For decades, Groningen has been organising architecture manifestations in which design research and practice are brought together. Together with 17 other design teams, B-architecten was commissioned to translate the ambitions of this manifesto into a design study that examines how we should and want to live in the near future.
About Cascoop by B-architecten
B-architecten propose CASCOOP as an alternative development strategy for affordable and qualitative housing on Suikerzijde, where they wish to realise the many ambitions in an affordable design by rethinking the ownership structure in relation to the casco building. In other words: how can different building layers with their own lifespan be linked to different ownership structures based on leasehold and cooperative models? And how does this alternative design strategy contribute to building differently?
About Manifestation Build Differently
‘Manifestatie Bouw Anders’ (Manifestation Build Differently) revolves around diversity in housing, exercises in new housing typologies and sustainable, nature-inclusive and affordable living - in short: building differently. B-architecten examined a building plot from the Suikerzijde master plan.