{"id":1440,"date":"2024-07-19T06:16:57","date_gmt":"2024-07-19T06:16:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.urbanecologydesigntudelft.com\/?p=1440"},"modified":"2025-05-16T10:47:01","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T10:47:01","slug":"designing-workscapes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urbanecologydesigntudelft.com\/?p=1440","title":{"rendered":"Designing Workscapes"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1440\" class=\"elementor elementor-1440\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-af6d83f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"af6d83f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-580d78b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"580d78b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-293b0f7 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"293b0f7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f70d9e0 elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f70d9e0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Designing Workscapes of the Future<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3243ef5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3243ef5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e27c79 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2e27c79\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">An approach to understand and design for liveable business districts.<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-498da97 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"498da97\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c4d4c17 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-tablet__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c4d4c17\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"595\" height=\"842\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urbanecologydesigntudelft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/A1_WebsiteUED.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1736\" alt=\"Digital Terrain Model of the Netherlands with current business districts and their urban-landscape and infrastructural context\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.urbanecologydesigntudelft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/A1_WebsiteUED.jpg 595w, https:\/\/www.urbanecologydesigntudelft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/A1_WebsiteUED-212x300.jpg 212w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 595px) 100vw, 595px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b10c61 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6b10c61\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eb2f8d5 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"eb2f8d5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"flex flex-grow flex-col max-w-full\"><div class=\"min-h-[20px] text-message flex flex-col items-start whitespace-pre-wrap break-words [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5 juice:w-full juice:items-end overflow-x-auto gap-2\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"201fb0b1-53f9-412f-86b6-a7e38798d5b8\"><div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 juice:empty:hidden juice:first:pt-[3px]\"><div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert dark\"><div><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Population growth and urbanisation put more and more pressure on the already limited space in the Netherlands. This asks for an integrated use of space in the built environment. The Dutch business districts cover approx. 20% of the built environment. However, they show serious vulnerability due to their profit-oriented foundation. <\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f4757d5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f4757d5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a431669 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a431669\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/thegreencities.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GCE_6.3_TUD-Workweek_0.7_SPREADS-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1932\" height=\"1088\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urbanecologydesigntudelft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-19-at-07.47.10.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1444\" alt=\"AI Generated visualisation of Workscape TU Delft Campus by Eline Onih Holtes and Daria Alieieva\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.urbanecologydesigntudelft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-19-at-07.47.10.png 1932w, https:\/\/www.urbanecologydesigntudelft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-19-at-07.47.10-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.urbanecologydesigntudelft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-19-at-07.47.10-1024x577.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.urbanecologydesigntudelft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-19-at-07.47.10-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.urbanecologydesigntudelft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-19-at-07.47.10-1536x865.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1932px) 100vw, 1932px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e20b362 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e20b362\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b85f7b5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b85f7b5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c2c5053 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c2c5053\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Author<\/strong><br \/>Rosa de Wolf<\/p><p><strong>Location<\/strong><br \/>the Netherlands<\/p><div class=\"wPNfjb\"><div class=\"HdbW6 MjUjnf VM6qJ\"><div class=\"hHq9Z\"><div data-hveid=\"CBUQAA\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwi1huubl76GAxXb_rsIHV6RAP8QlcAGegQIFRAA\"><div class=\"KsRP6\"><div class=\"MDY31c\"><div class=\"nwVKo\"><div class=\"r2VLS WAvXif\"><div data-ias=\"false\"><div class=\"y1yadf\"><div class=\"CcNe6e v4Zpbe\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><strong>Supervisory team<\/strong><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><p>Prof. Dr. Steffen Nijhuis<br \/>Prof. Dr. Rob Roggema<br \/>Dr. Nico Tillie<\/p><p><strong>Project duration<\/strong><br \/>Runs until November 2027<\/p><p><strong>Publications<\/strong><br \/>de Wolf, R., Roggema, R., Nijhuis, S., &amp; Tillie, N. (2025). The Design of Workscapes: A Scoping Study. <em>Land<\/em>, <em>14<\/em>(5), 1072. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/land14051072\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/land14051072<\/a><\/p><p><strong>Project links<br \/><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ivn.nl\/werklandschappen-van-de-toekomst\/\">Werklandschappen van de Toekomst<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-81ac1ff e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"81ac1ff\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b7e495e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b7e495e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This economy-driven design results in a predominance of industrial and office spaces, car-oriented infrastructure, and deficient spatial quality. Most of these areas have minimal green coverage and a lack of public spaces. It creates monotonous and unattractive environments that are underutilised, even during business hours. The business districts play a crucial role in the national economy and people\u2019s lives, as they contribute up to 40% of the Dutch national income and one in three people work there. The districts have a great potential to become more liveable and socio-ecological inclusive environments, and thus transform into Workscapes: landscapes wherein living, working, recreation and nature are combined.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><div><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><b>The objective of this research is to explore the potential of business district as workscapes, and to formulate spatial design patterns for transformation and design of workscapes.<\/b><\/span><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Designing Workscapes of the Future An approach to understand and design for liveable business districts. Population growth and urbanisation put more and more pressure on the already limited space in the Netherlands. This asks for an integrated use of space in the built environment. The Dutch business districts cover approx. 20% of the built environment. 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