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Campanhã Urban Park: activating the potential of the terrain vague
_GRADUATION WORK_ by Stijn Lanters Porto’s scenic landscape is very easy to fall in love with, with its winding river, picturesque city centre glued to the escarpment and vistas to the sea. You easily get mesmerized by its charm. However, it is a superficiality that hides the complex situation the city is dealing with.
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Physical modelling in landscape architecture: exploring a design tool for the explorative phases in dynamic landscape design
_GRADUATION WORK_ by Jolanda de Jong Why do landscape architects not always consider the physical model (“maquette”) as a design tool in the explorative phases of the design process? There must be a reason for this – or even better: a solution to it. In order to explore the physical model as a design tool for the explorative design phases in dynamic landscape design. To grasp – at least a small part of – the design process.
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A landscape framework for informal settlements to facilitate urban metabolism in Tete, Mozambique
_GRADUATION WORK_ by Josje Hoefsloot The percentage of the African population living in informal settlements is increasing. The quality of the public spaces in these informal settlements is decreasing because of uncontrolled open defecation, waste dumping and lack of a sewage system. This thesis is a research in how existing public spaces can be protected, improved and used to improve the urban metabolism in Tete, Mozambique.
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Move on: research-through-drawing for flood resilience at the Galveston coast, TX
_GRADUATION WORK_ by Heleen van Boxelaere Master thesis design combining long-term interventions and soft landscape-based measures to improve flood safety at the Texas coast.
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Culture as Base for Landscape Design
_GRADUATION WORK_ by Michelle Leemkuil A MSc-thesis on the case of an earthquake-safe community centre for the Nepali mountain village Ashapuri.
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Practice-based Planning for Urban Gardening
_GRADUATION WORK_ by Ioana Musat Urban gardening is a practice increasing in popularity in the Netherlands, especially in the city of Amsterdam. However there is little understanding about the social dimensions of urban gardening. Ioana Musat provides an insightful research in the ‘Boeletuin’ and a model for this new form of food planning.
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Responsive Land, Research by design on a sustainable form of agriculture for de Krimpenerwaard
_GRADUATION WORK_ by Sander Hermens Sander Hermens won the 1st prize at the IFLA 2016 for his graduation work. His work provides a proposal, through research by design, for a sustainable form of agriculture for the Krimpenerwaard.
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At the Edge – of the Land, of the Ocean, of Change
_Graduation work_ by Marit Noest
When hurricane Sandy hit the East Coast of the US in 2012, I knew that I wanted to use the time in my master’s thesis to contribute to more sustainable shores in the area. Now, 3.5 years after the storm, I was able to return to the Jersey Shore with my research, film and design.
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Exploring the way
_GRADUATION WORK_ by Pim Lucassen With the retreat of religion from the public domain the popularity of pilgrimage is increasing. A new and more pluralised spirituality is arising, but current religious infrastructure does not seem flexible enough to cope with this change. Through a phenomenological exploration of the experience and landscape of the Camino de Santiago this thesis aims to facilitate a new spirituality through design interventions along the route.
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Growing up in cities: Researching the playability of a dense prosperous neighbourhood
_GRADUATION WORK_ by Sabine van den Berg In my graduation research, I have built upon the work of two former Landscape Architecture students in 2008. They came up with the ‘Network of Play’ model, in which children in poor neighbourhoods would be stimulated to have more outside play and physical activity. In my research I have tested this model on dense, prosperous neighbourhoods, using the case of the Statenkwartier in The Hague.
