Made in Holland - housing for different futures

In the Dutch housing stock, many residential buildings constructed between 1945 and 1975 either need major refurbishment or have to be replaced by new construction [1]. In the context of the sustainability of the housing stock, refurbishment seems to be the more promising one of these two approaches [2]. An important success factor in refurbishment projects is the possibility to match (existing or easy to accomplish) quality dimensions of a building with the requirements of one or more target groups of (future) tenants. Based on experiences in recently executed projects in several Dutch cities... Mehr ...