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Reimagining the 1970s postwar neighbourhoods
Navn
Jildou Klaske Roelinde Wassenaar
Uddannelsesgrad
Kandidat
Fagfelt
Arkitektur
Institut
Arkitektur, By og Landskab
Program
Urbanism and Societal Change
År
2026
Reimagining the 1970s postwar neighbourhoods
In response to the Dutch housing shortage, met by plans to build 10 new cities and and the widespread demolition of post-war neighbourhoods, this project proposes densification as an alternative. By adding homes, activating ground floors, and defining the spaces between buildings, it strengthens existing social structures rather than replacing them.
The map that justifies demolition: How the neighbourhood often is perceived
What if we strengthen the social structures instead of demolishing them?
The variation that planners say is missing is already there
A soft map of Poptahof (1 x 1 m)
The urban concept
The design is built up in four layers, each one responding directly to the analysis. Starting from the spaces between the buildings, then enclosing them with new volumes, then connecting them with a network of roads, and finally assigning each cluster a distinct identity based on what was already found there.
Adding density as a counterproposal to demolition
The additions react to the scale of the connected existing building, the scale of the public zone, and its surroundings
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The architectural outcomes
New spatial qualities arise, for both the existing and the new residents
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Det Kongelige Akademi understøtter FN’s verdensmål
Siden 2017 har Det Kongelige Akademi arbejdet med FN’s verdensmål. Det afspejler sig i forskning, undervisning og afgangsprojekter. Dette projekt har forholdt sig til følgende FN-mål
