Diagoon House

Space for living - The experimental Diagoon Houses of Herman Hertzberger

Robert vond der Nahmer

The first book on the experimental Diagoon Houses from 1971 by Herman Hertzberger.
This publication highlights the characteristics and associated qualities of the Diagoon Houses, which guarantee a form of 'ideal living'. The houses still set an example for a new form of housing, living culture and urban space. The publication shows the significance of the Diagoon Houses for twenty-first-century cultural history and the relevance of the underlying body of thought for today's housing assignment. By 2021, the houses will have been inhabited for fifty consecutive years by different generations of residents. Based on their experiences, it is possible to analyse what works and what doesn't, which physical and material living conditions have proved sustainable and which have not.

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