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The thesis

A city has three
utilities.
We build
the fourth.

Energy. Water. Data. And now housing. Liven World introduces Living Infrastructure: housing, well-being, mobility and community as a shared layer of the city. Not a luxury, a foundation.

Four pillars: Mobility · Well-being · Community · Technology
Three scales: Partners · Tower · Area
Four KPIs · measured quarterly, reported back to the municipality
The thesis

Housing was left behind.
We make it public.

Since the last century we've organised three utilities together: energy, water and data. No one doubts they need to be public backbones. But housing we left as a private affair, and that's starting to break.

Liven World introduces Living Infrastructure as the fourth layer: not just a roof over your head, but the whole system that turns a house into a home, mobility, well-being, community and technology as a shared foundation.

Not a luxury add-on. A foundation. And exactly because of that, it only works as a system, not as a cherry on top.

since 1850

Water

since 1900

Energy

since 1990

Data

from 2025

Housing
+ belonging

The four pillars

What Living
Infrastructure contains.

Living Infrastructure isn't an abstract concept. It's four concrete pillars worked out physically and digitally in every neighborhood, with measurable KPIs quarterly.

1

Mobility

Shared cars, bikes, transit hubs and mobility nodes as a shared layer. We build the node the neighborhood turns on, not just for our residents, but for the whole district and neighboring developers.

  • Mobility hub Almere R22-1: 811 spaces
  • 50% construction time savings
  • Bike parking 1:1 per home
  • Transit-node connection
2

Well-being

GP services, home care, mental support, and a daily check-in for those who want one, integrated into the building, not as a separate department but as a built-in layer.

  • GP practice in the plinth
  • Daily check-in (opt-in)
  • Cruyff Court / sports field per site
  • Mental health support hotline
3

Community

Shared plinths, ateliers, roof gardens, community spaces and programming that brings people together. Living becomes a verb again, not a static object you buy, but something you experience.

  • ~2,000 m² active plinth (commercial real estate) (Almere R21-1,5,9)
  • Weekly neighborhood programming
  • Roof garden & meeting spaces
  • Local entrepreneurs in the plinth
4

Technology

The Wereldbewoners platform connects residents, landlords, employers and municipalities. AI matching, ESG dashboards, smart contracts, invisible, in service. Not a product that demands attention, but one that gives attention back.

  • AI neighborhood matching (Wereldbewoners platform)
  • ESG data per building, public
  • Smart contracts for rent & services
  • Open data layer for the municipality
The system on three scales

From partners
to building,
to area.

Three scales, one system. We develop it with partners, build it as Liven Tower and let it grow per area. Each layer feeds the next, and each layer is repeatable for the next municipality that joins.

01, Developing

With partners

Modular construction, energy, mobility, technology and community design we develop together with VDL De Meeuw, AMPER, MVSA, FEV and MAECONOMY. Not in a lab, but on real projects.

  • R&D with universities
  • PropTech & AI platform
  • Modular prefab components
  • Pilots with municipalities
02, Building

Liven Tower

The building we repeat. A modular tower with an active plinth, shared mobility and community space. Who lives in it, you choose per place: Liven Life, Liven World or Liven Studio.

  • Modular prefab core
  • Plinth of services & work
  • 50% construction time savings
  • 50/50 rental mix
03, Growing

The area

Several towers, one mobility hub, shared amenities and a data layer, anchored in a public-private partnership with the municipality. Almere Randstad 20/21 is the first.

  • Area development via PPP
  • Network of Towers
  • City-wide mobility hubs
  • Open data layer for the city
See the proof

Living Infrastructure
in practice.

The system isn't a powerpoint. In Almere we build the full stack, four projects in one neighborhood, including the mobility hub that opens up the whole district.

Groundwork

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