lighthouse projects 2015
3TU Bouw ‘Lighthouse Projects’ aims at promoting and starting up imaginative research projects that are related to the theme ‘Energy and the Built Environment’. The ‘imaginative’ nature of the research as well as the delivery of tangible results (e.g. prototypes, test environments, and so on) distinguishes Lighthouse Projects from other funding schemes.
2015 - 2016
concept, coordination, design, moderation, publication, strategy
Delft University of Technology
Prof. Dr. Ing. Carola Hein, Dr. Ir. Alexander Koutamanis, Ir. Seyed Sedighi PhD. & Ing. Lars van Vianen
Eindhoven University of Technology
Prof. dr. Bernard Colenbrander & Ir. Femke Stout
Leafroof
Eindhoven University of Technology
Prof. Dr. Alexander Rosemann, Ir. Ing. Guillaume Doudart de la Grée, ir.MEng. Argyrios Papadopoulos, Dr. Michael Debije, Ir. Mark Cox & Riccardo Capperucci
University of Twente
Prof. Dr. Angèle Reinders & Dr. Zachar Krumer
Municipality of Laarbeek
mr. Frans van Zeeland
PD Lab
Delft University of Technology
Dr. Ing. Marcel Bilow, Dr. Ir. Tillmann Klein & Ir. Pieter Stoutjesdijk
Eindhoven University of Technology
Prof. Dr. Ir. Jos Lichtenberg
Fabrication Factory, ECOnnect, Rollecate bv, Reynobond Alcoa Architectural Products, HECO-Schrauben GmbH & Co, Festool Group GmbH & Co, Maasstad Hout & Plaat bv, Isovlas Oisterwijk BV & PARK4ALL b.v.
Polyarch
Delft University of Technology
Ir. Eric van den Ham, Dr. Truus Hordijk & Dr. Ing. Tillmann Klein
Eindhoven University of Technology
Prof. dr. ir. Jan Hensen, Prof. Dr. Ing. Habil. Alexander Rosemann, Prof. Dr. Albert Schenning & Dr. Michael Debije
RFID Sensors
University of Twente
Dr. ir. Seirgei Miller, Denis Makarov & Sjon Van Dijk
Delft University of Technology
prof. dr. ir. Sandra Erkens, dr. ir. Xueyan Liu & dr. Anupam Kumar
Asfalt Centrale Hengelo
Jeroen van der Spiegel & Ferry Lochtenveld
Bam Wegen
Marco Oosterveld
Twentse Weg en Waterbouw
Chiel Harmse & John Snippert
Gemeente Enschede
Ir. Jan-Paul Boutkan
Saving Energy Battle
Eindhoven University of Technology
Ana Pereira Roders, Lisanne Havinga, Henk Schellen, Bernard Colenbrander, Michael Gravers, Anahita Haghparast, Luuk Hermans, Else Ferf Jentink, Sandra K. Sánchez de la Garza, Eirini Sfakiotaki, Leon Tonnaer, Laurie van Krukten, Tim Willems & Peyvand Yavari
Delft University of Technology
Job Roos
Atriensis
Hella Maessen & Dave van der Helm
Van nut
Richard Verbruggen, Videohero: Ivan Elias Oliveira
Rijkdienst van Cultureel Erfgoed
Bill Wei
Rijksdienst voor Ondernemend Nederland
Monique Lacroix
Gemeente Amsterdam
Karin Westerink
Gemeente Den Haag
Henk Bakker
Gemeente Rotterdam
Roland van der Heijden
Volunteers
Amsterdam: Bill Wei, Hannaneh Sobhani, Romanos Dodopoulos, Stefanos Andreou, Thomas Mathew, Rishi Mohan &Martha Regis
The Hague: Saeed Masroor, Paula Stemkens, Harry Hermans, Kees Hermans, Sebastiaan van Ruitenbeek & Alida Van Krugten
Rotterdam: Stephanie Leinders, Alice Tonnaer, Franca Eurlings-Tonnaer, Marie-Louise Tonnaer-Hoenen, Frans Toner, René Heuvelink, Remko Huzen, Rowan de Nijs &Esther Willems
Throw in the I-Drone
Delft University of Technology
Ir. Eric van den Ham & dr. Regina Bokel
University of Twente
dr. ir. Bram Entrop & dr. Alexandr Vasenev
BeemFlights
Sander Mutsaards
Height-Tech Benelux B.V.
Ernst Thijsen
3TU.Bouw Lighthouse Projects 2015 - Architectures of the Black Gold
2016 / English
Results from the 3TU.Bouw Lighthouse Project 'Architectures of the Black Gold'.
Carola Hein
editing
Siebe Bakker & Mariet Sauerwein
conversation & film:
Siebe Bakker & Mariet Sauerwein
3TU.Bouw Lighthouse Projects 2015 - Leafroof
2016 / English
Results from the 3TU.Bouw Lighthouse Project 'Leafroof'.
Angèle Reinders & Alexander Rosemann
editing
Siebe Bakker & Mariet Sauerwein
conversations & film:
Siebe Bakker
3TU.Bouw Lighthouse Projects 2015 - PD Lab
2016 / English
Results from the 3TU.Bouw Lighthouse Project 'PD Lab'.
Marcel Bilow, Tillmann Klein, Nick van der Knaap, Pieter Stoutjesdijk & Jeroen van Veen
editing
Siebe Bakker & Mariet Sauerwein
conversation & film:
Siebe Bakker
3TU.Bouw Lighthouse Projects 2015 - Polyarch
2016 / English
Results from the 3TU.Bouw Lighthouse Project 'Polyarch'.
Eric van den Ham & Tillmann Klein
editing
Siebe Bakker & Mariet Sauerwein
conversations & film:
Mariet Sauerwein
3TU.Bouw Lighthouse Projects 2015 - RFID-Sensors
2016 / English
Results from the 3TU.Bouw Lighthouse Project 'RFID-Sensors'.
Seirgei Miller
conversations, film & editing
Siebe Bakker & Mariet Sauerwein
3TU.Bouw Lighthouse Projects 2015 - Saving Energy Battle
2016 / English
Results from the 3TU.Bouw Lighthouse Project 'Saving Energy Battle'.
Ana Pereira-Roders & Sandra Sanchez de la Garza
conversations, film & editing
Siebe Bakker & Mariet Sauerwein
3TU.Bouw Lighthouse Projects 2015 - Throw in the I-Drone
2016 / English
Results from the 3TU.Bouw Lighthouse Project 'Throw in the I-Drone'.
Bram Entrop
conversations, film & editing
Siebe Bakker & Mariet Sauerwein
Research to Reality – 4TU.Bouw 2014 - 2017
2018 / English, Dutch
Presenting an overview of the four-year period from 2014 to 2017 of 4TU.Bouw. Around 350 researchers and students from the facultieds affiliated with 4TU.Bouw, worked with at least 300 experts from other facultiesd, industries, market parties and governments on a range of collaborative research projects, match-making events, and investigative workshops and conferences. Four years of 4TU.Bouw, led by Scientific Director Ulrich Knaack
editor
Siebe Bakker
graphic design: Siebe Bakker & Soscha Monteiro
Introduction (EN)
Most of the more persistent man-made structural assets that surround us in everyday life as well as their reliable structural services are normally taken ‘as a law of nature’ by the general public. Compared to consumer products the service levels of structural assets are extremely high. Bridges with a structural failure rate comparable to that of normal office printers would be considered completely unacceptable, while a tunnel would never be built if they had a service life expectancy comparable to the most long-lasting functional products such as (certain) washing machines or Hi-Fi-systems. The same holds for all built structures, including houses, public and commercial buildings.
Meanwhile, these structural assets together exceed in financial terms the balance of any global financial institution or the yearly budget of e.g. the Dutch government many times. Thus, the importance and impact of the broad field of science and engineering related to the built environment - which includes architecture, architectural engineering, civil engineering, process management, and policy - is not be underestimated, both economically and socially.
Notwithstanding the evident importance of the Built Environment sector, the public perception of this sector is not that positive, a trend that has been developing in the past few decades. The public perception of the sector often leans towards non-innovative, somewhat clumsy, disorganised and conservative.
It is often forgotten that inventions and innovations from any field of science and engineering are finally applied in the context of the built environment. Developments with respect to e.g. energy comfort, new building materials, and systems are spectacular. For instance, no other innovation has increased the life expectancy of people as much as the broad application of developments in sanitary engineering. It is even so, that the difference between developed an developing countries can be largely attributed to the quality of public sanitation systems. Apparently, the development of an adequate and efficient sanitation system requires the effective collaboration within the so-called ‘Golden Triangle’, i.e. stable and facilitating governments, trained people and innovation originating from educational and scientific institutions and energetic application by these innovations by the market.
Moreover, the environmental impact of the ‘building sector’ is huge, given the enormous usage of raw materials. Together with the energy sector, the building sector is at the forefront of addressing great societal challenges related to sustainability, scarcity, and availability of raw materials as well as the transition towards a circular economic model, based on recycling and upcycling of waste materials and structures.
Another development is the need for true multidisciplinary and cross-disciplinary collaboration on these challenges. Almost every field of science and engineering has found its application in the built environment. Developments within quantum mechanics have led to diverse developments like energy efficient lighting (LED), precise positioning and cutting (laser technologies) and of course to the revolutionary introduction of ICT in the built environment. Developments in (micro-) biology have led to the aforementioned sanitation revolution, whereas new insights into the mathematics of planning and operations research allowed building processes at scales that would have never been possible before.
An effective and multidisciplinary approach faces grand challenges ahead, requiring dedication and collaboration. Therefore, the four technical universities decided to collaborate – amongst others – as 4TU.Bouw Center of Excellence for the Built Environment. The 4TU.Bouw Center of Excellence consists of the faculties of Architecture and Civil Engineering and Geosciences at Delft University of Technology, the Department of the Built Environment at Eindhoven University of Technology, the faculty of Engineering Technology at Twente University and Wageningen University & Research. The overall goal of this 4TU initiative is to promote close collaboration between Dutch universities in order to increase competitiveness in international research and education and to concentrate research and education efforts to improve efficiency and scientific excellence.
Led by scientific director Ulrich Knaack during a four-year period from 2014 till 2017, 4TU.Bouw focused on activating and developing the abovementioned collaborative ambitions. Specifically, by means of three programs, supported with a communication strategy directed towards a broader audience than the academic world alone. The Lighthouse Project initiative that actively pursued imaginary research proposals following a funding setup that resembled an ‘angel capital’ approach; reasonable ‘easy’ money for intensive and short-term ‘proof of concept’ or ‘proof of failure’ proposals. Not all had to succeed in a traditional way, which was made up by the number of projects and their ambitious goals. Secondly, 4TU.Bouw supported the dedicated PDEng-training program contributing to the future availability of well-trained specialists while bridging the gap between academia and the market. Lastly, there were various collaborations with other knowledge institutes and market branch organisations to collectively inform politicians and policy decisionmakers on the relevance and urgency of built environment research and education in order effectively face the nation-wide social and cultural challenges lying ahead.
3TU.Bouw 2015
2016 / English, Dutch
Results from seven 3TU.Bouw Lighthouse Projects, 5 PDEng projects and all 3TU.Bouw initiatives in 2015.
editor
Siebe Bakker
graphic design: Siebe Bakker & Mariet Sauerwein
Backflap (EN)
3TU.Bouw represents the collaboration between the 3 Technical Universities in the Netherlands on the large topic of ‘The Built Environment’. The cooperation consists of the Department of the Built Environment at TU Eindhoven, the faculty of Engineering Technology at Twente University, and the faculties of Architecture and Civil Engineering and Geosciences at TU Delft. The goal of the 3TU.Bouw initiative is to promote collaboration between the member faculties, industrial partners and government, in order to meet the grand challenges ahead.
Built Environment is the biotope of the modern citizen, providing infrastructure for transport, defence against flooding, shelter, space for working, meeting and leisure activities, etc. The demands upon reliability, safety and comfort of these structures is continuously increasing. Meanwhile the Built Environment sector is confronted with enormous challenges like scarcity of resources, climate change, accelerated population growth and demographic changes. These challenges require joint strategies and collaboration between end-user, academia, the industry and governmental agencies, the so-called golden triangle. Therefore, in the context of the Dutch ‘Nationale Wetenschapsagenda’, 3TU.Bouw, with its partners, has identified the important, societal and scientifically relevant research themes: ‘De Toekomst Wordt Gebouwd’.
These themes have been utilized as context for the 3TU.Bouw Lighthouse programme 2016: fifteen dedicated, fast track innovation projects have been started, all addressing aspects of the agenda. These projects should provide a proof of concept – or failure – of new technologies that will contribute to solid approaches and solutions to the challenges ahead, for all stakeholders. Next to this, a dedicated PDEng-training programme contributes to the future availability of well-trained specialists, meanwhile bridging the gap between academia and the market. 3TU.Bouw strives to respond rapidly to the ever faster changes, often emerging bottom-up, that new technologies bring about, by organizing workshops, brainstorms and training sessions with relevant stakeholders, and by forming dedicated consortia that act jointly. Only by such joint actions positive changes with respect to the urgent themes are expected to happen.