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
Network
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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 2012 2021
Toolbox of architectural design principles for healing environments according to the Planetree model
Bekkering, J., Klein, C., Klein, C. & Sartorius - ter Haar, M.
1/03/19 → 28/02/21
Project: Research direct
Sustainable, architectural, future scenarios for GGzE De Grote Beek
Sartorius - ter Haar, M., Bekkering, J., Klein, C., Klein, C. & Dimitrova, K.
1/12/18 → 30/11/20
Project: Research direct › Research
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The compass towards a healthy smart environment
Mohammadi, M., Klein, C., Klein, C., Gerrits, E. & van Buuren, L.
1/09/18 → 1/09/19
Project: Research direct
Research Output 1981 2020
Case study: Architectural regeneration in Istanbul
Ikiz Kaya, D., 2020, (Accepted/In press) Architectural Regeneration. Orbasli, A. & vellinga, M. (eds.). Wiley-BlackwellResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Academic › peer-review
Adaptation of circular models for global heritage cities: regeneration of Istanbul world heritage site as a case study
Ikiz Kaya, D., 2019, (Accepted/In press)Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › Academic
A memory palace
Bekkering, J., 31 Jan 2019Research output: Non-textual form › Exhibition › Professional
Datasets
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
1st Prize Competition Elementary School Evere, Belgium (selected for realization) with De Bouwerij.
Juliette Bekkering (Recipient), 2015
Recognition: Other › Discipline related › Professional
3rd prize, Jury award AIA Architectuur Prijs 2015, Schuurman Group Alkmaar
Juliette Bekkering (Recipient), 2015
Recognition: Other › Discipline related › Professional
3TU Lighthouse grant: 3D printing Heritage
Juliette Bekkering (Recipient), 2017
Recognition: Other › Discipline related › Professional
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Activities 1988 2019
MIPIM
Christian Rapp (Keynote speaker)13 Mar 2019
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Keynote talk › Professional
architectonisch realisme
Haike Apelt (Speaker)7 Mar 2019
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk › Professional
Innovation and idealism in nowadays Architecture
Juliette D. Bekkering (Speaker)19 Feb 2019
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk › Professional
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Press / Media
Ring biedt kansen voor stoer wonen in Eindhoven
Paul Diederen & Bram van Kaathoven
6/04/19
1 media contribution
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities
HNA Group-controlled Hong Kong Airlines hit by three high-level resignations
18/12/18 → 21/12/18
3 items of media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
Executive departures shake up Hong Kong Airlines
18/12/18
1 item of media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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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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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A campus in transition: adapting the Maastricht Health Campus for a future with autonomous transport
Author: Vervuurt, R., 26 Jun 2018Supervisor: van Wesemael, P. (Supervisor 1), Musch, M. (Supervisor 2), de Vries, M. (Supervisor 2), Peutz, M. (Supervisor 2) & Liu, Y. (Supervisor 2)
Student thesis: Master
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