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Het ontwerp van de stadsplattegrond

In Het ontwerp van de stadsplattegrond the division of the urban topography into public and private domains is considered the core of urban planning. This book examines the relationship between the urban street plan, architecture and cityscape, and ...

Highrise - Common Ground

The Amsterdam Zuidas is an area where a new urban centre is to be created, with office space, residential property and many other facilities. The development has high ambitions, in which art also has an important role to play.

Human Settlements

Wars, internal conflicts and natural catastrophes are plaguing the world. Millions of people are on the run in search of new, safer places to settle temporarily or permanently. Human Settlements goes more in depth into the aspects of modern ...

IBA Hamburg: Projects and Concepts

In the summer half year of 2010, the Internationale Bauausstellung (International Building Exhibition) IBA Hamburg is organizing a major interim presentation of its plans, publicizing projects and making it possible to explore construction sites for ...

IntraURBAN

Jakarta Megalopolis

This book focuses on two projects located in the city of Jakarta by artist/architect Stani Michiels and artist Arjan van Helmond. From their different lines of approach they try to get a handle on Jakarta’s housing culture, the experience of private ...

Landraum

The country is the white spot of contemporary architecture. Living spaces seem to be urbanizing increasingly, while the country is blocked out. Which spatial structures and methods prevail in these areas? How do rural and urban lifestyles and ...

Langs het IJ

In London it’s the docklands; in New York it’s Williamsburg; and in Amsterdam it’s the area along the southern bank of the IJ inlet. Everywhere you look, the light and space created for industry and harbor activities are being repurposed for ...

Large-Scale Projects in German Cities

Large-scale projects today – a paradigm shift in urban development? When large housing developments fell into disrepute, small projects became the model for the reconstruction of cities. Today, the broad range of the new generation of large-scale ...

Less is Future: 19 Cities–19 Themes

A massive reduction in the population and a change in economic structures have meant the people of eastern Germany have had to face enormous challenges over the past twenty years. As part of the International Building Exhibition Urban Redevelopment ...