CASES OF RESIDENTIAL OPEN BUILDING

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CASES OF RESIDENTIAL OPEN BUILDING

• I would like to show you many images of housing
  projects in several countries over the past
  decade. Each one in its own way is a good
  example of the kind of architecture I am
  advocating an architecture of accommodating
  form.

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The United States
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495 West Street

• An architect / developer in New York City
  recently built a new building in which individual
  families could fit-out their own interiors. A
  number of similar buildings have recently been
  built.
• Many old buildings around the country are being
  changed to housing in which each unit is
  different.

a drawing of the new building
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The open space before the floor
plan is decided
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The Banner Building
In Seattle, Washington, a developer hired an
architect to design an open building for sale.
Each unit is entirely different, designed by a
different architect and constructed by a
different builder.
view from the street
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The Banner Building
the base building plan
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The Banner Building
the blank interior with the floor plan drawn on
the floor
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The Banner Building
some of the custom designed floor plans
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The Banner Building
some of the custom designed floor plans
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The Banner Building
some of the custom designed floor plans
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The Banner Building
some of the custom designed floor plans
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The Netherlands
The Netherlands is one of the countries where
this approach to housing first got started.
Recently, the national government has decided
that a more consumer-oriented approach to housing
is a good thing. As a result, many companies and
organizations now support housing processes in
which the individual household has more choice.
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Papendrecht / Molenvliet
One of the first large housing projects of this
kind was built in the village of Papendrecht, a
city near Rotterdam. It was built in 1977 and is
still in good shape. Recently, a Japanese
research team visited it and published a
post-occupancy report.
a recent picture of one of the courtyards
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Papendrecht / Molenvliet
a drawing showing the regularity of the base
building
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Papendrecht / Molenvliet
a drawing showing the wide variety of dwellings
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Papendrecht / Molenvliet
a private garden and living room today
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Keyenburg
Another project was built in Keyenburg. It has
152 apartments some of which are for elderly
people. It is a very popular area. A number of
apartments have changed.
views showing the street scene, the variety of
window colors selected by residents, and the
central courtyard cared for by occupants
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Keyenburg
the base building showing how it was designed for
accommodation capacity, and an organizing modular
coordination grid
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Keyenburg
individual dwelling sizes can vary as well as the
layout of each dwelling
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Patrimoniums Woningen
In the case of renovating an existing
building, the project in Voorburg is a good
example. A large development company wanted to
upgrade its stock of buildings to make them more
attractive. The buildings had been built in 1960
but were becoming obsolete.
They decided to upgrade the building
one-unit-at-a time. Later they upgraded the base
building. The building continues to be improved
gradually, using a variety of interior fit-out
products. The one I will show is the Matura
Infill System.
the building as it appeared in 1990