Demolition manOwing to personal preferences, prejudices and hidden agendas, homes in the Netherlands are too often demolished, resulting in shortages on the housing market.
And this occurs despite the fact that home renovation can produce stunning results, comparable even to newly built homes, according to Professor André Thomsen, speaking during his valedictory address as professor at TU Delft’s Faculty of Architecture on November 10th. Thomsen: “Our current housing supply totals 6.9 million homes. There will be relatively few new homes added to this. If we look at how much longer the current housing supply should last, based on the current housing replenishment rate of approximately 0.25% per year, this is about 400 years!” According to Thomsen, we must therefore make due with our present homes for a very long time. Thomsen presented various reasons why so much housing is being demolished in the Netherlands. “Demolition is a way of getting rid of an excess of inexpensive, less in-demand social rental housing. Non-rational factors, like personal choice, a management culture, prejudices and hidden agendas, also play an important role.”
Van Leeuwenhoek
TU Delft has appointed physicist Dr. Herre van der Zant, and mathematician, Dr. Jan van Neerven, as Antoni van Leeuwenhoek professors. TU Delft’s Antoni van Leeuwenhoek professorships are early promotions of excellent, young researchers to the position of professor. Dr. Herre van der Zant (1963) of TU Delft’s Kavli Institute of Nanoscience is regarded as an outstanding, internationally renowned researcher. Van der Zant is particularly engaged in the development of NEMS (Nano Electro Mechanical Systems), which are extremely small electromechanical systems used for switches and sensors. Dr. Jan van Neerven (1964) of TU Delft’s EEMCS Faculty is also regarded as an outstanding, internationally renowned researcher. Van Neerven is engaged in solving and analyzing stochastic partial differential equations. These equations describe processes, including those that occur in physics, biology and financial mathematics, in which random disruptions play a role.
Demolition man
Owing to personal preferences, prejudices and hidden agendas, homes in the Netherlands are too often demolished, resulting in shortages on the housing market. And this occurs despite the fact that home renovation can produce stunning results, comparable even to newly built homes, according to Professor André Thomsen, speaking during his valedictory address as professor at TU Delft’s Faculty of Architecture on November 10th. Thomsen: “Our current housing supply totals 6.9 million homes. There will be relatively few new homes added to this. If we look at how much longer the current housing supply should last, based on the current housing replenishment rate of approximately 0.25% per year, this is about 400 years!” According to Thomsen, we must therefore make due with our present homes for a very long time. Thomsen presented various reasons why so much housing is being demolished in the Netherlands. “Demolition is a way of getting rid of an excess of inexpensive, less in-demand social rental housing. Non-rational factors, like personal choice, a management culture, prejudices and hidden agendas, also play an important role.”
Van Leeuwenhoek
TU Delft has appointed physicist Dr. Herre van der Zant, and mathematician, Dr. Jan van Neerven, as Antoni van Leeuwenhoek professors. TU Delft’s Antoni van Leeuwenhoek professorships are early promotions of excellent, young researchers to the position of professor. Dr. Herre van der Zant (1963) of TU Delft’s Kavli Institute of Nanoscience is regarded as an outstanding, internationally renowned researcher. Van der Zant is particularly engaged in the development of NEMS (Nano Electro Mechanical Systems), which are extremely small electromechanical systems used for switches and sensors. Dr. Jan van Neerven (1964) of TU Delft’s EEMCS Faculty is also regarded as an outstanding, internationally renowned researcher. Van Neerven is engaged in solving and analyzing stochastic partial differential equations. These equations describe processes, including those that occur in physics, biology and financial mathematics, in which random disruptions play a role.
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