Homeless City

De-centralised policies and care-focused homeless support in the Netherlands has led to an over-simplified definition of homelessness in Rotterdam, where the gemeente fails to recognise and address some of it’s most vulnerable groups. Through literature reviews, interviews with actors from the homeless sector, and observations and conversations...

Ageing Safely: Designing a safe environment for elderly Asian migrants in the Netherlands

The population of the Netherlands is aging. This well-known characteristic of the present-day’s society is caused by multiple factors like low birth rate and improvement of healthcare. Dementia is one of the most common diseases that occurs to aged people. Most people with severe dementia are usually situated in a nursing home where they are...

The Great Minimum: A fixed and flexible intervention in the Eilandenbuurt, Rotterdam

The design focuses on an fixed and temporary intervention on an existing portiek dwelling in the Carnisse Eilandenbuurt, Rotterdam. Those dwellings are originally designed by architect Jo van den Broek. The portiek dwellings may be called minimum dwellings. The minimum dwelling is the theme of the research and design. The neighbourhood has...