Togetherness

Solo species sharing space in central Rotterdam

Master thesis (2022)

Authors

S. van Harrewijen Architecture and the Built Environment

Contributors

O. Klijn Public Building and Housing Design (supervisor 1)
F. Adema Building Product Innovation - Architecture and the Built Environment (supervisor 2)
A.M. Kockelkorn Public Building and Housing Design (supervisor 2)
Faculty
Architecture and the Built Environment
Copyright: © 2022 Savanne van Harrewijen
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Published Date

23-06-2022

Language

English

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Faculty

Architecture and the Built Environment

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.