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 people

People neglected their houses

New villas, bungalows

Vertical houses with open spaces = residential landscape

Apartments Situated next to highway

= practical

Huge 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 house

Before: - white blocks in plaster - houses built in a very short time

Now: - bricks - it takes a long time to build a house

Home styling now

Farmhouse 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

Kitchen

In the 60’s

Practical reason

They didn’t spend a lot of time in it

They ate in the dining room NOT in the kitchen

Important 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

Now

The living room is extended with the kitchen

Houses in the 60’s