The 1977 book A Pattern Language was a landmark in the design world, introducing a methodology that has become influential across many fields. Among them are software and “design patterns,” and important spinoff technologies like wiki (the basis of Wikipedia) and Agile Methodology. Yet curiously, the field where pattern methodology began – the built environment – has lagged conspicuously. As one remedy, a number of long-time collaborators with the original book’s lead author have f...

Door de wereldwijde klimaatverandering zal Nederland vaker te kampen hebben met hevigere en frequentere regenval die wateroverlast kan veroorzaken. Ondanks dat Nederlanders wereldberoemd zijn vanwege hun eeuwenlange ervaring met het hydrologisch systeem, zijn de bestaande stedelijke watersystemen sinds de Industriële Revolutie langzamerhand inflexibel geworden. De technische inrichting van het watersysteem, en dan met name in relatie tot het bouwrijp maken van de natte en slappe gronden, kan...

De Deltawerken in de Nederlands-Vlaamse Delta van Rijn, Maas en Schelde behoren tot de iconische monumenten van ons land, mede door de beeldbepalende kracht van de dammen en dijken. Met name door de Oosterscheldekering, een wereldwonder, voortgekomen uit de wens om de Delta voorgoed veilig te maken na de watersnoodramp van 1953. Na de realisatie van de Deltawerken is een grote reeks nieuwe projecten voor waterveiligheid gerealiseerd, waarover niet veel bekend is. Bij de meeste van deze nieuwe...

Although thinkers in the field of architecture have embraced ideas emerging from philosophy through the works of continental philosophers since the late 1980s, references to analytic philosophy have remained distinctly absent within architecture history and theory. In part this may be attributable to a perception of analytic philosophy as historiophobic and politically conservative. However in recent decades the philosophical camp is readjusting its relation to language, and notably returning...

The theme of the Prix de Rome Architecture 2022 is Healing Sites. At a time when labour inequality and climate issues have resulted in a demand for change, this edition of the Prix de Rome Architecture calls to rethink and redesign spatial practices. Architecture has been complicit in establishing the ecocidal legacies of capitalism, colonialism, and imperialism. How can architects, urbanists, and landscape architects reflect upon and rearticulate their working methods in order to undo these ...

Investments, global warming and crossing the road – risk is a factor embedded in our everyday lives but do we really understand what it means, how it is quantified and how decisions are made? In six chapters Ben Ale explains the concepts, methods and procedures for risk analysis and in doing so provides an introductory understanding of risk perception, assessment and management. Aided by over seventy illustrations, the author casts light on the often overlooked basics of this fascinati...

The seventh edition of the highly successful The City Reader juxtaposes the very best classic and contemporary writings on the city. Sixty-three selections are included: forty-five from the sixth edition and eighteen new selections, including three newly written exclusively for The City Reader. The anthology features a Prologue essay on "How to Study Cities", eight part introductions as well as individual introductions to each of the selected articles.

The new edition has been extensively upd...