Aging (in) Architecture: How to create a high quality and inclusive living environment in a 1980s housing complex at Bijlmerplein

Suitable housing and its availability: it seems to be a problem within almost every phase of the housing career in the Netherlands, as the housing market is stagnating. Our older generation is held responsible for this national problem, but why? Deliberate occupation of the ‘oversized’ family home would be the easiest conclusion, but puts a...

Embedded in Social greenery: How the green landscape of Overvecht is determinant for its social development

How the green landscape of Overvecht is determinant for its social development. The thesis seeks to investigate the relationship between the deterioration of the neighbourhood and the green landscape.

Slotermarket: an inclusive center for a gardencity 2.0

The prognosis for Amsterdam is that the population will grow until almost one million inhabitants in 2040 which leads to the fact that densification is needed to house all these people. Another prediction is that migration flows will increase, which means that diversity still will be a big topic in the future. Nowadays Amsterdam houses many...