Mick Hiskemuller

I graduated in Advanced Housing Design at TU Delft. For my graduation project "Feeling at Home," I focused on single-person households of various ages, lifestyles, and income levels. After conducting case studies, interviews, literature research, and even staying in places like a nursing home, I identified four key themes for housing single individuals: comfort, a sense of safety, social interaction, and identity. I translated these themes into a one-person household—a flexible and adaptive building in which residents take the initiative and have the freedom to express their identity in their living space and feel truly at home. Since December 2022, I have been working as a junior architect in training at Paul de Ruiter Architects. The designs here also embody a strong sense of social sustainability. There’s a perfect balance between people, nature, and architecture. I place great value on the social environment—designing from the inside out. Knowing who the users are and how they want to use the building is something I find incredibly important.