The skinnySCAR project shows how forgotten empty spaces in the city can be used. Each city has neglected spaces that can be upgraded to complete the urban fabric, while creating possibilities for new forms of urban living for the adventurous ones. As young architects, Gwendolyn Huisman and Marijn Boterman saw the potential and challenge of a narrow gap with extreme proportions in an old Rotterdam neighborhood. In 2012 they started the process to buy the plot that was not for sale, and recently finished the entire interior themselves.

Courtesy of Gwendolyn Huisman and Marijn Boterman

Architects: Gwendolyn Huisman and Marijn Boterman

Location: Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Area: 140.0 m2
Project Year: 2017

Photographs: Courtesy of Gwendolyn Huisman and Marijn Boterman, Ossip van Duivenbode, Vincent van Dordrecht

Engineering: BREED Integrated Design, Faas & Van Iterson ingenieursbureau, ?Ontwerpburo Van der Vlugt

Contractor: H&B bouw?

Urban Masterplan: SCARchitecture by JagerJanssen ?

© Ossip van Duivenbode

The skinnySCAR project shows how forgotten empty spaces in the city can be used. Each city has neglected spaces that can be upgraded to complete the urban fabric, while creating possibilities for new forms of urban living for the adventurous ones. As young architects, Gwendolyn Huisman and Marijn Boterm...