A new generation of architects is working on an optimistic vision of the future. Committed and pragmatic solutions to social issues
The turnover of the Dutch firms of architects is falling dramatically, but their number is increasing. A growing number of young designers are taking matters into their own hands in order to formulate a response to social challenges using the resources of architecture. They embrace a new reality in which users, residents and clients become partners. In the new social and financial context of the twenty-first century, a group of young Dutch architects and urban designers are coming up with new ideas about their profession. Vacant property, processual urban design, investment standstills, social contradictions, petrified organisations, environmental demands - this generation is investigating the conceptual possibilities of the new reality.
They are becoming developer and entrepreneur, creating their own commission situations, forming new cooperatives and providing ideas that are both inspiring and also practically applicable and feasible in difficult financial times.
/ Also published in English
Table of contents:
Introduction
The end of history and a new start
- Exit capitalism and individualism
- The creative, sustainable human being
- The cult of the amateur
The reactivation of architecture
- ‘I used to be an architect’
- Performative design and collaboration
- Testsite NL- Unsolicited Architects
- And how it affects you...
- The reactivating architect
Portrait of a new generation
- Performative urban design, FABRIC, POSAD, OPlusA, Non-Fiction, LilithRonnerVan Hooijdonk
- The amateur is the new professional, DUS, Marc Koehler, Wijkwiskunde, Bavavla, Placemakers
- The architect as product developer, Maxim Winkelaar, ZOFA, MOPET, BKVV
- DIY architect, NEXT, Mannen van Schuim, Jägers & Co, SPONGE, Elastik, Frantzen et al
- Testsite NL, LOLA, Studio Daan Roosegaarde, ZUS, Steven Delva, ByBali, DRIVE3D, 5F10
- Free design, Olaf Gipser, FACT, De Kort Van Schaik, WHIM Architecture
- Cleaning up, Space & Matter, M.E.S.T, Leegstand van Zaken, ZECC, Jan Konings
- Flowing and running, Superuse Studios, Except, AAYU, Doepel Strijkers
A new generation of architects is working on an optimistic vision of the future. Committed and pragmatic solutions to social issues
The turnover of the Dutch firms of architects is falling dramatically, but their number is increasing. A growing number of young designers are taking matters into their own hands in order to formulate a response to social challenges using the resources of architecture. They embrace a new reality in which users, residents and clients become partners. In the new social and financial context of the twenty-first century, a group of young Dutch architects and urban designers are coming up with new ideas about their profession. Vacant property, processual urban design, investment standstills, social contradictions, petrified organisations, environmental demands - this generation is investigating the conceptual possibilities of the new reality.
They are becoming developer and entrepreneur, creating their own commission situations, forming new cooperatives and providing ideas that are both inspiring and also practically applicable and feasible in difficult financial times.
Indira van ’t Klooster (1971) studied architectural history at the University of Amsterdam before continuing her career with such names as Arcam, TANGRAM Architecten and Architectuur Lokaal, where she acts as a consultant for local administrators in particular. She is also final editor of Architectuur Lokaal and has co-written several books, including 100 jaar Academie van Bouwkunst (2008), Samen bouwen aan de stad (2011), MA-SSA (2003) and Woning op Maat (2007). She has published in De Witte Raaf, De Architect, Archined and elsewhere
/ Also published in English
Table of contents:
Introduction
The end of history and a new start
- Exit capitalism and individualism
- The creative, sustainable human being
- The cult of the amateur
The reactivation of architecture
- ‘I used to be an architect’
- Performative design and collaboration
- Testsite NL- Unsolicited Architects
- And how it affects you...
- The reactivating architect
Portrait of a new generation
- Performative urban design, FABRIC, POSAD, OPlusA, Non-Fiction, LilithRonnerVan Hooijdonk
- The amateur is the new professional, DUS, Marc Koehler, Wijkwiskunde, Bavavla, Placemakers
- The architect as product developer, Maxim Winkelaar, ZOFA, MOPET, BKVV
- DIY architect, NEXT, Mannen van Schuim, Jägers & Co, SPONGE, Elastik, Frantzen et al
- Testsite NL, LOLA, Studio Daan Roosegaarde, ZUS, Steven Delva, ByBali, DRIVE3D, 5F10
- Free design, Olaf Gipser, FACT, De Kort Van Schaik, WHIM Architecture
- Cleaning up, Space & Matter, M.E.S.T, Leegstand van Zaken, ZECC, Jan Konings
- Flowing and running, Superuse Studios, Except, AAYU, Doepel Strijkers
