Follydock: Forty-five Designs for Heijplaat, Rotterdam - Softcover

Duran, Lowieke; Feijen, Carla

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9086900321 ISBN 13: 9789086900329

Publisher: Veenman Publishers, 2007

Synopsis

In 2005, the Dutch artist Lowieke Duran announced an international contest to design an architectural folly--a visually provocative, poetic structure without a specific function--for the Heijplaat district, a once flourishing, now down-and-out industrial dockland area of Rotterdam where there has recently been some promising new development. The 45 winners are collected in this joyful catalogue of experiments. Some standouts include an adobe-style mini-lookout tower, built with Dutch earth; a recycled aluminum "Snake Table" that winds in and out of a series of trees and can seat dozens of neighborhood acquaintances; a concrete-and-mortar oracle; and a giant seesaw the size of a city park.

About this edition

• Publisher: Veenman Publishers
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 9086900321
• ISBN 13: 9789086900329
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128