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Interdisciplinary use of methods, theories and frameworks is a common practice in academia. However, sharing experiences, progress and results often remain within the confined walls of the research chair, department, faculty or university. Although 'public' colloquia enable interdepartmental research exchange from time to time, they struggle to attract external participants. Sharing on-going research within institutions could help researchers to find appropriate theories, methods and frameworks. Crossovers aims to become a forum where this exchange can actually take place.

Crossovers was an event focused on examining what research on the built environment can do when different perspectives merge. Ph.D. researchers from Dutch universities were invited to submit a proposal and pitch it to a larger and interdisciplinary audience. In different sessions, researchers with similar interests but diverse backgrounds explored and learnt from each other's work.

Ph.D. researchers in Dutch universities presented their research on the themes of circularity, informality, and digital craftsmanship; Janneke van Kersen (NWO) and Siebe Bakker (4TU) talked about the research landscape in the Netherlands from the perspective of funding agencies. Ton Bastein (TNO), Alex Jachnow (IHS-EUR), Marta-Malé Alemany (HvA) acted as respondents and participate in a panel discussion together with the rest of guests. A keynote lecture by Dietmar Offenhuber (Northeastern University) on decoding the city closed the event. Dirk van den Heuvel moderated the afternoon.

This first edition of Crossovers was co-organized by the Ph.D. Council of the Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment at TU Delft and the Jaap Bakema Study Centre, and counted with the support of NETHUR, and TU Delft Graduate School.

Opening remarks

• Welcome by Dirk van den Heuvel, head of the Jaap Bakema Study Centre
• Introduction to Crossovers by Michiel Smits and Foteini Setaki, Ph.D. Council of the Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment at TU Delft

Funding Research Presentations by Janneke van Kersen (NWO) and Siebe Bakker (4TU)

PhD Panel 1: The User as Maker: DIY and Indeterminacy in Design

• _From Passive House to Active Inhabitants. _Lidewij Tummers, TU Delft

• Urban Interstice: Analyzing and Interpreting the Indeterminacy of Leftover Spaces as a Base for Design. Sitong Luo, TU Delft

• _Measuring Effectivity of Knowledge Exchange During Post-Disaster Self-Recovery. _Eefje Hendriks, TU Eindhoven

PhD Panel 2: Circulations: Flows of Materials and Knowledge

• Architecture of Waste. Problems and Perspectives in the Age of Total Recycle. Francesca Zanotto, Politecnico di Milano / TU Delft
• _The Lifecycles of Architectural Design. _Phoebus Panigyrakis, TU Delft
• _Interlocking Cast Glass Structural Components. _Telesilla Bristogianni & Faidra Oikonomopoulou, TU Delft

Reactions Responses by Ton Bastein (TNO), Alexander R. Jachnow (IHS - EUR) and Marta-Malé Alemany (HvA), followed by a panel discussion.

Total Space Presentation of Total Space publication and introduction to keynote speaker, by Victor M. Sanz, coordinator of the Jaap Bakema Study Centre.

Dietmar Offenhuber A keynote lecture by Dietmar Offenhuber was the closing event of the conference 'Crossovers'. Dietmar Offenhuber is Assistant Professor at Northeastern University in the departments of Art + Design and Public Policy, where he heads the Information Design and Visualization graduate program. He holds a PhD in Urban Planning from MIT, a MS in Media Arts and Sciences from the MIT Media Lab, and a Dipl. Ing. in Architecture from the Technical University Vienna. Dietmar was Key Researcher at the Austrian Ludwig Boltzmann Institute and the Ars Electronica Futurelab and professor in the Interface Culture program of the Art University Linz, Austria. His research focuses on the role of visualization and representation in urban governance and civic discourse.

Drinks