Disclosing the military city: Bridging the border of MMC

Having lost its productivity, MMC became isolated from its context. Most of its links to neighbour and region broke as a result of its changing role. A series of dilemmas<br/>mainly exists as social conflicts and spatial conflicts appeared around the<br/>border as result. However, as the carrier of social conflict in MMC and witness of colonial...

Ruinophilia

Ruins and residues of the past have held a moral, emotional, and aesthetic fascination throughout history. In the region of IBA parkstad Limburg there is a lack of cultural identity. The former meaning and significance is disappeared. The aim of this paper is to research the qualities and identity of significant layers in time, which are the...

Possible future role for architects and developers in reuse

Since the economic crisis in 2008 there is a common impression that things are about to change. No more large scale newly built neighbourhoods, growth is no longer a keyword. More transformation, reuse and redevelopment within the existing city boundaries is. New building assignments like increasing number of 1- and 2 person households and...