Lelycentre: Living in the marginalised city

Lelycentre – an area that was initially planned as a living, working and shopping district, which also would form the city centre of Lelystad – was meant for the first inhabitants who came to Lelystad in September 1967. Using clear zoning plans as a base, much was promised to the new inhabitants. These promises consisted of low rise houses for...

Torre Velasca: Determining the Highest and Best Use of a Modern Monument

Being an icon of the modern Italian architecture did not preserve the Velasca Tower by carelessness, obsolescence and vacancy. For that reason today the future of the tower seems particularly uncertain. Furthermore the decision of Fondiaria Sai (the owning company) to sell the tower kindles a vivacious discussion in town about the role of this...