Open Neighborhoods
Aperiodic tiling structures for developing 'open building' neighborhoods
M. Heerschop (TU Delft - Architecture and the Built Environment)
A.B.J. van Deudekom – Mentor (TU Delft - Architecture and the Built Environment)
P.M.M. Stoutjesdijk – Mentor (TU Delft - Architecture and the Built Environment)
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Abstract
The capacity of the built environment to respond to change is increasingly important as housing demand, land-use pressures and societal needs continue to evolve. Dutch post-World War II ‘stamped’ neighborhoods demonstrate both the advantages of systematic construction and the limitations of urban structures designed around fixed uses. Urban and structural repetition enabled rapid, affordable construction, but often produced stagnant environments with limited capacity for change.
By revisiting the logic of the architectural ‘stamp’ and combining it with adaptability as a fundamental building principle, the research investigates how repetition might support diversity rather than monotony. Through a multitude of design philosophies, such as stamping, open building, shearing layers and metabolism, a tool was developed able to insert an adaptable urban structure capable of adjustments in size, division, function and appearance.
The proposed approach does not attempt to anticipate every future requirement. Instead, it seeks to establish a framework for reimagining large-scale urban developments in which urban spaces can continue to serve society and avoid a recurring cycle of obsolescence, demolition and replacement.
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