Jaap Bakema and the open society
By: Dirk Van Den Heuvel (ed.)
Publisher: Archis Publishers
Published: 2017
Place of publication: Amsterdam
Language: eng
Number of pages: 319
ISBN-13: 9789077966570
Subjects: Architecture; History; City planning; Architectenbureau Van den Broek en Bakema
Description: Jaap Bakema and the Open Society' is the first extensive publication on the Dutch architect and the remarkable production of his office Van den Broek and Bakema. His ideas on the open society are extremely relevant to the current debates about how to involve citizens in city building and creating alternative systems to crumbling welfare states. This historical document will highlight both his most relevant and less known work through texts, archival materials and photography. The book contains interviews with his contemporaries such as John Habraken and Herman Hertzberger and essays that each emphasize a different aspect of his work and the context in which it came into being.
Notes: Includes bibliographical notes and index.