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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

Özlemnur Ataol
- Department of the Built Environment, Urbanism and Urban Architecture - Doctoral Candidate
Person: Prom. : doctoral candidate (PhD)

Siebren Baars
- Department of the Built Environment, Urbanism and Urban Architecture - University Researcher
Person: OWP : University Teacher / Researcher
Projects 2016 2021
- 1 Active
Smart Cycling Futures: Innovations in Urban Design and Planning
van Wesemael, P. J. V., Klein, C., Klein, C., Liu, Y. (. & Gerrits, E.
25/07/16 → 31/07/21
Project: Research direct
Research Output 1981 2020
Community participation in cultural heritage management: a systematic literature review comparing Chinese and international practices
Li, J., Krishnamurthy, S., Pereira Roders, A. & van Wesemael, P., 1 Jan 2020, In : Cities. 96, 9 p., 102476.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Architecture and the Smart City
De Sousa Lopes Figueiredo, S. (ed.), Krishnamurthy, S. (ed.) & Schröder, T. (ed.), 6 Nov 2019, London: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group. 260 p. (Critiques : Critical Studies in Architectural Humanities)Research output: Book/Report › Book editing › Academic › peer-review
Early adulthood housing transitions in Amsterdam: understanding dependence and independence between generations
Druta, O., Limpens, A., Pinkster, F. M. & Ronald, R., Mar 2019, In : Population, Space and Place. 25, 2, 11 p., e2196.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Prizes
Aanmoedigingsprijs 2018
Marcel W. Musch (Recipient), 2018
Prize: Other › Discipline related › Professional
Child Friendly Planning
Sukanya Krishnamurthy (Recipient), 2017
Prize: Other › Discipline related › Professional
Eervolle vermelding Archiprix 2012
Martijn Schlatmann (Recipient), 23 Jun 2012
Prize: Other › Discipline related › Professional
Activities 1996 2019
Smart Technologies: Smart Cities, Smart Buildings, Smart Workplaces
Oana Druta (Speaker)Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk › Professional
Urban Development Initiative (External organisation)
Pieter J.V. van Wesemael (Chair)Activity: Membership types › Membership of board › Scientific
Shifting responsibilities: Homeownership and life-course transitions in a comparative perspective
Oana Druta (Speaker)Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk › 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
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
Student theses
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
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. (Supervisor 1), Musch, M. (Supervisor 2), de Vries, M. (Supervisor 2) & Liu, Y. (Supervisor 2)
Student thesis: Master
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. (Supervisor 1), Musch, M. (Supervisor 2) & Lammers, D. (Supervisor 2)
Student thesis: Master