The movie

TIAFF 2024 Samenwonen, Het Verhaal Van De Warren

When you can't find an affordable home due to the housing crisis, why not build one yourself with your friends? In Samenwonen, we follow a group of young people in the creation of the self-build housing cooperative De Warren.

Length: 90 min
Country: The Netherlands
Language spoken: Dutch
Language subtitles: English
Cast:
Director: Sam Van Zoest.
Release date: 06/04/2024

Description

When you can't find an affordable home due to the housing crisis, why not build one yourself with your friends? In Samenwonen, we follow a group of young people in the creation of the self-build housing cooperative De Warren. We witness the group's journey as they, through trial and error, realize a social, sustainable, and ecocentric habitat on Amsterdam's Centrumeiland. Architect Boris Zeisser speaks before the film.

Boris Zeisser began his career as an architect at Erick van Egeraat after studying in Delft. The firm he founded, 24H-architecture, evolved into Natrufied Architecture. Working with ingredients from nature is one of the fundamental design philosophies of the bureau. Boris is the architect of Amsterdam's first self-build Housing Cooperative: De Warren. He introduces the film Samenwonen, which follows the establishment of De Warren.