Papers by Lidwine Spoormans
Building Knowledge, Constructing Histories
DASH | Delft Architectural Studies on Housing, Apr 1, 2019
Vloeroppervlak per eenheid/Floor area per unit (traditioneel gebruik/ traditional use): 364 m 2 ,... more Vloeroppervlak per eenheid/Floor area per unit (traditioneel gebruik/ traditional use): 364 m 2 , bestaande uit/consisting of wonen/dwelling: 136 m 2 ; werken/working: 95 m 2 ; kura (berging/storage): 73 m 2 ; toriniwa (gang/corridor): 59 m 2 Aantal bouwlagen/Number of floors: 2 Gemeenschappelijke voorzieningen/ Communal facilities: toriniwa (gang/corridor) Fietsparkeren/Bicycle storage: in toriniwa (gang/corridor) Bronnen/Sources: Tekeningen ter plaatse verkregen/ drawings obtained on site en/and eigen waarneming auteur/author's own observation Kyoto Centre for Community Collaboration, Machiya Revival in
Report accompanied the Kyoto Heritage a Machyia Exhibition regarding a reflection on students wor... more Report accompanied the Kyoto Heritage a Machyia Exhibition regarding a reflection on students work (MSc2 studio) and research at the Kyoto Insitute of Technology in the Kyoto Design Lab. 2015-2016 by Zijlstra, Spoormans and Hein.
Journal of Housing and the Built Environment
In the last century, the concept of what can be heritage has expanded in definition, opening to e... more In the last century, the concept of what can be heritage has expanded in definition, opening to everyday architecture and living environments. More recently, the group of stakeholders to be involved in heritage assessment and management has slowly grown, with authorities acknowledging that heritage significance lies in the representation and identification for people and that people could help define it. Studying the significance of everyday residential neighbourhoods and the inclusion of individual responses creates a demand for new methods. Although in heritage studies these methods remain undefined, studies on housing preferences offer starting points for new approaches. This paper presents a significance assessment of an everyday living environment by its residents, from a new heritage perspective. By analysing individual responses, this research discusses more inclusive methods of assessing significance. A neighbourhood in the Dutch town Almere, is used as a case study. Based o...
Land
Although attention for citizen involvement in urban development and heritage management processes... more Although attention for citizen involvement in urban development and heritage management processes is growing, both in practice and in research, the specifics of stakeholders’ interests have been less researched. This paper reveals and discusses the assessment by individuals and groups, to differentiate stakeholders, based on the heritage significance they convey on neighbourhood attributes. Fifty-nine interviews on a Dutch neighbourhood in Amsterdam Zuidoost were analysed integrating quantitative and qualitative methods. Results confirm important differences between and within stakeholder groups regarding their interest in particular attribute categories and scales, indicating the need to further specify stakeholders beyond the commonly used ‘community’ and ‘experts’. The identification of stakeholder interests is important to involve relevant groups in the identification and designation of significant attributes, buildings, and areas and to anticipate potential conflicts or shared ...
Urban Planning
Collective housing (CH) is undergoing a revival in Belgium. Since 2009, the Flemish Government Ar... more Collective housing (CH) is undergoing a revival in Belgium. Since 2009, the Flemish Government Architect and his team have been advocating CH, stressing its importance as a task for architects given the demand for affordable housing and the need to reduce the environmental impact of housing. This support for CH has converged with the work of the non-profit citizen organization Samenhuizen (“Living together”) and the ad hoc initiatives taken by individual households and architects. In the Netherlands too, where there is a longer tradition of CH, the phenomenon is once more on the rise because of the housing crisis. As it is a developing topic, the terminology used for CH is also evolving. Drawing on publications on the subject in both Belgium and the Netherlands as well as on interviews with relevant stakeholders, this article sheds light on two widely published cases in both countries (pioneering and current, greenfield and conversion). These cases are compared in regard to thematic...
Anne Lacaton has been a visiting professor at the TU Delft Faculty of Architecture and the Built ... more Anne Lacaton has been a visiting professor at the TU Delft Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment during the Fall Semester 2016-2017, hosted by the Chair of Heritage & Design. In the professional field of Heritage & Design the starting point for design is not just a functional brief and a blank sheet of paper but the challenge of an existing spatial setting and cultural-historical context. It is a dynamic and innovative field in architecture that deals with the architectural re-interpretation, adaptive reuse and restoration of historic buildings. This book reports on her workshops and studios during her time at TU Delft. It presents re-use projects at different scales, in different situations and with different programs. These projects generated reflection along with pertinent and inventive ideas that made it possible to overturn the situations in a positive manner, to change the approach and bring forth interesting solutions, a new situational intelligence and a new...
Anne Lacaton has been a visiting professor at the TU Delft Faculty of Architecture and the Built ... more Anne Lacaton has been a visiting professor at the TU Delft Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment during the Fall Semester 2016-2017, hosted by the Chair of Heritage & Design. In the professional field of Heritage & Design the starting point for design is not just a functional brief and a blank sheet of paper but the challenge of an existing spatial setting and cultural-historical context. It is a dynamic and innovative field in architecture that deals with the architectural re-interpretation, adaptive reuse and restoration of historic buildings. This book reports on her workshops and studios during her time at TU Delft. It presents re-use projects at different scales, in different situations and with different programs. These projects generated reflection along with pertinent and inventive ideas that made it possible to overturn the situations in a positive manner, to change the approach and bring forth interesting solutions, a new situational intelligence and a new inte...
In the Netherlands there are few people who build their own homes. The majority of the population... more In the Netherlands there are few people who build their own homes. The majority of the population lives in a house that was built in the past. Designed and made with different ideas, for families with different wishes and habits to ours. The adaptation of homes for current times is therefore normal and necessary, and is a continuous process. In his book How to Make a Home, Edward Hollis compares the way in which people occupy a house with a cuckoo’s habits.1 This bird has made a speciality of taking possession of another bird’s nest and adapting it to its own needs. People alter, decorate and furnish in order to turn the house they encounter into a personal little nest. However, other rules apply when this concerns a special ‘nest’. If a dwelling or residential building is listed as a monument, it is protected in the public interest because of its cultural-historical value. A home with a monumental status cannot simply be altered to meet contemporary residential preferences without ...
Ruimte en Wonen, 2020
Volgens prognoses van ABF Research is er tot 2035 behoefte aan een miljoen extra woningen. Groots... more Volgens prognoses van ABF Research is er tot 2035 behoefte aan een miljoen extra woningen. Grootschalige industriele woningbouw kan bijdragen aan het terugdringen van het tekort. Dit heeft in het verleden echter de positie van bouwes versterkt en daarbij zeggenschap van bewoners en aanpasbaarheid van de woningvoorraad beperkt. Het 1M Homes-initiatief van de TU Delft onderzoekt onder meer hoe Open Bouwen, in combinatie met digitalisering en automatisering, kan bijdragen aan een duurzame oplossing voor het woningtekort en tegelijkertijd bewoners zeggenschap kan geven.
16th International Docomomo Conference Tokyo Japan 2020+1, 2021
Libro de Actas del X Congreso Universitario Internacional sobre Contenidos, Investigación, Innovación y Docencia: (CUICIID 2020), 2020, ISBN 9788409229482, 2020
Building Knowledge, Constructing Histories, 2018
This chapter presents an analysis of adaptations of machiya, traditional Japanese townhouses, in ... more This chapter presents an analysis of adaptations of machiya, traditional Japanese townhouses, in Kyoto. The study aims to develop models for future reuse of machiya that combine contemporary lifestyles and traditional characteristics, in order to present possibilities for the preservation of machiya. The models for reuse are based on an evaluation of the spatial layout of renovated machiya in general and an analysis of the modifications of typical machiya elements in particular.
Volgens prognoses van ABF Research is er tot 2035 behoefte aan een miljoen extra woningen. Groots... more Volgens prognoses van ABF Research is er tot 2035 behoefte aan een miljoen extra woningen. Grootschalige industriele woningbouw kan bijdragen aan het terugdringen van het tekort. Dit heeft in het verleden echter de positie van bouwes versterkt en daarbij zeggenschap van bewoners en aanpasbaarheid van de woningvoorraad beperkt. Het 1M Homes-initiatief van de TU Delft onderzoekt onder meer hoe Open Bouwen, in combinatie met digitalisering en automatisering, kan bijdragen aan een duurzame oplossing voor het woningtekort en tegelijkertijd bewoners zeggenschap kan geven.
Structuralism represents an architecture that can interact, grow and adapt. The buildings can be ... more Structuralism represents an architecture that can interact, grow and adapt. The buildings can be recognised by their vivid open structures, composition of small units, and a spatial organisation like a city. As a reaction to CIAM functionalism, the avant-garde members of Team 10 proposed inclusive and social space and a more human form of urbanism and architecture. Starting in 1959, Dutch Structuralism became a very influential movement in the development of architecture in The Netherlands. Structuralism has been the focus of the 2017- 2018 educational programme of the Section Heritage & Architecture at the Delft Faculty of Architecture. It has been a resounding success and is has been a pleasure to see so many young designers being inspired by the works and concepts of what is one of the most influential movements in post-war architecture in the Netherlands. In various Master studios, 64 students have surveyed and analysed four icons of Structuralism before embarking on a redesign ...
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International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation, 2020
PurposeAlthough residential neighbourhoods are the largest and most resilient share of a city and... more PurposeAlthough residential neighbourhoods are the largest and most resilient share of a city and the process of urban conservation and renewal is ongoing, methods to assess their values are limited. This paper presents the results of a systematic literature review, revealing the state of the art and its knowledge gaps with regard to methods for assessing values of architecture in residential neighbourhoods.Design/methodology/approachThe systematic literature review is based on studies selected by a research protocol, using a digital database of peer-reviewed literature. A metanarrative approach is used to synthesise the qualitative data from reviewed articles. This review has two stages: (1) giving an overview of the field and (2) categorising research methods and disciplines.FindingsThe review revealed a wide variety of studies from different disciplines and deduced its key trends, titled as “storylines”, concerning the methods to assess significance, integrating a broader scope o...
Urban Planning, 2019
This article seeks to analyse the reciprocal influence between the post-war urban planning polici... more This article seeks to analyse the reciprocal influence between the post-war urban planning policies and the development of residential neighbourhoods in Lelystad between 1965 and 1990. This city has been designed ‘from scratch’ as the urban centre of the IJsselmeer Polders, the largest land reclamation project of the Netherlands. Lelystad’s neighbourhood development will be described and contextualised in the Dutch New Towns planning policy (1960–1985), which intended to avoid increasing congestion in the most densely populated area in the Netherlands: the Randstad. Lelystad is seen as a significant case. This New Town exemplifies the evolution in urban planning in The Netherlands in the second half of the twentieth century. Cornelis van Eesteren, who had presided over the CIAM (Congrès Internationaux d’Architecture Moderne) from 1930 to 1947, was responsible for the urban design in 1964, based on the principles of the Modern city and the functionalist design of residential neighbou...
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