Print Email Facebook Twitter Open Building and User Agency Title Open Building and User Agency: Early and Contemporary Experiments in the Netherlands Author Cornago Bonal, I. (TU Delft Space & Type) van den Heuvel, D. (TU Delft Space & Type) Contributor Borsi, Katharina (editor) Ekici, Didem (editor) Hale, Jonathan (editor) Haynes, Nick (editor) Date 2022 Abstract This chapter discusses the notion of ‘Open Building’ through its conceptualisations and implementations in the Netherlands since the 1960s until today. It focuses on the place of dwellers’ agency in the development of residential open buildings to investigate the potential of users’ empowerment. The ‘Open Building’ approach synthesises the principles of Habraken’s theory of ‘Support’ and ‘Infill’ developed as an alternative to post-war mass housing. Through innovations in decision-making and construction technology it promotes user participation and enables flexibility and change. The chapter discusses and compares the cases of Molenvliet, an early Open Building project for the social rental sector, and Superlofts, a series of contemporary ones where the architect and the residents have also become developers. It emphasises the political, and socio-economic context of the Open Building movement and how it has impacted the ability to meet its aims. Although its capacity to disrupt the housing system has remained limited it has expanded housing possibilities in the Netherlands. Subject Open BuildingHousingSupports and InfillHabrakenMolenvlietSuperloftsSARAgencyParticipation To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:d81308c4-a23d-4a50-b42d-a676a1c06cf0 DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003245216-16 Publisher Routledge - Taylor & Francis Group, London Embargo date 2022-12-28 ISBN 9781032156583 Source Housing and the City (1st Edition) Series Critiques: Critical Studies in Architectural Humanities Bibliographical note Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository 'You share, we take care!' - Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public. Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type book chapter Rights © 2022 I. Cornago Bonal, D. van den Heuvel Files PDF Cornago_Bonal_van_den_Heu ... e_city.pdf 795.22 KB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:d81308c4-a23d-4a50-b42d-a676a1c06cf0/datastream/OBJ/view