MECANOO ARCHITECTEN PEOPLE PLACE PURPOSE

MECANOO ARCHITECTEN PEOPLE PLACE PURPOSE

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Since 1984 mecanoo has been committed to creating architecture that
contributes to a better world. From an office that started out designing
social housing, the practice has developed into an international firm
with projects all over the world. Mecanoo has 30 years of experience in
the design of buildings, urban plans, landscapes and interiors in which
public space always plays a key role.
People, Place, Purpose
describes the specific architecture Mecanoo explores, illustrating the
way they seek identity in a globalised world, via the texture of a local
stone, colours of fruit trees or rituals of inhabitants. Mecanoo is
driven to design buildings with “strength to earth”. Through 17
projects, all built in different conditions, the reader is given insight
into what drives Francine Houben in “making architecture on strange
ground”.
The book is introduced with an essay about Mecanoo’s
hometown of Delft, describes the parallel development of the university
campus and their office, and shows the way time affects the purpose of
buildings and landscapes. People, Place, Purpose then goes on to show
how Mecanoo designs places for people. The office begins by exploring
the physical urban context and observing the life that inhabits it.
Mecanoo’s ultimate goal is to make buildings that want to be used.