1. Land to Water, Water to Live, Transformation of the Dutch polder landscape in order to adapt to climate change
- Author
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Stukje, N. (author) and Stukje, N. (author)
- Abstract
The main research question for the graduation project is: What safe, sustainable and qualitative urban living typology can be designed in order to adapt to climate change in the Dutch polder landscape? The focus in the living with water research is on the design requirements and qualitative characteristics of an urban living environment. The study also concerns the creation of a safe and sustainable living area. The design requirements deal with the spatial, formal and functional requirements of living with water and will be integrated in the urban living typology. The living with water will be on the scale of the architectural object and the neighbourhood area. The sub-questions concerning this topic are: what is living what water and what are its spatial, formal and functional requirements? What existing living typology with water are designed and implemented and how do they function? What is the role of water in the urban area and in relation to the architectural object? The climate change focuses on the important aspects of the current and future changes and the requirements to the urban design. A study will be done on the changes on a global scale and the specific changes in the Netherlands and to the Dutch polder landscape. This topic also focuses on the environmental aspects for the sustainable development. The study also concerns the urban requirements of the integration of urban planning and flood risk management. The sub-questions for this topic are: What are the future changes in climate on a global and national scale to deal with within the project? What urban adaptation to the climate change of the Dutch polder landscape is needed? What are existing sustainable urban developments and what are there functional and formal requirements? To what extent can urban planning contribute to flood risk management? The third topic is the Commandeurspolder, the context. The focus in this research is on the spatial, functional and formal aspects of the current situat, Architecture
- Published
- 2009