@inbook{d81308c4a23d4a50b42da676a1c06cf0,
title = "Open Building and User Agency: Early and Contemporary Experiments in the Netherlands",
abstract = "This chapter discusses the notion of {\textquoteleft}Open Building{\textquoteright} through its conceptualisations and implementations in the Netherlands since the 1960s until today. It focuses on the place of dwellers{\textquoteright} agency in the development of residential open buildings to investigate the potential of users{\textquoteright} empowerment. The {\textquoteleft}Open Building{\textquoteright} approach synthesises the principles of Habraken{\textquoteright}s theory of {\textquoteleft}Support{\textquoteright} and {\textquoteleft}Infill{\textquoteright} 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.",
keywords = "Open Building, Housing, Supports and Infill, Habraken, Molenvliet, Superlofts, SAR, Agency, Participation",
author = "{Cornago Bonal}, I. and {van den Heuvel}, D.",
note = "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.",
year = "2022",
doi = "10.4324/9781003245216-16",
language = "English",
isbn = "9781032156583",
series = "Critiques: Critical Studies in Architectural Humanities",
publisher = "Routledge - Taylor & Francis Group",
pages = "130--144",
editor = "Katharina Borsi and Didem Ekici and Jonathan Hale and Nick Haynes",
booktitle = "Housing and the City",
edition = "1st Edition",
}