EUROPE Netherlands’ Office Building to Housing Conversion A program in the Netherlands to reuse abandoned office buildings was conceived in order to provide more housing units for residents. While multiple buildings were adaptively reused in this program, the report will be focusing on three, as shown highlighted below.
Table 1.3 The table above shows the Dutch conversion cases that were successfully completed.[44]
The redevelopment of these buildings was fast paced - from initial preliminary design, to completion of construction, the project simply took two years. This is because redevelopment started simultaneously with design - the building began to be stripped of most of its structural accessories, including means of vertical circulation.
