Pavement on a streetcorner, somewhere in southern Europe. Photo: RM
In a world where almost everything is designed, it can be a relief to come across something that has obviously NOT been designed. What characterizes design? Continue reading
Lijnbaan, Rotterdam. Apartments. Photo: RM
How the nurturing of our monuments can stand in the way of progress. Today part 2: the Lijnbaan in Rotterdam. Continue reading
WTC, Rotterdam. Office, Deventer. Photos: RM
Like in most “revolutions”, after due time the sense of reality takes over its goals. The initial idealism goes on sale and will be trivialized or pragmatized at best. Modern architecture is no exception. The mirror facade clearly shows the bankruptcy of modernism in architecture in its original form. Continue reading
Uithof, Utrecht. Photo: Rogier Mentink
It is without a doubt part of my professional deformation as an architect to sometimes regard buildings is if they had characters. They might just as a person be strict, or playful. Inaccessible or rude and crass. Continue reading
Living in a Barrel 