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...

A service design toolkit for a more inclusive energy transition

In project Reyeroord Aardgasvij Service designers work together with the municipality and other stakeholders to stimulate the energy transition in the neighbourhood Reyeroord in Rotterdam. Their goal is to develop interventions in the form of neighbourhood meetings, campaigns, and other activities that aim to activate the residents of Reyeroord...