Managing Metabolism: Enabling re-adaptive housing possibilities in the Netherlands

Currently there is a high demand for more housing dwellings, a change in housing compositions, mis-match between household profiles and their space and lastly a growing demand in sustainability, circularity and adaptivity. Re-adaptive housing prevents demolition, transformation to non-housing functions, is more sustainable and continuously meet...

A building like a forest: Future proof adaptable timber housing by growing and shrinking

Due to the great housing shortage, many people continue to live in houses that no longer suit them. Looking at future housing demand by taking adaptability as a starting point to create a suitable home for the future generation. Growing and shrinking houses in order to adapt the house to the people instead of the other way around. To do this, a...

Closing the Loop: A Decision Support Framework for Circular Economy implementation to the adaptive reuse of vacant buildings in the Netherlands.

The Circular Economy (CE) in the built environment has gained ever more attention as discussions around the threats of global warming, resource scarcity, environmental impacts, and energy emissions intensify. The building industry accounts for approximately 40% of carbon emissions and reusing vacant buildings – thus slowing resource loops – is...

Old Beijing New Life: Climate Adaptive Urban Regeneration in Old Beijing Center

The site Dashilan is the most sever UHI area of Beijing currently. Located in the center of Old Beijing, it is consist of historical courtyards with flourish old brand commercial and many cultural heritages. High density (15m2/house), almost fully covered by concrete without enough green space, make this area really have a bad living quality and...