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David Chipperfield & Simon Kretz: On planning, A thought experiment

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This publication is the result of a year-long dialogue between British architect David Chipperfield (born 1953) and Swiss architect Simon Kretz (born 1982). The two began working together through the Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative, in which Chipperfield mentored the younger architect for a year. This publication focuses on a single aspect of their conversations—the problems and possibilities of planning. "On Planning" aims to intervene in the future of urban development, offering a manifesto for a relational, collective and diverse future for our cities. Using the Bishopsgate goods yard site in East London as a case study, Chipperfield and Kretz explore the conditions under which an ideal urban development project could flourish. The conclusions reached through this exercise demonstrate how future large-scale developments elsewhere could have more positive urban impact, both at the scale of the neighborhood and the wider metropolis.

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Urban reports: urban strategies and visions in mid-sized cities in a local and global context

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This publication centres on how mid-size cities are being affected by global trends and explores the consequences and challenges they face in their development. How do these cities deal with the frictions and potentials arising from local interests and global powers? Representatives from six European cities - Amsterdam, Bilbao, Copenhagen, Dublin, Zagreb and Zurich - report on their fascinating visions for transforming their cities in the 21st century.

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Cities of change Addis Ababa: transformation strategies for urban territories in the 21st century

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Economic strengthening and the developments associated with it, such as population growth, rural flight, and the explosive growth of cities, pose enormous challenges for city planners in urban centers throughout the world. But clumsy "test-tube" urban plans like those developed for China in part by German planners have shown that different standards and rules apply in the non-European world than in Europe s organically developed urban structures. This manual analyzes contemporary urban phenomena in economic growth regions using the Ethiopian capital city of Addis Abeba as an example, and presents a catalogue of sustainable strategies for city planning practice in the Second and Third Worlds. In the process, it provides planners with generally applicable methods and tools that are usable at the design stage and equip them to develop and deploy dynamic planning and project management processes. To this end, it illuminates such topical subjects as the changing agrarian and industrial landscape, the activation of urban wastelands, and the increasing density of urban hubs. In addition, it uses real projects as examples to highlight avenues for practical implementation.

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City as loft: adaptive reuse as a resource for sustainable urban development

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City as Loft examines the remarkable legacy of the industrial age in the United States, Russia, Brazil, China, and Europe. Looking at thirty case studies of repurposed industrial areas, the editors have assembled a variety of essays and interviews to provide a full cast of characters and context for each location, while scholars have contributed information on the history and theory behind the conversion of industrial spaces into other uses. The volume is rounded out with breathtaking images of each venture and an infographic by famed Dutch designer Joost Grootens that allows for the reader to visually compare all thirty projects.

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Strip : one mile of urban housing in The Hague

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On the occasion of the construction of the 200,000th flat in The Hague, an international housing festival was initiated in 1988. A competition was issued and architects were commissioned for designs of 45 building lots on a mile long strip along the Dedemsvaartweg in The Hague. This book gives a thorough and richly illustrated overview of the realised projects of which the last has been completed in 2003. The urban development plan for the Dedemsvaartweg was designed by Kees Christiaanse and Art Zaaijer. The strip contains housing projects, dwellings and villas by a.o. Kas Oosterhuis, OMA, Kees Christiaanse and Art Zaaijer, Mecanoo, J.L. Mateo, Geurts & Schulze, Frits van Dongen, MVRDV, Hariri & Hariri, Atelier Ciriani, Wiel Arets, Steven Holl, Neutelings Riedijk. With essays by Kees Christiaanse, Gerard van Otterloo and Hans Ibelings.

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Situation : KCAP architects and planners

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This first monograph from Dutch architect and urban planner Kees Christiaanse and his firm, Kees Christiaanse Architects & Planners, or KCAP, follows the conception and realization of their most important designs. KCAP works at the interface between urban planning and architecture, combining the fields. Their broad range of projects includes large-scale urban and landscape planning, complex inner city regeneration and restructuring, and the same sorts of new building commissions that keep conventional architects in business. As Europe’s attention has shifted to the revival of urban areas, KCAP has done pioneering work at former dockland and industrial locations and on the waterfronts of major rivers, in projects where the firm often acts as supervisor, urban planner and architect at once. In the space of 15 years, KCAP has grown into an international office with an impressive built oeuvre that challenges the way architecture and urban planning are conceived. This survey and analysis of their work brings their ideas and experience to readers curious about urban revival both abroad and at home.

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Kees Christiaanse: Textbook. Collected texts on the built environment 1990-2018

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Illustrations, personal notebook pages and watercolors complement this collection of the thoughts and writings of urban designer and architect Kees Christiaanse.

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Campus and the city - urban design for the knowledge society

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In "Campus and the city", experts present and comment on current trends in campus design world-wide. Details of thirty outstanding campuses - be these inner-city, greenfield, high-tech or corportate - shed light on possible future trends and how these relate to the urban context. Restructuring outdated postwar campuses and establishing new university and commercial districts, especially in emerging Asian nations, requires fresh approaches and a clear vision of spatial and programmatic interrelationships. In addition, corporations and academic institutions alike are increasingly seeking strategies capable of encouraging innovation and synergy in their research centres, often drawing on the existing potential of their surroundings. This volume addresses important aspects of new conceptions of the campus - ranging from forms of spatial organisation that promote internal knowledge and social interaction to different types of urban design strategies aimed at creating sustainable centres of knowledge and learning that are responsive to society's ever changing demands.