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Marjolijn van der Veen

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Designing Dignity

Designing care facilities to enhance autonomy and quality of life for people with dementia

The aging population in the Netherlands is growing rapidly, with the number of people aged 80 and above expected to double from 800.000 in 2020 to 1.5 million by 2050. This development, known as ‘’double aging’’, will significantly increase the number of people living with dement ...

Breaking Barriers

The evolving role of women in Dutch architecture through the lives and works of Margaret Staal-Kropholler & Liesbeth van der Pol

Throughout 20th century, the role of women in Dutch society and in architecture changed under the influence of the first, second, third and fourth feminist waves. At the beginning of the 20th century, some women broke the gender barriers in architecture, a field traditionally dom ...