ROTTERDAM’S TRANSFORMATION POTENTIAL TRANSFORMING VACANT OFFICE SPACE INTO HOUSING Graduation Research Proposal P2 R.A. de Ridder November 2017 COLOPHON P2 RESEARCH PROPOSAL Title Rotterdam’s transformation potential Transforming vacant office space into housing Lab Adaptive Re-use Date Report 21-12-2017 Date Presentation 10-01-2017 STUDENT Name R.A. de Ridder Studentnumber 4433394 Address Koninginnetuin 4 2665TV, Bleiswijk Phone +31 6 5722 3090 E-Mail
[email protected] UNIVERSITY Institute Delft University of Technology Master Track Management of the Built Environment Address Julianalaan 132 – 134 2628BL, Delft Phone +31 1 5278 5159 Website www.tudelft.nl/bk/over-faculteit/afdelingen/management-in-the-built- environment/ GRADUATION MENTORS First Mentor Hilde Remøy Second Mentor Ilir Nase External Examiner Wido Quist 2 Preface This report presents the research proposal of my graduation thesis towards the transformation potential of Rotterdam’s vacant office space into housing. This master thesis is the final assignment for the master-track Management in the Built Environment at the Delft University of Technology. The choosing of the topic of this thesis can be traced back to an episode of “De slag om Nederland” (VPRO 2012). This documentary showed the problematic situation of the Dutch office market. However, solutions for this problem where hardly proposed. With this thesis I will go into more detail on the origin of the current Dutch office vacancy and how adaptive reuse can serve as a possible solution. By doing so, I want to expand my knowledge on adaptive reuse and its value in a social and economic way.