Reverting social atomization
Learning from cohousing to combat loneliness
J.G. Boendermaker (TU Delft - Architecture and the Built Environment)
O Klijn – Mentor (TU Delft - Public Building and Housing Design)
R. Kuijlenburg – Graduation committee member (TU Delft - Teachers of Practice / AE+T)
BT Haileselassie – Graduation committee member (TU Delft - Public Building and Housing Design)
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Abstract
The Netherlands is facing a double crisis: a shortage of affordable housing and rising levels of loneliness. Traditional housing at the moment does not seem to help mitigate loneliness and isolation. Cohousing — an approach that combines private living with the sharing of space, amenities and ideologies — offers a potential solution. The graduation project explores if and in what ways cohousing could effectively address both housing affordability and social isolation. Subsequently, findings from the research are applied to a design for a housing complex in the neighbourhood of Tanthof, Delft.