How to design a house

Dutch architect Dick van Gameren has been engaged in housing design for the past twenty-five years through his practice and in his research and teaching at Delft University of Technology.
In Dutch Dwellings, he presents around forty of his own projects, grouped into thematic chapters to illustrate the main underlying principles of residential design. Together, they constitute a multifaceted catalogue of housing typologies, with a particular focus, on projects for affordable housing.
In his supplementary essays, Van Gameren explores evolutions in residential architecture in the Netherlands. He positions his own concepts in the context of these developments and expands on what he considers the key elements of good housing design.

Relatore: Dick van Gameren, dean of the Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment in TUDelft

Dick van Gameren studied Architecture in Delft and graduated cum laude in 1988. For a long time, he ran his own architecture firm and in 2013 became a partner with Mecanoo Architecten in Delft. His design for the Dutch Embassy in Ethiopia won him the prestigious Aga Khan Award in 2007. It is just one of the many awards he has received. Recently, he won the Rijnlandse Architectuurprijs with his design for the Langebrug student housing project in Leiden. He has been Professor of Dwelling at the Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment since 2006, and chairman of the Architecture Department for ten years.

Responsabile: Orsina Simona Pierini

Contatti: orsina.pierini@polimi.it