Summary

Cities experience increasing pressure from families who want to live in the city cores. Families are an important target group as they connect different generations and take responsibility for their immediate environment. The current housing market falls short of the spatial needs for a safe environment and facilities in the immediate vicinity that are essential for the daily life of families. The former VDMA site in Eindhoven is chosen to develop a partly new, partly kept urban ensemble, designed with an exceptional strategy of shared and private space for family life in the city