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Ritt, Madelief (author)Europe has witnessed the re-emergence of different self-organized forms of housing initiatives. One type of this self-organized form of housing, that is currently re-emerging in European cities, is the housing cooperative, e.g. housing co-op. Members of a housing co-op jointly own the building and are together responsible for the design,...master thesis 2022
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Tegelaar, Linsey (author)The amount of people with feelings of loneliness has increased dramatically in recent years. Loneliness is an undesirable and horrible situation where one can feel completely abandoned. Solo dwellers and elderly are found to be the most vulnerable.<br/><br/>Besides the devastating personal situation of people with feelings of loneliness,...master thesis 2022
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DIMITRIOU, NIKOL (author)The present thesis discusses social, cultural, economic and environmental aspects of problems related to heritage building depreciation, homelessness and lack of affordable housing, with a focus on the more vulnerable social groups. It additionally argues the mitigation of the impact of the cities and the building sector on climate crisis. The...master thesis 2022
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De Vos, Els (author), Spoormans, L.G.K. (author)Collective housing (CH) is undergoing a revival in Belgium. Since 2009, the Flemish Government Architect and his team have been advocating CH, stressing its importance as a task for architects given the demand for affordable housing and the need to reduce the environmental impact of housing. This support for CH has converged with the work of the...journal article 2022
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Martinez-Millana, Elena (author), Cánovas Alcaraz, Andrés (author)Rem Koolhaas/OMA carried out the study for De Koepel prison throughout a decade (1979–1988). However, only its initial stages (1979–1980) were disclosed and have been investigated. The hypothesis presented in this article suggests that Koolhaas implemented his —then— recent thesis present in Delirious New York (1978) on “life in the metropolis”...journal article 2022
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Majeed, Mazeen (author)According to Dutch Deputy Prime Minister, Kajsa Ollongren, the Netherlands is faced with a massive task of creating one million homes before 2030. Big cities are characterized by the steady sub-urbanization of young middle-class families. Households often leave the city as soon as they want to have children, or shortly after their child is born....master thesis 2021
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van der Laan, Fija (author)Keilewijk is a collective housing design for one-parent families in the M4H region in Rotterdam. The M4H is an area where, in the past, heavy dock work was carried out. Space has now been made to expand residential Rotterdam with high-density housing and facilities and to transform the area into a working-living environment. Children and their...master thesis 2021
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Swart, Emelie (author)Too many families are leaving the city because of the lack of affordable and suitable dwellings for them to grow and stay in the city center. Fragmentation on the dwelling market leads to the phenomenon that urban families are leaving the city center of Amsterdam because the rents are increasing. This is happening in such a way that the gap...master thesis 2020
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Teurlings, Nick (author)This project is motivated by the voices of the Amsterdam artists, for whom it becomes increasingly difficult to live and work in the city. The independent artists, activists, working-class people, among many other low- and mid-income groups who gave Amsterdam its unique, diverse and open character, have been driven out of the city centre for...master thesis 2020
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van Wijngaarden, Toby (author)A process of research and design has taken place to understand the problems we face in the present and future to transfer that into a design proposal. The first problem as starting point for the design is the extreme rain periods that causes floods due to climate change. The second problem as starting point for the design is a social problem...master thesis 2020
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de Boer, Thaïsa (author)Collective dwelling design for the new urban middle income family. Attention is paid to enhance social interaction. The design forms a proposal for flexible and affordable family dwellings to keep the middle class in (the city center) of Amsterdam.master thesis 2019
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Huisman, Alex (author)The current interpretation of sustainability is rather ego centric. We tend to view sustainability as a tool to merely satisfy our own needs for esteem while the bigger picture is often placed in the background. This unconscious and unintended (mis)usage of sustainability is completely wrong and should be changed. Sustainability should become...master thesis 2018
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Chen Bojie, Bojie (author)Urban Kampung (means Village in Indonesian) is a kind of informal settlement in Indonesian Cities. It is charactered by the high density of population and built environment, the uncontrolled development, and the poor living condition caused by the density and the tropical climate.To offer a better living condition for the residents, the design...master thesis 2017
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Varpučanskis, Algimantas (author)Giving away all the leverages of housing policy to the hands of free market created certain trends. Since profit started to play a main role in whole development scheme, high prices and short term thinking became the core issues. Market liberalization determined that real estate is produced with minimal resources and sold for the highest...master thesis 2017
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Nykamp, C.A. (author)Master thesis of the studio Heritage & Housing, location Binnengasthuisarea in Amsterdam.master thesis 2016
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Verhoeff, M. (author)The project "something for every ONE" is a collective residential building which is part of the urban redevelopment of the Oosterburgereiland in Amsterdam. The project engages on the current mismatch between the demand of a growing group of single urban dwellers and the offer in the housing market. According to the needs of the single urban...master thesis 2016
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Naus, S. (author)The goal of this graduation project is transforming monuments from +/- 1900 with a non-housing function to monuments with collective, near zero-energy housing. In this design the elements collective housing, near zero-energy and monument are combined at the Binnengasthuis area in Amsterdam. The project focuses on solutions in historic inner city...master thesis 2015
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Churchill, C. (author)Urban sprawl is a contemporary issue facing not only newly developed nations and cities but many countries in Europe with historically dense urban cores, including Amsterdam. Urban city dwellers are desiring the the convenience of city life coupled with the qualities of suburbia and having ones own backyard. In the context of Amsterdam the aim...master thesis 2014
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Forlati, S. (author)This paper investigates how the format of architectural competitions influences the degree of innovation achievable. Innovation can be defined as a new combination of means and aims. The applicability of the notions concerning innovation developed the management and social disciplines to architecture has received little attention especially for...conference paper 2014
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Linowska, D.L. (author)A housing project comprised of 72 units is located in IJ Burg— a new suburb east from the center of Amsterdam. More specifically, the project sits on a man-made island called Steigereiland North, on a ‘left-over’ green strip of land. Two types of dwellings (A and B) are disseminated around the site forming various permeable blocks of living and...master thesis 2013