Architecture as Landscape Intervention: Work by Drost + Van Veen Architects

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ISBN: 9789490322236
English edition
Jap Sam Books
Softcover, 487 pages
15 x 15 cm
colour/black & white
November 2010
€9,43 (excl. VAT)

Architecture as Landscape Intervention: Work by Drost + Van Veen Architects

Justa van Bergen, Marieke Berkers, Drost + Van Veen Architects, Dorine van Hoogstraten, Mathias Lehner, Harm Tilman

With their bridges at business park ‘De President’ in the South of International Airport Schiphol, Drost + Van Veen architects from Rotterdam won the Architecture Prize Haarlemmermeer 2009. It is interesting that the office considers landscape as an important source of inspiration for their architectural designs.

Drost + Van Veen’s projects either strongly merge with the context of the surrounding landscape or prominently stand out like a beacon. Next to this conceptual approach, materialisation is an important aspect of the work of these two architects.

This book shows us a selection of projects giving a clear vision of how Simone Drost and Evelien van Veen work. As an introduction, editor-in-chief of de Architect, Harm Tilman, interviewed the architects about their approach and inspiration. Marieke Berkers, editor of De Blauwe Kamer, and art historian Dorine van Hoogstraten place their work in a broader context of international developments and the tradition of architects designing bridges. The magnificent projects shown in this book demonstrate how landscape has an increasing role in architecture.