Trained as an urban designer, I pursued an academic career after graduation. I obtained my BSc and MSc in Urbanism (2015) and Civil Engineering (2015) at TU Delft (2014) and read a PhD at Cambridge University (2019). I have been working as an assistant professor in the ETD section since late 2023, after having worked as a postdoc and industry consultant for several years.
I have been fascinated by the question what spatial design can mean to improve the quality of areas located in the shadow of infrastructural nodes, specifically near airports. What defines the quality and ‘comfort’ or such areas? And how can we quantify the impact of urban and landscape morphology on environmental indicators and urban comfort? Despite its societal relevance, the relationship between urban form and environmental conditions is surprisingly ill-understood.
Recent projects aimed to map and analyse dependencies between urban shape, greenery and ‘urban comfort’, based on e.g. in-situ measurements, virtual reality and computer simulations. Cutting through different spatial scales and pursuing cross-disciplinary research, my research interests are centred around the interplay between design, contextual environmental conditions and human sensory perception.
Recent Thesis Projects:
- ParaNoise: Traffic noise simulation using parametric design and optimizing building configurations to reduce traffic noise
- Aircraft induced sound propagation in the urban context
- Improving the Acoustic Absorption of Vertical Greening Systems
- Tranquilitree: the Potential of Trees to Mitigate Aircraft Noise Pollution from Schiphol Airport
- Building Envelope in Airport Regions