STAD.PREPARAAT gebruikt STUDIO STAD. als platform. STAD.PREPARAAT is geïnitieerd door P-EN-M

ArchiTV Dossier

ArchiNed/ ArchiTV was op bezoek in Maastricht om een nieuw item op te starten: Stand van de Stad. Wederom is het Eiffelgebouw startpunt voor een uitleg, alleen niet de fysieke uitbreiding, welke gepland stond. Onze inhoudelijke bijdrage als jong kantoor aan de discussie bestaat -misschien onverwacht- uit hergebruik van de traditie in stadsplanning. Daarmee wordt niet de nostalgie van stijlfiguren bedoeld, maar de ruimte voor experimenten binnen het proces van stadsontwikkeling van de moderne beginjaren van het vak, welke inbedding hebben gevonden in het internationale circuit van kennisontwikkeling en overdracht.

Welke stad volgt?

aflevering 1

aflevering 2

Drawing lessons

We would like to learn how to draw a naked woman like that. So can someone invite Leon Krier (1946) over to Maastricht, then he can help us improving our drawing skills. And while we are at it he will probably lecture us about the utility of objects, suburban planning disasters and be critical about the abundant use of low-rise ceilings.

De knipoog van Kazemir

Wondering if we are in times of perpetual flux, on a treadmill of progression and our goal is -at best- keeping up. Let the latest exhibition at the Bonnefanten put you at ease. ‘De Grote Verandering, Revoluties in de Russische schilderkunst 1895-1917’ confirms we weren’t going anywhere.

A century has past. Countless inventions influence our cultures and still their thoughts could just as well be ours tomorrow. Procrastinate. Enjoy their work and learn from their confidence. There is still time for our revolution.

 

H-LAB/ Tussentijd voor ontwikkeling

Op 21 januari vond in het Pakhuis in Amsterdam het thema-avond plaats tijdelijkheid #1: horeca. Ondanks alle bevlogen ondernemers, bleef een symptomatisch dilemma onopgelost: stiekem wil iedere initiatiefnemer niet tijdelijk zijn. Tijdelijkheid is het glijmiddel om ontwikkeling in beweging te krijgen, maar leidt zelden tot een verandering in de eigendomsverhouding. De geïnvesteerde energie wordt niet gekapitaliseerd in bezit of grote verdiensten; alleen een naam blijft over. Read more »

Beachboat

 

Back in the days, when we still had our villa, we used to fantasize, how to improve the river Maas. Sometimes when it rains heavily in France and Belgium, the river visits us pedestrians in the streets, but we never get to enter its territory. Instead we create fenced-off beaches at a safe distance from the river, from which we can hardly experience the water.

Read more »

Maastricht-LAB

We prepared: made inventories, rejected fantasies, taxed necessity, collected patterns, calibrated maps and acquired talent. We just focussed on content.. However slowly the MLAB submerges from anonymity. As external projectleader of this coalition between the municipality Maastricht and Studio Stad we are committed to share news, thoughts and items on our findings in the LAB. As the subtitle ‘city in progress’ points out, we are working on it:

Maastricht-LAB

deArchitect

Architectenweb

 

 

RWTH Aachen: Design-Develop-Build


Read more »

The Story of the City

As an architect you do not often get the opportunity to climb on the stage of Amsterdam’s music venue ‘Paradiso’. Of course you could by a ticket of your favorite metal band, climb up there and make a stage dive…or you could write a creative text about literature and the city.

Read more »

a Sign

Maastricht is a city where the skyline doesn’t symbolize the profile of progress, but the conflict of urban evolution. It is an ironic chorus line of vacant icons. Sterile chimneys of has-been factories, steeples of silenced faith and extinguished electronic industrial signage weigh on our spirit. Thanks to daylight-saving night kicks in soon, so we are not constantly reminded of this petrified legacy. Read more »

Tools

As we are busy redefining the accessible tools for urban planning, the Urban Catalyst Studio (Berlin) is a step ahead. Their ‘UC-tools’ are not presented as general guidelines but as a personal tool-kit to tackle spatial, functional and social challenges in the urban space. As we move in unknown territory we also have to define our own framework, our own set of criteria, our own expertise, our own habitus in working practice.

img.: Urban Catalyst Studio