JH

J.J.M. Hemel

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Walk your way to joy

A radical redesign of the postwar neighbourhood for a joyful future of its residents

Postwar neighbourhoods, designed in the 1950s and '60s with the wijkgedachte in mind, have developed into unattractive environments. These areas are now defined by monotonous apartment blocks surrounded by vast stretches of grass and car-focused infrastructure. As a result, the q ...

A RECHARGED ‘HART’

Synergizing the Housing Pressure in the Depleted Landscape on the Fringe of the ‘Groene Hart’

Our current time, the Anthropocene, defined by crises, colours the Randstad and its accompanying Fringes in the ‘Groene Hart’ in the Netherlands, as a depleted landscape filled with economic, ecological, and socially misaligned housing developments, under constant pressure of fur ...

Nieuwe borgen

Towards a regenerative farmyard in the Oldambt

There is a growing distance between humans and their material surroundings. The Oldambt region in North Groningen and its farming culture serves as an example. Despite numerous initiatives to regenerate this area in recent decades, these efforts have struggled to gain footing, du ...

Limitations to the Row House Paradigm

A design study into an Adaptive and Alternative densification strategy for Almere

The urban environment in general needs to be renewed in light of the shifting demographics in the Netherlands in order to address future challenges. The majority of the Dutch urban environment is made up of low-density, post-war suburban neighbourhoods that are aimed towards a pa ...