Meaningful Circular Metabolism

Using flow analysis to quantify the spatial impact of circular measurements and using urban design to integrate it in the context of city

Long description

The project focuses on the field of flow analysis and urban design. It is about the spatial impact of urban metabolism. When urban metabolism is an integrated part of the design on the city of Amsterdam. This means I take the theory of urban metabolism as a base and use design goals such as circularity and sustainability. This to see how a city would look if circularity were to be implemented in the city being quantified and integrated in their real size. The spatial component is often lacking and therefore the impact of urban metabolism on urban design is not well established. This graduation project focuses on bridging that gap. The main products of this graduation are a new pattern language to map difficult/technical interventions in spatial tiles, a GIS model for assessing urban metabolism potentials and restrictions and a new approach for applying urban metabolism measurements on neighbourhood level.

More information can be found in my booklet. Or for further information or requests I can be contacted. I will be happy to try and answer the questions/requests:

https://issuu.com/home/published/170412_p5_report_brian_nap_meaningf