Private commissioning in Amsterdam (Het zelfbouwproces in Amsterdam)

“How can the actors that are involved in the process of private commissioning facilitate the target groups, which are active with private commissioning in Amsterdam, in a better way by removing the most important barriers, and increasing incentives for private commissioning?” // "Hoe kunnen de actoren, die bij het zelfbouwproces betrokken zijn,...

Collective Private Commissioned dwellings for the 21st century

Due to the crisis, developers and housing associations are no longer willing to invest money in large scale dwelling projects. Collective Private Commissioning can be an answer to this problem. This concept is based on private investors, getting together in building groups which can finance a residential building that they will occupy when it’s...

Schoolvoorbeeld: Living together

This graduationproject is a transformation of the Burgemeester de Vlugtschool in Amsterdam Nieuw-West. This school was built according to the guidelines of the postwar ideas of Publieke Werken Amsterdam. It is a school with the plan in the form of a H, that's why it is called a H-School, with the principles of light, space and air. In my design...

Skip the Developer - Collective Private Commissioning as a model for the sustainable redevelopment of Canadian suburbs.