community of practice framework as a theoretical lens to generate insight about the complex collaborative processes of living labs. The authors explore this model with insights from the literature on labs and then set out to understand higher educational living …