IJberg Dwelling
Housing Studio - Student Exchange
2019
TU Delft X KRVIA
Collaborative Design Project
The main objective of the week long workshop is to provoke students to engage with the territory of IJburg in Amsterdam and respond to the city’s housing challenges by producing an inclusive urban habitat within the new urban plan prepared by the Municipality of Amsterdam.
During the field-trip and workshop in the Netherlands, several key neighbourhoods and housing projects were visited to give students an insight into the various typologies that one can find in the city, as well as the changing living patterns and demands that Amsterdam is currently facing. The studio aimed to provoke designs that are inspired and idealistic, but realistic as well.
On the island of IJburg one residential block comprises of different housing typologies such as family housing, social housing, bachelor housing ,couple housing, student housing, old age homes etc
The proposed Family housing unit caters to families with young children.The requirement for this typology is for the children to have a social space within the building and also a daycare facility for the working parents with young kids .
The design is such that the front facade follows the flat street facade guidelines and height .On the inside ,the combination of different housing units helps to cascade the form creating inward looking terraces (social spaces)for the children and familes.The ground floor has a day care facility which can be overseen by the residents of the old age home right opposite the family housing unit.