Amsterdam → Montevideo, Uruguay
Alexander
van Hell
Field work
Systems thinking
Climate resilience
Engineer and systems thinker building towards an in the field career in climate-vulnerable regions. Currently in Uruguay.
// Latest work
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Field dispatch · Uruguay · 2026
Tierra de Sueños
Rebuilding an educational eco-farm after fire. Mixing cement. Constructing steel frames. All in Spanish.
MSc Thesis · Amsterdam · 2025
Pergola, Problem or Solution?
Heat mitigation infrastructure in cities. Primary research with Amsterdam municipal decision-makers.
R&D Internship · Rotterdam · 2022
Offshore Wind Farm R&D
Ocean wave and wind force calculations. Hydrogen production calculations. CAD simulation studies. My proudest work to date.
// About
"I'm driven by purpose and challenges. Without both, I stop moving."
Mechanical engineer from Amsterdam, master's in urban systems thinking. I grew up taking things apart to see how they worked. The scale changed: from lego's, to machines, to cities, but the curiosity never did.
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