Lelycentre: Living in the marginalised city

Lelycentre – an area that was initially planned as a living, working and shopping district, which also would form the city centre of Lelystad – was meant for the first inhabitants who came to Lelystad in September 1967. Using clear zoning plans as a base, much was promised to the new inhabitants. These promises consisted of low rise houses for...

Living in Retail: The search for possibilities to transform existing retail into living

The functioning of a shopping area in the city centre is often determined by the amount of vacant square meters of retail space. The Netherlands is experiencing a strong increase of vacant shops. With the project called Living in Retail is tried to give a new interpretation for the current rise of retail vacancy in historical inner cities in the...

Torre Velasca: Determining the Highest and Best Use of a Modern Monument

Being an icon of the modern Italian architecture did not preserve the Velasca Tower by carelessness, obsolescence and vacancy. For that reason today the future of the tower seems particularly uncertain. Furthermore the decision of Fondiaria Sai (the owning company) to sell the tower kindles a vivacious discussion in town about the role of this...