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The Projective Landscape Report.

2006-03-29T19:39:15-05:00

The dust hasn't settled yet but it's about time I informed Archinect about what went down in Delft the 16th and 17th of March. It's a bit strange reporting on an event I myself organized (with a lot of help of course) but perhaps it will bring some unexpected insights.

First It's good to introduce what the actual aim of the conference was:

The Projective Landscape Stylos Conference wants to research and explore the similarities between a few -at first sight- diverse developments within the architecture debate taking place in Europe and the United States. These developments appear to offer a fruitful strategy for architecture in the 21st century. Because this specific debate is very scattered, the conference aims to map and clarify these different developments and hopes to come to a clearer formulation of what now is being referred to as projective practice. By which we mean an architecture that is engaged with the reality of the society in which it is embedded, but focuses on it...

The Projective Landscape

2006-03-12T19:59:39-05:00

so, this week it wil finally happen, The conference I worked on together with a dedicated group of students will take place. The 16th and 17th of March a impressive group of speakers will gather in Delft:
Stan Allen (special apperance)
Robert Somol
Sarah Whiting
Michael Speaks
Roemer van Toorn
Kamiel Klaasse
Reinhold Martin
Peter Trummer
Nikolaus Kuhnert
Hans van Dijk
Ole W. Fischer
Wouter Vanstiphout
Willem-Jan Neutelings
Naomi Stead
Lara Schrijver
M. Christine Boyer
Arie Graafland
K. Michael Hays

AND the good news, for those who can't be there we've set up a live video stream of all the lectures and discussions. And the video's will stay online for about a month. So no excuses to miss anything.

the program can be found on the website: http://www.projectivelandscape.nl

busy, busy, busy ... but anyway an update

2006-01-31T18:48:25-05:00

A lot of time has passed since the last post so I will give you an update since new years eve. One post per month is probably ok...I guess, quality goes above quantity.

(picture: Bart van Bueren, taken from the roof of the Bacinol)

2006 started with a great new years eve party at the Bacinol an empty warehouse in Delft which now houses small creative companies. Together with the Rundfunk DJ collective I DJ'd there untill 6 in the morning and still people were dancing! After the holidays I didn't have to do any test's so I had some time off. ...well from school at least... because I'm very busy with work at Volume (webeditor) and with organizing a conference at Stylos.
Mason commented on my previous post with the question If I could give you a report of the Projective Landscape conference. Which shouldn't be a problem because I'm organizing it, we are actually looking at possibilities to put all the lectures online in streaming video. but I can't make any hard promises about that...

Delft Web Essentials

2006-01-07T16:55:38-05:00

To kick of my school blog carreer, I will just deliver you some essential on the web if you want to study or are already studying in Delft.

If you want to have a room/living space in Delft try the DUWO it is a Dutch student housing organisation. Rooms for rent are offered here (most information is in Dutch but also some English) For more extensive English information go here

Delft is famous for its rich student life and this is certainly true for the Architecture Faculty which counts over 3500 students.
From parties to lectures and workshop go to Stylos, the Architecture Student Association. The site is mostly Dutch but you can always drop by their 'office' on the second floor left of the main entrance. Another interesting more internationaly oriented organisation is Argus still a relatively young organisation but very open for intiatives and ideas from 'outside' (with other words, from you).
Outside the Faculty you should look at Archined (push the 'switch to english' butto...