How Heritage Learns: Dutch Public Housing Heritage Evolution in Ecosystemic Perspective

How Heritage Learns explores the dynamics that come into play when public housing becomes valourised as heritage in the Netherlands and how that, in turn modulates the evolution of this protected housing. It builds on the foundation set by the thesis of Steward Brand, that buildings learn through the adaptation of their fabric to external forces...

The conservation of modernist urban ensembles: Case studies from Amsterdam

Urban conservation, notably in Western Europe, grew from a reaction to the large Modernist monofunctional sub-urban expansion projects and programmes aimed at rationalising messy multifunctional historic cities. Conservationists responded reactively by celebrating the diversity and multi-layered character of the historic city. In the Netherlands...

Building construction in the Netherlands 1940 - 1970: Continuity + changeability = durability

The built environment is continuously changing and such changes are particularly important when regenerating buildings. These changes add something to existing buildings and make new programmes possible. The existing buildings - history - determine continuity and form a clear additional, time-dependent layer. In general, the large number of...