Print Email Facebook Twitter Faking Diversity Title Faking Diversity: Neo-traditionalist Housing in the Netherlands Author Oort, Danil (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment; TU Delft History & Complexity) Contributor Tanović, S. (mentor) Degree granting institution Delft University of Technology Programme Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences Project AR2A011 Date 2023-04-20 Abstract The increase in neo-traditional style construction in the Dutch housing market has resulted in a preference for this style, with research showing a 15% price premium on average for this type of housing. However, this preference is not shared by most designers and critics, who see neo-traditionalism as a form of regression. Neo-traditional architecture is an attempt to bring back diversity in architecture, which has been lost with the standardization and industrialization of the building process. This paper explores the history of Dutch residential architecture through imitation, repetition, and diversity, and discusses two case studies: Molenvliet, a social housing project with diversity as the core principle, and Brandevoort, a project developed for the market that utilizes the illusion of past greatness to differentiate its products. The paper concludes by arguing that the commodification of the house and focus on housing value over quality is a direct result of the current housing market situation and that political changes are necessary to address this issue. Subject AR2A011Neo-traditionalDiversityArchitecture To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:e632739e-a08b-489f-b5e3-f36e2a3e8137 Part of collection Student theses Document type student report Rights © 2023 Danil Oort Files PDF Faking_Diversity_Danil_Oort.pdf 1.36 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:e632739e-a08b-489f-b5e3-f36e2a3e8137/datastream/OBJ/view