Recycling the woonerf

Recycling the woonerf: A testcase for a circular woonerf

Jansen, Melanie (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)

Meijers, W.L.E.C. (mentor)
Clarke, Nicholas (mentor)
Quist, W.J. (graduation committee)
Spoormans, L.G.K. (graduation committee)

Delft University of Technology

Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Heritage & Architecture

2023-01-19

Now almost 50 years old, the woonerf is challenged with social and technical deterioration, poor energy performance, misalignment of demographics and typology and an overall negative image. Because the housing stock consists of 20% of woonerf residents, there is considerable reason to seek for a solution to make this type of neighbourhood future-proof. In this national task to renovate and adapt entire neighbourhoods, there is another issue to consider: our linear consumption trends. The consequence of the linear economy is a worldwide waste crisis, pollution, and the depletion of finite resource. That is why we need to switch to circular consumption. Which means going from a take-make-dispose system to an economy in which resources are circulated. This project therefore combines the challenge of future-proofing the woonerf and the transition to circular consumption into a test case that aims to experiment with the woonerf as a circular neighbourhood. The final product is a research-informed design for the neighbourhood Goedewerf in Almere Haven.

Woonerf
Circulair economy
Circular area development
New Heritage
Post-65
New Towns

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Student theses

master thesis

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