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Building Futures
Growing opportunities through everyday space
Master thesis
(2026)
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L.I. Prins, N.J. Amorim Mota, Brook Teklehaimanot Haileselassie, M. Tabassum, M. van Ham
This research explored how housing in Rajiv Nagar, Ahmedabad can support flexible spatial conditions for domestic life, education and income generation, with the aim of expanding opportunities for stay-at-home women and children across generations. Rapid urbanisation in Ahmedabad has led to the growth of informal settlements, where residents often face inadequate housing, limited access to services and socio-economic marginalisation. Existing redevelopment and resettlement approaches frequently fail to address these conditions, as they rely on standardised housing models that overlook everyday spatial practices and informal livelihoods.
The study focuses on Rajiv Nagar to understand how spatial organisation, infrastructure and everyday practices shape social and economic opportunities, and how these influence daily life and long-term prospects. The findings show that women and children primarily operate within the immediate surroundings of the dwelling, which strengthens social networks but also limits access to education, work and services. Housing is already multifunctional, yet constrained by limited infrastructure, space and dedicated facilities, while informality reveals strong adaptive capacity.
Climate conditions further intensify these limitations, as extreme heat impacts reduce comfort and safety in both indoor and outdoor spaces. At the same time, passive design strategies can significantly improve environmental conditions and extend the usability of spaces for everyday activities.
The research concludes that improving opportunities for women and children cannot be achieved through housing alone. It requires an integrated spatial approach in which housing, social infrastructure, economic activity and climate responsiveness work together. By strengthening flexibility and connectivity across scales, housing can act as a means to break intergenerational cycles of limited access to education and economic opportunity.
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The study focuses on Rajiv Nagar to understand how spatial organisation, infrastructure and everyday practices shape social and economic opportunities, and how these influence daily life and long-term prospects. The findings show that women and children primarily operate within the immediate surroundings of the dwelling, which strengthens social networks but also limits access to education, work and services. Housing is already multifunctional, yet constrained by limited infrastructure, space and dedicated facilities, while informality reveals strong adaptive capacity.
Climate conditions further intensify these limitations, as extreme heat impacts reduce comfort and safety in both indoor and outdoor spaces. At the same time, passive design strategies can significantly improve environmental conditions and extend the usability of spaces for everyday activities.
The research concludes that improving opportunities for women and children cannot be achieved through housing alone. It requires an integrated spatial approach in which housing, social infrastructure, economic activity and climate responsiveness work together. By strengthening flexibility and connectivity across scales, housing can act as a means to break intergenerational cycles of limited access to education and economic opportunity.
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This research explored how housing in Rajiv Nagar, Ahmedabad can support flexible spatial conditions for domestic life, education and income generation, with the aim of expanding opportunities for stay-at-home women and children across generations. Rapid urbanisation in Ahmedabad has led to the growth of informal settlements, where residents often face inadequate housing, limited access to services and socio-economic marginalisation. Existing redevelopment and resettlement approaches frequently fail to address these conditions, as they rely on standardised housing models that overlook everyday spatial practices and informal livelihoods.
The study focuses on Rajiv Nagar to understand how spatial organisation, infrastructure and everyday practices shape social and economic opportunities, and how these influence daily life and long-term prospects. The findings show that women and children primarily operate within the immediate surroundings of the dwelling, which strengthens social networks but also limits access to education, work and services. Housing is already multifunctional, yet constrained by limited infrastructure, space and dedicated facilities, while informality reveals strong adaptive capacity.
Climate conditions further intensify these limitations, as extreme heat impacts reduce comfort and safety in both indoor and outdoor spaces. At the same time, passive design strategies can significantly improve environmental conditions and extend the usability of spaces for everyday activities.
The research concludes that improving opportunities for women and children cannot be achieved through housing alone. It requires an integrated spatial approach in which housing, social infrastructure, economic activity and climate responsiveness work together. By strengthening flexibility and connectivity across scales, housing can act as a means to break intergenerational cycles of limited access to education and economic opportunity.
The study focuses on Rajiv Nagar to understand how spatial organisation, infrastructure and everyday practices shape social and economic opportunities, and how these influence daily life and long-term prospects. The findings show that women and children primarily operate within the immediate surroundings of the dwelling, which strengthens social networks but also limits access to education, work and services. Housing is already multifunctional, yet constrained by limited infrastructure, space and dedicated facilities, while informality reveals strong adaptive capacity.
Climate conditions further intensify these limitations, as extreme heat impacts reduce comfort and safety in both indoor and outdoor spaces. At the same time, passive design strategies can significantly improve environmental conditions and extend the usability of spaces for everyday activities.
The research concludes that improving opportunities for women and children cannot be achieved through housing alone. It requires an integrated spatial approach in which housing, social infrastructure, economic activity and climate responsiveness work together. By strengthening flexibility and connectivity across scales, housing can act as a means to break intergenerational cycles of limited access to education and economic opportunity.
Permanent temporality: a mirror of urban change
Tracing urban and social transformations through a migrant hotel
The Lloyd Hotel in Amsterdam played an important role in the early 20th century as a migrant hotel for Eastern Europeans on their journey to South America. The hotel is build by the Koninklijke Hollandsche Lloyd and aligned with needs of the Eastern Port area, which was developing into a major centre for global trade and migration. The hotel offered a fully equipped and controlled environment for Europeans migrating overseas, with among others medical, administrative and sleep accomodation amenities. Using both archival and literature research, this thesis explores how the hotel’s foundation and function relates to the spatial and social development of the Eastern Port Area in the 20th century. A comparison with Antwerp’s Red Star Line complex highlights the unique characteristics of Amsterdam’s centralized model. The Lloyd Hotel mirrors the urban development, the migration flow and the changing port infrastructure in the 20th century.
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The Lloyd Hotel in Amsterdam played an important role in the early 20th century as a migrant hotel for Eastern Europeans on their journey to South America. The hotel is build by the Koninklijke Hollandsche Lloyd and aligned with needs of the Eastern Port area, which was developing into a major centre for global trade and migration. The hotel offered a fully equipped and controlled environment for Europeans migrating overseas, with among others medical, administrative and sleep accomodation amenities. Using both archival and literature research, this thesis explores how the hotel’s foundation and function relates to the spatial and social development of the Eastern Port Area in the 20th century. A comparison with Antwerp’s Red Star Line complex highlights the unique characteristics of Amsterdam’s centralized model. The Lloyd Hotel mirrors the urban development, the migration flow and the changing port infrastructure in the 20th century.