Built Environment

Welcome to the Department of the Built Environment

We are driven by our ambitions to make a difference. Sustainability, in its broadest definition, is the cornerstone of our research and education.
We take the lead in (re)shaping the built environment and making it futureproof, safe, healthy, inclusive and with respect for planetary boundaries.
We are in an outstanding position to do so because we house the entire spectrum of technology, engineering, design and human behavior disciplines in the built environment, with world class experimental facilities, on all scale levels. This allows us to address societal challenges from a unique integral perspective.

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We educate a new generation of students able to solve today鈥檚 and tomorrow鈥檚 complex challenges of society. We consider in-depth disciplinary knowledge as key for professional leadership and true autonomy in future professions. Our education is small scale. Students are offered a maximum degree of freedom to select education in the sub-discipline of their preference. Collaborative skills are trained in joint challenge-based projects that address societal challenges. We educate life-long learners, students with the abilities and attitude to maintain an open mind.

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Our research

Our research community covers the entire range of disciplines related to the built environment. By bringing multiple perspectives to the table and meaningly connecting these, we are able to contribute to innovative solutions for complex societal issues. By playing an active role in our academic network and by committing to Open Science principles, we contribute to the advancement of scientific knowledge. We have world class experimental facilities, such as a fully equipped building physics, materials and structures laboratories, a largescale 3D Concrete Printer and Atmospheric Boundary Layer Wind Tunnel, as well as digital twinning and virtual reality facilities. This allows us to do laboratory experimental research from microscopic level to full-scale, from controlled laboratory conditions to field studies involving users, and everything in between. In collaboration with the 果冻传媒 institutes EAISI and EIRES we develop Key Enabling Technologies in the field of artificial intelligence and the energy transition.

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Impact

We believe that as an academic institute, we have a responsibility towards society. We do fundamental research with the ambition to not only advance the body of scientific knowledge, but also to drive technological innovation in society. By involving citizens and by collaborating with industrial, societal and public partners we bring knowledge from fundamental research directly to society. As such, we enable the building industry to mature and to innovate and we enable advanced informed solutions and future-proof decision making by municipalities and government. Co-creation with a human-centred approach (by involving citizens) is of crucial importance for success.

Events

  • 09 May
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    EIRES | DIFFER | BigScienceNL - Dutch Fusion Day | 9 May 2025

    May 9, 2025 9:00 AM / DIFFER, De Zaale 20, Eindhoven

  • 12 May
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    EIRES | GroenvermogenNL - Electrochemical Conversion & Storage (ECNS) | 12 May 2025

    May 12, 2025 9:00 AM / Van der Valk Hotel, Winthontlaan 4, Utrecht

  • 15 May
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    Information Session 15-05-2025 - Data Science & AI for Professionals

    May 15, 2025 6:30 PM / EAISI, Neuron Building - 果冻传媒

  • 21 May
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    果冻传媒 Community event

    Connect with my Culture 2025

    May 21, 2025 4:00 PM / 果冻传媒 campus | Forum (Market Hall)

  • 26 May
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    EAISI lecture of visiting Professor Ayan Mukhopadhyay

    A lecture about Scalable, adaptive, equitable and interpretable decision-making for societal-scale systems

  • 03 Jun
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    EAISI lecture by visiting Professor Carlos Montemayor

    A lecture about the varieties of value alignment

  • 10 Jun
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    EAISI lecture of visiting Professor Dragan Nesic

    A lecture about stability of optimal and near-optimal control laws

  • 19 Jun
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    EAISI lecture by visiting Professor Ericka Johnson

    A lecture about a collection of interdisciplinary approaches to robots and emotions.

  • 26 Jun
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    Information Session 26 06 2025 - Data Science & AI for Professionals

    June 26, 2025 6:30 PM / EAISI, Neuron Building - 果冻传媒

  • 06 Jul
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    COBEE 2025 conference

    July 6, 2025 9:00 AM - July 10, 2025 / 果冻传媒 - Auditorium| De Zaale, EIndhoven

  • 04 Sep
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    Information Session 04-09-2025 - Data Science & AI for Professionals

    September 4, 2025 6:30 PM / EAISI, Neuron Building - 果冻传媒

  • 30 Oct
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    Information Session - 30 10 2025 Data Science & AI for Professionals

    October 30, 2025 6:30 PM / EAISI, Neuron Building - 果冻传媒

    • News from our department

    Photo: MAMBO - Museo de Arte Moderno de Bogot谩
    April 28, 2025
    The legacy of architectural exhibitions
    Michael Forero Parra defended his PhD thesis at the Department of Built Environment on April 23.
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    Photo: Angelique Swinkels
    April 16, 2025
    Footbridge solutions with natural fibers
    Ali Shahmirzaloo defended his PhD thesis at the Department of Built Environment on April 9.
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    Dujuan Yang (left) and Qi Han. Photos: Vincent van den Hoogen
    Improving decision-making for sustainable renovations
    April 11, 2025
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    How does heat affect flax footbridges
    April 10, 2025
    In Memoriam Jan Westra
    March 26, 2025
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    Exploring the synergy between psychosocial and physical learning environments
    March 21, 2025

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