Participatory event with plenary and parallel sessions, in which local professionals from Groningen Municipality, Lefier, Nijestee, WerkPro, Wender, Jimmy's, researchers from the Real Estate Professorship, the werkveldadviescommissie of the sociaalruimtelijk transitiemanagement master program of Hanze …

Given the urgency of global energy transition, small- and medium-sized cities often undergo rapid changes. What is often missing, however, is a better understanding of how residents of those places perceive, and relate to the various aspects of local energy transition process and spatial outcomes. This …

Presentatie van het praktijkgericht onderzoek naar waardencreatie in Woldwijk, tijdens het Symposium onderzoeksresultaten NoorderRuimte.

Nederland staat de komende jaren voor een enorme woningbouwopgave, die voor een aanzienlijk deel via verdichting zal worden gerealiseerd. Dit leidt tot druk op de openbare ruimte en tot discussies over wie er voorrang heeft bij het gebruik. Zijn dit bijvoorbeeld kinderen die willen spelen of bewoners …

Malaysia’s urban poor have been successfully rehoused in high-rise buildings during the country’s rapid development. However, quality of life and livelihoods in these complexes are deteriorating, widening inequalities. Considering housing as a complex system, this case study designed an iterative place-based …

The project ‘A Paradise for Starters’ is concerned with a new typology for affordable housing and co-living. Economy of means is found in a double height dwelling unit with a width of 4 meters, which is open to one side. Because the units are placed obliquely, an open corner can be created with a semi-outdoor …

Hof van den Houte’ is the new name for a shopping and housing district in the present heart of Etten-Leur, once the site of a castle by the same name between the villages Etten and Leur. The site was still an open field when a modern freestanding shopping mall was built in the 1960s to serve the growing …

Many neighborhoods dating from the 1970s, with corporation-owned terraced housing in open urban schemes, saw a round of renovation for the houses in the last decades, but left the supply of family homes intact. This housing stock doesn’t meet the needs of the elderly still living in them anymore, nor …

hospitalize the patient excludes the partner, whereas staying at home demands too much care. If other forms of care can be found, the present costs of care could fund new solutions. Architectural research shows some tools like the privacy script and environmental values, but how can these be integrated …

One neighborhood in Groningen, the Netherlands, is a neighborhood housing about 12,000 citizens with on average a low-SES background, showing a less healthy and active lifestyle. In the past, initiatives have been undertaken to promote active lifestyle by implementing outdoor facilities stimulating physical …