Open Building and User Agency: Early and Contemporary Experiments in the Netherlands

I. Cornago Bonal; D. van den Heuvel

doi:10.4324/9781003245216-16

Open Building and User Agency: Early and Contemporary Experiments in the Netherlands

I. Cornago Bonal, D. van den Heuvel

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Abstract

This chapter discusses the notion of ‘Open Building’ through its conceptualisations and implementations in the Netherlands since the 1960s until today. It focuses on the place of dwellers’ agency in the development of residential open buildings to investigate the potential of users’ empowerment.

The ‘Open Building’ approach synthesises the principles of Habraken’s theory of ‘Support’ and ‘Infill’ developed as an alternative to post-war mass housing. Through innovations in decision-making and construction technology it promotes user participation and enables flexibility and change. The chapter discusses and compares the cases of Molenvliet, an early Open Building project for the social rental sector, and Superlofts, a series of contemporary ones where the architect and the residents have also become developers. It emphasises the political, and socio-economic context of the Open Building movement and how it has impacted the ability to meet its aims. Although its capacity to disrupt the housing system has remained limited it has expanded housing possibilities in the Netherlands.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Housing and the City
Editors	Katharina Borsi, Didem Ekici, Jonathan Hale, Nick Haynes
Place of Publication	London
Publisher	Routledge - Taylor & Francis Group
Chapter	10
Pages	130-144
Number of pages	15
Edition	1st Edition
ISBN (Electronic)	9781003245216
ISBN (Print)	9781032156583, 9781032156569
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003245216-16
Publication status	Published - 2022

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Name	Critiques: Critical Studies in Architectural Humanities
Publisher	Routledge

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Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository 'You share, we take care!' - Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public.

Keywords

Open Building
Housing
Supports and Infill
Habraken
Molenvliet
Superlofts
SAR
Agency
Participation

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Cornago Bonal, I., & van den Heuvel, D. (2022). Open Building and User Agency: Early and Contemporary Experiments in the Netherlands. In K. Borsi, D. Ekici, J. Hale, & N. Haynes (Eds.), Housing and the City (1st Edition ed., pp. 130-144). (Critiques: Critical Studies in Architectural Humanities). Routledge - Taylor & Francis Group. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003245216-16

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Open Building and User Agency: Early and Contemporary Experiments in the Netherlands

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