Department of the Built Environment

Design and Decision Support Systems

The Design and Decision Support Systems research program focuses on planning, development and management of cities and large-scale urban artefacts such as malls, green spaces and offices.

Design and Decision Support Systems (DDSS)

Recognizing that the structures and functions constituting the city interact with each other and with the users, integrated and human-centered solutions to urban and transport planning as well as real estate management are needed. Using a system’s approach, the objective of the DDSS research program is to conduct innovative and groundbreaking research, to develop and apply models and systems that allow planners and managers often in co-creation with users to address the major challenges cities are facing to create healthy living environments for users and attain sustainability objectives.

Developing design and decision support solutions for architecture and urban planning challenges

As a result of processes becoming increasingly complex in recent years, integrated solutions to architectural and urban planning and design challenges, such as the development of smart cities, need to be assessed from multiple perspectives. Existing models and tools often fail to meet this requirement. The aim of the DDSS research program is to develop groundbreaking design and decision support systems that focus on particular types of design and planning problems in architecture and urban planning. The main objective of the DDSS research program is to conduct Innovative academically rigorous research, which is of practical relevance.

Research meets practice: DDSS Laboratory

The Information Systems group manages an advanced computer laboratory. The ISBE Lab is located on the 9-th floor of the Vertigo building. In the lab you find high-end computer systems and various peripherals for (3D) printing, projecting, etc. A VR Powerwall is available for visualization and navigating full scale models of the built environment. Virtual servers can be set-up for running special jobs. A database is available with geo data from the Netherlands. PhD’s and Master students use these facilities for performing experiments as part of their research projects. Professional support is available to support students in their work.

Our research groups

The DDSS research program consists of three research groups.

Department of the Built Environment

Information Systems in the Built Environment

The ISBE Group carries out research and education in the field of information systems used for the engineering and management of the built…

Department of the Built Environment

Real Estate and Urban Development

The REMD group is responsible for education and research in the area of real estate management and urban development.

Department of the Built Environment

Urban Planning and Transportation

The focus of the Urban Planning Group is on developing models and integrating these into decision support systems for urban planning design…

Datamanagement/GDPR

Responsible data management is part of good research. Timely measures need to be taken to ensure that collection, analysis, storage and reuse of the data are organized properly and in line with the law.
This page provides templates and guidelines to help USRE-researchers to draw a good data management plan for their studies.

Meet some of our Researchers

Full Professor

Bauke de Vries

DDSS Research Day

For the DDSS Research Day we bring senior scientists and young (PhD) researchers together in an intimate setting. During this day there is ample room for discussions during the presentations and outside the official program. Cross-fertilization between disciplines is deemed necessary to advance DDSS research. Senior researchers from the TU/e (Prof. Arentze, Prof. Rasouli and Prof. de Vries) welcome young researchers from the DDSS program to present their work and those who are still exploring their research topic and are looking for discussions on that topic.

Project Related Publications

Our most recent peer reviewed publications

Interview about Smart Cities by Physicsworld

In this video recording Bauke de Vries gives his opinion on Smart Cities research, and he explains the new Brainport Smart District project. The video is published by Physicsworld.

News

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December 5, 2023
Making urban rail transit systems more energy efficient
Kang Huang defended his PhD thesis at the Department of Built Environment on November 29th.
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November 29, 2023
Computer models of wind turbine fatigue
Feiyu Geng defended his PhD thesis at the Department of Built Environment on November 24th.
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November 28, 2023
NWO supports TU/e research on concrete printing and early diagnosis of pregnancy complications
TU/e scientists Theo Salet and Massimo Michi are receiving funding from the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO). With this, they can co-fund...
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Student opportunities

Are you interested in the Bachelor’s and Master’s courses we offer? Read more about our student opportunities on our special education page:

 

 

Events

  • 06 Dec
    20 Dec

    WinTU/er Village

    TU/e is organizing the traditional WinTU/er Village in Atlas. Our wonderfully decorated Village Square and stage will return. This year it…

  • 07 Dec
    Digital Signal Processing for Signal-Dependent Impairments in Optical Fiber Communication

    PhD defense Kaiquan Wu

    December 7, 2023 / TU/e Campus

  • 07 Dec
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    4TU.CEE Innovation Fund Event 2023

    Learn about the engineering education innovation projects at TU/e that were funded by 4TU.CEE in 2023.

  • 07 Dec
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    Information Session - Data Science & AI for Professionals

    December 7, 2023 6:30 PM / EAISI, Neuron Building - TU/e

  • 07 Dec
    Supramolecular Polymeric Materials

    PhD defense Joost Johannes Bernardus van der Tol

    December 7, 2023 / TU/e Campus

  • 07 Dec
    Simulating Positive and Negative Streamer Discharges in Air and in Strongly Attaching Gases

    PhD defense Baohong Guo

    December 7, 2023 / TU/e Campus

  • 07 Dec

    Preventive Health Conference 2023

    December 7, 2023 9:00 AM / Jaarbeurs, Utrecht

  • 08 Dec
    Realizing digital platform business strategy through design requirements for business models

    PhD defense Frank Theodorus Hermanus Maria Berkers

    December 8, 2023 / TU/e Campus

  • 08 Dec
    Electronic excitations in complex molecular environments

    PhD defense Gianluca Tirimbo

    December 8, 2023 / TU/e Campus

  • 08 Dec

    Inaugural lecture prof.dr. Margriet van der Heijden

    Prof.dr. Margriet van der Heijden was appointed as a part-time professor of Science Communication in Physics at the Department of Applied…

  • 08 Dec
    Optomechanical interactions in plasmonic gap resonators

    PhD defense

    December 8, 2023 / TU/e Campus

  • 10 Dec

    Auletes goes Japanese

    December 10, 2023 3:00 PM / Blauwe Zaal, Auditorium

    • Contact

    • Visiting address

      Vertigo
      Groene Loper 6
      Eindhoven
      Netherlands

    • Visiting address

      Vertigo
      Groene Loper 6
      Eindhoven
      Netherlands

    • Postal address

      Department of the Built Environment
      P.O. Box 513
      5600 MB Eindhoven
      Netherlands

    • Postal address

      Department of the Built Environment
      P.O. Box 513
      5600 MB Eindhoven
      Netherlands

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