University Of Wisconsin Mvrdv Bücher

Winy Maas of MVDRV showcases the innovative work of twelve students from the 2006 Marcus Prize Studio, exploring the interplay between infrastructure, architecture, and urban form. They envision a hyper-volumetric city in Tianjin, China, where urban activity occupies three dimensions, accommodating 5 million residents and featuring advanced airborne transportation.

An attempt to understand the contemporary city at a moment when globalisation has exploded its scale beyond our grasp. Abandoning topography,ideology, representation, and context, the authors resort to pure data to discover what agenda for architecture and urbanism a numerical approach could provoke.

Dutch architect and urban designer Winy Maas posed a provocative question to a workshop for young Could they redesign the cities of Rotterdam and New York so that everything could be reached within five minutes? This book looks at the responses to such a challenging brief, and the answers will surprise anyone who has considered the form of the modern city.

10 of the most innovative and open-minded architectural working spaces are presented here. They sites include internationally recognized projects such as MVRDV, MAX and NOX.