Built Environment

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Built Environment
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    A New Urban Vision for Amsterdam: LAB4’s Haven-Stad

    As cities across the world face growing urban populations, Amsterdam is leading the way in creating liveable, sustainable environments through...

    • Student work
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    Bringing BUas closer to nature through biophilic design

    Nature is disappearing from our surroundings, with negative effects on our mental and physical well-being, among other things. We come from nature...

    • Research
  • An new innovative tool in the Places and Flows Lab

    An new innovative tool in the Places and Flows Lab

    The Tangible Landscape, an innovative tool that is now available in the Places and Flows Lab was demonstrated on 27 March. The Tangible Landscape...

    • Expertise
    • Research
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    SimGame: a gem of the Built Environment programme

    At the end of March, excitement fills the second floor of Frontier. Large maps are spread across tables, groups of students engage in animated...

    • Stories
  • Inside the LAB: A better future for Ba’oan

    Inside the LAB: A better future for Bao'an

    In the vibrant LAB learning community of our Built Environment programme, students don’t just study built environment challenges - they actively...

    • Student work
  • Built Environment & Logistics: a great match!

    Built Environment & Logistics: a great match!

    They were not in the same year, but they were both students at SLM (now ABEL) some time ago. And they got married this year! An interview with Kevin...

    • Stories
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    CIVITAS Forum 2024: Participant Interviews

    Built Environment employees colleagues attended the Civitas Forum in Parma, Italy.

    • Expertise
  • FreshBrains week in Almere Buiten: Students inspiring the future of mobility and public space

    FreshBrains week in Almere Buiten: Students inspiring the future of mobility and public space

    On the evening of Sunday, June 2nd, the FreshBrains week kicked off in Almere Buiten. During this week, students from Breda University of Applied...

    • Stories
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    You must dare to tell a different story

    Joost Kleinhaarhuis studied Urban Planning at NHTV (BUas). In 2005 he graduated in Mexico City, where he travelled for over three hours to get from...

    • Stories
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    ‘Deep down, there’s a Brabander in me’

    She started as a communication advisor at Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences, went on to teach there and – stemming from a strong interest in IT...

    • Stories
  • Internationalisation at home at Academy for Built Environment & Logistics

    HAMK Häme University of Applied Sciences (FI), University North (HR) and University of Zagreb (HR) visit BUas

    In the week of 15 April, HAMK Häme University of Applied Sciences (FI), University North (HR) and University of Zagreb (HR) visited Breda University...

    • News
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    The sustainable mobility transition in the Netherlands calls for LEVs

    More and more Light Electric Vehicles (LEVs) are making their way into the streets these days. These include e-scooters, e-steps, e-bikes and...

    • News
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    Students work on greening neighborhood in Utrecht

    During the Future Green City Student Challenge students from the Built Environment programmes at Hogeschool Utrecht and BUas worked together on a case...

    • Student work
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    Return Ticket to the Campus

    We regularly see alumni returning to the campus, but seldom does it happen behind the wheel of a city bus. Roy Labruijère, a graduate in Mobility, did...

    • Stories
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    Students of Built Environment doing research in Spain

    The Durango City Council and Breda University of Applied Sciences have reached a collaboration agreement for students to develop specific projects to...

    • Student work
  • Building bridges and shaping cities: from Breda to Anyang

    Building bridges and shaping cities: from Breda to Anyang

    From 10 to 24 November, Built Environment and Logistics (ABEL) staff members Letty Zhu, Loek Hellebrekers, Maurizio Scarciglia, Thomas Oorschot, and...

    • Expertise
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    BUas and Arriva extend successful partnership

    With two signatures, the successful cooperation that BUas and Arriva entered into in 2018 was extended for at least a year and a half. With this...

    • Expertise
  • Smart City Monitor

    Smart City Monitor

    Gaining real-time and long-term data-driven insight into visitors and traffic flows in inner cites of Breda and 's-Hertogenbosch

    • Expertise
  • Alumnus Bas van Horne in the running for best thesis award

    Alumnus Bas van Horne in the running for best thesis award

    On 1 November, the best HBO thesis in the field of transport and mobility is awarded at the pre-conference of the Nationaal Verkeerskundecongres. The...

    • Student work
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    CIVITAS Educational Network celebrates its two-year anniversary

    On 4 October, during Urban Mobility Days 2023, CIVITAS Educational Network held its third physical meeting to discuss the network status, past and...

    • Expertise