This special issue of the Journal of Facade Design and Engineering (JFDE) is linked to the conference FAÇADE 2018 – Adaptive!, the fifth conference that has been organised by Lucerne University of Applied Science and Arts within the framework of the European Façade Network, EFN. FAÇADE 2018 is also the final conference of the COST Action TU1403 ‘Adaptive façades network’ (www.tu1403.eu) and dedicated to multifunctional, adaptive, and dynamic building envelopes.

This book comprises a collection of essays on traditional machiya in Kyoto from various viewpoints and at different scales, including the urban fabric, the construction, the layout of the space plan, and building materials and details. By discussing the topic further from the various perspectives of the Dutch and Japanese scholars, we aim not only to cultivate a better understanding of machiya, but also to clarify the difference between the Netherlands and Japan in terms of ideas and approach...

Het doel van deze dissertatie is om meer inzicht te verkrijgen in de waardering door de verschillende groepen bewoners van wijken waar herstructurering heeft plaatsgevonden en de mechanismen die daarbij een rol spelen. Hoe waarderen bewoners met verschillende levenswijzen hun veranderde en veranderende buurt en wijk? Het gaat daarbij om de invloed van twee krachten die gelijktijdig op de buurt/wijk en de woonwaardering inwerken: de fysieke ingreep in de woningvoorraad door sloop-nieuwbouw en ...

With this new edition we continue the collaboration with our funding member Tecnalia and the International Congress on Architectural Envelopes (www.icae2018.eu), which they organise every 3 years in San Sebastian (Basque Country, Spain). The eleven articles found in this new issue were carefully selected from 50 abstracts that will be presented during the scientific section of the congress. The final selected papers were subjected to the regular double-blind review process of the journal. Wit...

Jaap Bakema and the Open Society is the first extensive publication on the Dutch architect and the remarkable production of his office Van den Broek and Bakema. His ideas on the open society are extremely relevant to the current debates about how to involve citizens in city building and creating alternative systems to crumbling welfare states. This historical document will highlight both his most relevant and less known work through texts, archival materials and photography. The book contains...

The Dageraad is a world-famous social housing complex located in Berlage’s Plan Zuid. It was designed by the architects Michel de Klerk and Piet Kramer in the style of the Amsterdam School.

The initiative to build it was taken by a workers cooperative that managed shops and wanted to provide the workers with good quality housing. Important Dutch politicians were involved in its realisation, among them Amsterdam’s Alderman Floor Wibaut, who is still honoured at the complex today. In 2001,...

De fantasievolle werken van Antoni Gaudí en de Amsterdamse School spreken honderd jaar na dato nog steeds tot de verbeelding. En hoewel een ontmoeting nooit heeft plaatsgevonden, waren Gaudí en de architecten van de Amsterdamse School kinderen van dezelfde tijd. Zij zochten naar schoonheid en individualiteit in een wereld die steeds massaler en functioneler werd. De natuur, haar organische vormentaal, het ambacht en traditionele materialen liggen aan de basis van hun ontwerpen. Tegelijkerti...