Title & Author:

The vertical village : individual, informal, intense / MVRDV, t?f [i.e. The Why Factory].

Publication:

Rotterdam : NAI Publishers, ©2012.

Description:

1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly color illustrations ; 22 cm.

Series:

Why factory's future cities series ; 4

Notes:
Cover title.
Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at the JUT Foundation's Museum of Tomorrow, Taipei, 2012.
Introduction / Winy Maas -- Block attack / MVRDV -- The properties of communities / MVRDV -- The death and life of the urban village / MVRDV, The Why Factory -- Unfulfilled domestic desires / MVRDV with Sun Studios -- The HouseMaker© / MVRDV with Axis.fm -- Dream / MVRDV -- Google search / The Why Factory -- Investigating evolution / The Why Factory, Berlage Institute -- Ask the experts : Alfredo Brillembourg & Hubert Klumpner, Lieven De Cauter, Kevin Ying-Chih Chang, Winy Maas, Peter Trummer, Yen-Fen Tseng and Jaap Wiedenhoff / interviews by Samia Henni -- SuperKampung / The Why Factory, Berlage Institute, Tarumanagara University -- Five villages / The Why Factory -- The VillageMaker© / MVRDV, The Why Factory -- Project chronology / MVRDV.

Summary:

The architecture practice MVRDV and The Why Factory envision a new model for the development of Asian cities. Their idea is The Vertical Village, a three-dimensional community intended to bring back personal autonomy, diversity, flexibility and neighbourhood life to cities in Asia. As a result of demographic and economic forces, cities in Asia are undergoing rapid change. Traditional urban villages, which formed the core of the cities for centuries, are being replaced at a merciless pace by uniform tower blocks. In tracking the development of nine very distinct Asian cities, The Vertical Village provides insight into the evolution, current situation and future of these 'vertical urban villages'. This book then introduces two tools: The VillageMaker© and The HouseMaker©, with which to design a dream house and find a dream location. The book also offers a glimpse into what it would be like to live in a 'Vertical Village'. Publisher's note.

ISBN:

9789056628444 (paperback)
9056628445 (paperback)

Subject:

City planning East Asia Exhibitions.
High-rise apartment buildings East Asia Exhibitions.
Communities East Asia Exhibitions.
City planning
Communities
High-rise apartment buildings
Höghus Östasien.
Bostadshus Östaien.
Stadsplanering Östasien.
East Asia

Form/genre:

Exhibition publications.
Exhibition catalogs

Added entries:

MVRDV (Firm)
Why Factory.
JUT Foundation for Arts and Architecture (Taiwan)
Museum of Tomorrow (Taipei, Taiwan)
Future cities series ; bk. 4.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 277751
Call No.: BIB 212758
Status: Available