View No. 22 (2016): Harde stad, zachte stad

Leeke Reinders

254 pages

ISBN 978-94-92516-31-2

Published: 2025-03-08

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  • There is something irrevocable in architecture. In contrast with a painting or a musical play, one cannot alter an architectural work of art other than by blowing it up or pulling it down. Streets, buildings, squares and parks are part of the hard, physical environment in which we organize our lives. But why conceptualize architecture as a finished product? What happens when the plans have been drawn, the buildings completed, the public space decorated and the pictures taken for design...