Architecture from the 60’s

Architecture from the 60’s

Michelle Hoorens, Astrid Vandousselaere, Amber Viaene, Clarisse Slabbinck, Hanne Utter, Nina

Verpoucke, Stefanie Carbonez

Based on interview with …Sven Sterken

Lecturer & researcher in architectural and urban history

CityRich people = escaped from city

Lots of noise Compact

The poor people stayed in the city. They didn’t have enough money to build their own houses.

CountrysideRich peoplePeople neglected their houses

New villas, bungalows Vertical houses with open spaces = residential landscape

Apartments Situated next to highway

= practicalHuge buildings with lots of little apartments

Since the 60’s, people had to live

smaller

Prosperity bomb in the 60’s

Economic = rise People became rich

= individualistic Every family had his own house (nearby city +

detached house)

Now…“Your house lives longer than you…”

- Sustainability- Isolation- Safety

Materials …Floor plan except for the floor plan, the family could choose how they wanted their houseBefore: - white blocks in plaster - houses built in a very short timeNow: - bricks - it takes a long time to build a house

Home styling nowFarmhouse style Modern houses

The style of the 60’s has completely disappeared(Except for folding doors and big windows )

Farmhouse Modern house

Before renovation After renovation

Garage The lounge for the car Really large room

KitchenIn the 60’s

Practical reason They didn’t spend a lot of time in it They ate in the dining room NOT in the kitchenImportant objects:- dishwasher - cooker- cooker hood

Now

Central place of the house We eat in the kitchen OR dining room

Living roomIn the 60’s

Kitchen and living room are two separated rooms Central place of the house On the first floor view of the garden

NowThe living room is extended with the kitchen

Houses in the 60’s