Research Catalog

Title

Mecanoo architecten : people place purpose / Francine Houben.

Author

Houben, Francine

Publication

• London : Artifice Books on Architecture, [2015]
• ©2015

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Details

Additional Authors

• Wright, Herbert
• Mecanoo (Firm)

Description

399 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), plans; 23 cm

Summary

Since 1984 Mecanoo has been committed to creating architecture that contributes to a better world. From an office that started out designing social housing, the practice has developed into an international firm with projects all over the world. Mecanoo has 30 years experience in the design of buildings, urban plans, landscapes and interiors in which the public space always plays a key role. 'People place purpose' describes the specific architecture Mecanoo explores, illustrating the way they seek identity in a globalised world, via the texture of a local stone, colours of fruit trees or rituals of inhabitants, Mecanoo is driven to design buildings with strength to earth. Through 17 projects, all built in different conditions, the reader is given insight into what drives Francine Houben in making architecture on strange ground: I am specialized in things, I didn't do before. The book is introduced with an article about Mecanoo s hometown Delft and describes the parallel development of the university campus and their office. It shows the way time affects the purpose of buildings and landscapes. Mecanoo designs places for people. The office begins through exploring the physical urban context and observing the life that inhabits it. The ultimate goal is to make buildings that want to be used. This is the message that 'People place purpose' aims to convey.--

Alternative Title

People, place, purpose : the world according to Mecanoo

Subject

• Mecanoo (Firm)
• 1900-2099
• Architecture > Netherlands > History > 20th century
• Architecture > Netherlands > History > 21st century
• Architecture, Modern > 20th century
• Architecture, Modern > 21st century
• Architecture
• Netherlands

Genre/Form

History.

Contents

People, Place, Purpose / Herbert Wright -- Ten Statements -- A church that becomes a theatre : Compagnietheater, Amsterdam -- A composition of grass and glass : Delft University of Technology Library and Campus -- Working at root level : Office Villa Maliebaan 16, Utrecht -- A gesture in the landscape : Netherlands Open Air Museum, Arnhem -- A Venetian dream : Saint Mary of the Angels Chapel, Rotterdam -- Double-deckers : Nieuw Terbregge, Rotterdam -- Holland-America connection : Montevideo, Rotterdam -- Shadow and shelter : La Llotja de Lleida, Lerida, Spain -- Maritime and beachcombers museum : Kaap Skil, Texel -- A belvedere in Korean mountains : Whistling Rock Colf Clubhouse, Chuncheon, Republic of Korea -- Studying in attics : Amsterdam University College -- A People's Palace : Library of Birmingham integrated with the REP Theatre, United Kingdom -- A bank that doesn't want to look like a bank : Rabobank Advice Centre, Sittard -- Boston bricks with a Dutch touch : Bruce C. Bolling Municipal Building, Boston, United States -- View of Delft : Train Station and Municipal Offices, Delft -- Meeting in a global world : Hilton Amsterdam Airport, Schiphol -- Creating an acoustic landscape : National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts, Taiwan.

Call Number

JBE 17-1264

ISBN

• 9781908967619
• 1908967617

LCCN

2015513356

OCLC

927446080

Author

Houben, Francine, author.

Title

Mecanoo architecten : people place purpose / Francine Houben.

Publisher

London : Artifice Books on Architecture, [2015]

Copyright Date

©2015

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Chronological Term

1900-2099

Added Author

Wright, Herbert, contributor.

Mecanoo (Firm)

Spine Title

People, place, purpose : the world according to Mecanoo

Research Call Number

JBE 17-1264