In June 2018, professionals and scholars, from various fields dealing with public open spaces, put politics up for discussion. In the conference series x–LArch at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, BOKU/Vienna, issues are raised that are relevant for the profession of landscape architecture and have a direct impact on our environment, be it urban or rural. In the 2018 conference entitled ‘Park Politics’, practitioners and academics were invited to present findings an...

This new book on the Rietveld Schröder House (by Gerrit Th. Rietveld, 1924) sheds light on the thorough restorations of its exterior (1970s) and interior (1980s), and the principles for the furnishing when it opened as a museum house for the public, in 1987.

Since the restorations, carried out by architect Bertus Mulder (b. 1929), the house is once more a shining manifesto of De Stijl and modernist living. Few realize that this is one of the first examples of a restored modern heritage build...

One of the long-standing issues in corporate real estate (CRE) management is the alignment of an organization’s real estate to its corporate strategy. In the last thirty years, fourteen CRE alignment models have been developed. In these models the objective is to become ‘more aligned’ and in some of them the target is maximum or optimum added value. Extensive research into these models provided valuable insights into building blocks, components and variables that are needed in the align...

Apparatus and apparatisation, the focus of the Cyber-Physical Architecture (CpA) issue #2 of SPOOL, refer to an assemblage of various components, tools, and instruments that in combination produce an exponential surplus beyond the linear sum of parts.

The CpA #2 samples various interests afforded by the apparatus and apparatisation in and of architecture and how they open up new potentials and opportunities. The first article, Building as Apparatus? (by Leach) addresses the theme of “buildi...

Over the last decades, the perception of glass in the engineering world has changed from that of a brittle, fragile material to a reliable structural component of high compressive load-bearing capacity. Although the structural applications of glass in architecture are continuously increasing, they are dominated by a considerable geometrical limitation: the 2-dimensionality imposed by the prevailing float glass industry. Cast glass can overcome this limitation: solid 3-dimensional glass compon...

Cities are experiencing a renaissance today, because we've begun to understand how they really work -- and how to make them work better for people.

This book is a lively, readable account of two revealing figures in the history of that renaissance: the urban economist Jane Jacobs and the architect Christopher Alexander. Their key insights have shaped several generations of scholars, professionals, and activists. However, as the book argues, this renaissance is still immature, and more must be...

Eindhoven, lichtstad en designstad, heeft een stormachtige ontwikkeling doorgemaakt en vormt nu het centrum van een innovatie-, tech en design brainport die tot de top van de wereld behoort. Ook op architectuurgebied heeft de stad veel te bieden: van het Evoluon tot MVRDV’s poppodium De Effenaar, van Krophollers Van Abbemuseum tot de huidige grootschalige herbestemming van de Philipsfabrieken.

Deze handzame en up-to-date architectuurgids van Eindhoven toont de highlights van de stad: de nie...

De scheiding tussen wonen en werken, een van de dogma's van de modernistische stedenbouw, staat met de hedendaagse diensteneconomie er discussie. Steeds meer mensen werken vanuit huis, in woningen die nooit voor dit doel zijn ontworpen.Met onderzoeker-architect Frances Holliss bekijkt DASH het fenomeen van het thuiswerken en de weerslag daarvan op de wooncultuur. Hoe maak je geschikte woon-werkomgevingen voor een uiterst gevarieerde groep thuiswerkers? Op de schaal van het stedelijk bouwblok ...

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Metabolisme, of stofwisseling, staat voor het omzetten van de ene vorm van materie in een andere. Binnen de stedenbouw en architectuur is er vooral veel aandacht voor het in kaart brengen en beheersen van de stofstromen die door de industrialisering ernstig ontregeld werden. Oase 104 verkent de context van de plaatsen waar stofwisseling zich voltrok.

Publieke wasplaatsen, gemeenschappelijke broodovens en het stedelijk slachthuis zijn voorbeelden van plaatsen van stofwiss...