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Lessons taught by Jane Jacobs
Lessons learned by an architect
This article discusses the importance of observation in architecture and urbanism and subsequently, the hypothesis that decoding space through observation of form, use and design and typo-morphological research leads to an understanding of internal logic of spatial patterns inste
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States of co-existence and border projects in port cities
Genoa and Rotterdam compared
In port cities there is a tendency to dislocate production activities in favour of logistic-productive dynamics. In addition, the transition from an industrial area model to a ‘logistics hinterland’ formula shifts attention to a territorial scale, focusing on spaces at the border
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States of co-existence and border projects in port cities
Genoa and Rotterdam compared
In port cities there is a tendency to dislocate production activities in favour of logistic-productive dynamics. In addition, the transition from an industrial area model to a ‘logistics hinterland’ formula shifts attention to a territorial scale, focusing on spaces at the border
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Confronting Wicked Problems
Adapting Architectural Education to the New Situation in Europe
3rd Wicked Workshop on Architectural and Urban Sustainability. Sustainability Think Tank 01.09.14 – 31.08.17@en
Confronting Wicked Problems
Adapting Architectural Education to the New Situation in Europe
1st Wicked Workshop on Architectural and Urban Sustainability, Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands, 19-15 April 2015@en
For example Delft
A case study discussed in the context of institutional profile(s) and the future of architectural education
EAAE Poster Exhibition: 60 Institutional profiles of architectural education & Faculty Posters@en
This article discusses how CIAM (Congrès Internationaux d’Architecture Moderne) influenced Dutch housing and urban planning. It starts by looking at programs and policies of the 1920s and 1930s Dutch housing design, and the way in which the new ideas of CIAM were there incorporat
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The study of urban form in the Netherlands has been heavily influenced by the Modern Movement and characterized by strong disciplinaiy specialization. On the one hand there is the distinction between art and engineering and on the other the search for instrumental universal ratio
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The study of urban form in the Netherlands has been heavily influenced by the Modern Movement and characterized by strong disciplinaiy specialization. On the one hand there is the distinction between art and engineering and on the other the search for instrumental universal ratio
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A place or city can be characterized by a particular housing type – a ‘referential housing type’. It is usually embodied in the housing form that was widely produced in the golden age of a region. It may be conceived as an inseparable combination of spatial and socio-cultural fea
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The past as foundation for a new memory
Architecture as a form-giver of memories
Raising the awareness of history and embedding the past in the present and thus the future is one of the urgent challenges of our time. Architecture can constitute a powerful bridge with the past. A building for the public is proposed, to strengthen the memory of the past while c
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Vysehrad Performing Art Center
Architectural translation of indigenous images in Prague
The design theme is to create a subterranean cultural compound including hybrid programmes under the general theme [Vyšehrad Spring] on the historical site in the north of Prague. The goal of the project is to add a secondary identity to the site, a place which will be characteri
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Through, Above and Under
Art Hub on the path of Surrealism
In the architectural profession we often encounter the notions of the unjustified distinction between research and design, putting them in the antipodal categories of science and art. During a lecture in 2017 on Methodologies of Architectural Reuse, Martin de Jong brought up the
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The Whale
Cultural centre Holesovice
The cultural centre will provide the city of Prague with a community centre combined with several large scale amenities (a cinema, a club, a big event hall and a skybar) to complement and, at the same time, relieve pressure on the inner city. The building is situated in a green,
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Palác Florenc
A dialogue between technology and the public realm in the smart urban palace
The project investigates the possibility of integrating new technological processes into the public realm in the city of Prague. This will act as a statement against the legacy of the new industrial capitalism, which has disconnected production, distribution and consumption space
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Resilience through aqua-agriculture transformation
Towards a multiscale approach for adaptive landscape development in Pear River Delta
The Pearl River Delta (PRD) is a river dominated floodplain in southeast China. Long known as one of the country’s richest agricultural regions, in recent years it has also become known as one of the world’s most densely urbanized areas. Decreasing space for water through dyke-ri
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Haringvlietdam, a beautiful operative landscape
Towards a slow tranformation
Due to the major flooding disasters particularly in the Southwest region, the Delta works were needed in order to protect the people and the land. During the Delta works a lot of water infrastructures were built in the area as technical solutions, such as the Haringvlietdam. The
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EAAE Conference 2016
For Example Delft: A Case Study discussed in the Context of Institutional Profile(s) and the Future of Architectural Education
The idea of this lecture series is to enable various full professors, associate professors and researchers to present their positions held in architectural design within the faculty’s master track in architecture. Next to their collaboration in the actual lectures, the faculty st
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