Title & Author:

FARMAX : excursions on density / edited by Winy Maas and Jacob van Rijs with Richard Koek ; [translations from Dutch into English were made by John Kirkpatrick].

Publication:

Rotterdam : 010 Publishers, [1998 or 1999]

Description:

736 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 21 cm

Notes:
At head of title: MVRDV.
Includes bibliographical references.
Definition of FAR, 1997 / Richard Koek, Winy Maas, Jacob van Rijs -- FAR catalogue, 1997 / MVRDV: Winy Maas, Jacob van Rijs, Nathalie de Vries with Tom Mossel and Joost Grootens -- Greyness on the Dutch Mesa, 1994 / Richard Koek, Winy Maas, Jacob van Rijs -- Liteness : Permanence: town planning study for the manifestation "Rotterdam 2045" on the future development of the Rotterdam region, The Netherlands, 1995 / MVRDV ; Dutch tendencies: statistics, 1996 / Arnold Reijndorp, Vincent Kompler ; Campingland, 1997; Villageland, 1997 / Arnold Reijndorp, Vincent Komplier ; Lelyland: study for the development of Lelystad, The Netherlands, 1994 / Tom Mossel ; Landscape, 1995; Datascape, 1996 / Winy Maas ; Emptyscape: Locus seminar, 1992 / Patricia Bijvoet, Winy Maas, Christian Zalm ; Windscape: case study on the location of windmill parks in the The Netherlands, 1997 / MVRDV ; When dense, when lite? 1997 / Harm Tilman -- Massiveness : Rat tests: opinions, 1997; Who is afraid of massiveness?: global statistics, 1996; Climate: statistics, 1996; And Holland?: statistics, 1996 / MVRDV ; KWC FAR 12: Kowloon walled city density study, 1995 / Laurence Liauw ; Far East: Hong Kong tower typology, 1998 / Jacob van Rijs -- Light : Aztecs!: light rules, 1997; Holland city: calculation, 1997 / MVRDV ; Meteorite city: light rules, 1997 / Eric Drieënhuizen ; Castle maker: the ultimate light formula, 1995 / Ronald Wall with Rafael Seidle -- Monuments act : Shadowtown: competition design for the railway station area in Bergen op Zoom, The Netherlands, 1993; Gothics: design study for densification of the centre of Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1996; Pompeiian carpet: urban study for Molensloot, The Hague, The Netherlands, 1994 / MVRDV ; Trojan extrusion: densification study for the Rotterdam centre, The Netherlands, 1995 / Mark Verheijen ; New! New Babylon: densification study for the Rotterdam centre, The Netherlands, 1995 / Ronald Wall ; The Cantilever: 100 apartments for elderly people in Amsterdam-Osdorp, The Netherlands, 1994/1997 / MVRDV -- Relativity : Icebergs, 1995 / Winy Maas, Jacob van Rijs ; Darklands: photographic study for underground life, 1995 / Indesem Group ; Chrysler & friends: extension to Chrysler Building, New York, 1995 / Jago van Bergen and Evert Kolpa ; Parkhouse/Carstadt: shopping mall, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1995 / Pieter Bannenberg and Kamiel Klaasse ; Z-mall: main centre for the new district of Leidschenveen, The Netherlands, 1997; Stack attack: central park of the new town of Leidschenrijn, The Netherlands, 1997 / MVRDV.
Infrastructure : Mainstreet: town planning study for development of Almere, The Netherlands, 1997; Lace: study of mobility scenarios in the Netherlands, 1997 / MVRDV ; Re-embedding: counting Guangzhou: photographic walk through Guangzhou, China, Bart Lootsma ; Doubledecker: traffic study for Rotterdam centre, The Netherlands, 1995 / Mark Verheijen ; Noise scape: datascape, 1997 / Penelope Dean -- Distribution : Stourhead revisited: town planning design for a neighbourhood of 1800 houses along the Amsterdam IJ-channel, The Netherlands, 1994 / MVRDV ; The world according to Gauss, 1996 / Hans Krijnsen ; Negotiations in a housing silo: mixed block with 165 dwelling and business units on a jetty in the Amsterdam IJ-channel, The Netherlands, 1995; Proximity: 284 houses in Berlin-Prenzlauerberg, Germany, 1991 / MVRDV ; Therapy: double house in Utrecht, The Netherlands, 1995/1997 / Bjarne Mastenbroek and MVRDV ; Statistic suspense: study for a development of 750 houses in Delft, Hoornse Kwadrant, The Netherlands, 1992 / MVDRV ; Massive pluralism / Winy Maas ; Plant city: competition entry for urban plan and landscape design for the Bundesgartenschau 2001 in Potsdam, Germany, 1997 / MVRDV -- Interior : The continuous interior, 1996 / Winy Maas ; Claustrophobia: interview with Jac Hoevenaars, psychologist-psychotherapist, 1996 / Winy Maas ; Claustro city: Datascape, 1997 / Sven Grooten and Chris Rankin -- Wayfinding,1997 / Machiel van Dorst ; Imploded exterior: headquarter and studios for the VPRO public broadcasting company in Hilversum, The Netherlands, 1993/1997 / MVRDV -- E-scape, 1996 / Arjen Mulder; Film, 1997 / MVRDV.

Summary:

"An architectural narrative composed of studies and designs carried out by MVRDV and students of Delft University of Technology, the Berlage Institute in Amsterdam and the Academy of Architecture and Urban Planning in Rotterdam, between 1994 and 1998"--Back cover
Vast areas of the Netherlands seem to be filling up with low-cost housing, low-rent offices, warehouses and other low-density structures-producing a vast sea of architectural mediocrity Is it possible to reconsider this stiuation by carrying densities to an extreme? The book examines the possibilities of these extremes. It sets out to discover the prospects and limitations, the world of the extreme Floor Area Ratio, FARMAX.

ISBN:

9064502668
9789064502668
9064500266
9789064500268

Subject:

MVRDV
Population density Netherlands.
Architecture and society.
Land use, Urban Netherlands.
City planning Netherlands.
Urbanization.
Architecture et société.
Utilisation urbaine du sol Pays-Bas.
Urbanisation.
urbanization.
City planning
Land use, Urban
Population density
Städtebau
Ruimtelijke ordening.
Urbanisatie.
Bouwkunst.
Space (Architecture)
Architectural design.
Netherlands

Added entries:

Maas, Winy, 1959-
Rijs, Jacob van, 1964-
Koek, Richard, 1960-
MVRDV (Firm)

Holdings:

Location: Library main 196881
Call No.: NA44.M9945.A35 1998
Status: Available