DASH - Delft Architectural Studies on Housing

DASH – Delft Architectural Studies on Housing – is a new periodical entirely devoted to housing design initiated by the chair of Architecture & Dwelling and published by NAi Publishers, Rotterdam. Taking as its starting point the historical and current situation in the Netherlands, DASH investigates and interprets national and international developments in the design of housing.

Cover - DASH #5 - The Urban Enclave / De stadsenclave

RESEARCH

Over the past few centuries, the Netherlands has built up a housing tradition that is renowned throughout the world. The names of architects such as Berlage, Oud, Van den Broek and Bakema have become familiar both at home and abroad, as have their projects. The work of the present generation of Dutch architects can also bank on a warm reception amongst designers, magazine editors and academics. This reputation, however, stands in sharp contrast to what is going on just below the surface. Although housing still is one of the most important and largest assignments for architects in the Netherlands, today’s practice is limited to a repetition of existing solutions and leaves unanswered many contemporary issues, such as those related to density, privacy or mobility. One can definitely speak of stagnation in the development of Dutch residential architecture.

With its new periodical DASH, the Chair of Architecture & Dwelling of the Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) intends to bring the richness of housing design back on centre stage. That goal ties in with the important role that TU Delft’s Faculty of Architecture has already played in Dutch housing for decades. As an educational institute for many generations of architects, but also as a cradle of scientific research, the TU Delft is inseparably connected with Dutch housing.

Inquiry into historical and contemporary projects and conditions is the central focus of DASH. New types of housing but also existing models and changing trends will be thoroughly charted and examined. The target is the future: with thought-provoking analyses, DASH aims to give new impetus to innovative housing design.

Themes that DASH will be covering include the relation between public, collective and private space in both the city and the building; the significance of image and space in design; and the development of views on housing over the last fifty years. Sustainability, materials and details will also be given generous coverage in DASH.

DASH is put out twice a year as a bilingual publication. Each issue is devoted to a special theme. The contents are divided into substantive articles such as essays, studies and interviews and an extensively documented analysis of selected projects relevant to the theme. DASH aims to occupy a central position in the academic community as well as amongst designing and commissioning parties. For commissioners, architects and academics, DASH is a tool for tackling the contemporary housing assignment in an innovative manner and for developing and disseminating new information on housing design.


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Editors
Dick van Gameren, Dirk van den Heuvel, Olv Klijn, Annenies Kraaij, Harald Mooij, Pierijn van der Putt and Frederique van Andel

Advisory Board
Francine Houben, Frits van Dongen, Piet Vollaard, Ton Schaap and Han Michel

Academic Board
Koos Bosma, Monique Eleb, Marc Glaudemans, Joan Ockman and Max Risselada

Copy editing
Gerda ten Cate and D'Laine Camp

Graphic Design
Joseph Plateau, Amsterdam with die Keure

Printing
Die Keure, Bruges

Production
Marcel Witvoet, NAi Publishers, Rotterdam

Publisher
Eelco van Welie, NAi Publishers, Rotterdam

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