Tuesday June 9, 2026 | Pakhuis de Zwijger - Book launch 'Ontwerpen aan waardenrijke woongebouwen'
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On Tuesday, June 9, the book Ontwerpen aan waardenrijke woongebouwen will be launched at Pakhuis de Zwijger, where designers, researchers, and the public will engage in a dialogue about a new housing system in which social value takes center stage.
With the overwhelming housing shortage, efficiency seems to be the greatest good; The Hague preaches fast and effective construction policy: build, build, build, and ten new cities. This often leads to smaller homes, a lack of social facilities, and cheaper materials. These are solutions aimed at the short term and heavily influenced by market logic. In Ontwerpen aan waardenrijke woongebouwen (Designing value-rich residential buildings), Ed Melet, Rashid Rashidi, and Kees Versluis show how residential buildings can regain quality, societal significance, and future-proofing. The researchers propose a new system: one where the home is not an object for the market, but a place to live. This evening, we will engage in a discussion: who do we need for this new system, and what can we do?
The book presentation will take place on Tuesday, June 9, at Pakhuis de Zwijger. You can register via: https://dezwijger.nl/programma/ontwerpen-aan-waardenrijke-woongebouwen
Order the book here
About the speakers
Ed Melet is Associate Professor of Circular Construction at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences. He obtained his PhD from TU Delft in 2017 with research on Activating Facades, concerning buildings that have changed behavior. Since then, he has led the Circular Construction research line, first as a Senior Lecturer and now as an Associate Professor. Melet and his team investigate how buildings and the built environment can become more circular in order to reduce their environmental impact.
Rashid Rashidi is an architect and founder of OOOO Studio. Since 2020, he has been a lecturer in the Architectural Engineering specialization at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences and a researcher at the Circular Construction research group. He is a guest lecturer at TU Delft, Department of Architecture, and at the Academy of Architecture in Amsterdam. Additionally, he is a member of the Spatial Quality Committee of the Municipality of Lelystad.
