Main entry:

Bosma, Koos.

Title & Author:

Housing for the millions : John Habraken and the SAR (1960-2000) / Koos Bosma, Dorine van Hoogstraten, Martijn Vos.

Publication:

Description:

375 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-369) and index.
Chapter 1 Mass-Produced Dwelling: Unique in the Crowd? / Koos Bosma 11 -- Act of Dwelling 12 -- Home and dwelling 12 -- Intimate space 12 -- Outside world 14 -- Occupant 16 -- Dwelling 17 -- Dwelling assumes a new function 17 -- Housing technology 19 -- Architect and Mass Housing 22 -- Standardized housing 22 -- Avant-garde and housing 23 -- Standardized housing 33 -- Kerngroep Woningarchitectuur ('Task Force for Housing Architecture') 34 -- Reconstruction: huge numbers of dwellings 37 -- Prefab systems 40 -- Architect and occupant 43 -- Mass as Customer: the 1960s 45 -- Netherlands as a model country 45 -- New Babylon: homeless and free 46 -- Team X 52 -- Forum 58 -- Configurational concept 68 -- Social criticism 68 -- A new role for the architect? 74 -- Architecture and flexibility 76 -- Flexible use 76 -- Space frames and 'kits of parts' 80 -- Nomadic architecture 85 -- Chapter 2 Between Structure and Form. Habraken and the Alternative to Mass Housing / Dorine van Hoogstraten 87 -- Supports: The Book 88 -- A difficult start 88 -- Support structure 92 -- Manufacturer 92 -- Architect 94 -- Urban designer 95 -- Occupant 96 -- Ideal: distributing knowledge and power 104 -- First support structure 104 -- Reactions 107 -- Spreading the Idea 110 -- Forum 110 -- Establishing the SAR 114 -- Competition entry for Amsterdam City Hall, 1967 117 -- Education 121 -- Habraken, the SAR and education 121 -- Post-SAR: MIT 127 -- Habraken's oeuvre 129 -- Site 129 -- Habraken and his contemporaries 133 -- Patterns 138 -- Structure and form 141 -- Chapter 3 Foundation for Architects' Research (SAR) in Good Times and Bad / Martijn Vos 142 -- Establishment of the SAR 144 -- Prelude 144 -- Randenbroek 149 -- Establishing a new foundation 154 -- SAR research office 158 -- Relations with others 166 -- Objectives and the division of tasks 166 -- Rules and tools for designing 167 -- SAR's international contacts 174 -- Crisis: Competition for the polder town of Maarssenbroek (1968) 185 -- A new direction 193 -- Presentation problems among architects 206 -- Recession 208 -- Chapter 4 SAR Methodology as Applied to Housing Construction, Product Development, and Education / Dorine van Hoogstraten, Martijn Vos 213 -- SAR65 214 -- Development of the theory 214 -- SAR65 methodology explained and illustrated 219 -- Zones and margins 222 -- SAR67 226 -- Housing-construction practices: conveyance and application 228 -- Pilot project for Ommoord, Rotterdam 230 -- Building Industry 237 -- Alliance with the building industry 237 -- Dura-DIP infill package 239 -- Matura infill package 246 -- SAR73 254 -- Sequel to the theory: the housing environment 254 -- Urban-Tissue Study SAR73: the design of the housing environment 255 -- SAR73 report 257 -- Space 258 -- Morphology and function 259 -- SAR levels 259 -- Tissue models and plans 260 -- Use of models 261 -- Old wine in new bottles? 263 -- Tissue applications 264 -- JOB's band grid 264 -- Bloemendaal-Oost: a neighborhood in Gouda 265 -- Frans van der Werf 269 -- Wilgendonk 275 -- Molenvliet 276 -- Mol en Reijenga: Beverwaard Rotterdam 280 -- Beverwaard, two tissues 282 -- A small-scale approach to urban design 285 -- Education 286 -- New Architecture Department 286 -- SAR branch office? 287 -- Democratization 290 -- Skirmishes 292 -- Chapter 5 Habraken and the SAR Under Fire / Dorine van Hoogstraten 295 -- Idealism and Commitment 296 -- Painful issues 296 -- 1960s: Criticism from Colleagues 297 -- Different visions 298 -- Unrealistic? 299 -- 1970s: In League with Big Capital 300 -- Suspicious practices 300 -- Political stance 303 -- Threat 305 -- Form and language 311 -- Distance and the overall picture 313 -- 1980s and '90s: Theoretical Interest 316 -- A fresh view 316 --d Sectarian club 318 -- Chapter 6 SAR and the Home of the Future / Koos Bosma 319 -- New Urban Design 320 -- Network city 320 -- Housing desires and quantity 321 -- Vinex 323 -- Reorganization of the building process 323 -- New suburbs 324 -- Urban design 325 -- Dwelling 328 -- Housing fury 328 -- Technique of the dwelling 330 -- Architect 331 -- Position of the architect 331 -- Flexibility of production and consumption 334 -- Ordinary and the occasional 339.
Dust jacket.

Summary:

"'Home' represents a fundamental value in a person's life. Although many factors pertaining to his housing situation are beyond the occupant's control, he still attempts to create his own domestic domain, the finite center of a world in which he is free to be himself. As long ago as 1961, in his book 'Supports : An alternative to mass housing', John Habraken suggested a completely different approach to mass housing in the Netherlands. In an effort to offer the occupant of a mass-produced dwelling the opportunity to make a personal statement, he introduced the concept of a separation of support and infill. Habraken sees the support structure as the aspect of housing production that represents communal responsibility, and the infill as the aspect that stands for individual control. He formulated the 'support and infill' concept to introduce variation and personal authority into millions of dwellings. This alternative was to be put into practice by the Foundation for Architects' Research (SAR), which made Habraken its first director. The ambition of the SAR - to radically change the production methods of mass housing - led to concepts and rules of play that had repercussions on the entire building cycle, from architectural design to product development. All the achievements, disappointments, successes, and failures involved in the realization of an alternative to traditional housing construction can be discovered in this book. This is the first time that the intellectual heritage of the SAR has been brought together in book form and considered within a broader international perspective"--Bookjacket.

ISBN:

9056621785
9789056621780

Subject:

Habraken, N. J.
Habraken, John.
Habraken, N. J. 1928-
Habraken, John, 1928-
Stichting Architecten Research (Eindhoven, Netherlands)
Stichting Architecten Research.
Stichting Architecten Research (Eindhoven, Pays-Bas)
Apartment houses Netherlands.
Architects and housing developers Netherlands.
Public housing.
Housing policy.
Housing development.
Public Housing
Logement social.
Logement Politique gouvernementale.
Immeubles d'habitation.
Promotion résidentielle.
Architectes et promoteurs résidentiels Pays-Bas.
housing developments.
public housing.
housing projects.
Apartment houses
Architects and housing developers
Wohngebiet
Wohnungsbau
Wohnungsversorgung
Huisvesting.
Netherlands
Niederlande

Added entries:

Hoogstraten, Dorine van, 1971-
Vos, Martijn, 1969-

John Habraken and the SAR (1960-2000)

Holdings:

Location: Library main 215771
Call No.: NA44.H116.9 B6 2000
Status: Available