Writingplace Journal for Architecture and Literature is an international, open-access, peer-reviewed journal focusing on architecture and literature.

This journal is a vehicle for the Writingplace platform to continue its exploration of the relationship between architecture and literature, which has already resulted in the publication of Writingplace: Investigations in Architecture and Literature in 2016.

Each issue of the journal will focus on themes central to the fruitful relationship betw...

Welkom in de poreuze stad! Welkom in de poreuze samenleving! Welkom in steden die open en poreus willen zijn!

Onze steden bestaan uit introverte architecturen die zich buiten het stedelijk leven houden. Ze zijn gesloten. Hoe maken we ze open? Hoe kunnen we enclaves creëren waar mensen elkaar kunnen ontmoeten, waar de circulatie op gang is gebracht, waar groene gebieden zijn, en verkoelende tunnels… Bestaat er een logica waarmee we een dergelijk openheid in onze torens kunnen introduceren? ...

Rebuild by Design (RBD) was developed for the 'Presidential Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Task Force' after hurricane Sandy hit the North-East Coast of the United States in October-November, 2012. Using an innovative, designdriven process based on the design competition model, Rebuild by Design places local communities and civic leaders at the heart of a robust, interdisciplinary creative process to generate implementable solutions for a more resilient region. This book aims not so much to illus...