Broadened inclusiveness for urban renewal: A spatial design contributing to ecological justice for Carnisse. Rotterdam

The complex relationship between humans and the natural world is still visible in 2023s urban planning: a city is a place for humans, and nature gives space to all non-human species. The anthropocentric perspective within the urban environment puts humans above non-human nature. This is also the case within urban renewal in the Netherlands,...

The future of the walk-up apartment: Connecting the walk-up apartment to locally closed flows

The Netherlands has a high percentage of post-war walk-up apartments, in Dutch 'portiekflats' which do not rise up to the current sustainability standards anymore. These neighborhoods are often monotone and have many social problems. By example of mother nature and her ecosystems we can redesign these places in a more diverse and local way to...

The Great Minimum: A fixed and flexible intervention in the Eilandenbuurt, Rotterdam

The design focuses on an fixed and temporary intervention on an existing portiek dwelling in the Carnisse Eilandenbuurt, Rotterdam. Those dwellings are originally designed by architect Jo van den Broek. The portiek dwellings may be called minimum dwellings. The minimum dwelling is the theme of the research and design. The neighbourhood has...

The beads make the string: How the input of individual stakeholders can improve the quality of public space

This project is part of RMIT studio "Transforming Housing Heritage" and focusses on the Vogelbuurt in Carnisse, Rotterdam Zuid, a "problem area" consisting of portiek dwellings mostly owned by private owners. The title "the beads make the string - how the input of individual stakeholders can improve the quality of public space" already gives...