From project brief to a concrete plinth strategy in minutes. Answer 11 questions, receive an isometric render plus a 10-page PDF in your inbox. No account, no cost, ready to share with stakeholders.
The plinth is the ground floor where a building meets the street. In most projects it becomes a lobby, a few offices, or vacant retail units. In a Liven World neighborhood it is something fundamentally different.
The plinth is the shared living layer of the whole neighborhood. The most accessible part of a building, the threshold between private and public, the place where daily routines, social interaction and services take shape. Every successful Liven World project begins with a successful plinth.
A plinth is not added on top. You design it in from the first decision. That is exactly what most projects miss. The Plinth Configurator makes that thinking concrete, in minutes.
In every Liven World plinth, four things come together. They are not added later, they are designed together from day one.
Wellness, childcare, elder support and advisory services in the plinth. Care close by, not a bike ride away.
Shared kitchens, event spaces, co-working, library, hobby rooms. Where people meet each other daily without a transaction.
Covered bike parking, shared vehicles, drop-off zones. Mobility as accessible service, not as a parking problem.
Smart access, digital learning spaces, shared control systems. The invisible layer that makes everything run.
Answer 11 short questions on your phone or laptop. The Configurator matches your answers against 10 archetypes, drawn from two years of research with developers, municipalities and housing corporations. Render plus PDF in your inbox within 3 minutes.
Who you are, what type of project, what stage, where the plinth sits, who lives above, and what the plinth must do for the neighborhood. No technical jargon, three minutes to click through.
The Configurator selects the closest of 10 plinth archetypes. Each grounded in real project context, a specific mix of people, and the relationship between building and street.
An isometric illustration of precisely your plinth configuration. Where care sits, how mobility connects, where community lives, how technology runs. Not a floor plan, a visual concept.
With the render, a module breakdown across the four themes, and a written narrative on how this plinth would support daily life. Ready to share with board, municipality or investor.
The archetypes were not invented at a desk. They emerged from two years of research, site visits and direct collaboration with developers, municipalities and housing corporations.
Dense urban core, high passing traffic.
Suburb, child-oriented amenities.
Plinth supporting independent living for older adults.
Starter neighborhood, live-work mix.
Mixed rent mix, social cohesion central.
Neighborhood focused on calm and neighbour relations.
Plinth around a mobility hub or transit node.
Plinth with cultural and educational programming.
Plinth connecting nature and city.
For transformation and redevelopment.
The Configurator is live and free to use. For the next version we are building a 360° view: walking through your own plinth, based on the functions you picked. If you have an active plinth question, we are happy to look at it with you.
A single active ground floor between two closed facades is a shop window without a street. In Almere we read three neighbouring plots as one brief.
We build Living Infrastructure: housing, well-being, mobility and community as one whole, for Wereldbewoners.
