North north west. Nr. 1, noAarchitecten / authors, Christoph Grafe, Stephen Bates, Katrien Vandermarliere, Pieter T'Jonck ; translation Dutch-English, Gregory Ball ; translation English-Dutch, Hilde Pauwels.

Amsterdam : Architectura & Natura Press, 2014.

160 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), plans ; 29 cm

Brussels based NoAarchitecten have been able to create a form profile for themselves from the very beginning, with both notable small buildings and several large-scale public buildings including the Petrol electricity cabin in Antwerp and the spatial metamorphosis of Menen town hall. A contemplative study room for students in Hasselt turns out to have been a prison cell. A facade introduces reading into the city and gives the Plantin-Moretus Museum collection a (protective) face. In their projects, noAarchitecten try to go beyond the visual experience to arrive at an all-round spatial experience. In the course of time a seemingly intuitive design approach transformed into a proper design strategy. noAarchitecten takes up a position subtly reconciling the principal, the building/assignment and the future user. The firm sometimes even opts for different approaches within a single building. The result is contradiction and complexity. An ambiguity which this collective explores by means of a meticulous plan and a precise selection of colours and materials. This architecture is never neutral. It is intended to uplift, but never becomes pedantic. It is specific, offers a tailormade location and gives an almost ritual dimension to everyday actions.

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Architecture Netherlands Catalogs.
Architecture Pays-Bas Catalogues.
Architecture.
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Catalogs.

Grafe, Christoph, 1964- author.
Bates, Stephen, 1964- author.
Vandermarliere, Katrien author.
T'Jonck, Pieter author.
Ball, Gregory, 1953- translator.
Pauwels, Hilde translator.

Location: Library main 288620
Call No.: BIB 230380
Status: Available