Mobile / Home weaves together infrastructure and buildings to create a differentiated milieu, easing the pressure on the open landscape and improving the relationship urban design has with infrastructure. The scheme offers an alternative for the existing 'Vinex' government housing policy which if continued unaltered will lead to major problems. Up to the year 2050 the Vinex programme requires an annexation of public space the size of the province of Zuid-Holland, the accessibility of the houses will become increasingly problematic, the pressure on the roads will increase further and the expanding city will get dangerously close to the motorway network.

One part of my project consists of a theoretical model for future urban growth based on the rules of the road infrastructure; the second part is the design for a building that combines architecture with infrastructure.

The theoretical model is premised on existing roads running parallel to the motorways. These have three different speeds: 20, 50 and 100 km per hour. The more rural the road, the more slowly you drive, the lower the capacity of that road and the lower its density. The model addresses the underexploited capacity of existing slip roads. The pressure of urbanization is at its greatest in Randstad Holland. Here, the model was tested on a number of different landscape types. From this it emerged that the model is influenced by the field pattern of the existing landscape.

The model as developed can give rise to nine different dwelling ambiences, a good deal more variety than the one-sided ambiences and types in the existing Vinex districts. The urban design along the roads is tuned to the various traffic speeds.

Besides housing the volumes on the 100 kph roads are primed to receive offices as well as a 'motorway function' - the places where extremes in speed converge is marked by a volume containing a motel. The great overall architectural variation reflects the varying lengths of one's stay in the different dwelling types and in the motel. The two extremes are a penthouse for a stay lasting years, and a motel room for just one night. These differences can be read off in the rhythm of the south facade. Various target groups make round-the-clock use of the building. In the core are amenities for motel guests, longer-term residents, motorists and local inhabitants alike.

Place of education: TU Delft
Specialization: architectuur
Tutors: Deborah Hauptmann, Henco Bekkering, Luisa Calabrese & Rogier Verbeek