Thuis in Hillesluis: leven in de Ambachtsschool

A vacant former school building in Hillesluis, Rotterdam-South, is transformed into dwellings specifically designed for residents of this area who are moving upward the ladder of social mobility (“sociale stijgers”). In order to enable them to climb up (or start on) the property ladder, research is conducted on their housing preferences. Three...

The Lasting Notion of Street: Variate, Adapt, Engage. Transforming Eilandenbuurt Apartments

The Eilandenbuurt Post-war flats designed by J.H.Van den Broek are unique in its street form and is and early experiment for Dutch modernism dwellings. Yet today it suffers from low occupancy. In this project I finds the solution through three actions: vary, adapt, engage to change the heritage from repetitive functional dwellings into variant...

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...