Founded in 1995 in memory of the April Revolution in 1960 and the May 18 Gwangju Democratization Movement in 1980, the Gwangju Biennale is one of the oldest and most renowned modern art biennales in Asia. Under the direction of such prominent curators as Yong-woo Lee, Massimiliano Gioni, Okwui Enwezor, Charles Esche, Hou Hanru, Hong-hee Kim, Kwangsoo Oh, Wan-kyoung Dung, Young-chul Lee, Kerry Brougher, Suk-won Chang, and Harald Szeemann, Gwangju Biennale has established itself as a major play...

The 17th conference (2016, Delft) of the International Planning History Society (IPHS) and its proceedings place presentations from different continents and on varied topics side by side, providing insight into state-of-the art research in the field of planning history and offering a glimpse of new approaches, themes, papers and books to come. VOLUME 07: Planning Theories, Pedagogies and Practices

Architectural firms can be regarded as creative professional service firms. As such, architects need to navigate creative, professional and commercial goals, while simultaneously attempting to fulfil client, user and societal needs. This complex process is becoming increasingly difficult, as the historically established role of architects has become more blurred, contested and heterogeneous. While attempting to reclaim their role or to take on new roles in collaborations with other actors, ar...

The 17th conference (2016, Delft) of the International Planning History Society (IPHS) and its proceedings place presentations from different continents and on varied topics side by side, providing insight into state-of-the art research in the field of planning history and offering a glimpse of new approaches, themes, papers and books to come. VOLUME 05: Historical Perspectives

The fantastic works of Antoni Gaudí and the Amsterdam School still appeal to the imagination. And although the architects never met each other, they were children of the same period. They looked for beauty and individuality in a world which was becoming increasingly functional and impersonal.

At the heart of their designs are nature and its organic forms, craftsmanship and traditional materials. At the same time, though, they did not turn their backs on modernity, embracing new techniques an...

De Dageraad is een wereldberoemd woningbouwcomplex dat ligt in Plan Zuid van Berlage. Het is ontworpen door de architecten Michel de Klerk en Piet Kramer in de stijl van de Amsterdamse School.

Het initiatief tot de bouw kwam van een arbeiderscoöperatie die winkeltjes exploiteerde en goede huisvesting voor de arbeiders wilde verzorgen. Hierbij waren belangrijke Nederlandse politici betrokken, waaronder de Amsterdamse wethouder Floor Wibaut die nog altijd in het complex wordt geëerd. In 20...

Van Philips-industriegebied op zijn retour tot creatief stadshart van ​Eindhoven (​Brainport-regio)​: een fascinerende en complexe transformatie naar hoogstedelijkheid. Strijp-S was het grootste (27 hectare) industrieterrein van Philips. Daar stond de eerste glasfabriek. Ook het NatLab, het veelgeroemde onderzoekscentrum van Philips, bevond zich op het terrein. Tienduizenden werkten er en voelden zich innerlijk verbonden met het gebied langs de spoorlijn. Ze waren ​trots op gebouw...

The inquiry that has culminated in this thesis was inspired by the challenges that many young Chinese people were facing when trying to gain access to affordable housing at the time of study, the early 2010s. By then, more than thirty years of housing reforms had completely changed how housing was being provided in China. The resulting structure had led young people to access housing in ways that were very different from those of their parents’ generation (Deng, Hoekstra & Elsinga, 2017). T...