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Sanne
Besselink

Is Shared Living The New Luxury?

Project details

Year
2022
Programme
spatial-design
Practices
social
Minor
New Earth

THE FIRST STEP TO A SHARED SOCIETY

WE LIVE BIG, TOO BIG. IN THE NETHERLANDS WE HAVE AN AVERAGE OF 65M2 OF LIVING SPACE PER PERSON. WE LIVE IN LARGE VINEX HOUSES WITH A PRIVATE GARDEN AND A FENCE AROUND IT, WHICH SEPARATES US FROM OUR SURROUNDINGS.

IS LIVING IN A VINEX NEIGHBORHOOD STILL OKAY?

CONVERTING A VINEX DISTRICT LIKE NESSELANDE WATERWIJK INTO A CO-LIVING DISTRICT, SHOWS THAT MUCH BETTER USE CAN BE MADE OF THIS PLACE, BOTH IN TERMS OF HOUSING AND A SENSE OF BELONGING