Projects per year
Organization profile
Introduction / mission
The Living Cities Program contributes to wider academic discourses pleading for an integrated cross-disciplinary science of architecture and urbanism, conceptualizing the city and architecture as the materialization of evolutionary processes in an integrated spatial, social and cultural eco-system.
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An interdisciplinary approach to architecture and urbanism as dynamic socio-spatial-temporal constructs
Organisational profile
The twenty-first century has been labeled as the ‘urban century’ and sustainable urban development as one of the key assignments in decades to come. For this reason, architecture and the city are increasingly becoming central to leading academic studies from the fields of social sciences, economy, technology, ecology and governance. However, studies are often conducted from the perspective of a single discipline.
The Living Cities program specifically focuses on how these aspects work together and materialize in the spatial development of the city and its architecture, interpreted as an evolutionary and integrated process of construction and urbanization driven by socio-historical processes. The program brings together research from the chairs of Architectural History and Theory (AHT), Architectural Design and Engineering (ADE), Rational Architecture (RA) and Urbanism and Urban Architecture (UUA).
In line with the Departments’ strategic research agenda on Sustainable Transformation, the program focuses on exploring and understanding the response of architecture and the development of the city for reuse, adaptation and new interventions in response to these shifting societal challenges. Aspects of history and theory, geography, technological systems, urban form and architectural typologies influence each other reciprocally and dynamically in such a cultural ecosystem.
Living Cities research
• is cross-scalar (correlating spatial scales, from the single architectural element to that of the city or region)
• is multi-disciplinary (combining architectural and urban scholarship, theory and practice, policy and technology, construction and planning)
• within a temporal perspective of historical evolution (retrospective and prognostic)
• combines qualitative and quantitative research methods from social and historical science with those of design research from spatial sciences (geography, urbanism and architecture)
Evolutionary logics of sustainable architectural and urban development have been grouped into five thematic clusters, supported by active participation in relevant networks. The themes are in line with dominant research themes within the strategic research agendas of the University as well as National and European research agencies.
- Cultural Heritage
- Sustainability and Circular Cities
- Active Mobility and Health
- Smart Cities and Buildings
- Emerging Materials and Building Technologies
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Profiles
Hélène M.T. Aarts
- Department of the Built Environment, Rational Architecture - University Lecturer
Person: OWP : University Teacher / Researcher
Lilliana Abarca Guerrero
- Department of the Built Environment, Smart Architectural Technologies - University Researcher
Person: OWP : University Teacher / Researcher
Haike Apelt
- Department of the Built Environment, Rational Architecture - University Lecturer
Person: OWP : University Teacher / Researcher
Projects
Toolbox of architectural design principles for healing environments according to the Planetree model
Bekkering, J. D. & Karimian, S.
1/03/19 → 30/04/22
Project: Research direct
Sustainable, architectural, future scenarios for GGzE De Grote Beek
Bekkering, J. D. & Dimitrova, K. O.
1/12/18 → 30/11/20
Project: Research direct
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Research Output
16 covers + 1
Frieling, G., Huiskamp, J. & Colenbrander, B. J. F., 1 Feb 2020, (Accepted/In press) Eindhoven: Technische Universiteit Eindhoven.Research output: Book/Report › Book › Academic
Acoustic vitality evaluation in urban public spaces: (Case study: Darvazeh Isfahan, Shiraz, Iran)
Najafi, P., Lotfi, S., Soltani, A. & Sholeh, M., 2020, (Accepted/In press) In : Naqshejahan- Basic studies and New Technologies of Architecture and Planning. 9, 4Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
A multi-decade longitudinal analysis of transportation and land use co-evolution in the Greater Toronto-Hamilton Area
Kasraian, D., Raghav, S. & Miller, E. J., 2020, (Accepted/In press) In : Journal of Transport Geography.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Datasets
Handstorm principles for creative and collaborative working
van Gassel, F. J. M. (Creator), Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, 2016
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4121/uuid:65f9a5f3-ae67-4337-a1b4-58dd43a7bf3a
Dataset
Municipal waste management data set
Abarca Guerrero, L. (Creator), Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, 2014
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4121/uuid:31d9e6b3-77e4-4a4c-835e-5c3b211edcfc
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Prizes
071 Nieuwe Parels Leiden
Ruurd P.J. Roorda (Recipient) & Marian de Bock (Recipient), 2018
Prize: Other › Professional
1e prijs De Voorsprong categorie Renovation
Jos Lichtenberg (Recipient), 22 Nov 2012
Prize: Other › Discipline related › Professional
1st Prize Competition Elementary School Evere, Belgium (selected for realization) with De Bouwerij.
J.D. Bekkering (Recipient) & M. (Monica) Adams (Recipient), 2015
Prize: Other › Discipline related › Professional
Activities
A Recent History of Architecture Exhibitions at the NAi
Sergio M. Figueiredo (Speaker)27 Mar 2020
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk › Scientific
Civil Architecture and Energy Science (Event)
S.M. (Morteza) Hosseini (Chair)22 Jan 2020 → 22 Mar 2020
Activity: Membership types › Membership of committee › Scientific
Universität Dortmund (External organisation)
Haike Apelt (Chair), Christian Rapp (Chair)2020
Activity: Membership types › Membership of committee › Scientific
Press / Media
De eeuwenoude fiets is het vervoersmiddel van de toekomst
22/07/19
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
The age-old bike is the transport means of the future
22/07/19
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
Ring biedt kansen voor stoer wonen in Eindhoven
Paul Diederen & Bram A.H.L. van Kaathoven
6/04/19
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities
Student theses
(re)form block: urban block housing
Author: Moravec, A., 31 Aug 2018Supervisor: Rapp, C. (Supervisor 1), Apelt, H. (Supervisor 2), Hilhorst, W. (Supervisor 2), Malcovati, S. (External person) (External coach) & Albers, B. (External person) (External coach)
Student thesis: Master
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3MO-TION: 3DCP movement and circulation
Author: Zambotti, A., 30 Apr 2019Supervisor: Kuit, B. (Supervisor 1), van Hoof, S. (Supervisor 2) & Ahmed, Z. (Supervisor 2)
Student thesis: Master
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Aan het einde van de Leien: aanvulling op het historisch stadscentrum van Antwerpen
Author: Elverding, M., 28 Feb 2017Supervisor: Rapp, C. (Supervisor 1), Apelt, H. (Supervisor 2) & Hilhorst, W. (Supervisor 2)
Student thesis: Master
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