Symbiosis Unearthed

Regeneratively transforming postwar flats into healthy urban communities

Master thesis (2024)

Authors

N.S. Dalman Architecture and the Built Environment

Contributors

S.H. Verkuijlen Architectural Technology - Architecture and the Built Environment (mentor)
E.J. van der Zaag Architectural Technology - Architecture and the Built Environment (graduation committee member)
M.J. Smit Architectural Technology - Architecture and the Built Environment (graduation committee member)
Faculty
Architecture and the Built Environment, Architecture and the Built Environment
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Published Date

18-06-2024

Language

English

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Faculty

Architecture and the Built Environment

Abstract

Symbiosis Unearthed proposes a renovation design for three postwar flats in the 'Westelijke Tuinsteden' of Amsterdam. The aim of the project is to transform the outdated flats into a regenerative, symbiotic community by improving the existing architecture, adding two storeys, and introducing communal functions to the site. The landscape is an important part of the design; the green space in the area is transformed into a regenerative forest, that forms a healthy environment for all living beings, and at the same time provides wood for the renovation and maintenance of the flats. Through the implementation of the urban and architectural transformation, and a local wood system the postwar site is turned into a healthy, urban living environment where people live with the land, and not from it.