Comparing municipal performance agreements: policy contexts and social housing policies in Amsterdam and Rotterdam

The Netherlands has faced a significant housing shortage for years, with a deficit of over 300,000 dwellings. This shortage is prevalent in both the owner-occupied and rental sectors, particularly in social housing. With national average waiting times of seven years, and up to twenty years in major cities, the issue is pressing. Housing...

On the (Non)Institutional Disclosure of Urban Commons: Evidence, Practices and Challenges From the Netherlands and Belgium

The 2008 economic crisis has opened the door to new strategies for managing urban resources. In fact, the interest in urban commons (UC) has (re)surfaced both within and outside academia. While literature accounting for existing experiences is growing; UC as a practice begs for further systematization concerning the needed negotiation between...

de Stadsfabriek

For a social housing area in Rotterdam I've designed a new way of dealing with social housing. Therefore a building is required: de Stadsfabriek. De Stadsfabriek is a transformation of an existing building into a workshop mixed with other functions.