A new minimum

A new minimum: the potential for existenzminimum dwelling concepts in renovation projects

Voermans, Pim (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)

Clarke, Nicholas (mentor)
Quist, W.J. (mentor)
Spoormans, L.G.K. (graduation committee)
Louw, E. (graduation committee)

Delft University of Technology

Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences

2022-08-31

Inspired by the Existenzminimum movement of the early 20th century, the feasibility of historic efficient housing concepts is studied. The canvas for this is the renovation design of a post-65 housing complex in Amsterdam. Three concepts reinterpreted into a modern context and applied in the design. The first is a sharing concept with smaller individual homes and shared amenities and functions. The second is a flexible plan concept in which the home itself is made as efficient as possible. The final implemented concept is a institutionalized squatting concept with lowest rent possible. The feasibility is assessed through judging the design in 18 categories before and after the renovation.

Renovation
Heritage & Architecture
Dwelling design
Existenzminimum

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Student theses

master thesis

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