Developers build houses on top of apartment blocks to save space
De Telegraaf features a story on a group of urban development experts, housing corporations, architects and property developers who want to build new houses on the flat roofs of existing apartment blocks.
The group, named Bovenstad, or Upper City, says the surface area of all flat roofs in the Netherlands is equal to around 8,000 football fields. Around a third of this surface area is reportedly appropriate for building.
Bovenstad completed five projects in Dordrecht, Delft, Scheveningen, Groningen and The Hague.
The group says its projects demonstrate efficient use of space, which adds value, spares the landscape and eases the current housing shortage. Bovenstad board member Jan Brouwer says: "Of course, it must be technically feasible. In addition, there are legal and social aspects that need to be taken into consideration".
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