The NEMAVO Airey system: A wealth of options

Lidwine Spoormans; Hielkje Zijlstra; Wido Quist

The NEMAVO Airey system: A wealth of options

Lidwine Spoormans, Hielkje Zijlstra, Wido Quist

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After the Second World War there were serious shortages of building materials and trained personnel, the demand for housing was high and construction budgets were low. Together these factors created an environment for the large-scale development of non-traditional residential construction systems in the Netherlands. One of these was the NEMAVO Airey system imported from the United Kingdom and adapted for the Dutch market. This article focusses on the external walls used in this system, a combination of precast concrete columns and precast concrete cladding panels arranged on a grid, which give the Airey houses their typical appearance. The Airey houses in the Netherlands exhibit a great variety within a recognisable system. This article addresses what aspects of the construction system, historical context, system developments, parties involved, and later circumstances and interventions resulted in the wide range of remaining stock of NEMAVO Airey houses in the Netherlands.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Building Knowledge, Constructing Histories
Subtitle of host publication	Proceedings of the 6th International Congress on Construction History (6ICCH 2018)
Editors	Ine Wouters, Stephanie Van de Voorde, Inge Bertels, Bernard Espion, Krista De Jonge, Denis Zastavni
Place of Publication	London
Publisher	CRC Press / Balkema - Taylor & Francis Group
Chapter	21
Pages	149-156
Number of pages	8
Volume	1
ISBN (Print)	978-1-138-58414-3
Publication status	Published - 2018
Event	6ICCH 2018: 6th International Congress on Construction History - Brussels, Belgium Duration: 9 Jul 2018 → 13 Jul 2018

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Conference	6ICCH 2018: 6th International Congress on Construction History
Country/Territory	Belgium
City	Brussels
Period	9/07/18 → 13/07/18

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1945-1965
facade typologies
precast concrete
social housing
construction history

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Spoormans, L., Zijlstra, H., & Quist, W. (2018). The NEMAVO Airey system: A wealth of options. In I. Wouters, S. Van de Voorde, I. Bertels, B. Espion, K. De Jonge, & D. Zastavni (Eds.), Building Knowledge, Constructing Histories: Proceedings of the 6th International Congress on Construction History (6ICCH 2018) (Vol. 1, pp. 149-156). CRC Press / Balkema - Taylor & Francis Group.

Spoormans, Lidwine ; Zijlstra, Hielkje ; Quist, Wido. / The NEMAVO Airey system: A wealth of options. Building Knowledge, Constructing Histories: Proceedings of the 6th International Congress on Construction History (6ICCH 2018). editor / Ine Wouters ; Stephanie Van de Voorde ; Inge Bertels ; Bernard Espion ; Krista De Jonge ; Denis Zastavni. Vol. 1 London : CRC Press / Balkema - Taylor & Francis Group, 2018. pp. 149-156

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Spoormans, L , Zijlstra, H & Quist, W 2018, The NEMAVO Airey system: A wealth of options. in I Wouters, S Van de Voorde, I Bertels, B Espion, K De Jonge & D Zastavni (eds), Building Knowledge, Constructing Histories: Proceedings of the 6th International Congress on Construction History (6ICCH 2018). vol. 1, CRC Press / Balkema - Taylor & Francis Group, London, pp. 149-156, 6ICCH 2018: 6th International Congress on Construction History, Brussels, Belgium, 9/07/18.

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Spoormans L , Zijlstra H , Quist W. The NEMAVO Airey system: A wealth of options. In Wouters I, Van de Voorde S, Bertels I, Espion B, De Jonge K, Zastavni D, editors, Building Knowledge, Constructing Histories: Proceedings of the 6th International Congress on Construction History (6ICCH 2018). Vol. 1. London: CRC Press / Balkema - Taylor & Francis Group. 2018. p. 149-156

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