Title & Author:

The future of architecture / Herman Hertzberger, Anna Heringer, Jean-Philippe Vassal, Kamiel Klaasse, Nanne de Ru, Jan Jongert, Marijn Schenk, Hedwig Heinsman, Rudy Stroink, students ; compilation and editing, Vibeke Gieskes, with Daphna Beerdsen ; translation and text corrections, George Hall, Gerard van den Hooff.

Publication:

Rotterdam : NAI010 Publishers ; New York, NY : Available in America through Artbook/D.A.P., 2013.
©2013

Description:

95 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), plans (chiefly color) ; 22 cm

Notes:
Foreword / Karin laglas -- The fufuture of architecture: an introduction / Herman Hertzberger -- Architecture is a tool to improve lives / Anna Heringer -- Generosity of the existing / Jean-Philippe Vassal -- Architecture of the future / Herman Hertzberger -- Students' positions -- No Logo? / Kamiel Klaasse -- Reinventing architecture / Nanne du Ru -- Architecture of connection / Jan Jongert -- The dynamic city / Bart Reuser, Marijn Schenk, Michel Schreinemachers -- The architecture of everything / Hedwig Heinsman -- Architecure is communication / Rudy Stroink.

Summary:

At eighty, internationally acclaimed Dutch architect Herman Hertzberger invited colleagues and students to reflect on the future of architecture. While questioning the profession's status as 'the discipline par excellence that has lent itself to the representation of a new, better world', Hertzberger acknowledges that 'it is exactly when the ground under your feet is collapsing that you need elevation'. In this pamphlet, Herman Hertzberger, Anna Heringer, Jean-Philippe Vassal and other contributors opt for ' building as building up, composing, multiplying, improving and establishing: the opposite of decline'. Recognizing the need to change our lifestyle and the way we build if we want to preserve the planet for future generations, these pages offer optimism, making the case to abandon all preconceptions and imagine a new way of practicing architecture that is not a derivative or feeble reflection of today's reality. The envisioned architect is sensitive to ecology, responsible, fair, creative and communicative.

ISBN:

9789462080829
9462080828

Subject:

Hertzberger, Herman 1932-
Architecture, Modern 21st century.
Architecture Environmental aspects.
Architecture 21e siècle.
Architecture Aspect de l'environnement.
Architecture, Modern.
Architektur

Added entries:

Hertzberger, Herman, author.
Heringer, Anna, 1977- author.
Vassal, Jean-Philippe, 1954- author.
Gieskes, Vibeke, editor of compilation.
Beerdsen, Daphna, editor of compilation.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 286012
Call No.: BIB 226087
Status: Available