The dissertation investigates the typological transformation of elderly accommodation into decentralised models of care in place in the district. Currently, community-led networks such as Buurtzorg, District Care, and care cooperatives are emerging in the Netherlands through the Right to Challenge, in order to encourage individual agency and collectivise care responsibility. The organisation of care in the home environment introduces typological questions about the design of the dwelling according to new protocols and procedures of care. This dissertation argues for an investigation into the thresholds of dwelling (therapy, care-work, reproductive work and assistance) to challenge the segregation of people according to age and illness. The well-being of the body emphasises multi-scalar relations that stretch from the district to the domestic. The project translates common activities into zones of interaction, thresholds and cluster living to redefine notions of intimacy, privacy and affection.
