De matchmaking heeft als doel om een consortium uit te breiden en open te stellen voor organisaties die werkzaam zijn op of interesse hebben in de transformatie van jong erfgoed en gezamenlijk een nieuwe hoofdvraag te ontwikkelen waarmee lerend uit het verleden, versterkt met hedendaagse kennis , jong erfgoed getransformeerd kan worden om bij te dragen tot duurzame, leefbare, gezonde omgevingen om een veerkrachtige inclusieve samenleving te helpen ontwikkelen.

The importance of biodiversity for public health is widely acknowledged. However, few people are aware of how much housing design decisions influence the interaction between humans, non-humans and the diversity of microorganisms that populate our living environment. To overcome this knowledge gap, this project engages architecture and (bio-)medicine teachers and students in a transdisciplinary collaboration and co-creation process. Together they will study residential neighbourhoods in The Hague, developing a pioneering combination of environmental microbiome research with ethnographic research and spatial analysis. The outcome of this project will support the development of innovative Microbiome-inspired housing approaches to improve health and well-being.

In recent years there has been an increasing need for nature inclusive solutions in the construction sector. The practice asks for new solutions contributing to the development of sustainable, resilient and liveable cities. Under the guidance of the Dutch government, greening of the cities has become one of the aims of municipalities in the Netherlands and the focus of some emerging companies and design offices. In cities, quay masonry walls, thanks to their close contact with water, have the potential to be ecologically engineered to favour vegetation, thereby contributing to the renaturing of urban areas. By building a prototype of an innovative masonry building system, this project aims to investigate the potential for improving the integration between masonry quay walls and vegetation. The set-up consists of a dry-stacking system for brick masonry: strong polyamide elements interconnect the bricks, providing strength to the masonry without the need for mortar. The space in between bricks, traditionally filled with mortar, is to be filled with compost material, providing an ideal substrate for plant growth and a buffer for water storage (figure 1). In addition to improved integration between masonry walls and vegetation, the proposed dry-stacking system allows for easy reuse of bricks, thereby contributing to circularity and sustainability of the building industry. The project broadens and strengthens the national network in the field of urban ecology by bringing together expertise from the fields of architecture, ecology and the construction sector, from both academia and practice.

Terrorism and decay raises a numerous questions about the preservation of famous monuments and about the documentation of its various stages. 3D printing may not offer itself for full-scale rebuilding, but this technology has unique potentials for recreating the appearance of the interior or exterior of buildings. This project brings together scholars from three departments of TU Delft all with their own expertise in 3D printing or the assessment and development of heritage. These multidisciplinary academic scholars join forces with several private companies and the Mauritshuis to explore the potential of a reconstruction of the original state of the ‘Golden Room’ (1718) through a thin-layer 3D reprint of a section of this room. This room is effectively an art work in which paintings, architectural and sculptural elements together form an ensemble. We propose to reprint the paintings and its architecture in its reconstructed original state, recreating a long lost spatial and esthetical entity. The scanning and reprinting of a section of the room gives the opportunity to implement and test several novel scanning and production techniques. The reprint will be used to set the stage for a conversation among scholars, policy-makers, heritage scholars and companies to contextualize this type of reproduction, its potential and challenges. The 3D model will be used for future discussion of the technology and societal influence as well as to the scale up and the production of a larger section or the entire room.

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