NOT THE TRAILER

ISBN 10: 9080818518 / ISBN 13: 9789080818514

Published by VALIZ & WIMBY, 2004

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Neuware - Many schools have to contend with the tension between an inflexible building and constantly changing requirements for use. With this in mind, WiMBY! (Welcome into My Backyard! a Rotterdam-based organization for revitalizing post-war housing areas) commissioned three designers to develop 'SchoolParasites as an attractive alternative to the usual trailer-type provisional classrooms. 'SchoolParasites are provisional structures, flexible in application and striking in design; the first three were erected in the Rotterdam suburb of Hoogvliet in spring 2004. The aim of the program is to put these models into production and to make them available to every school in the Netherlands and abroad. 'Not the Trailer documents the designs of Barend Koolhaas, Onix, and Christoph Seyferth. It also considers far-reaching questions on the interaction of education and architecture, on the inventiveness of the schools themselves, on permanence and temporariness, and on how intelligent, flexible solutions can play a role in the restructuring of post-war urban areas.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: NOT THE TRAILER
• Publisher: VALIZ & WIMBY
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9080818518
• ISBN 13: 9789080818514
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 157W x 157H x 21D millimeters 157 millimeters width by 157 millimeters height by 21 millimeters depth
• Weight: 349 grams

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Synopsis

Many schools have to contend with the tension between an inflexible building and constantly changing requirements for use. With this in mind, WiMBY! (Welcome into My Backyard!, a Rotterdam-based organization for revitalizing post-war housing areas) commissioned three designers to develop SchoolParasites as an attractive alternative to the usual trailer-type provisional classrooms. SchoolParasites are provisional structures, flexible in application and striking in design; the first three were erected in the Rotterdam suburb of Hoogvliet in spring 2004. The aim of the program is to put these models into production and to make them available to every school in the Netherlands and abroad. Not the Trailer documents the designs of Barend Koolhaas, Onix and Christoph Seyferth. It also considers far-reaching questions on the interaction of education and architecture, on the inventiveness of the schools themselves, on permanence and temporariness, and on how intelligent, flexible solutions can play a role in the restructuring of post-war urban areas.