Creative neighbourhood initiatives: Exploration and advice

Last two decades, the creative city theory has been the main source of inspiration for urban regeneration approaches (Krätke in Brenner et a. (eds.), 2012). Researchers like Landry, Hall and Florida stated creativity as the new engine of economic growth and urban development (Florida, 2002; Hall, 2000; Landry, 1996). However, urban regeneration...

Design for Social Impact in the Afrikaanderwijk - welding your way into neighbourhood attachment

This graduation project is aimed at improving the liveability of the Afrikaanderwijk by using the Design for Social Impact [DSI] method. Within the Netherlands, there is a large number of post war suburbs that face an accumulation of problems such as a high unemployment rate, neglected housing facilities, crime and a lack of social networks or...

Spatial-social solutions for Dutch post war neighbourhoods

A research for the effects of interventions in Dutch post war neighbourhoods from a physical as well as a social and economic point of view. The The Hague neighbourhood Mariahoeve is used as a case to make a design for improvement.