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The biggest inner-city demolition and construction site in the Netherlands. That's how the daily newspaper Rotterdams Dagblad described the plan to transform New Crooswijk. Built in the late 19th and early 20th century, it's a district of narrow stre…
Friday February 7 a decision was taken on 'Ground Euro.' From the invited proposals for 'the development of a global urban-design concept,' the winners turned out to be a Spanish-Belgian alliance: Aries, Idom, Moritz et Simon, L'Atelier, Jordi Ferran…
Aldo van Eyck (1918-1999) was 28 when he joined the Department of City Development at Amsterdam Public Works in 1947. After working on city expansions for a short time, he was asked to design a playground for Bertelmanplein. At the time, there were j…
Background Early 1990s. Four architects - Rem Koolhaas, Wim Quist, Carel Weeber and Robert Venturi - are invited to make proposals to improve the Stedelijk Museum. Robert Venturi's proposal wins. 1993. The extension project is deemed too ambitious. T…
Westland is an area of 14,000 hectares south of The Hague known mainly for its area of glasshouse horticulture, which accounts for 5,000 hectares. Pressure on the area is immense. Villages and towns in and around Westland are all seeking to expand to…
There's been plenty of interest in individual projects, and some rather abstract studies have appeared, but The Big Fix-Up is the first broad survey of what's really happening in post-war residential neighbourhoods. Both the book and exhibition provi…
Building ProcessThough even his complex forms cause many a mouth to drop open in wonderment, Greg Lynn's design method is every bit as interesting as the end result. In recent years, however, his pioneering work has shifted emphasis - spurred no doub…
The programme has been put together after taking stock of the wishes, ambitions and needs of Rotterdammers and institutions and organisations in Rotterdam. This resulted in ten subjects that form the basis for the Rotterdam 2001 programme, the many f…