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 02: The Urban Fabric

Ook in de wereld van de landschapsarchitectuur en stedenbouw brengt AI een revolutie teweeg. Zowel de dagelijkse ontwerppraktijk als de steden en landschappen die worden geanalyseerd en ontworpen krijgen een nieuwe dimensie. Met diverse interviews, portretten, informatieve overzichten en achtergrondartikelen gaat ‘Powered by AI – Artificiële intelligentie in landschap, architectuur en stedenbouw’ in op de enorme betekenis van AI voor de werkomgeving, de fysieke ruimte en de creati...

In Steden op slik beschrijft Han Meyer de controversiële maar ook inspirerende geschiedenissen van Venetië, Rotterdam en New Orleans: hoe deze havensteden omgingen met het dynamische karakter van de delta en de lagune. Voor het mogelijk maken van de economische en stedelijke ontwikkeling in deze kustlandschappen is steeds weer geprobeerd met technische ingrepen het natuurlijke proces van dichtslibben tegen te gaan. Dat leidde tot het verlies van veel ecologische en landschappelijke kwalitei...

De verhouding tussen de generaties wijzigt. Door nieuwkomers, de stijgende gemiddelde leeftijd en de veranderende gezinssamenstelling wordt onze samenleving steeds kleurrijker. Woonbehoeften van jongeren, alleenstaanden, jonge gezinnen, vitale en kwetsbare ouderen veranderen. Collectieve woonvormen zijn bezig aan een opmars.

Dit biedt nieuwe kansen aan woningbouwcorporaties, vastgoedondernemingen, gemeenten, woon- en zorgprofessionals, projectontwikkelaars, woonconsulenten, architecten, stede...

With this work in the form of a book, Maria Lalou & Skafte Aymo-Boot present the phenomenon of a particular pending architecture mutely present all over Athens. The concrete skeletons of polykatoikia – multi-story apartment buildings – are emblematic of the development of modern Greece throughout the second half of the twentieth century.

The book deals with the politics of urban space by treating the unfinished buildings as study objects and tracing their individual histories. Through the...

Footprint #28 examines the relation between cybernetics and architecture by focusing on a problem they both share: the production, consumption and flow of information, or, in other terms, of meaning. Therefore, cyberneticisation can set the foundations for a relational account that examines how signs are communicated and how meaning is produced and experienced within systems. This third-order cybernetics extends beyond the original scope of living organisms and their environments in order to ...

‘Abby—that is the name of the new art and exhibition site in and around the remains of the former Groeninge Abbey in Kortrijk. The building itself is a lesson in architecture, not only in museum architecture or design, but also in how to engage with historical buildings. The result is a modest yet inviting gesture towards future visitors.’Design door Barozzi Veiga

The Taiwan Strait is a liminal space, and a natural incubator. These two conditions create a unique opportunity for implementing a future city-making process.

The Conscious City concept brings together all the challenges facing contemporary city-making. It is a concept for the urban curation processes required for future cities; for adapting to the impacts of climate change, emerging intelligences, a growing population, affordable housing, the need for a new pact with nature, as well as navi...

Desperate times demand optimistic transdisciplinary measures. This volume unites a select group of thinkers who courageously traverse disciplinary boundaries. What brings them together iWs the least stratified ‘component’: a shared problem. It is a widely recognised that a problem gets the solution it merits. However, only a few acknowledge that a problem seldom neatly fits within a single discipline, nor does it conform to the principle of general equivalence. Handling its irreducibility...

An account of all the new and surprising evidence now available that contradicts the standard narrative for the beginnings of the earliest civilizations