Fundamentals of Housing Design

The Architecture en Dwelling MSc1 studio focusses on the fundamentals of the Dutch housing design and construction practice. It deals with the themes of stacking en linking, repetition, access en circulation, dwelling typology, construction methods, climate control and sustainability.

Students of the Fundamentals of Housing Design Studio design a residential complex in an urban environment in the Netherlands. The design is accompanied/preceded by research into the design assignment and the specific topics of the studio.

Though topics may vary from one semester to the next, at the core of each studio lies the design of dwellings and of the dwelling environment, complemented by research and literature study. Design work is done individually, while some of the research may be performed in teams.

The Fundamentals of Housing Design Studio (AR1AD014) runs in conjunction with AR1A080, run by the Building Engineering department. Both studios form one coherent whole and architecture and building engineering teachers will collaborate closely.