KEY MOMENTS
The Flemish family is not so
“standard” as we think.
DID YOU KNOW…
YEAR 2021, 2,841,372 FLEMISH CITIZENS WILL LIVE THERE.
SINGLE
65+
FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN
CLASSICAL FAMILY
1-PARENT FAMILY
NEWLY COMPOSED
Bron: …..
HOUSEHOLD PYRAMID
Family transitions as a basis for design
of the 4-leaf clover
HOME/HOUSE
The environment in which we live and work has a direct impact on our well-being, happiness and performance. Therefore, it is important that our (t)home evolves with us. That our home provides opportunities by meeting our living needs at all times while taking up as little space as possible for the well-being of our planet.
Imagine …
A place of your own that moves with you at your own rhythm. A place with comfort, space, light and air.
When we spread our wings, when we have children, when we are sick, when we work from home, when we live alone, when we form a new blended family, when we get older. At all these key moments, your home should be a place of its own that adapts to your needs.
Join us in looking at living through a new lens and be inspired by the possibilities of flexible and modular living with attention to the well-being of people and nature.
Make your house a flexible and sustainable home!
LIVING COMBINATION
Possible example of a complete living situation
inside a 4-leaf clover
Who will clean up our litter?
“More than half of the residential patrimony in Flanders is underutilized. Read: there are too many rooms or bedrooms for the number of inhabitants. That problem often increases when the children have left home”
Source: De standaard 17/01/2018 Tim Vekemans en Dimitri Minten.
Litter space, on the other hand, is spatial waste that has been under-used. It is hidden behind a use that is insufficient to fully utilize the space, e.g., because the original space requirements have changed.
Source: Vlugschrift zwerfruimte…
Together yet apart: is flexible living the future
‘We want to find a solution for different generations’ Buteneers explains. That is the only sustainable way of building: what you need in a house changes as you get older. It’s very important to be able to continue to live somewhere with the same ease in later life.
Ownership: As in most European countries, home ownership dominates in Belgium. However, this appears to be mainly a post-war phenomenon. Just after the Second World War, there were still almost 60% renters in The Flemish Region compared to just over 40% owners. However, this ratio quickly reversed. According to Descamps (1997), this was largely because the post-war reconstruction proceeded through the stimulation of home ownership and not through the construction of social housing, as was the faval in many other European countries.
Source: Vlaamse Woonmonitor 2021 Sien Winters, 2021.
Forms of cohabitation: In an individualistic society like ours, can we choose collective parenting? ‘Educators have the choice. More and more. Look at people who are going to co-house. It may not be a large collective, but there is a desire there to instill collective connectedness in children. In cohousing, families start thinking about parenting together (Professor Koen Stroeken).
Source: Goed omringd (It Takes a village to raise a child) Lynn Geerinck, 2021.
MEET THE EXPERTS
Erik Van den Broeck (Partner BDO)
Ruben Braeken (Bezieler Mosard)
Marc Schepers (Schepen stad Hasselt)
Inge Moors (gedeputeerde Provincie Limburg)
Streaming Afternoon Event Flemish Government
(Bart Put & Veerle Custers)