Oase 124: Incompleteness
| Author | Tom Avermaete; Sebastiaan Loosen; Hans Teerds eds. |
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| Publisher | Nai010 Publishers |
| ISBN | 9789462089983 |
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| Status | not yet published |
Even after construction and completion, a building is not ‘fi nished‘. Daily use consistently reveals that adjustments are needed. What if we elevate this incomplete nature of architecture to a design principle, thereby literally giving residents and users the space they need? The most recent, well-known, and evocative example of literally unfi nished architecture is Elemental’s design for the Quinta Monroy project in Iquique, Chile (2003), where the fi rm deliberately designed ‘half-fi nished houses‘ with the intention that residents would complete the other half. Elemental’s design does not stand alone but is part of various attempts to build a deliberately ‘unfi nished’ architecture. This 'OASE' documents a number of these projects.
| 128 p, ills colour & bw, 17 x 24 cm, pb, Dutch/English |
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