Responding to the rise in digital communication, more young architects are working in teams, with such technological advances as video chat facilitating cooperation across countries. Tracing these international networks, this book discusses the conditions of production shaping the next generation of European architects.

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On the Road

Vorwort und Dank;

Preface and Acknowledgements

Dr. Brigitte Franzen, Anna Sophia Schultz

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Was ist West Arch?

Marc Giinnewig, Jan Kampshoff,

FIorian Heilmeyer, Andrea Nakath

Essays

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Situativer Realismus

Die Deutsche Architektur auf der Couch

Situative Realism

German Architecture on the Couch

Anh-Linh Ngo

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Nach dem Boom

lunge Architekten in den Niederlanden

After the Boom

Young Architects in, Holland

Aaneke Bokern

2O

Singulaire Objekte

Die Architekturszene in Belgien

Singular Objects

The Belgian Architecture Scene

Christophe Van Gerrewey

Biiros; Offices

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Karte

Ubersicht Biiros

Map

Overview Offices

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2012Architecten / NL

Ernte; Harvest

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Anne Holtrop / NL

Freiheit; Freedom

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Anorak / BE

Styrodur

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Artgineering /NL

Import/Export

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BeL /DE

Fragen; Questions

58

Aktuelles Manifest der Architektur

offentlicher Bauten

Momentary Manifesto for Public

Architecture

DUS Architects

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DUS Architects / NL

Spieleentwiclder; Game Designer

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FAR Frohn&Rojas / DE

Kontext 2.0; Context 2.0

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KOMMA4 Architekten /DE

Prinzip Zufall; Random Principle

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LAbIau] / BE

MetaDeSign

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lobomob / DE

Luft; Air

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low architecten /BE

Optimismus; Optimism

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modulorbeat / DE

Freiraum; Open Space

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NEXT Architects / NL

Alles ist m6glich; Anything Goes

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NU architectuuratelier / BE

Schwarz und WeifB; Black and White

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Office Kersten Geers

David Van Severen / BE

Mehr mit weniger; More with Less

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one fine day /DE

Eines schonen Tages ...; One Fine Day.

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Into the Great Wide Open

Holger Hoffmann

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pasel.kunzel architects / NL

Verbiudungen; Connections

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Powerhouse Company /NL

Widersprfiche; Contradictions

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People and Playstations

Charles Bessard and Nanne de Ru,

Powerhouse Company

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Rotor / BE

Upcycling

134

Warum Abnutzung?

Why Wear?

Rotor

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Space & Matter / NL

Komplexitaiten; Complexities

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STAR strategies + architecture /NL

Neugierde; Curiosity

144

Studyo Architects /DE

Tokyo, Cologne, Jerusalem

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URA / BE

Elementar; Elementary

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V+ / BE

Temporary Happiness

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ZUS [Zones Urbaines Sensibles] /hE

Unaufgefordert; Unsolicited

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Adressen; Addresses

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Bildnachweis; Picture Credits

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Impressum; Imprint