Main entry:

Maas, Winy, 1959-

Title & Author:

The Why Factor(y) and the future city.

Publication:

Rotterdam : Netherlands Architecture Institute (NAi Uitgevers/Publishers), 2010.

Description:

166 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 21 cm

Notes:
Cover title.
"Inaugural speech Prof. Ir. Winy Maas, opening The Why Factory in Delft and symposium My Future City, 15 October 2009."
Machine generated contents note: 1.The Why Factor(y) and The Future City / Winy Maas -- 1.1.Welcome to Your Future -- 1.2.The Why Factor -- 1.2.1.Why Why? -- 1.2.2.Intimidating Crises -- 1.2.3.The Wider Agenda -- 1.2.4.Scale -- 1.2.5.Communicative Architecture -- 1.2.6.The Larger Potential -- 1.2.7.Conclusion: Architecture as Tests -- 1.2.8.The Iconic -- 1.2.9.Architecture is a Device -- 1.3.The Why Factory -- 1.3.1.Why A Factory? -- 1.3.2.Delft -- 1.3.3.Public Private Partnership -- 1.3.4.Research Units -- 1.3.5.Thin Line -- 1.3.6.The Mini Schools -- 1.4.The Tribune -- 1.4.1.The Rainbow Tower -- 1.4.2.The Fire -- 1.4.3.The Nomadic Period -- 1.4.4.The New Building: a Collection of Interpretations -- 1.4.5.The Orange Tribune -- 1.5.The Future City -- 1.5.1.Introduction -- 1.5.2.The Tripod -- 1.5.3.The Modelcities Program -- 1.5.3.1.The Green Dream -- 1.5.3.2.New Worldwonders -- 1.5.3.3.The Death of Leisure -- 1.5.4.The Applications Program -- 1.5.4.1.Rtm 2050
Note continued: 1.5.4.2.Hongkong Fantasies -- 1.5.4.3.Nl To Do -- 1.5.4.4.The Vertical Village© -- 1.5.4.5.City Pig -- 1.5.4.6.Foodprint Manhattan -- 1.5.5.The Software Program -- 1.5.5.1.Spacefighter© -- 1.5.5.2.The Green City Calculator© -- 1.5.5.3.The Village Maker© -- 1.6.Conclusions and Acknowledgements -- 2.The Why Factory Opening -- 2.1.When You Make Cities, You Are Making Lifes / Ronald Plasterk -- 3.My Future City Is... (1) / Ryan Forster -- 4.My Future City Is... (2) -- 4.1.Future Cities Are Not About Stones, They Are About People / Bas Verkerk -- 4.2.Bring Poor And Rich Together... / Coen Van Oostrom -- 4.3.My Future City Is Located In My Imagination / Kristin Feirreis -- 4.4.A City That Symbolizes The Will Of Mankind / Bernhard Hufenbach -- 4.5.Nature Invites Buildings And Invades Buildings / Rob Nijsse -- 4.6.Design And The Designer Have To Enter Fearless And Aggressively Into The Arena / Henk Ovink
Note continued: 4.7.My System Will Increase Competition Between Cities / Ronald Wall -- 4.8.Young People Are The City Of Virtue Of Tomorrow / Ole Bouman -- 4.9.We Do Not Believe In Big Plans, We Belive In Creating Facts On The Ground / Wouter Vanstiphout -- 4.10.In My Future, `Flowerpower' Will Become Productive / Pirjo Haikola -- 4.11.The Why Factory Needs Another Name / Michiel Riedijk -- 4.12.Freedom Of Decision Is Something That Belongs To You / Frank Bijdendijk -- 4.13.In 2034, the Why Factory Has Been Franchised All Around The World / Nathalie De Vries.

ISBN:

9056627813 (pbk.)
9789056627812 (pbk.)

Subject:

Cities and towns.
Sociology, Urban.
Villes.
Sociologie urbaine.
cities.
urban sociology.

Form/genre:

Speeches (documents).
Conference publications.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 279077
Call No.: BIB 214924
Status: Available