How must design studies be structured in order to not only keep pace with the changes in the economy and society but also to shape them? How much artificial intelligence and coding must be conveyed during studies? This book documents five years of international research on these questions, which 250 designers participated in worldwide. Text in English and German.

De stoep is waar een prettige en gezonde stad begint. De stoep is een overgangsgebied tussen huis en straat waar sociale contacten tussen bewoners plaatsvinden en de uitstraling van de straat voor een belangrijk deel wordt bepaald. Een succesvolle stoep ontstaat echter niet zomaar. Vooral niet nu overheden en woningcorporaties zich bezinnen op hun taken en meer en meer wordt gevraagd van andere partijen en bewoners. De stoep laat zien dat deze ontwikkelingen juist voor de overgangsgebieden in...

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The fiercely social and vigorously innovative Mei realizes trend-setting buildings in the Netherlands and abroad. This Rotterdam-based architecture firm has built up an idiosyncratic oeuvre in which respect for the environment is central.

This first overview shows works of the past 25 years. From the 1995 modular Smarthouse to the wooden residential building Sawa that is currently being developed: they all display a fascination with intelligent building...

Throughout the twentieth century housing displays have proven to be a singular genre of architectural and design exhibitions. By crossing geographies and adopting multiple scales of observation – from domestic space to urban visions – this volume investigates a set of unexplored events devoted to housing and dwelling, organised by technical, professional, cultural or governmental institutions from the interwar years to the Cold War. The book offers a first critical assessment of twentieth...