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Organization profile
Introduction / mission
Buildings, cities and regions matter to people’s lives. Well-planned cities help communities prosper and flourish, and therefore city planners can make a difference. Planning for better cities requires new forms of collaboration, organizational structures and new urban futures. In rethinking challenges facing the urbanizing world today, UUA realizes interaction between architecture, cultural heritage planning and urban planning and design.
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Focusing on (trans)formation of the city and its architecture anticipating on the systemic changes in urban society, economy, technology and governance
Organisational profile
Adaptation of the existing urban environment to changing social and economic constraints, making use of innovative technologies is a key focus area. The group carries out research into urban form as the manifestation of evolutionary processes of development and change. These processes are driven by social, economic and technological innovation, particularly within the changing institutional frameworks of governance. UUA aims to understand the multi-scalar nature of urban form in which building typologies, block- and neighbourhood morphologies as well as urban and regional configurations determine each other reciprocally in a co-evolutionary process. The city and its architecture are studied by combining theories and methodologies from the fields of morphogenesis, urban studies as well as innovation and transition studies.
The research of the chair of UUA is organised in both a PhD program on fundamental research as well as the Urban Lab platform for applied research on real world urban agenda’s with real world actors in a real world setting. Both are intrinsically connected by a similar research approach and focussed on a common research agenda.
Research approach:
- How dimensions of urban morphology, townscape, and programming shape and reshape each other reciprocally
- How global forces, structures and agents build, manage, plan, govern and shape cities.
- Urban theories, strategies and concepts developed to deal with the challenges of society, economy, technology, ecology and politics.
- Translating these global challenges and trends into local, contextual interventions, building in an evolutionary way on the existing local capital both spatially, socially as well as in terms of governance.
Key areas of research:
- Healthy Cities, smart mobility and public space design
- Circular Cities, urban metabolism and system thinking
- Smart Cities, participatory urbanism and place making
- Cultural Heritage, spatial biographies and contextual design
UUA strives to connect tradition and knowledge, innovation and imagination. Working with colleagues across TU Eindhoven, other universities, the municipality, and the region, the UUA engages actively in the advancement of interdisciplinary research. The UUA research and educational program combines an urban, architectural and social dimension, aimed at constructing a sustainable and emancipatory future.
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Profiles
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Shervin Azadi
- Built Environment, Urbanism and Urban Architecture - University Researcher
Person: OWP : University Teacher / Researcher
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Siebren Baars
- Built Environment, Urbanism and Urban Architecture - University Researcher
Person: OWP : University Teacher / Researcher
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Louwrens Botha
- Built Environment, Urbanism and Urban Architecture - Doctoral Candidate
Person: Prom. : doctoral candidate (PhD)
Projects
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Smart Cycling Futures: Innovations in Urban Design and Planning
van Wesemael, P. J. V. & Liu, G.
25/07/16 → 28/02/21
Project: Research direct
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A user-centred virtual city information model for inclusive community design: State-of-art
Najafi, P., Mohammadi, M., van Wesemael, P. J. V. & Le Blanc, P. M., Mar 2023, In: Cities. 134, 19 p., 104203.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Gezond Verbinden: Gezonde mobiliteitstransitie in samenhang met regionale mobiliteitshubs
Evers, S. (ed.), Kasraian, D. (ed.), van der Lugt, J. (ed.) & Musch, M. W. (ed.), 1 Feb 2023, Eindhoven: Technische Universiteit Eindhoven. 68 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book editing › Professional
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Regional transport accessibility and residential property values: The case study of the Greater Toronto and Hamilton area
Kasraian, D., Li, L., Raghav, S., Shalaby, A. & Miller, E. J., Mar 2023, In: Case Studies on Transport Policy. 11, 15 p., 100932.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Datasets
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Identifying challenges and solutions in cultural heritage adaptive reuse through the Historic Urban Landscape approach in Amsterdam. Dataset
Pintossi, N. (Creator), Roders, A. P. (Contributor) & Ikiz Kaya, D. (Contributor), Zenodo, 6 Nov 2020
Dataset
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Application of the COM-B model to the correlates of children’s outdoor playing and the potential role of digital interventions: a systematic literature review
Khalilollahi, A. (Creator), Kasraian, D. (Creator), Kemperman, A. D. A. M. (Creator) & van Wesemael, P. J. V. (Creator), Taylor and Francis Ltd., 27 May 2022
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.19907114
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A longitudinal analysis of travel demand and its determinants in the Greater Toronto-Hamilton Area
Kasraian, D. (Creator), Raghav, S. (Creator), Yusuf, B. (Creator) & Miller, E. J. (Creator), SAGE Journals, 3 Apr 2022
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Prizes
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1st Place, Panorama Lokaal Design Competition
Mulvihill, Daryl (Recipient), 2020
Prize: Other › Professional
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Aanmoedigingsprijs 2018
Musch, Marcel W. (Recipient), 2018
Prize: Other › Discipline related › Professional
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Best Ph.D. Thesis Award
Ataol, Özlemnur (Recipient), 3 Oct 2021
Prize: Other › Career, activity or publication related prizes (lifetime, best paper, poster etc.) › Scientific
Activities
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Urban Transitions 2022
Jinglun Du (Participant)
8 Nov 2022 → 10 Nov 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Conference › Scientific
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Co-shaping future cities
Suzan Evers (Speaker) & Pauline E.W. van den Berg (Speaker)
3 Oct 2022Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk › Scientific
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Knowledge Exchange Innovative Learning Environments Lithuania - Netherlands
Siebren Baars (Contributor), Roelien Wierda (Organiser) & Ron Barendsen (Organiser)
29 Jun 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Workshop, seminar, course or exhibition › Professional
Press / Media
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JE EIGEN WIJK MEE-ONTWERPEN MET VIRTUAL REALITY
Suzan Evers & Pauline E.W. van den Berg
15/09/22
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research
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Lecture Universiteit van Nederland - 'Will we all be sharing houses in the future?"
14/02/22
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities
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Netherlands : 11 Dutch projects awarded funding within the call Urban Transformation Capacities (ENUTC) of JPI Urban Europe
13/01/22
2 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
Student theses
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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. J. V. (Supervisor 1), Musch, M. W. (Supervisor 2), de Vries, M. J. (Supervisor 2), Peutz, M. M. V. (Supervisor 2) & Liu, Y. (Supervisor 2)
Student thesis: Master
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A climate adaptive campus design that improves spatial identity of the Brightlands Maastricht Health Campus
Author: van de Logt, E., 31 Aug 2018Supervisor: van Wesemael, P. J. V. (Supervisor 1), Musch, M. W. (Supervisor 2), de Vries, M. J. (Supervisor 2) & Liu, Y. (Supervisor 2)
Student thesis: Master
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A contemporary keystone for the Barbarossaplatz: a new perspective on the reorganization of the post-war urban fabric of Cologne
Author: Gul, B., 31 Aug 2017Supervisor: Bosman, A. H. J. (Supervisor 1), Musch, M. W. (Supervisor 2) & Lammers, D. G. O. (Supervisor 2)
Student thesis: Master
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