Togetherness
Solo species sharing space in central Rotterdam
S. van Harrewijen (TU Delft - Architecture and the Built Environment)
O Klijn – Mentor (TU Delft - Public Building and Housing Design)
F. Adema – Graduation committee member (TU Delft - Building Product Innovation)
Anne Kockelkorn – Graduation committee member (TU Delft - Public Building and Housing Design)
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Abstract
How can a community of multi-generational solo dwellers and non-human species coexist near Rotterdam station today? The project “Togetherness” offers loft homes for starters, cluster apartments for middle and senior citizens, maisonettes for solo parents and habitats for bats. Considering different sharing capacities for each target group leads to the articulation of different layers of shared spaces, thus promoting various forms of cohabitation. The public spaces and collective facilities
on the ground floor are open to residents and visitors. The co-living apartments
contain shared living rooms and kitchens. Bats live in the interstices of the facade,
resembling the mountain landscape.