Happy House

Masterproject Beyond Lodging had an assignment to redesign four empty office buildings in Eindhoven. The HEMA building, the ABN AMRO building, the Hertoghof and the TD-Building . These buildings have been redeveloped into student complexes, which go beyond the standard lodging units .

Happy House was the name given to a redeveloped TD-Building . Lack of affordable housing has been an issue in the Netherlands for a long time . Part of the solution is empty office conversion into residential buildings . TD-Building reconstruction into mixed use residential building was proposed . Dormitory, hostel, fraternity, automated supermarket were incorporated into the design . To allow students to create cosy environment the outdoor corridors have been designed to be as wide as possible . 03

(03) a-a’ Section of Happy House . Scale 1:500 (04) b-b’ Section of Happy House . Scale 1:500 (05) 3rd Floor Plan of Happy House . Scale 1:500 (06) Roof Parapet detail of Happy House . Scale 1:20 05 04

06

07

09 08 This allows couches, bicycles and other student life items to be placed in the building (10) without hampering the fire safety. Furthermore the open air corridors create dwelling streets, which increase the social interaction among the residents, which form the basis of student dormitory life .

Additional information can be found via the following URL: goo .gl/a2TqRT

10

(07) First floor corridor vantage point interior view of the living room . (08) Interior view of a large room . (09) TD-Building façades after renovation into residential building . (10) Wide exterior corridors allow Happy House residents to use shared outdoor space to their desires .