Co-housing as a densification and reinvigoration strategy for post war neighbourhoods in the Netherlands

A typological study on densification strategies

Master thesis (2023)

Authors

L. Barz Architecture and the Built Environment

Contributors

H.A.F. Mooij Public Building and Housing Design (supervisor 1)
F.M. van Andel Public Building and Housing Design (supervisor 1)
H.F. Eckardt Architectural Technology - Architecture and the Built Environment (supervisor 1)
A. Meijer Environmental & Climate Design - Architecture and the Built Environment (supervisor 2)
Faculty
Architecture and the Built Environment
Copyright: © 2023 Laszlo Barz
Urban Area Development Co-housing Post-war Neighborhood Shared housing
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Published Date

28-06-2023

Language

English

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Faculty

Architecture and the Built Environment

Abstract

Coinciding with the decline of post-war neighborhoods and the housing shortage in the Netherlands the trend towards individualism and one-person households has emerged since the 1950s. This report investigates the densification and reinvigoration strategies
of these post-war neighborhoods by using co-housing as a strategy. In the past co-hous- ing has been tried as a solution for social injustice and vulnerable groups within a society.
To develop these strategies, case studies of postwar renovation projects have been analyzed as well as co-housing spatial principles and fundamentals to combine into a design strategy for the renovation plan of IJssel- monde. The results are a design approach
for densification of a postwar neighborhood that takes into account the current resi-
dents while providing suitable housing for new residents and connecting them through co-housing.