January 2011
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May 2010
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Rotterdam Blitz
1940, 14th May, Rotterdam was destroyed by a Luftwaffe air raid. Today was the 70th anniversary. Several solemn events were held across the city centre, in symbolic places that used to be the very heart of the city that disappeared. At night, once again the ceremonies were closed with testimonials, music, poems and a light installation. All of this is quite dense, but as it ends you get the...
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March 2010
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January 2010
24 posts
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Lob der Deutsche-Methode
German people that I know always complained about the lack of a truly German contemporary architecture style. On the contrary I’ve seen them praise Dutch urban planning and all the laboratory wise architecture they come up with, or even the silent Portuguese architecture. They would praise them with academic seminars, lectures, field trips, exhibitions.
Even if that absence might be true,...
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Empty Spaces
Everybody’s been talking about the crisis. How it hit hard the architectural business. Statistics may prove it right. Huge they day. Suddenly falling in the middle of the field, when the dust haven’t yet flown away, for me the daily life small scale appears to be exemplifying. Our 5 story building in central Rotterdam used to be full of offices. Now two of the floors are empty. It...
“Don’t we all love copy paste tools?”
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No suburban joie de vivre
‘In the beginning was the word’ - said C. at a certain time.
I had just said that language is power, about C.’s husband being safer working where he is because he’s also a linguistic connection between the Netherlands and Germany.
‘We should take it easy at this ruff times in our business. ‘
‘You must keep a job if you have one, anyhow.’
While ridding to the station in the beginning of our...
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