The Lacemaker the two become lovers and Béatrice moves into his room in Paris. Though he introduces her to his well-off parents and his intellectual friends, she is unable to mix in their worlds. Her deep reserve begins to annoy him and they split up. Losing interest in life, she ends up in a mental hospital. Full of remorse, François visits her but she wants nothing: she has found a quiet place that suits her inwardness. In her silent anonymity, she is like the unknown girls in paintings such as Vermeer's "The Lacemaker". The original soundtrack music composed by Pierre Jansen for
Singapore-Delft Water Alliance were exposed to mature reflections on the results generated through the research projects in which SDWA members were involved, and also to results from research done elsewhere. As part of this approach SDWA was spearheading a new double M.Sc. degree program in Hydraulic Engineering and Water Resources Management in collaboration between the National University of Singapore and the Delft University of Technology. The programme is based on an institutionally innovative concept under which students spend one year of study in both Singapore and The Netherlands and receive separate M.Sc. degrees from both Universities. Singapore-Delft Water Alliance Singapore-Delft Water Alliance (SDWA)