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Texts by a number of international critics, philosophers and architects probe into the whys and wherefores of MVRDV's architecture, the potential of the data-scapes, and the secret of the firm's success. Contributors compare MVRDV with other generations of architects and describe how new concepts are born. Grafische afbeeldingen met korte teksten, waarop belangrijke voorzieningen van de grote stad, b.

Showcases the original designs by the celebrated Rotterdam-based architectural firm. The work of MVRDV can be considered an emblematic turning point in Dutch architecture, which in the s set off a radical transformation in the Netherlands in both the physical and the spatial sense.

This book examines the distinctive features of MVRDVs work and shows the full range of their achievements. Author : William S. In response to the contentious process surrounding the selection of a design for the World Trade Center site, the use of spectacular buildings to brand cities and institutions, and the dizzying transformations of the skylines of Shanghai and Dubai, public awareness of architecture and design has perhaps never been higher.

At the same time, architecture itself is undergoing an identity crisis as it confronts fundamental issues: the effect of digital technology on design, the pervasive impact of global capitalism, and whether to embrace or resist popular media and taste. The New Architectural Pragmatism collects the most provocative, penetrating, and influential attempts by leading theorists and practitioners in the field to define what architectural practice should be at the beginning of the twenty-first century.

William S. Addressing East Asia's rapid urban transformation, The Vertical Villagelooks at radical alternatives to the familiar standardized block architecture that has eradicated low-rise, "lighter" varieties of architecture, such as the Hutong in Beijing, Tokyo's wooden house and the villages of Singapore. These "urban villages" have fostered a connected community living instead of isolating citizens in tower blocks.

This volume, the latest publication from The Why Factory, attempts to reconcile the two models, proposing a contemporary "vertical village" that restores neighborhood life to East Asian--and perhaps western--civic centers. Once regarded a secondary consideration, in recent years, materiality has emerged as a powerful concept in architectural discourse and practice. Prompted in part by developments in digital fabrication and digital science, the impact of materiality on design and practice is being widely reassessed and reimagined.

Materiality and Architecture extends architectural thinking beyond the confines of current design literatures to explore conceptions of materiality across the field of architecture. Fourteen international contributors use elucidate the problems and possibilities of materiality-based approaches in architecture from interdisciplinary perspectives.

Materiality and Architecture is an important read for researchers and students with an interest in architectural theory and related fields such as art, art history, or visual and cultural studies. Welcome to Porous City! Welcome to a porous society! Welcome to cities that want to be open and porous! Our cities consist of buildings that are introverted and not mixed with urban life.

They are closed. How to open them? How can we introduce pockets for encounters, for streams of circulation, for green areas, for tunnels of cooling What logics can be imagined in our towers to allow for this openness? Using stepped floors? Creating grottos? Splitting towers? Twisting blocks? Every hypothesis leads to a series of interventions. How far can we go before the tower collapses, before it is unaffordable?

Together, these series form an army of towers that contributes to a more porous city. Why wait? VPRO is the most iconoclastic and free-thinking private broadcasting company in the Netherlands. Its headquarters were once spread around ten villas in Hilversum.

Although housed in a single huge building, VPRO remains a non-hierarchical organization, and is contained in an environment designed as a continuous interior that folds the urban space inside the building. This book tells the entirety of this radical building's design and function.

Author : Hilary French Publisher : W. A collection of housing designs built over the last hundred years, illustrating innovative approaches. Fourth in the Key series, with newly drawn plans suitable for study in architecture schools, this volume will appeal to students of urban design and planning as well as architecture. Key developments covered include early apartment blocks, the projects of European modernism, high-rise and large-scale schemes, and postmodernism.

Exterior and interior photographs show materials, massing, and context. The office prides itself on its visionary ideas of redefining spaces that we use every day.

Whether it is the design of the new building or the re-purposing of an abandoned building, MVRDV capitalizes on every creative opportunity presented to rethink typologies and broaden possibilities. Despite challenges faced during the Covid pandemic, the partners came together in a web conference to share with us details about their studio's projects and the experiences they had when collaborating with clients, experts, and the public to find the best strategies.

Text in English and Japanese. The case studies and base data provided in Boomtown needs to be replicated in all cities so as to allow us to have an intelligent debate as to the future form of our cities. Business as usual is not an option! Author : C. Urban areas produce a series of environmental problems arising from the consumption of natural resources and the consequent generation of waste and pollution.

These problems contribute to the development of social and economic imbalances. A retrospective covering more than projects by architecture firm MVRDV is among the events featured in Dezeen Events Guide this month, alongside major design fairs in Miami and Shenzhen. Glass display cases filled with artworks take centre stage in the Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen , an art storage building designed by MVRDV , which is now open to the public in Rotterdam.

The controversial fake hill in central London designed by Dutch studio MVRDV has reopened to new visitors and will be free to visit during the month of August. In this week's comments update , readers are continuing to critique MVRDV's fake hill in central London after the firm admitted it opened too early. Dutch studio MVRDV has responded to the criticism of its fake hill in central London and accepts that it opened before it was ready. Dutch architecture studio MVRDV has released designs for a terraced office block clad in solar panels for Chinese agriculture development company Lankuaikei Agriculture Development.

MVRDV will "break open" the Heuvel shopping centre in Eindhoven to connect it with the city, in plans that will also add a music venue topped with a climbable glass mountain.