Amphibious Living

by Hans Venhuizen; Paul Meurs; Olof Koekebakker

• ISBN13: 9789056621803
• ISBN10: 9056621807
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-02-01
• Publisher: Distributed Art Pub Inc

Summary

Amphibious living means living on, in, close to and most especially with, water. Amphibious living is about more than just floating dwellings; it encompasses all the possible ways in which architecture, and especially physical and spatial planning, can deal with wet environments. The book Amphibious Livinggrew out of a design competition that has generated a plethora of new ideas, at many different levels, in presenting wetlands or marshy areas as a challenge for construction and planning. This publication shows the work of the competition winners, and serves as a source book, in text and image, of methodologies that would make the most of environmental qualities, ground conditions, and technology. It also presents various concrete solutions that are being applied in a range of provincial locations, and provides a broader perspective on amphibious construction and planning. Hans Venhuizen analyzes the topic's main themes, Paul Meurs writes about the history of amphibious living, and Bart Lootsma examines the culture of physical and spatial planning under these conditions.

Table of Contents

Foreword	9	(6)
Marcel Vissers
Amphibious Living	15	(12)
Hans Venhuizen
Habito et Emergo: an Introduction to Amphibious Living	27	(18)
Paul Meurs
Report of the Jury	45	(18)
Landscape and Urban Design	63	(22)
First Prize	64	(8)
Second Prize	72	(6)
Honourable Mention	78	(7)
Urban and Architectural Design	85	(22)
First Prize	86	(8)
Second Prize	94	(6)
Honourable Mention	100	(7)
Living and Working with Water	107	(22)
Prize	108	(4)
Prize	112	(4)
The Jack-in-the-Box -- Jaap Huisman	116	(6)
Willem Bos Cup	122	(7)
Catalogue	129	(64)
Landscape and Urban Design	131	(14)
Urban and Architectural Design	145	(36)
Living and Working with Water	181	(12)
Implementation: Three Workshops	193	(78)
Olof Koekebakker
Barendrecht	197	(24)
Rotterdam-IJsselmonde	221	(28)
Gouda	249	(22)
Reactions	271	(28)
Barendrecht	272	(8)
Rotterdam-IJsselmonde	280	(8)
Gouda	288	(11)
Seeking Ground on Water	299	(16)
Bart Lootsma
Colophon	315