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Project , Startblok Elzenhagen

This is a Project . It was designed by MUST and collaborator: De Key and Eigan Haard. It is dated 2018. It is a part of the department.

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Startblok Elzenhagen is the second of three affordable housing developments designed to create community between young refugees and Dutch youth, ages 18–28. They live together while working and attending school, helping each other as they start life in Amsterdam. The designers, MUST Urbanism, approached the physical and social design of the housing as a city—a system of connections and interactions between people of different backgrounds—providing a variety of shared public spaces. Hallways in the buildings act like small neighborhood streets where numerous chance encounters can occur, with common areas for amenities and social activities. Large balconies on each floor expand the hallway’s utility.

It is credited Startblok Elzenhagen Installation - Building a Future Together: Courtesy of MUST Urbanism and Creative Industries Fund NL.

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Designing Peace.

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