Layla van Ellen

I am a Ph.D. candidate with the School of Architecture, Planning, and Landscape. My interests lie in the transition to a sustainable built environment both on a theoretical and technical level.

I obtained a BSc in Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences from TU Delft in The Netherlands; as well as a MSc in Building Technology in 2018. My graduation thesis explored new ways of building sustainably using space architecture as framework. Through various material experiments, I researched how to build a sustainable habitat for Mars using local resources such as salt ice. After my graduation, I worked as a researcher on critical materials and the implementation of a circular economy on different scales.

Within the hub, my research focuses on new strategies and technologies to design buildings that adapt through time. The focus lies on the rhythmic changes emerging from the users as well as the environment.