Architecture of consequence: Dutch designs on the future
This book demonstrates that there needs to be a shift from spatial to social tasks, because the notion that architecture should be an expression of its time or of the might of its commissioners pales into insignificance when compared to its value in resolving societal problems. This volume serves as the publication accompanying the international touring exhibition, which will receive its premiere as the Dutch presentation at the Architecture Biennale in São Paulo. The NAI selected 22 Dutch architecture firms with distinctive ideas concerning the seven stated themes and an unbridled ambition to do something about them. The result is an agenda for the future of our living environment, but is also a sampler of the creative power of designers to provide its actual substance. Exhibition: Architecture Biennale in São Paulo, October 2009; and travelling to venues in Europe and beyond