A neighbourhood designed to move
Poeldonk in ’s-Hertogenbosch gave residents a place to try small homes with more influence over their design. Housing provider Zayaz describes an experiment with 30 homes, including six rental households that could choose among several building approaches.
NL NetherlandsIn practice. At Poeldonk, Minitopia put several small-house building approaches on the same site.
What to keep in view
This is the Poeldonk experiment as documented by Zayaz. Do not assume that space or the original tenancy terms are available today.
A trial also needs land and rules
The options included finishing reused modules, working with a WikiHouse design, using an assembly package or developing a house of their own. The comparison is useful because it shows that small houses can come from very different processes. The project still depended on a site, agreement and a timetable.
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