Abstract The 1988 competition for the German Historical Museum in Berlin was on several layers a controversial project that testifies to the publics’ potential to embrace a diverse culture of dispute. Even before the competition, the idea of a museum on German history was fiercely debated, especially in the face of National Socialism. Aldo Rossi’s …
Abstract With the occasion of Herman van Bergeijk’s retirement from TU Delft’s chair of history of architecture and urban planning, this collection of essays brings together a wide array of studies tracing the Dutch history of architecture of the 20th c. From Berlage, to De Stijl, de 8 en Opbouw, Dudok, Stam etc. And expanding …
Abstract The Architectural Record during its midcentury years of 1942 to 1967, was a riveting centre of architectural journalism following and participating in the changing development of the architectural profession. Through the Second World War and the Korean War that brought functionalist modernism to the foreword and through the emerging consumer market of the 1950s, …
Abstract This atlas is a unique conceptual tool to describe and analyze cities as complex systems, using a new, hybrid approach to urban land cover classification. As an impetus to bring ecologists and urban designers together, it builds on over a decade of shared knowledge from the Baltimore Ecosystem Study to inspire ecologically motivated design …
Eliel Saarinen, Munkkiniemi-Haaga, Helsinki, 1915, detail of the model Abstract This paper focuses on the urban design quality of early twentieth century garden city and suburb developments in Nordic countries, stressing the significance of national sentiment on matters of architecture and design. The first section offers a brief overview of the political and cultural background …
Camillo Sitte, “Topographische Anatomie”, ca. 1900-1902 Abstract Even though there is no explicit reference to the human body in the writings of Camillo Sitte, he implicitly refers to what in the context of this volume is called the “physiological body”. Experimentally examined and defined within the human sciences of the 19th century, the physiological body …
E. Saarinen, B. Jung, E. Sjöström, Stor Helsingfors (Great Helsinki), Finland, Abstract The key theme of the papers in this book concerns the prospects of building new urban environments and creating new societies in Europe during the interwar years. The contributions do not focus on the system of government – communist, fascist or democratic – …
A. Bernabiti, R. Petracco, Borgo San Benedetto, Rodi, Greece, 1936-38 Abstract The essay reviews the evolution of the Italian town planning debate of the first thirty years of the twentieth century, in the context of a broader European framework. Its goal is to highlight the local roots of urban design culture (if any) and the …
Characteristic waterfront houses of Wuzhen, overhanging the canals and supported by log piles or stone pillars (H. Porfyriou, 2015) Abstract Between the 13th and the 19th century, hundreds of water towns flourished in China along the Grand Canal and to the south of the Yangtze river, the latter being the focus of this paper. Despite …
Abstract W.A.Ve. 2017 – Syria the Making of the Future focused the attention of the global architectural culture on the urbicide of Syrian cities and fully reaffirmed the membership of the country in the cultural heritage of humanity and the cosmopolitan responsibility for its reconstruction. W.A.Ve. 2017 was organised in Venice by Università Iuav di …